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The BIG interview: Sam Warburton (2012)

Young female teachers, all neck rashes and flushed cheeks, squeal like mice. The handful of [...]

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From Llandaff North to MTV: An Interview with Mathew Pritchard

Mathew Pritchard is a professional skateboarder and one quarter of MTV’s Dirty Sanchez Show. Born [...]

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The Rise and Fall of a Screen Giant: The Monico Cinema in Rhiwbina

It was once the landmark of Rhiwbina. For decades, it entertained the people of North [...]

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Llandaff North in the 1930s: My Memories

by Desmond Marley I write regarding the article by Les Gibbon entitled ‘More Memories of [...]

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Memories of a Melingriffith Boy by Ken Hopkins

Ken Hopkins was born at Forest Farm, Whitchurch in 1930 My early memories as a [...]

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Melingriffith Water Pump Reinstalled

by Stephanie Wilkins (Chair, Friends of Melingriffith Water Pump) Following a partial restoration by volunteers [...]

Fantastic Roald Dahl: Llandaff’s Greatest Son

Arguably Llandaff’s greatest son, Roald Dahl is still considered one of the world’s finest authors. [...]

Out and About: Caerphilly

Caerphilly’s history goes back nearly 250,000 years when what we know as Neanderthals scoured the [...]

From Whitchurch to Thiepval: Missing but not forgotten

By Guest Writer, Clive Tucker of Llandaff My greatgrandfather Francis Grimshaw, who resided at Tyn-y-Parc [...]

North Cardiff at War

  70 years ago, Britain was at war with Germany. The country’s existence hinged on [...]

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Why I love Rhiwbina – by Alan Wilkins

Alan Wilkins is one of the most recognised faces on Welsh TV. The former professional [...]

Memories of Whitchurch

My lovely Dad was Harman Williams, born at Melin House, Melingriffith, 5th August 1913. He [...]

Memories of Llandaff North in the 1950s

I was born in Llandaff North just six months prior to the outbreak of the [...]

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