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Splott street - photo by John Dixon

Splott

Originally owned by the Bishop of Llandaff, its name is said to come from 'God's Plot'. Little remains of its holier days. It is more commonly known for its once vast steelworks and rows of tightly-knit houses.


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Tales Of The city

Your stories and memories of Splott.

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Splott Dress
Judith Wood
West Grove
"I'm not sure if I wear it, or it wears me!"


Life After Redundancy
John Sennett
Rover Way
"I went to the steelworks, A.S.W. to convince myself it was closed."


Story

Postcard from Scott
Owen Hardwicke
Moorland Road
"My grandfather became the Lord Mayor in 1910, and hosted a visit of Scott of the Antarctic."


Pearl Street
Dave Griffiths
Pearl Street
"I remember John the salt & vinegar man pushing his barrow down the street."


Job Hunting
Terry
Rover Way
"There was less employment pomposity during the 1950s."


Photo

Aberystwith Street
John Dixon
Aberystwith Street
"The last of two streets which formed Lower Splott."


Splott railway
Julie Forster


Foreshore Sunrise
Sean Meek
Cardiff Foreshore
"The sunrise was quite spectacular ... the picture doesn't do it justice."


Building the 3 leafed clover flats
David Morris
Splott Road
"A bright stormy day last february from an upstairs back window."


Space ship building
Dennis Robins
Rover Way Steelworks


Wakeling Bros
Brenda Ridler
Clifton Street
Inside an ironmonger's shop


Eliza Thomas's Pie Shop
Chris Standing
Portmanmoor Road
"I think she may have been my grandmother - does anyone remember her?"




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