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Butetown and Cardiff Docks
Brian Lee
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Description for Butetown and Cardiff Docks
Paperback. This fascinating collection of 200 photographs tells the story of Cardiff's disappearing docklands, known throughout the world as 'Tiger Bay'. It illustrates the history of the docks and the associated residential area of Butetown with its eclectic mix of nationalities and cultures. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of Wales. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
This fascinating collection of 200 photographs tells the story of Cardiff's disappearing docklands, known throughout the world as 'Tiger Bay'. It illustrates the history of the docks and the associated residential area of Butetown with its eclectic mix of nationalities and cultures; a fact highlighted by a researcher in the 1950s, who counted fifty-seven different nationalities residing in the area. The reader will encounter street scenes, with buildings that are long gone, demolished to make way for what is now knows as the Cardiff Bay Millennium Waterfront. The book provides glimpses of the metamorphosis of the docks from a small ... Read more
This fascinating collection of 200 photographs tells the story of Cardiff's disappearing docklands, known throughout the world as 'Tiger Bay'. It illustrates the history of the docks and the associated residential area of Butetown with its eclectic mix of nationalities and cultures; a fact highlighted by a researcher in the 1950s, who counted fifty-seven different nationalities residing in the area. The reader will encounter street scenes, with buildings that are long gone, demolished to make way for what is now knows as the Cardiff Bay Millennium Waterfront. The book provides glimpses of the metamorphosis of the docks from a small ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Archive Photographs: Images of Wales
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752415826
SKU
V9780752415826
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99-10
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