Cardiff, The Docks c.1960
Photo ref:
C23156
Photo ref:
C23156
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A new decade would usher in an era of rapid decline. Both Bute East and West docks neared closure. West finally succumbed in 1964 with East surviving a further six years. The famous Butetown community was ripped apart by a programme of demolition and re- housing. We now know that the area was not dead but merely dormant.
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A Selection of Memories from Cardiff
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Cardiff
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My mother was from Newtown in Cardiff, near the docks. It was a community of very poor Irish immigrants. My great grandmother had a job cleaning the City Hall. She would walk through Cardiff in the early morning and do her work which included polishing the steps then walk all the way back home again, a good few miles. On the way she would stop at her friend's house and her friend would make her a cup of ...see more
Our great grandfather was a stone mason named William Jones.
His daughter, our grandmother, told us many years ago that her father was killed in a fall while working on the construction of the City Hall. It had to be after January 1900 as he was present at Grans' wedding in Jan 1900.
I have been unable to confirm the happening of this accident.
Can anyone help me?
I now live in Western Australia so it ...see more
My Great Grandfather James Miles died in the Infirmary, aged 40. He was a Labourer in the Cardiff Ironworks. I never knew any of my family, but when I read of where they lived, and worked and died, I feel so proud of them.
My Grandparents William Garside and Evelyn Bowden were married on 29th February 1896 in Cardiff and Grandad lived in Roath prior to his marriage. I imagine they may have also stood in this spot when courting, looking quite similar.
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