Now being developed - anyone got any ideas whats being build here?
My brother is thinking of moving near there and he likes the views but not sure if they are building student skyscrapers in the back garden!
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Now being developed - anyone got any ideas whats being build here?
My brother is thinking of moving near there and he likes the views but not sure if they are building student skyscrapers in the back garden!
Do you mean the old Empire Stadium? That was originally a sports arena. Track and field.
Na, he means the “cycle proficiency test centre”, which was next to the old Plaza cinemaQuote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
It’s going to be a mixture of flats and houses, private and social housing. It’s not a student development, but there’ll be plenty of students for neighbours in the area with it being so near Heath Hospital. I live quite close, it’s a good place to live convenient for town, A470, M4 etc fairly quiet, loads of places to eat on Whitchurch Road. Houses tend to be cheaper than Heath or Whitchurch.
Never even knew that existed. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Thanks Toggs - do you know who the developer is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Toggs
It just says Cardiff Homes on the adverts around it, I think it’s a council project but I’m not sure whose doing the actual work.
Briardene used to be owned by the Highways Department of the Council and housed the Road Safety section which included running the School Crossing Patrol service. As has been pointed out already there was as area marked out for cycling proficiency tests. I remember doing that test in Junior School and got a yellow pennant to attach to the handlebars of my bike.
Did you put wooden clothes pegs + cardboard on your wheels as well ?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
Great - thanks chaps
Didn't we all do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Most definitely!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
I remember the cycling proficiency centre well, I grew up just around the corner.
It was called maindy not gabalfa in those days
Seems like it's becoming a decent area these days, plenty of nice places to eat on Whitchurch road. Town is a nice walk through Bute park away.
Only real downside is the school catchment isn't great
Cathays High was always a good School in my day? not now???Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
When was your day? I can't recall it ever being one of the better schoolsQuote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
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Originally Posted by Rjk
I always thought that the Cycling Proficiency Centre was near St Mark's church, which is definitely in Gabalfa? Then you had further up Mynachdy, Cathays High school... from there to the rail bridge was the Maindy area. The Maindy pub used to be opposite Cathays High school (The College Tavern now, I believe?) and of course, just a little further up is Maindy stadium.
I had a mate who lived in Maelog Place, Mynachdy. Cathays High school was no more than a 5 minute stroll from his house, and yet due to the education authority's demarcation guidelines, he had to go to Glantaf High school, Llandaff North instead - that must be a good 40 minutes walk.. crazy!
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Originally Posted by Toadstool
It's a small fracking test area being explored by Trump Industries which will operate for about 6 months and ,if successful be expanded to surrounding areas.
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Originally Posted by BLUETIT
1961. Kids went there who had passed the 11 plus I think. It always seemed OK. I knew a couple of girls who went ghere from gabalfa estate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk