Old Cardiff photos

[Travis Bickle]

Church street c1912 and 1984

 

[Travis Bickle]

An undated postcard of Quarry Dale Rumney, probably pre 1930’s as there are no houses in the photo

 

[Jimmytaff]

An undated postcard of Quarry Dale Rumney, probably pre 1930’s as there are no houses in the photo

Do you remember it when it was all fields Trav

 

[Travis Bickle]

Canton Memorial Hall c1983 and the same location in 2023.The Hall was demolished in the late 1990s.

 

[Travis Bickle]

St Mary street c1896

 

[Jimmytaff]

Canton Memorial Hall c1983 and the same location in 2023.The Hall was demolished in the late 1990s.

You sure about the late 90s Trav? I didn't live in Canton then but would have been there often enough - playing snooker at Rileys across the road etc but don't remember it at all. I think it must have gone much sooner or at least been in significant disrepair.

 

[Travis Bickle]

You sure about the late 90s Trav? I didn't live in Canton then but would have been there often enough - playing snooker at Rileys across the road etc but don't remember it at all. I think it must have gone much sooner or at least been in significant disrepair.

I’m not sure, I’ll blame the source if I’m wrong

 

[kernel]

Canton Memorial Hall c1983 and the same location in 2023.The Hall was demolished in the late 1990s.

What an upgrade

 

[Travis Bickle]

Junction of St Mary st and Mill Lane showing The Terminus Hotel c1935 and 2021

 

[kernel]

Junction of St Mary st and Mill Lane showing The Terminus Hotel c1935 and 2021

Every time I see a pic of that bar on the corner it's got a new name

 

[Travis Bickle]

Albany rd c1938 and 2022

 

[the other bob wilson]

Canton Memorial Hall c1983 and the same location in 2023.The Hall was demolished in the late 1990s.

Sunday nights used to be pool night in the Wyndham or the Crown just down the road for us in the late 80s. I used to like both of those pubs, but, like the one in the Napier, pool tables were added to to cash in on the snooker/pool boom of that decade. That was fine in most pubs, but the pool table was really shoehorned in when it came to the Crown which meant that it looked like you were playing a masse shot half of the time.

 

[the other bob wilson]

Every time I see a pic of that bar on the corner it's got a new name

It'll always be Sam's Bar for me, used to get in there quite a lot on Saturday nights after the pubs closed. It was the place where Sam Hammam first met up with City fans prior to his takeover (or it may have been just after) wasn't it.

 

[Travis Bickle]

The Glamorgan canal just south of the swing bridge at James Street, the elegant building is Merthyr house in front the Stuart warehouses and Rose and co building. The large building in the distance is the imperial Hotel that fronted on Mountstuart Square.

 

[Travis Bickle]

St Mary street 1902, c1918 and 1935

 

[Travis Bickle]

S.S.Pilton ran aground on Sully Beach, 1922. Owned by WJ Tatem of Cardiff, the Pilton ran aground during gale force winds in December 1922. She was aground for three months, and provided a steady source of income for Sully l from visitors

 

[Travis Bickle]

Kingsway corner and the junctions of Queen/St John/Duke street c1972

 

[Jimmytaff]

Every time I see a pic of that bar on the corner it's got a new name

Changed twice this morning

 

[Travis Bickle]

City Road 1972

 

[Travis Bickle]

CROCKHERBTOWN. Now Queen St. 1826. Unsure where we would be standing today.

Name Origin: Records from 1348 show variations like 'Crokarton', evolving to mean an area where Franciscan Friars (Grey Friars) grew herbs in pots.