Shed Interior, Rhyd-y-car House, 1955, in the Museum of Welsh Life, 2004

This photograph was taken at the Museum of Welsh Life.

This is the interior of a large shed situated in the garden of the fifth Rhyd-y-car cottage. The cottage and shed are furnished as they would have appeared in 1955. Sheds such as these were typical of the area and were used as a living- and work-room allowing the room in the house to be kept as best. Most of the older men were still employed as coal-miners, but young couples, as envisaged here, were beginnng to work in factories such as Hoover.

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