History
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2.6KThe History of Rhiwbina’s Garden Village
Rhiwbina’s Garden Village movement began in the 1890s in response to the industrial revolution’s side-effects of slums and poor living conditions. Its...
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4.3KThe Fairytale Castle: Castell Coch – A History
Castell Coch (the Red Castle) sits proudly on the side of a hill overlooking North Cardiff and the valley that carries the...
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1.4KBattle of the Butchers: The Bloody Brook
The Boody Brook By Gareth Neale the bloody brook The Battle of Hastings in 1066 started the Norman Conquest but the conquest...
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1.9KThe 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 Cardiff and the valleys. Its name still...
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1.2K2Llandaff North in the 1930s: My Memories
by Desmond Marley I write regarding the article by Les Gibbon entitled ‘More Memories of Melingriffith’, as published in a previous edition...
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1.1K1Memories of a Melingriffith Boy by Ken Hopkins
Ken Hopkins was born at Forest Farm, Whitchurch in 1930. My early memories as a four year old are of our two...
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1.1KMelingriffith Water Pump Reinstalled
by Stephanie Wilkins (Chair, Friends of Melingriffith Water Pump) Following a partial restoration by volunteers from the Oxford House Archaeological Society (Risca)...
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919Fantastic Roald Dahl: Llandaff’s Greatest Son
Arguably Llandaff’s greatest son, Roald Dahl is still considered one of the world’s finest authors. Twenty years after his death this November,...
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831Out and About: Caerphilly
Caerphilly’s history goes back nearly 250,000 years when what we know as Neanderthals scoured the plains for food and shelter. Leaving little...
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791From Whitchurch to Thiepval: Missing but not forgotten
By Guest Writer, Clive Tucker of Llandaff My greatgrandfather Francis Grimshaw, who resided at Tyn-y-Parc Road, Whitchurch, is one of the missing...
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1.5K1North Cardiff at War
70 years ago, Britain was at war with Germany. The country’s existence hinged on the contributions of each and every individual....
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1.5KMemories of Whitchurch
My lovely Dad was Harman Williams, born at Melin House, Melingriffith, 5th August 1913. He was one of a family of eleven...
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1.6K3Memories of Llandaff North in the 1950s
I was born in Llandaff North just six months prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939. Llandaff North then was...
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1.5K1The History of UWIC
By Dr John Marsden Vocational education first made its appearance in Llandaff when the first phase of college buildings were built on...
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