CANTON AND PONTCANNA IMAGE GALLERY
Incorporating Sophia Gardens
(and part of Riverside)
42 IMAGES
Images are presented in chronological order, starting with the oldest.
(1903) Canton Bridge
(1920) Cowbridge Road East (approaching town)
(1920) Cowbridge Road East, on the junction with Kings Road, and the Kings Castle pub
(1920s) Victoria Park, The Monkey House
(1921) Flooding at St Lukes Church Hall, on the junction of Lansdowne Road and Cowbridge Road East
(1934) Popes Photo Service, Cowbridge Road East
(1937) Various shops on Cowbridge Road East
(1939) Sophia Gardens Lower Lodge, Cowbridge Road EastNEW
(1968) Harlech TV Studios (built around Pontcanna Farm) Demolished mid 1980s (01)NEW
(1968) Harlech TV Studios (built around Pontcanna Farm) Demolished mid 1980s (02)NEW
(1968) Sophia Gardens Pavillion Front EntranceNEW
(1970) Penhill Road
(1971) Ryder StreetNEW
(1979) Conway Road after a blizzard (01)
(1979) Conway Road after a blizzard (02)
(1979) Flooding at Sophia Gardens
(1979) Flooding at Sophia Gardens (alternate view)
(1979) Flooding on Cathedral Road (North)NEW
(1979) Flooding on Cowbridge Road East outside St Davids HospitalNEW
(1979) Sophia Gardens Pavilion after floodingNEW
(1980) Escaped Circus animals after the floods at Sophia Gardens Pavilion
(1980) Flooded Circus Camp at Sophia Gardens Pavilion
(1980) Flooding in Pontcanna Fields
(1980) Flooding in Sophia Gardens Car Park
(1980) Flooding on Cathedral Road (North)
(1980) Flooding on Cathedral Road (South)
(1980) Flooding on Coopers Field and Standing Stones
(1980) Flooding on Cowbridge Road East (junction with Neville Street)
(1980) Flooding on Cowbridge Road East (near St Davids Hospital)
(1980) Flooding on Sophia Close
(1980) National Sports Centre Wales Rugby Pitch after flooding
(1980) National Sports Centre Wales after flooding
(1980) National Sports Centre Wales after flooding (Note the lack of the Swalec Cricket Stadium)
(1982) Cowbridge Road East after a blizzard
(1982) Market Road after a blizzard
(1982) National Sports Centre after a blizzard
(1982) Pontcanna Fields and the Avenue of Trees after a blizzard
(1982) River Taff after heavy snowfall (site of the Millennium Footbridge, constructed 1999)
(1982) Sophia Gardens Pavillion, collapsed roof after heavy snowfall
(2005) Canton Branch Library (Built 1905), Cowbridge Road East
(2007) C.E. Watts (no longer trading) Kings Road
(2007) Sports Council for Wales
PAGE UPDATE HISTORY
06 April 2024 (Coding updates)
04 March 2024 (8 new images added, 10 old images removed (low quality), all images upgraded from 1280 to 1600 pixels wide in resolution, copyright logo prominence increased, title and coding updates,)
13 September 2018 (Coding updates)
24 December 2014 (Site rebuilt and new design launched, all images upgraded from 720 to 1280 pixels wide in resolution)
June 2005 (Page published)