Old Cardiff photos

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Mill road Ely 1982

@BLUE TUESDAY

I remember that mate , we got snowed in , the snow went up halfway up the front door

 

[Malarkey]

I remember that mate , we got snowed in , the snow went up halfway up the front door

You'd be fecked getting out even now

 

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Wood st school in the 70’s

 

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Cardiff Docks, October 1957

 

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An unrecognisable Dumfries Place in the 1970’s

 

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The Royal Tudor 1980’s and 90’s

 

[Wavey]

The Royal Tudor 1980’s and 90’s

My great-grandfather/his family business either built that, or added the additional floors (I forget which) without trawling the internet to find the info again.

They were supposed to have built a fair few of the pubs and churches in the Cardiff area, and looking at the first floor window surrounds, they do look a bit like church windows.

Would love to find out which other pubs they built, so wondering if the window thingies are tell-tale signs of his work. If you know of any other pubs with them, gis a shout

 

[ViewFromAfar]

Wood st school in the 70’s

Before the Planning Offices were there I assume (??) - Empire Pool across the road on the right of the photo

 

[ViewFromAfar]

Just found this re Wood St School from 2010


Wood Street Board School was designed by the architect George Robinson and built in 1878. The building was enlarged in 1891.

The area known as 'Temperance Town' was developed on reclaimed, after the river Taff was diverted in 1850 to make an available site for the new general railway station. The developer, Jacob Scott Matthews, leased land from Colonel Wood and completed the project by about 1864. The first building to be erected was the Temperance Hall. No public houses were allowed to be built, hence the name 'Temperance Town'. Much of this area has since been cleared and is now home to Cardiff's bus station and numerous other new buildings.

 

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Cowbridge rd 1939, near Victoria looking towards Ely

 

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The original Cardiff Institute for the blind opened in 1865

 

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David Morgan store on the Hayes c1904

 

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The second Severn bridge crossing under construction

 

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Exporting coal from Cardiff Docks 1890

 

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The old South Wales Echo building on St Mary st

 

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Queuing for bread at The Honey pot bakery Penline rd Whitchurch in 1983

 

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St Mary st 1889

 

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Queen st/Kingsway showing the Red Lion Hotel, which is were Marments was