Category Archives: History
Rhiwbina Centenary: Growing Up in Rhiwbina in the 1930s
by Alan Gray My father had joined the GPO (the old name for British Telecom) [...]
Mar
Rhiwbina Centenary: The Air Raid on Wenallt Road, 1943
By John Lloyd Thomas air raid On the 18th May 1943, I was 8 [...]
Mar
Cardiff Railways: What became of Rhyd y Walla Halt?
by Gareth Neale cardiff railways That was the original name proposed by the Cardiff Railway [...]
Jan
The History of Rhiwbina’s Garden Village
Rhiwbina’s Garden Village movement began in the 1890s in response to the industrial revolution’s side-effects [...]
Dec
The Fairytale Castle: Castell Coch – A History
Castell Coch (the Red Castle) sits proudly on the side of a hill overlooking North [...]
Dec
Battle of the Butchers: The Bloody Brook
By Gareth Neale the bloody brook The Battle of Hastings in 1066 started the Norman [...]
Sep
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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Mar
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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Jan
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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Jan
Melingriffith Water Pump Reinstalled
by Stephanie Wilkins (Chair, Friends of Melingriffith Water Pump) Following a partial restoration by volunteers [...]
Nov
Fantastic Roald Dahl: Llandaff’s Greatest Son
Arguably Llandaff’s greatest son, Roald Dahl is still considered one of the world’s finest authors. [...]
Sep
Out and About: Caerphilly
Caerphilly’s history goes back nearly 250,000 years when what we know as Neanderthals scoured the [...]
Sep
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 [...]
Sep
North Cardiff at War
70 years ago, Britain was at war with Germany. The country’s existence hinged on [...]
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Sep