Pontypool: Ragamuffins Emporium's best vintage bargains
We visited Ragamuffins Emporium in Pontypool and looked at some absolute vintage bargains!
Vintage bric a brac at Ragamuffins Pontypool! (Image: NQ) The shop on Commercial Street has been conveniently located in the town centre for the past several years.
Run by local antiques legend Alun Davies 57, the shop has even played host to some famous faces.
Alun told the Argus: 'As time went on its exploded! We have this emporium with four floors where we have 15-16 traders that rent spaces out and a coffee shop/vintage tearoom.'
Alun gave us the scoop on what's popular.
Local antiques legend Alun Davies (Image: NQ) He said: 'It changes with the seasons, obviously vinyl is really hot at the moment so that's making a resurgence. We have new vinyl in every single day, and it goes out as fast as it comes in.
'It's quite random what people buy so you can never tell from one month to the next.'
Vintage bric a brac at Ragamuffins Pontypool! (Image: NQ) So, what's for sale? Whilst wandering around the store I spotted vintage crockery, jewellery, furniture including chairs, desks and cupboards tonnes of posters, jugs, mugs old records and just about everything in between!
Alun explained: 'We have such a varied range of items in stock for example, this oak cupboard is sourced from Cornwall and then right there over there we have a 19th century French resistance style desk. Where else are you going to get such ends of the scale?'
Vintage bric a brac at Ragamuffins Pontypool! (Image: NQ) So, what celebrities have stepped foot in store? According to Alun the shop has seen the likes of broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans, Chaser Jenny 'The Fox' Ryan, Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell and Step's singer Ian "H" Watkins.
The proud owner of a high street gem Alun had the following message to shoppers.
He said: 'Explore your high street, there's some phenomenal independent traders on the high street and a lot of people complain the high street is dead, the town is dead, but they don't visit their high street!
'People need to get out of the attitude that towns are dying so get out and use the towns!'
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