Category Archives: History
Sunnybank: The curiosity of Whitchurch
By Nigel Lewis This time, we visit another lost corner of the old parish; a [...]
Dec
The European Count who lived in Rhiwbina
Many local people know about the Booker family and their connections with Velindre and the [...]
Oct
The Tithe Barn
Whitchurch was once graced with an ancient tithe barn. Nigel Lewis explores what little is [...]
Sep
McCormack’s Reaping Machine
There’s a newspaper article dated August 1852, which describes ‘the-start-of-the-end’ for the tiny farms around [...]
Jul
The Bridge of Whitchurch
How a painting from 1843 helped depict scenes of Whitchurch in times gone by. Awen’s [...]
Jul
Whitchurch and Llandaff: A Living History
The villages of Whitchurch, Llandaff, and Llandaff North are crammed with history, both ancient and [...]
Apr
Robin Goch: The incredible story of Charles Horace Watkins and his Whitchurch plane
Yet another story of a local man with an incredible story! Has anyone heard of [...]
Feb
Road Trip USA
In 1952, Brian Rowlands and a friend spent two weeks travelling across the USA. They [...]
Jan
Rhiwbina in the 1970s
by Dr Timothy Cross The 1970’s. What an era! Musically, it was the time of [...]
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Nov
Atlas Express remembered
Atlas Express was once a familiar sight in and around Whitchurch and Llandaff. Steve Nicholas [...]
Nov
Greenhill, Rhiwbina
By Nigel Lewis A hundred and eighty years ago, at the time of the Tithe [...]
Sep
Deri Mill
By Nigel Lewis In the last issue of Rhiwbina Living, we looked at Beulah Corner [...]
Jun
Tennis in Whitchurch
By Nigel Lewis I was looking at some old photographs recently of immaculately-dressed Edwardian Whitchurch [...]
May
C’est La Vie
David Judd’s life was changed the day he met his French exchange student at Cardiff [...]
Apr