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Roath Local History Society – Spring meetings
January 8, 2013

Roath Local History Society runs a series of meetings through the year covering a wide...

Musical Entertainments in Roath Park
January 7, 2013

In the early 1900s no public park was considered complete unless it had a bandstand...

Jeff Childs: Roath, Splott and Adamsdown, One Thousand Years of History
October 19, 2012

A new book, Roath, Splott and Adamsdown, One Thousand Years of History, was published in...

Bathing at Roath Park Lake
September 18, 2012

Roath Park Lake was formed by the construction of a dam (which became the Lake...

‘Roath, Splott and Adamsdown’ – Jeff Childs book signing at Wellfield Bookshop
September 13, 2012

A new book, Roath, Splott and Adamsdown, One Thousand Years of History, was published in...

Scott of the Antarctic’s ship Terra Nova discovered
August 17, 2012

The wreck of the ship Terra Nova, belonging to Captain Scott and his team, and...

Roath Park and Captain Scott
July 31, 2012

Captain Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic set out from Roath Dock aboard the ship Terra...

Heritage Open Days 2011: St Margaret of Antioch Church
October 21, 2011

In the last in our series on Heritage Open Days, Jessica Best takes a look...

Heritage Open Days 2011: St Peter’s RC Church, St Peter Street
October 13, 2011

In the next in our series on Heritage Open Days in Roath, Jessica Best reports...