Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Cardiff, Penarth and Environs - [vintage photo and postcard album] . . .

Subway Road & General Offices, Barry Dock - 1930

Subway Road & General Offices, Barry Dock - enlargement

'Subway Road & General Offices, Barry Dock' - with enlargement - (previously shown) - It's just after five past two o'clock in the afternoon according to the dock offices clock and numerous workers, some with suitcases are walking to the docks. This postcard was published by A. Peterson Stores, Subway Road, Barry Dock in 1930. The former main line of the Barry Railway passes above the arched bridge at the top of the road. Another from the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]

Subway Road & General Offices, Barry Dock - 1911

A colourised photograph from the book 'The Welsh Dockers' published in 1981 with the title 'A group of frightened Chinese are protected by Cardiff policemen in Bute Street, Cardiff, during the dock strikes of 1911' As may be seen by comparison of the above images, the location is not Cardiff but the Subway Road, Barry Dock. [229]