Bridgend
the town by the river The Old Post Office Garage
The Old Post Office Garage was built in 1936 and was
only one of two crown buildings constructed at that time, the only other
being in Scotland, during the short reign of King Edward VIII the uncrowned
king who only reigned from (January-December 1936).
The old post office garage is in a poor state of repair but can still be
seen in Derwen road and is unmistakable as it has the
Royal cipher E VIII R. 1936 in the centre and above the entrance of six
sliding wooden doors flanked by two pillars finished in a rough cast coat.
The building has a spiral stair case and had a lift leading up to the
sorting office on Station Hill and now in an unsafe condition, with a slide
on one side for the mail bags to be sent down to the waiting postal vans.
Below there is a large damp basement which is divided into rooms the purpose
of which is unknown at this time. The garage was used by
Postal and Telephone vans in the 60s. The
sorting office backed onto the post office in Court Road which was used by
the post office up until early 1970s when it moved to a new location in
Dunraven Place where it is today, the sorting office and Garage remained for
some time before moving to it's new home on Tremains Road.
The building is known locally as the old fire station as it has a large bell
on the outside wall although there is no documented evidence of it being
used as such, it is possible however that it housed a backup fire
engine during the war years to service the needs of the largest Ministry Of
Defence munitions site in the country which was located in Bridgend.
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