Old Cardiff Pictures

[TWGL1]

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[Moodybluebird]

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Great pics, thanks for posting them 👍

One of particular interest to me is Pic No. 9 as I was born and brought up in Eclipse Street, Adamsdown.

[tforturton]

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That's a great photo of Womanby Street.

[Tuerto]

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Looking through those Photos, and there are hardly any Fat People, nearly everyone looks slim.

[BLUETIT]

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Looking through those Photos, and there are hardly any Fat People, nearly everyone looks slim.

Obviously, Wimpy’s were not as fattening as MacDonalds

[The Bloop]

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Looking through those Photos, and there are hardly any Fat People, nearly everyone looks slim.

Everything was 4:3 back then. I blame wide-screen for making me look bigger.

[TWGL1]

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The city Centre has only changed drastically within the last ten years ?

[the other bob wilson]

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Great photos, but I looked at them thinking Cardiff hasn’t changed as much as I would have thought it had in fifty years.

David Morgan’s didn’t close in 1971 though did it, seems much more recent than that to me.

I was living in Fairwater from the early sixties and I can’t remember that Swiss Cottage ever being occupied.

[Tuerto]

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Obviously, Wimpy’s were not as fattening as MacDonalds

I'm 50 this year, and i can't remember having a Take Away when i was a kid, maybe when i got into my late teens. Probably because we were skint most of the time, but there wasn't the availability, things have changed massively when it comes to 'Fast Food' i blame Deliveroo and Greggs :hehe:

[Tuerto]

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Great photos, but I looked at them thinking Cardiff hasn’t changed as much as I would have thought it had in fifty years.

David Morgan’s didn’t close in 1971 though did it, seems much more recent than that to me.

I was living in Fairwater from the early sixties and I can’t remember that Swiss Cottage ever being occupied.

David Morgan closed early 00's i think?

[The Bloop]

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The development of Central Square and St Davids 2 have been the biggest changes in recent years. Plenty of people (not on here) complain about the destruction of the city, but much of it still remains. Shopfronts change but many buildings haven't changed much at all above the ground floor.
I rarely go to town but did last week and rather than looking at the shops, spent time looking up at the buildings.
There's a good mix of old and new.

[ToTaL ITK]

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i was 9 or 10 when these were taken but i remember Cardiff in colour. Black and white pics don't help the place looked rough...and was

[Moodybluebird]

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The development of Central Square and St Davids 2 have been the biggest changes in recent years. Plenty of people (not on here) complain about the destruction of the city, but much of it still remains. Shopfronts change but many buildings haven't changed much at all above the ground floor.
I rarely go to town but did last week and rather than looking at the shops, spent time looking up at the buildings.
There's a good mix of old and new.

Totally agree with you about Central Square. You only need to check out the pic of the buses leaving the station and Marland House to see that. No subtlety involved in the modernisation of this area and I don't particular find it attractive. Luckily, as you said many if not most of the other buildings in town have not been so drastically altered.

[the other bob wilson]

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David Morgan closed early 00's i think?

Yes, that sounds about right, no way it was 1971.

[Random in Duquesa]

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Great photos, but I looked at them thinking Cardiff hasn’t changed as much as I would have thought it had in fifty years.

David Morgan’s didn’t close in 1971 though did it, seems much more recent than that to me.

I was living in Fairwater from the early sixties and I can’t remember that Swiss Cottage ever being occupied.

David Morgan shut in 2000's , I sold stuff to them , the staff were devastated but the offer they had from developers was too good to turn down.

And the Swiss cottage on fairwater Green was sometimes occupied in the daytime by kids who should've been in Cantonian... so I'm told!