Been hard to keep up this last week or so - still, here's the latest couple: - this first one is the Beulah Chapel in Margam. It's known as the round chapel, although it is in fact octagonal. It was one among a number of notable buildings in the village of Groes. The village was demolished to make room for the M4 motorway in 1974 - in the kind of act of cultural vandalism which gives the 1970s a bad name - justifiably so. Sadly the round chapel was the only building from the village to be rebuilt.
This is the Express café in Margam, just a few yards across the road from the round chapel. Cafes like this used to be a common site in any Welsh town, but they're a bit of a dying breed.
Been hard to keep up this last week or so - still, here's the latest couple: - this first one is the Beulah Chapel in Margam. It's known as the round chapel, although it is in fact octagonal. It was one among a number of notable buildings in the village of Groes. The village was demolished to make room for the M4 motorway in 1974 - in the kind of act of cultural vandalism which gives the 1970s a bad name - justifiably so. Sadly the round chapel was the only building from the village to be rebuilt. 
This is the Express café in Margam, just a few yards across the road from the round chapel. Cafes like this used to be a common site in any Welsh town, but they're a bit of a dying breed. 
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