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Another rainy trip to the Diff:
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Photos of the rain-drenched streets of Cardiff – city centre and Llanishen at night, Jan 2020 -
Growing up in Cardiff - Britain's wettest city - I'm very familiar with being endlessly pelted with rain, drizzle and thunderous downpours, and yesterday my home town delivered in full during my brief visit. Here's some photos: Queen Street. But first, a pint at the Church Inn, Llanishen. St...
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gaijingirl
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Lovely photos. We had a fantastic week there over new year. I love going back to Cardiff - although every year it seems more and more different to how I remember it.
brogdale
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More bad news (from FB)
End of an era of live music? Sad news that #GAMLINS Music Centre is due to close in Cardiff! Gamlins Music Centre
+ Now's your chance to call in the store to pay your respect to what is an institution, and check out their Retirement Sale with up to 50% off!
++ Gamlin's helped nuture the Welsh rock scene. Legendary Cardiff rock band BUDGIE were supported by Gamlin's in their early days. #budgie #breadfan
End of an era of live music? Sad news that #GAMLINS Music Centre is due to close in Cardiff! Gamlins Music Centre
+ Now's your chance to call in the store to pay your respect to what is an institution, and check out their Retirement Sale with up to 50% off!
++ Gamlin's helped nuture the Welsh rock scene. Legendary Cardiff rock band BUDGIE were supported by Gamlin's in their early days. #budgie #breadfan
- We've been thrilled to have Burke Shelley pop in the Buchan bar now and then. We've also had the privillege of hosting young bands such as MILK The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk to ply their craft and keep the flame of Welsh rock burning!
- BUDGIE: Pioneers of Heavy Metal: "“Grandaddies of heavy metal? I prefer to think of us as its kindly uncles,” laughed Budgie Singer Burke Shelley (...), whose band came together in 1967 from “musician wanted” ads in the windows of Gamlin’s music shop in the capital. Our self-titled debut album in 1971 got played to death on Radio Luxembourg and earned us a big following across Europe." https://www.walesonline.co.uk/…/sixties-band-budgie-were-ki…
- #vintageolympicpremier Coincidentally, today we built up and restored our 1970s vintage Olympic Premier drum kit which now stands in its full yellow peril glory (- thanks to Pete for his generosity & Dave for persevering with the pre-metric threads). The photo is from the vintage.olympic website http://www.vintageolympic.co.uk/1970.html -- and our kit is not too far removed from this. Read more https://drummagazine.com/the-rocky-history-of-premier-drums/
- So that's an invite to a drummer to put the vintage Olympic Premier drum kit through its paces, if ever there was one! Anyone for a "vintage" rock jam?
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nogojones
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Was gonna ask if you were bringing the life ring again. Seemed fitting that close to the Taff.
Never seen the Taff so high before. Bute park / Castle grounds by the standing stones all flooded out along with Llandaff Fields
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I hope they catch this scumbag. And great work by the OAP!
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Brave pensioner boxes his way out of attempted robbery at Cardiff cashpoint
This is the moment a plucky pensioner fought back after a robber tried to steal the money he had just withdrawn from a cash machine.
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
* waves hello in direction of cardiff *
This has come up on Tweeter
Going solely on the bus, I think the photo with the number 12 bus may be Cardiff (the Supremes did visit places other than London, and other places had double deck buses with open platforms at that time) but I don't know Cardiff well enough to suggest a location.
Anyone want to join in?
This has come up on Tweeter
Going solely on the bus, I think the photo with the number 12 bus may be Cardiff (the Supremes did visit places other than London, and other places had double deck buses with open platforms at that time) but I don't know Cardiff well enough to suggest a location.
Anyone want to join in?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
They are standing outside the bank(Nat west) on St.Mary Street, opposite Church Street.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
The first picture may be what is now Cathedral Walk looking towards Charles St
The second picture might be St Mary Street - close to where it meets High St, looking towards the castle
Both these areas have bee redeveloped so it's hard to get a good comparison
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
I dont think its Cathedral walk due to the incline and the fact that there is a busy road to the left!
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
yes - definitely st mary's street
The first may be be somewhere else - they did a UK tour
do either of you do the tweeter thing, or shall I respond?
nogojones
spelling is overrated
All yours - unless there's prize money
yes - definitely st mary's street
The first may be be somewhere else - they did a UK tour
do either of you do the tweeter thing, or shall I respond?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
you can have the glory.
yes - definitely st mary's street
The first may be be somewhere else - they did a UK tour
do either of you do the tweeter thing, or shall I respond?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
The railings are an exact match for the older ones on the Charles Street end (see Google Maps so I think this you're right here
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Modern copies of a generic victorian design! how do you explain the incline, the presence of a wide road to the left and the fact that none of the cathedral features match the photograph! I think the first one probably is London.
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