History
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2.7KThe History of Rhiwbina’s Street Names
Rhiwbina takes its name from the small hamlet and farm that once sat on the hillside of the Wenallt. The name itself...
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1.1KBaptism 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...
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2.0KWhitchurch 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....
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1.8KThe 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...
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2.8K1My 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....
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1.6KThe 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...
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1.7KCry 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...
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7.5KCardiff’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...
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2.2KThe Mathew Family of Cardiff
Mathew Family of Cardiff Lying silently in the north aisle of Llandaff Cathedral is Sir David Mathew. The effigy of him that...
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1.6KAll 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...
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1.9K1Is 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...
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1.3KFrom 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...
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2.0KRhiwbina in the 1970s
by Dr Timothy Cross rhiwbina The 1970’s. What an era! Musically, it was the time of ‘Glam Rock’ – Slade, The Sweet...
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1.9KRhiwbina Centenary: Growing Up in Rhiwbina in the 1930s
by Alan Gray My father had joined the GPO (the old name for British Telecom) as in the prelude to World War...
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