Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
blue matt
<b>indeed, we have our knockers</b>, but this place is still a joy to read
Sludge in 3..2..1
Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
Rock_Flock_of_Five
It's funny how this thread has
developed, from a negative (stabbings) to a rather interesting journey back to yesteryear.
The beauty of CCMB!
You could say my original post has been derailed. Sorry, I'll get my coat.
Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
Cyclops
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The streets ran from Wood Street (named after the guy who owned the land) to the station and were the first proper view visitors had of Cardiff.
Hard to understand why they began to be demolished in the 1930s.
What a pair of really good, atmospheric photos.
Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
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?
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
Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
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.
Re: Central Station Cordoned Off
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
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.
Hasn’t the old post office been next door to the Arms Park for years, probably there when Temperance Town existed. As someone else mentioned on this thread, it’s boundary was Wood St, named after the developer/owner of the land.
