OLD CARDIFF – ‘Centreplan70’ retro plans for the City

A major overhaul of Cardiff City centre was planned back in 1970 with the catchy title of ‘Centreplan 70’ Conceived back in the late sixties, the aim of Centreplan 70 was to redevelop the city centre by bringing new roads, pedestrian walkways, an art centre and the idea of an indoor shopping centre amongst many […]

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STYLE-Cardiff Fashion Quarter

Recently you may have seen some activity happening on Cardiff’s Womanby Street? Posters being put up in shop windows, street art being added to the walls and merchandise and stalls being transported? Well it is all part of Cardiff’s latest ‘quarter’ to hit the City Centre – this time aptly named The Cardiff Fashion Quarter. […]

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RETRO – Disco 45 magazine

A work colleague had tweeted that they had recently unearthed some old magazines from their home and had plonked them in their recycling bin to be later disposed of. I instantly tweeted that they needed saving and that I would sift through them and do something more useful with them. I feel it’s such a […]

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Anyone remember those marshmallow and coconut biscuits?

Whilst in Asda’s today (as we HAVE to say in Cardiff! I know it’s only called Asda but it’s the rule!) I saw some biscuits from my childhood that I totally forgot that I used to love. They consisted of a biscuits base, with a layer of jam and then some squirted marshmallow ontop with […]

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