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Roath Local History Society Summer Programme
ROATH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY SUMMER PROGRAMME 2013 Members and guests are invited to join in a series of visits to places of interest in and around Cardiff. Thursday June 6th, 2pm Insole Court, Llandaff We will have a seated presentation in the house at Insole Court, outlining the work of restoration that is underway … Continue reading
Forgotten Roath Park
Some forgotten images of Roath Park Some of Roath Park’s earliest features are now long gone and largely forgotten. They include the bandstand and concert pavilion (described in a previous article), the aquarium and fish hatchery, the refreshment house, and several rustic shelters and rustic bridges. Fortunately these have been preserved via contemporary postcards. Aquarium … Continue reading
South Wales Postcard Club Postcard Fair
On Saturday 20th April, the South Wales Postcard Club will be holding one of its biannual postcard fairs, at Penylan Community Centre. There will be more than 25 dealers selling thousands of cards on a multitude of subjects (including local history). The Fair will take place between 10am and 4pm, and admission is £1. … Continue reading
Cardiff History Lectures at St Martin’s, Roath
St Martin’s Church on Albany Road will play host to four Cardiff history lectures this spring, organised by Dr Andrew Richardson. The first, on 10th April, will look at Cardiff Castle – who built it, why, and how it has changed over the centuries; the second, taking place on 24th April, will consider medicine and … Continue reading
The Roath Local History Society is now online
We know how much you like local history by the numbers of you who read our guest posts on the subject, and how often our twitter followers re-tweet photographs of Roath in the past. So you’ll be delighted to know that Roath Social Media Surgery (run by members of RoathCardiff) has been working with the … Continue reading
Original Meek’s building demolished
On Wednesday we visited the site of the former A G Meek’s building on Albany Road, to find it now completely demolished. Speaking with the building foreman, it appears many of the older Roath residents have been regaling him with tales of how Meek’s was one of the first shops in the area (they … Continue reading
Roath Local History Society – Spring meetings
Roath Local History Society runs a series of meetings through the year covering a wide range of topics. All its winter meetings are held at the Mackintosh Community/Sports Club on Keppoch Street and start at 7:30pm. Its summer programme is a series of weekly visits to places of interest in and around the area throughout June … Continue reading
Musical Entertainments in Roath Park
In the early 1900s no public park was considered complete unless it had a bandstand with musical entertainment during the summer months. Roath Park’s bandstand, built in 1903, was in the Botanic Garden immediately below the Promenade (or lake embankment as it was then known), approximately where there is now a children’s play area. Before … Continue reading
Jeff Childs: Roath, Splott and Adamsdown, One Thousand Years of History
A new book, Roath, Splott and Adamsdown, One Thousand Years of History, was published in August, and RoathCardiff interviewed its author, Jeff Childs, about the book, his background and his connection with our lovely part of Cardiff. This is part one in a series of posts from that interview. Originally from Pontardawe in the Swansea … Continue reading
Bathing at Roath Park Lake
Roath Park Lake was formed by the construction of a dam (which became the Lake Embankment and now the Promenade) across the Roath Valley and Nant Fawr brook. It was filled with water in December 1893 and varied in depth between two feet and more than fourteen feet. Bathing in the lake was a highly … Continue reading
