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  • The finds in this photograph show fragments of a two handled jar, flagon, an oil bottle, and a Samian bowl. Some of these vessels were made locally, however the Samian bowl was imported from the continent where such vessels were mass-produced in moulds to meet the demands of the vast Roman markets.
Group of Roman finds, Abergavenny area
  • Country families in Wales often bought port in barrels from Bristol and bottled it. The bottles bore their name and frequently the date of the vintage. The example shown here is of a bottle inscribed
Sealed wine bottle, Bridgend, 1808
  • Country families in Wales often bought port in barrels from Bristol and bottled it, the bottles bearing their name and frequently the date of the vintage, such as this bottle, inscribed 'Ynys y Maen Gwyn 1738'.
Sealed wine bottle, Tywyn, Merioneth, 1738
  • The 19th century saw the town develop more and more as a shopping centre. Whole streets such as Market Street, High Street and Bridge Street become shopping streets. Throughout the 20th century this has remained the case. Some of the older businesses still trading today include the town's largest private employer, Greens Motors, J&G Bland Motors, Bisely H. Munt in the High Street and Ocky White's department store in Bridge Street.
Bottles for storing wine, spirits and ginger beer, Haverfordwest