Off-Topic Old Cardiff photos

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Top...The old Merchants Exchange building, sadly demolished in 1973, and the same site more recently

 

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Top...The old Merchants Exchange building, sadly demolished in 1973, and the same site more recently

Scandalous

 

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Scandalous

What a hotel that would have made, or the Senedd

 

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What a hotel that would have made, or the Senedd

Did they rebuild it to look like the original that burned down? Looks the same from the paintings I've seen.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Did they rebuild it to look like the original that burned down? Looks the same from the paintings I've seen.

I think so and there’s a photo in the thread somewhere

 

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In 1976 protesters forced an Anti-Immigration League rally to be cancelled in Cardiff. Extreme right-wing toff, Lady Birdwood, had travelled from London to speak at the gathering and blamed ‘reds’ for its cancellation.

 

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EDGAR THOMAS (Welsh 1888-1926) oil on board - entitled and identified `Glamorganshire Canal - Blackweir, Cardiff`

 

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Electric trams at Splott Road around 1918.

 

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The unveiling of Gareth Edwards’ statue in St David’s centre in 1982, accompanied by his two sons

“Thats almost as bad as the Ronaldo one dad”

 

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Roath Park Lake c1940

 

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Anyone Remember the trees in St David’s centre? Pictured here in 1987

 

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The University College building at Cathays park.Park Place is running just above and Alexandra Gardens below

 

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The winter of 1945 was severe, these photos highlight two scenes from Feb 10th.

 

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The Terminus Hotel near the Custom House Bridge over the Glamorganshire Canal around 1910

 

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May 1935 The Duke of Windsor, as Edward Prince of Wales, rides through Cardiff during the Silver Jubilee celebration

 

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Two views of Edward Roberts Ltd on the corner of James Street and Bute Street around 1905 and 1922.

 

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The Ty Pwll Coch pub Cowbridge rd East Victoria Park.The name Pwll Coch “Red Pool” comes from a pool in the River Ely that supposedly filled with blood in the battle of St Fagans in 1648.Due to the straightening of the river,the pool no longer exists.Until c1875, Pwll Coch was part of the township of Ely, roughly where the Victoria Park area is nowadays,until it was included into Canton and subsequently Cardiff in the same year.

 

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An early photo of the Royal Hotel c1869 before the extension onto the corner of Wood st on the left.Notice the old houses on the right

 

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Merchants Exchange (Powell Duffryn House) next to the West Bute Dock Basin and Pier Head in the 1950's. The Waterguard Building can be seen at its original location although it was later moved to a new site next to the Roath Dock.