Just got back from a train journey with the missus and was directed to the rear of the station as police have cordoned off the front entrance. Anyone know what's happened ?
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Just got back from a train journey with the missus and was directed to the rear of the station as police have cordoned off the front entrance. Anyone know what's happened ?
Cheers.Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Cheers.
2 youngsters in hospital with stab wounds
Gang related
Awful place , dreadful views as you come out, offices half empty , half empty cafes , beggars , bolshie taxi drivers , probably looks better empty , keep it cordoned off is my advise , another shit show of planning , up the revolution .
Yeah - it was loads better back in the day...
Temperence Town.jpg
Crikey, that's some photo!
Temperance Town
At least their bikes were safe, or is that the taxi rank
No school today , parents down the pub ?
I find the new buildings a bit brutal looking.
Great photo.
I know what you mean. They're a bit in your face when you exit the station. Smarter than the old bus station I suppose but completely lacking in character.
I always thought Temperance Town was over towards where the old ice-rink used to be?
That photo seems to show the area immediately to the left as you exit the station.
However, I will bow down to your greater knowledge - you and BLUETIT probably had many a night out on the ale in Temperance Town.
Erm…Temperance Town, as the name suggests there were no nights out there. The developer who financed & built it in the 19th century was a strict teetotaller. Not one drinking establishment in the area. The father in law was born there in the 1920s, he ended up on the committees of the Docks Non Political Club & The Ex Servicemen’s, loved a drink all his life, he certainly railed against his rootsI always thought Temperance Town was over towards where the old ice-rink used to be?
That photo seems to show the area immediately to the left as you exit the station.
However, I will bow down to your greater knowledge - you and BLUETIT probably had many a night out on the ale in Temperance Town.
The area around the old ice rink, Bute Terrace, Mary Ann St etc was notorious for its shebeens and drinking dens, no evidence of the temperance movement there.
I should know more about the history of my home city, but, say, your father in law lived bang in the middle of Temperance Town, how far would he have to walk to get to the nearest pub? It wouldn't have been too far would it?Erm…Temperance Town, as the name suggests there were no nights out there. The developer who financed & built it in the 19th century was a strict teetotaller. Not one drinking establishment in the area. The father in law was born there in the 1920s, he ended up on the committees of the Docks Non Political Club & The Ex Servicemen’s, loved a drink all his life, he certainly railed against his roots
Temperance Town was on the exact spot of the old bus station. So getting a drink was no hard task. It was just very unusual for the time given that the norm was nigh on a pub in every terraced street.
I always understood that it extended north right through the area where they later had Cardiff Arms Park, now the Pricipality Stadium. slightly off topic I also recall when I was young being told that when they bought the area for the rugby ground there was a pub there right on the edge of temperance town, and the owner refused to sell unless they agreed to name the ground after the pub.
If I remember rightly Temperance town was a place that specifically had to no alcohol / pubs - is that right?
Certainly not as far to walk as someone living in the middle of Pontprennau or any of the new housing estates they're building around the city
Fair play, you enlightened me with a degree of compassion. In my ignorance, I had to Google the meaning of 'temperance'. Got it now.Erm…Temperance Town, as the name suggests there were no nights out there. The developer who financed & built it in the 19th century was a strict teetotaller. Not one drinking establishment in the area. The father in law was born there in the 1920s, he ended up on the committees of the Docks Non Political Club & The Ex Servicemen’s, loved a drink all his life, he certainly railed against his roots
The area around the old ice rink, Bute Terrace, Mary Ann St etc was notorious for its shebeens and drinking dens, no evidence of the temperance movement there.
Fair play, you enlightened me with a degree of compassion. In my ignorance, I had to Google the meaning of 'temperance'. Got it now.
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