An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

[stevebrickman]

That’s an amazing photo. I never realised there was a canal at the bottom of st Mary’s street

[stevebrickman]

Did the canal run all the way down through Bute street to the Bay?

[splott parker]

Did the canal run all the way down through Bute street to the Bay?

It ran from town past The York hence the street names being East Canal Wharf & West Canal Wharf, it ran parallel with Bute St but behind the houses, it’s a park now. It would have carried on through James St near The White Hart, Nethercott’s (Smellies) shop was on the corner of the park, and down to the Docks itself.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

It ran from town past The York hence the street names being East Canal Wharf & West Canal Wharf, it ran parallel with Bute St but behind the houses, it’s a park now. It would have carried on through James St near The White Hart, Nethercott’s (Smellies) shop was on the corner of the park, and down to the Docks itself.

What kind of a shop was Nethercott’s (Smellies) and why was it called "Smellies".... a fishmonger's?

[splott parker]

What kind of a shop was Nethercott’s (Smellies) and why was it called "Smellies".... a fishmonger's?

It was a general store but had a pin ball machine so kids hung around in there. Why ‘Smellies’ I don’t know but that’s what it was always referred to.

[Barmy]

It ran from town past The York hence the street names being East Canal Wharf & West Canal Wharf, it ran parallel with Bute St but behind the houses, it’s a park now. It would have carried on through James St near The White Hart, Nethercott’s (Smellies) shop was on the corner of the park, and down to the Docks itself.

My parents called it smellies,it was Tugs to us kids born in the sixties.
I fondly remember playing pool in there and going over the moon on the pinball, hey Poc!
The Canal was filled in but still integral to the docks.

[Barmy]

That’s an amazing photo. I never realised there was a canal at the bottom of st Mary’s street

The canal was the other end of James st. Where it met Clarence rd.
There was a train line there also.