4 May 2024

Waterloo Gardens Penylan Cardiff, Wales

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Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snow scenes. Photo images, Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff, South Wales, UK.

These photographs capture snow during the notably cold winter of 1975-76. Back lane behind Waterloo Gardens, Cardiff adjacent to the recreation field and Roath Brook.

The Welsh capital has many local streets named after 19th century English military campaigns such as Waterloo Gardens, Stallcourt Ave, Sandringham Rd, Kimberley Rd, Blenheim Rd.

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3 May 2024

London #04 Piccadilly Circus

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Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Casual music buskers, Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980
Risca Male Voice Choir. Piccadilly Circus London, 1980
Members of Risca Male Voice Choir from South Wales, UK. Impromptu singing gig at Piccadilly Circus, London, 1980.
Risca Male Voice Choir. Piccadilly Circus London, 1980
Piccadilly Circus, 1980. Impromptu gig/music buskers on steps of Piccadilly Circus roundabout in it's original. location before it was moved a couple of years later. At junction of Regent Street, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury Avenue, The Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street in London's West End - City of Westminster, Greater London, W1J 9HT
Piccadilly Circus, London 1980

The steps surrounding the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, beneath the statue of Anteros (popularly known as Eros), Piccadilly often became a focal point for impromptu musical sessions. London, UK. These images were made one Saturday afternoon in 1980.

The plinth, fountain and statue were moved to a new location in 1985.

1) Photographs show buskers singing and playing a guitar surrounded by groups of young people sitting or standing around. In the background can be seen a red London bus and the London Pavilion theatre showing the Great Rock n’ Roll Swindle mockumentary film.

2) Photographs show members of Risca Male Choir (Welsh male voice choir based in Risca, South Wales) performing an impromptu gig.

1980, personal journal photos.

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