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Rhiwbina
A short history Dae lacepud itisiminis molut experum aut adia nis culpa voluptate quo quod et labori nullorrovitvid erovit, ipsam rerro molore plabore perereicit ilite di utenditias. by. Stephen Joe A vision to transform ten acres of countryside, a group of businessmen with profit off the agenda and a desire to better the appalling Cardiff slums – all of these ideas led to the founding of Rhiwbina Garden Village.
Inspired by other Garden Villages, Prof Stanley Jevons and his businessmen decided to set about realising their dream in Rhiwbina and on October 18, 1912 the society decided to forge ahead with building. These first houses were later known as 1-22 Y Groes, 2-20 Lon Isa and 20-22 Lon y Dail. The 1913 prospectus for the Rhiwbina Garden Village laid out the vision for the future. It said: “There is no dismal little backyard, but everything is free and open, and habits of neatness and cleanliness are at once acquired. “There is a bath with hot water in every house, and housekeepers will rejoice in having numerous cupboards and electric light. Gas will be laid on for heating purposes…”
This imagination turned into reality and the village, which was officially opened in north Cardiff in 1913, has seen remarkably little change over the years. The great and the good behind Rhiwbina Garden Village would surely be pleased if they could walk down the hedgerows, many of which still stand, and gazed at the now-Grade II listed homes. Its hedgerows, parks, schools, shops, train station and neat grid of streets epitomised the Garden Village ideal. Instead of smog, narrow alleyways and filthy courtyards in Cardiff slums – this band of businessmen created space, light and air for families to enjoy and live in.
There was a grand opening on July 13, 1913, outside numbers 6 and 7 Y Groes and the Earl of Plymouth spoke about the conditions others were forced to live in. He declared the society was “working on the right lines” and he was glad to have the honour of officiating. A sundial and plaque were unveiled and it is still there to this day – bearing the initials CWCS Cardiff Workers’ Co-operative Society.
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My parents came to Rhiwbina when I was 12 in 1938, now some 75 years later I sometimes reflect on the changes which have taken place since those early years. Perhaps the greatest change is the transformation of what was a semi-rural area into a major suburb of Cardiff. No longer do cows meander up Heol-y-Deri for milking at the Deri Farm in late afternoon or see Idris Evans’ horse and cart delivering bread in the village. Health and safety would be appalled at the activities of the children of the period. Creeping through the culvert under Heol-y-Deri, climbing the quarry face in Llewellyn’s quarry with a bit of old clothes line. Exploring the old underground workings in Morganstown with only a candle for light. Those were the days! Rhiwbina in the 30s and 40s was virtually a self-contained community. There were shops selling almost everything one could need. Traffic through the village was minimal. If you needed to go to town there was the choice of the train or three bus services - threepence return! Progress and change cannot be halted but I wonder if people were not more content and less stressed 60 or 70 years ago.
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Gordon Holten Rhiwbina Resident
My parents came to Rhiwbina when I was 12 in 1938, now some 75 years later I sometimes reflect on the changes which have taken place since those early years. Perhaps the greatest change is the transformation of what was a semi-rural area into a major suburb of Cardiff. No longer do cows meander up Heol-y-Deri for milking at the Deri Farm in late afternoon or see Idris Evans’ horse and cart delivering bread in the village. Health and safety would be appalled at the activities of the children of the period. Creeping through the culvert under Heol-y-Deri, climbing the quarry face in Llewellyn’s quarry with a bit of old clothes line. Exploring the old underground workings in Morganstown with only a candle for light. Those were the days! Rhiwbina in the 30s and 40s was virtually a self-contained community. There were shops selling almost everything one could need. Traffic through the village was minimal. If you needed to go to town there was the choice of the train or three bus services - threepence return! Progress and change cannot be halted but I wonder if people were not more content and less stressed 60 or 70 years ago.
Shopping Heol-y-Deri MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
JUBERAJ Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
TENOVUS Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
LLOYDS CHEMIST Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo.
MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
CHIROPRACTOR Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
MORGAN Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
GARAGE Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
JUBERAJ Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
TENOVUS Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
LLOYDS CHEMIST Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo.
MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
CHIROPRACTOR Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
MORGAN Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
GARAGE Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Beulah Road MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
JUBERAJ Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
TENOVUS Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
LLOYDS CHEMIST Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo.
MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Beulah Road FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
CHIROPRACTOR Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
MORGAN Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
GARAGE Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
JUBERAJ Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
TENOVUS Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
LLOYDS CHEMIST Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo.
MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
CHIROPRACTOR Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
MORGAN Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
GARAGE Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
JUBERAJ Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
TENOVUS Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
LLOYDS CHEMIST Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo.
MANSELL’S Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
Shopping Heol-y-Deri FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
CHIROPRACTOR Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
MORGAN Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
GARAGE Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
FRAGRANT Atur, optur, et maximo omni doluptatium qui officia volest, ommodicit fugitatem conecusdame porit is es et magnimi nciduciisit vit quamus et volore sus rest volestrum eatur ra quassecabo. Ecto ventiis cipsam quam nos molorum ipicim ipsunt omnihic
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Photograph of Gareth by Sarah Barnes
A Lifetime in Rhiwbina by Gareth Hill
Excerpt taken from the Portraits of Rhiwbina book by local photographer Sarah Barnes.
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JOAN MILLER Rhiwbina Resident
I worked for Mr Jones, the chemist, for a while and loved it. The chemist shop is where Threads is now. The opticians was a boutique owned by Tony Lewis’s wife. (Tony was a famous cricketer and a television presenter.) I think the Beulah Dress Agency used to be a cake shop and opposite a Gents Outfitters is where the flower shop is now. Nearby was a lovely butchers’ shop owned by Pete and he was there for years. There was a lovely community feeling of course and the church seems as if it’s been there for years. My memories are from 1964 and Mr Jones was a rugby player at one time and was certainly built like one. He was quite a character, always had stores and interesting conversations with his customers and they loved him. He was interested in anything regarding the village. One of his friends was Jack Jones, who was quite a prominent author, and they would chat and put the world to right and still be able to do the same the next day. All lovely memories for me and I bet lots of people would remember Mr Jones and had dealings with him - he had everything in his chemist to deal with any situation - an amazing man. St Thomas’s Hall, opposite the bank, was the main place for the youngsters. It was a youth club, brownies, scouts and a place for dancing and shows and I saw quite a few pantos there. I don’t know how many people know this but there was an explosion in the early 40s where Philip Close would be - roughly before the estate was built. My in-laws lived in Fairfax Road, the opposite houses were all affected, it did something to the foundations at the time. Around that area was a munitions factory, it was called ROF. Mostly women worked there, it was a dangerous place to work and I’m glad I was too young to be considered!
Rhiwbina Recreation club largely.” At first the Rhiwbina Recreation Club had no licenced bar for residents to take light relief but eventually it was added, after much discussion by committee members. That was because some members of the management committee remembered the Garden City movement was closely linked with the temperance drive at the beginning of the century. However, the inevitable step came in 1959 when members agreed that financially there was only one way forward and a bar was added to the amenities of the club – now the Rec boasts two bars.
Rhiwbina’s lively social and sporting life has always been centred around the recreation club which is situated near the school, Lon y Dail/ Lon Ucha. Opened in 1914, the Rhiwbina Recreation Club – or the Rec - as it is known to locals, boasts a wide range of sports clubs as well social activities.
These days the Recreation Club is home to Rhiwbina Squash Club, Rhiwbina Rugby Club (the Squirrels), Rhiwbina Tennis Club, Rhiwbina Bowls Club (both mens and ladies, indoor and outdoor) and Rhiwbina Table Tennis Club. The Recreation club also can offer salsa dance classes, zumba, monthly quiz nights, ballroom/sequence dancing and there is a fully-licenced bar with big games on the television.
When it first became established in the social life of Rhiwbina, there was a bowling green, tennis courts and croquet lawns offering exercise and relaxation. It was established by members of Rhiwbina Garden Village Society together with local businessmen and professional men.
Gracing one of the function rooms at the Rec are the names of captains and winning teams throughout the club’s 100 year history. It’s an impressive testament to the sporting achievements of those who have enjoyed making the most of this historic club and its facilities.
At the opening of the new recreation hall in 1922, the Western Mail reported that Mr Avray Tipping, who funded some of the homes in the village, was presented with a key. In his speech he said: “Rhiwbina…had created not merely a village, but a community. There was something more than houses, there was the human spirit at its best and that was going to make Rhiwbina grow, and grow very
Current Recreation Club president Richard Clarke said: “The Rec is and has been an integral part of the community for nearly 100 years. It provides a wide range of sporting and social facilities for the community and for those who come from further afield.”
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CONTACT the CLUB on 02920 628938 www.rhiwbinarecreationclub.co.uk twitter @rhiwbinarecclub
Rhiwbina had created not merely a village but a community.
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Rhiwbina Trail
Follow the historic trail ... Drawing by Genevieve Loxton @ The Art Workshop
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Short Interview
Snug as a bug in a rug HARLEY JONES// Rhiwbina resident
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We came to live in Beulah Road in July 1992, so are comparative ‘newcomers’ - having brought up our children in Llandaff. Some of our friends found it hard to understand why we bought the 1925-built, detached bungalow – one said “you’ll be as snug as a bug in a rug here, with your pipe and slippers” At that time we were thought to have come to Terry and June country!
Further down the road lived Alison and Peter Fear, who we had previously known from the time we served on the Friends of Bishop of Llandaff High School Committee. Being an hospitable and kindly person, Alison invited us around for a meal where we met more neighbours, Judge Prosser and Ann and Peter Stevenson who, like Alison and Peter, attended Beulah Chapel.
Our first impression of Rhiwbina was ‘what a friendly place’ – people in the street said ‘hello” and “good morning” and “how are you settling in?”. Reggie Jones (who had kept the chemist shop in Beulah Road (where ‘Threads’ is now) used to walk his dog past our front gate and stop for a chat. Our next door neighbours were Gwen Dearson (a retired teacher) and at No 27 a lady who had a mini cocktail bar in her lounge! We soon got chatting with the then neighbourhood watch co-ordinator Len Davies, his wife and daughter Stella, who all lived at No 3 Gernant.
We were delighted with the range of shops – just in Beulah Road we had a post office, a bakery, a gents barber (Andrew), a gents outfitter , Kaye’s haberdashery (Kaye Forsey), a butcher (Peter Shields) and a fruit and veg and fresh fishmonger (currently Wine at No 4). Vivienne and I have been very happy to have chosen Rhiwbina, it’s the longest place we have stayed, and where we have made more friends as time has gone by – it offers so much, it’s so handy with its choice of train or bus into town there’s no need to use the car!