Saturday, 24 June 2017

14) Kash Supermarket, Bailey St., Aberavon

Unless you know what to expect, when you see the Kash Supermarket for the first time it should come as a bit of a surprise. Most of the old shops and commercial buildings in Aberavon were demolished during the 1970s remodelling of the town centre. Bailey Street is a very quiet, small residential street, amidst other quiet residential streets and absolutely not the kind of place you'd expect to find a minor art deco gem like this one. I believe that the building was built before World War II as a Co op originally. Incidentally, Bailey Street is so named because it stands on the location of the bailey of the medieval castle which stood there once. This also explains how nearby Castle Street got its name.

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