Llandaff
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Llandaff books (6 available)
- 20 photos on Llandaff appear in 6 Frith books - View photos of Llandaff
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working life
I like this photograph because it
reminds me of when I used to travel
in to Cardiff by train from Barry where
I lived.
I worked in the National Provincial
Bank in St.Mary Street. I had some
lovely friends and times
A memory of Cardiff contributed by wendy john
On the Street where I lived
The photo shows the bottom of Highwalls Avenue, I lived half way up round the corner. It was a steep climb when i was litlle but got easier as I grew. I was born in this road and had such a happy time.
A memory of Dinas Powys contributed by Clive Turner
My Dad's Shop (Mount Stores)
This photo brought back so many memories my Dad, Ralph Catchpole, bought the the Mount Stores in 1952 he owned and ran the shop until about 1965. I have so many memories of my life in Dinas Powis, my Dad's Morris Minor is even shown in the photo parked outside the shop. We lived in High Walls Avenue which is shown in one of the other photos in the collection. We returned to the village a couple of years ago and the shop had been converted into new modern appartments so it was wonderful to find a photo of it from my childhood days.
A memory of Dinas Powys contributed by Clive Turner
Childhood
Was delighted when I saw this picture of St Augustines. I was christened in 1950 at this church. Also confirmed here, belonged to Church Girl Guides and Youth Club. Vicar was Reverend Smith. Have very fond memories of this church.
A memory of Rumney contributed by Sharne Smith
Extracts From Llandaff & South Glamorgan books
After a prolonged period
of restoration Llandaff
Cathedral was reopened
during Easter 1857. Unlike
in previous eras, the
architects overseeing the
mid 19th-century work
were determined to respect
the medieval origins of
the building. The vagaries
of hundreds of years of
changing architectural
fashion had left the
cathedral with a myriad of
conflicting structural and
decorative alterations.
An extract from from"Cardiff Old and New Photographic Memories".
The main burden of contemporary criticism lay with the Cathedral’s West Front. Whereas Prichard’s work on the 15th century
Jasper Tower was very much in tune with the prevailing conservative medieval taste his South Tower (c1867), with open
parapet and tall octagonal spire, was regarded as a radical innovation lending the façade an unusually asymmetric look.
An extract from from"Cardiff Old and New Photographic Memories".
The ruined gatehouse of Llandaff Castle was probably built in the early 14th century, though it was remodelled a couple of hundred years later when mullion and transomed windows were installed in its western tower. Llandaff is said to have been destroyed c1402 by Owain Glyndwr.
An extract from from"Welsh Castles".
The photographer has certainly
attracted a sizeable group of curious
onlookers in this scene dominated
by James Howell’s store (right). The
draper’s original Cardiff premises
opened in the Hayes in 1865
employing a mere five assistants.
Relocating to St Mary Street in
1867 and the shrewd acquisition
of adjoining premises allowed
the frontage that we see here,
constructed in 1879. Only a year
prior to our photograph the store
expanded ‘inwardly’ to Trinity Street.
The farmer’s son from Pembrokeshire
was on course to create Wales’
premier department store.
An extract from from"Cardiff Old and New Photographic Memories".
Admired by a lady sitting in the area later to be
occupied by the National Museum stands the City Hall,
a year after the bestowal of Cardiff’s city status. The
move to locate the then Town Hall out of the ‘old town’
was considered bold and proved contentious. Objectors
to the audacious scheme suggested alternative sites in
the Arms Park and Temperance Town.
An extract from from"Cardiff Old and New Photographic Memories".