High Street, Cardiff - A Martin J. Ridley (M.J.R. - B.7719) postcard post-dated August 1905. It is addressed to Miss E. Hawkins at 25 Bute Street, Cardiff and says 'Good Bye My Dear Evelyn.'
Oliver's, otherwise the shop of George Oliver - bootmaker, and the 'Bungalow Cafe' are clear in the enlargement as is the entrance to the 'High Street Arcade' which opened in 1885. Either side of the arcade at No. 13 was the 'Maypole Dairy Company' and below, at No. 12, 'Cappers,' tea & coffee dealers. At No. 14, we have the 'Dorothy Restaurant' of Stevens Limited, all according to the Cardiff Street Directory of 1901. Another heritage postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]
|