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Sep 24, 2020 · Have you ever wanted to see what Canton looked like decades ago? Well, an incredible new tool on InYourArea lets you do just that. Memory Lane lets anyone upload historical photographs to the archive and, if they are in black and white, turn them into full colour.
Feb 10, 2022 · Cardiff's Canton is a cultural hub that is home to the Chapter Arts Centre and also one of the city's most loved open spaces in Victoria Park.
Apr 4, 2022 · We've trawled through the WalesOnline archive and found these fantastic photographs showing what life was like in Cardiff 50 years ago. What are your memories of Cardiff in the 1970s? Let us...
- St. Canna of Brittany
- 19th Century Developments
- Victoria Park and Billy The Seal
- Parks and Arts
- Cowbridge Road
The name Canton may be derived from the nearby Canna brook in Pontcanna (named after St. Canna), and the word 'Ton', which can either mean Farm or Meadow. The name could also possibly have meant 'St. Canna's estate'. Most historical sources indicate that Canton probably started life as a hamlet (a group of houses smaller than a village) before the ...
The area was sparsely populated but the Bishop of Llandaff, who owned the land, also owned a mill and a manor house. In 1859, the Cattle Market and Slaughterhouse opened, and by the late 19th Century, there were stables, a meat market, and Fairs were being held monthly. A major employer in the area was William Vaughan, a local councillor and preach...
Victoria Park, known for its beautiful fountain and attractive flowerbeds, was opened in 1897 on the former Ely Common. It had the first public bowling green in Cardiff, and was home to Billy the seal - an unusual neighbour but a famous Cardiffian nevertheless! It is thought that she had been accidentally caught by a foreign trawler in 1912. When t...
The original Canton High School was opened in 1907 on Market Road, but was nearly completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the German bombing raids in the second World War. The school was repaired, but it soon moved to new premises at Fairwater in 1963. The building in Market Road is now the home of the 'Chapter Arts Centre'. In 1891, land-owne...
Many family businesses started in Cowbridge Road, with some trading for nearly one hundred years. Franklin's Bakery at the corner of Gray Street and Pope's photography services, on the corner of Albert Street were some of the oldest shops that have unfortunately closed down in recent years. Woolworths, a victim of the credit crunch, closed in 2009 ...
Dec 18, 2022 · We take a look back at some of the images from our archives of our Cardiff suburbs. These bygone pictures show old houses, schools and shops – some of which are no longer standing. A snapshot in time of a still-thriving community.
Jul 16, 2021 · Richard Porch remembers the Canton of his childhood with a work of psychogeographic memoir calling back to a time of abundant corner shops, public architecture and a self-contained community functioning as its own urban village.
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Apr 6, 2024 · CANTON AND PONTCANNA IMAGE GALLERY Incorporating Sophia Gardens (and part of Riverside) 42 IMAGES. Images are presented in chronological order, starting with the oldest.
