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Street Market
Pontardawe Festival
Swansea Valley, Glamorgan
Photography by John Ball - 17 August 2002
(with a Fuji FinePix S602 Zoom digital camera)
The 24th Pontardawe Festival was held this weekend in the Swansea Valley. Hopes were high that the 2002 festival would live up to the standards of previous years.
Further details of the annual festival are available at:
http://www.pontardawefestival.org.uk/
For me, one of the highlights of the festival is the open market featuring a craft market and an authentic French market from Normandy. I spent a pleasant two hours exploring the colourful street market with my camera on the Saturday morning. My photographs illustrate various visual aspects of the market; but hopefully you will be able to imagine for yourselves the smells and sounds of the market.
My photographic feature is divided into four sections:
Below: General scenes Page 2: French market Page 3: Morris dancers Page 4: People-watching
General Market Scenes
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| Above: Visitors stroll down Herbert Street from Pontardawe Cross, heading for the market. |
Above: View down Herbert Street towards the market.
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| Above: Crowds gather round the market stalls. The lower end of Herbert Street was closed to motor traffic for the weekend |
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| Above: By 11.30 am, the clouds had cleared and the visitors were able to enjoy the sunshine. |
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| Above: These shopkeepers on Herbert Street display their wares on the pavement. |
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| Above: The advert is for hair-braiding, but the lady on the right has no need of the service! |
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| Above: Pontardawe is twinned with the village of Locminé in Brittany, France. |
Continues on....
Page 2: French market Page 3: Morris dancers Page 4: People-watching
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