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Fforest Fawr Sculpture Trail Poems

The sculptures in Fforest Fawr each have a poem written by the artist Simon O’Rourke. Sadly the poems have started to wear over time and they’re quite hard to read. Simon’s website has an article with information about the sculptures and the text from the poems. It explains, “The English form of the poem is … more…

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Fireworks at Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow House in Tongwynlais from 1910

This news story was published on 13th March 1863 in The Cardiff Times. The village celebrated the wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Here an interesting seen was presented on the 10th inst., in honour of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. The members of the Sunday School … more…

Villa Cardiff – Part 1

Collection of Cardiff coat of arms

This post was inspired by an article from John&Jane that explored the design of a modern flag for Cardiff. One image jumped out at me because I’d seen it before and not given it much thought. I’m going to explore the use of these arms, show examples of different variations and try to determine when … more…