Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Even More Moments Captured in Time - [vintage photo and postcard album] . . .



Queen Street, Cardiff - A postcard sent from the Bute Docks during August 1923 to an address in Robin Hood's Bay in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is a Milton "Artlette" series No. 121, published by Wollstone Bros. of London E.C. Another heritage record held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]


c.1910 - Cardiff, Queen St. - A similar postcard view as that above with the 'Empire' theatre at the lower end of Queen Street complete with adjacent retailers as a tram heads down the street for Newport Road. Molyneux & Co. were boot and shoe retailers and P. E. Gane, next door, were cabinet makers, upholsters and house furnishers. The company of Trapnell and Gane commenced trading in 1824 in Bristol and they opened branches in Newport and Cardiff by 1889. In 1909 their name had changed to P. E. Gane Ltd. and they continued trading at Cardiff until 1930. A Beaufort Series, Bristol, postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] The 1901 Cardiff Directory lists : Gane E. P., 38 and 41 Queen Street but Molyneux & Company is not listed.


c.1910 - Queen Street, Cardiff - Another postcard view similar to that above with the same overhead tram wire support column in the middle of the road. A busy scene with the facade of the 'Empire' theatre just visible. On the left Williams & Sons are having a salvage sale. [000] [002]