From a May Fair in 1880 to the advent of the motor car in 1923, local historian and businessman Eric Lewis Pugh has put together a fascinating album of old photos of Hay-on-Wye. If you've got any shots of the town in days gone by, you can send them to us and we'll add them to the website.
The Railway Station at Hay. Looking west towards the bridge over the river Wye in about 1920. The line from Hereford to Brecon was demolished under the Beeching "axe" in 1963.
Eric Lewis Pugh has also written a profile of Hay-on-Wye where his family have lived for more than 150 years.
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