All posts tagged "history"
-
4.2KFeaturedRhiwbina: What’s In A Name?
Gareth Neale sheds some new light on the origin of the name of Rhiwbina There have been a number of ideas put...
-
3.3KFeaturedMy Trip Down Rhiwbina’s Memory Lane
My Rhiwbina story goes back to 1940. War had been declared in September 1939. I was 8 years old when the bombing...
-
1.8KFeaturedBaptism Of Fire (or Ararat Church circa mid 1950s)
Ararat Church by Peter Davies I remember the Lifeboys all sixes and sevens and very long sermons by W.G. Evans, the...
-
3.3KFeaturedWhitchurch Golf Club Centenary
Whitchurch Golf Club centenary 1914-2014 by Jeff Davies and Jim Taverner The 24th July 2014 marks the centenary of Whitchurch Golf Club....
-
3.5KFeaturedThe History of Rhiwbina Recreational Club
This year, 2014, sees the Centenary of Rhiwbina Recreation Club. The Club was created to provide recreational activity for the newly arrived...
-
5.0KFeaturedMy Life as a Cambrian Airways Air Hostess 1955
Cambrian Airways Work, play and tragedy: Rhiwbina’s Gloria Gee recalls her days as an air hostess for Cambrian Airways in 1955. I...
-
3.7KFeaturedThe Bruiser: Howard Norris
Cardiff. Wales. Barbarians. British Lions. These are just some of the esteemed names that have been embellished on the jerseys of Rhiwbina’s...
-
3.3KFeaturedCry The Beloved Country: My First Day at Grammar School in 1948
A story based on my first day at grammar school in 1948 By Peter Davies You could tell I was worried...
-
13.0KFeaturedCardiff’s Secret Bunkers
Take a look around you. We’re all familiar with the landscape around us. Or are we? Patric Morgan goes underground to discover...
-
3.1KFeaturedAll Aboard a Vintage Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus By Berwyn Prys Jones “This is how Mummy and Daddy used to go to school, darling.”, “When did they stop...
-
3.9KHistoryIs Joseph of Arimathea buried in Bute Park?
Joseph of Arimathea Cardiff could soon become a worldwide place of pilgrimage if details in a newly-published book are proved true. It...
-
3.1KFeaturedFrom Llandaff to Daleks: Terry Nation
Terry Nation was born in 1930 in Llandaff to Gilbert and Susan Nation. Terry’s father, known to everyone as Bert, trained as...
-
4.4KFeaturedRhiwbina in the 1970s
by Dr Timothy Cross The 1970’s. What an era! Musically, it was the time of ‘Glam Rock’ – Slade, The Sweet and...
-
3.0KFeaturedRhiwbina Centenary: The Air Raid on Wenallt Road, 1943
By John Lloyd Thomas air raid On the 18th May 1943, I was 8 years old and my sister Shirley was...
Community Business of the Year 2017
