This is how Cardiff looked exactly 50 years ago - Wales Online
WEBApr 24, 2018 · Built in the early 1860s to house Irish immigrants, this street - one of the earliest recorded in the Grangetown area - was knocked down nearly 100 years later as part of a city-wide slum ...
42 incredible photos that show what life was like in Cardiff 50 …
WEBApr 4, 2022 · We've trawled through the WalesOnline archive and found these fantastic photographs showing what life was like in Cardiff 50 years ago. What are your memories of Cardiff in the 1970s?
Cardiff then and now: 60 years as capital city of Wales
WEBThose present on 21 December 1955 were among the first to hear Cardiff had become the official capital city of Wales, a day after the decision had been announced in Parliament.
History of Cardiff - Wikipedia
WEBArchaeological evidence shows that a settlement had been established by the Silures in central Cardiff in the 50s AD, probably during the period following their victory over the Roman army. The settlement included several large timber-framed buildings of up to 45 m (148 ft) by 25 m (82 ft). The extent of the settlement is not known.
A timeline of Cardiff's history - Cardiffians.co.uk
WEBDec 30, 2005 · The first Welsh-language primary school in Cardiff was opened. 1950 - 1959 ↓ ♦ ↑; 1950. Castell Coch was given to the state by the Bute family. The last electric tram in Cardiff ran from St Mary Street to Whitchurch Road. The last shipment of …
These pictures show the remarkable transformation of Cardiff Bay
WEBNov 1, 2015 · A group of children rigged up a "classroom" amid the squalor of the Hamadryad site at the Cardiff Docks in August 1950. Work starts on the filling of the Bute Dock Basin at the entrance to the...
A History of Cardiff - Local Histories
WEBMar 14, 2021 · Cardiff began as a Roman fort. The Romans invaded Wales about 50 AD and about 55 AD they built a fort on the site of Cardiff. In the late 1st century the fort was reduced in size as Wales was now at peace. However, in the mid-3rd century, the fort was rebuilt and strengthened to defend South Wales against Irish raiders.
A brief history of Cardiff - Capital of Wales - Cardiffians.co.uk
WEBApr 3, 2024 · In the 1950's, Cardiff had to justify it's nomination (and subsequent victory) for becoming the capital. Caernarfon, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Llandrindod Wells and Swansea were all involved in the fiercely-contested race.
Cardiff history | We Are Cardiff
WEBSPECIFIC ARTICLES ABOUT CARDIFF’S HISTORY THAT WE LOVE. A Cardiff time line: 2000 years of Cardiff history (Cardiffians) A city transformed: 125 years in the history of Cardiff told through its buildings and spaces (Wales Online) Cardiff’s Tiger Bay (BBC) Roath’s Death Junction (Guardian) History of the Rummer Tavery (History Points)
Cardiff: The Making and Development of the Capital City of …
WEBApr 20, 2012 · [18] See the memories of 1950s Cardiff in Citation Bush, ‘Lash LaRue and the River of Adventure’.