Images of Cardiff by South Wales Echo (Paperback, 2013)

BOOKS etc. (537933)
99.5% positive Feedback
Price:
£14.48
Free postage
Estimated delivery Sat, 19 Jul - Sat, 26 Jul
Returns:
60 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
New
ISBN-13: 9781859838662, 978-1859838662. Images of Cardiff. Publisher: DB Publishing, United Kingdom.

About this product

Product Information

This title is paperback reprint - back due to popular demand. It covers over 400 captivating photographs chronicling Cardiff throughout the 20th Century. It documents people and events as well as the expected photographs of buildings, streets and landscapes. Cardiff was little more than a village at the start of the 19th century, with a population of less than 2,000 and an address 'near Llantrisant'. But by the end of the century it was one of the busiest ports in the world, a status made possible by the growth of the coal industry in the South Wales valleys. In the 1840s hundreds of refugees from the Irish famine came to Cardiff and were housed in virtual slums, with up to 57 people living in a four-bedroomed windowless house. Ship owners brought men from the West Indies, Africa, The Orient and the Middle East to make the port of Cardiff a thriving cosmopolitan town, which was to develop into a proud capital city. It was 1950s Cardiff that was given the title of a city and the right to elect a Lord Mayor. This coincided with the building of the civic centre, considered second to none and the founding of the university. In 1955 the city was officially named as Capital of Wales, a role which it has long assumed. Sportsmen and women have put Cardiff on the map with the Cardiff Arms Park among the greatest sporting venues in the world. It was there that the Empire Games athletic events were held in 1958. Coal exports have ended and Cardiff has now become a centre of culture and commerce with one of the finest shopping centres in Britain. The South Wales Echo has reported the events in Cardiff for more than 100 years and the photographs in this book, from the newspaper's library, give an insight into the city's life up to the 1970s. It is a work which will delight locals and visitors alike, young and old.

Product Identifiers

PublisherDB Publishing
ISBN-139781859838662
eBay Product ID (ePID)102660143

Product Key Features

Publication Year2013
TopicLocal History
Book TitleImages of Cardiff
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenrePhotography
AuthorSouth Wales Echo
FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height234 mm
Item Width156 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSouth Wales Echo

All listings for this product

Buy it now
Any condition
New
Pre-owned
No ratings or reviews yet
Be the first to write a review