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Butetown & Cardiff Docks
compiled by Brian Lee and Butetown History &
Arts Centre
Paperback £12.99
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Book
description
This fascinating collection of 200 photographs, selected
mainly from the Butetown History and Arts Centre archives,
provides an unparalleled insight into the history of Cardiff’s
docklands, including the multi-cultural community known
throughout the world as Tiger Bay. Butetown and Cardiff
Docks provides glimpses of the metamorphosis of the docks
from a small harbour to the leading coal exporting port
in the world. The book also
introduces the reader to some of the personalities that
inhabited the area and brings alive sights and scenes
portraying the area’s rich historical heritage. The
reader will encounter street scenes, with buildings that
are
long gone, demolished to make way for what is now known
as Cardiff Bay.
Butetown and Cardiff Docks
is part of the Images of Wales Series, published by
Tempus.
Author bio(s):
Brian Lee is a local historian who has published a number
of books on Cardiff, including Cardiff Remembered.
Butetown History and Arts Centre
is a community-based centre dedicated to preserving,
exhibiting and publishing people’s history.
Table of contents:
Foreword by Hon Alun Michael MP
Introduction
1. Dockland Scenes
2. Shops and Businesses
3. Streets and Buildings
4. Public Houses
5. Religion
6. Schooldays
7. Special Occasions
8. Sport
9. The Rainbow Club
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