19 May 2022

Llangorse Lake Bannau Brycheiniog Brecon

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  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975
  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975
  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975
  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975
  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975
  • Llangorse Lake, Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. 1975

Llangorse Lake Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Wales, UK. Recreational lake popular for boating and canoeing activities. Photos 1975.

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8 Apr 2022

Steam Day Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff

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  • Steam Day at Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff South Wales. Various images of vintage steam trains.
  • Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff South Wales. Various images of vintage steam trains.
  • Steam Day at Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff South Wales. Various images of vintage steam trains and spectators/passengers.
  • Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff South Wales. Various images of vintage steam trains.
  • Steam Day at Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff South Wales, UK
  • Steam day. Caerphilly Railway Society, South Wales, UK. View from cab of steam locomotive. Photo circa 1974-75
Steam Day Caerphilly Railway Society

Vintage black and white photographs taken at a steam day at Caerphilly Railway Society, Cardiff showing steam locomotive train and spectators on a wet rainy day.

At that time the railway society was located on the Harold Wilson Industrial Estate in Caerphilly, Cardiff, South Wales, UK with the aim of restoring and maintaining vintage steam locomotives.

Personal journal June 25, 1978.

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26 Feb 2022

Record #02

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Minster Rd, Cardiff, South Wales, UK. Street scene with snow during the severe winter 1975-76. The church on left is currently Parkminster United Reformed Church, 10 Minster Rd.
Minster Rd, Roath, Cardiff, Wales. Winter 1975-76.
Vintage black and white photograph showing a snowy street scene.

Personal journal. Many photographs were taken on the streets of Cardiff as a teenager in the early to mid 1970’s most of which have been lost (thanks Pickfords) and never made it to Australia.

Cardiff then was the Arms Park, the Hayes Island snack bar, wet fish at Central Market and a sarsaparilla bar full of cigarette smoke and old photos of champion racing pigeons tucked away down an arcade.

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25 Feb 2022

Fire Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, Cardiff

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  • Fire fighters on long ladders tackle the fire at the Esplanade Hotel Fire, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Fire fighters on long ladders tackle the fire at the Esplanade Hotel Fire, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • People in street watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Members of the public watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • People in street watching the fire at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
  • Fire fighters equipment and vehicles at the Esplanade Hotel, Penarth, South Wales 1977
Fire at the Esplanade Hotel Penarth Cardiff, South Wales, UK.

May 29, 1977. Fire sweeps through the iconic Victorian era Esplanade Hotel on the seafront at Penarth.

A large crowd gathered to watch the work of Penarth and Cardiff City fire fighters. South Glamorgan Fire Brigade, South Wales, United Kingdom.

Personal journal. Restored images from original transparencies that had deteriorated over the past 50 years.

The Penarth Times has an article regarding this incident on their website. (Link still active May, 2025).

After remaining empty for a few years the site was redeveloped as apartment blocks .

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