We’ve had a look at the history of Brewery Park in Adamsdown and what was there before it was a park and added it to our website. Just click here to have a look.

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Anyone interested in joining us should contact Elizabeth Morgan.

R.L.H.S. Programme & Events Organiser.

roathhistory@gmail.com

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YouTube Channel:-

We’ve just launched the Roath Local History Society YouTube channel. We had good fun making our first video. Hope you like it!

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Newsletter:

Our May newsletter is now available. It contains the follwoing article:-

‘The Care of the Wounded Soldier – an anatomy of a painting’ By Gareth Brown

Visit our Newsletter page to access previous copies of our Monthly Newsletter.

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Latest addition to our Roath Virtual War Memorial:

JOSEPH HICKS

Private, 4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 3973085)

Joseph Hicks was born in Cardiff on 9 Dec 1911 to Albert Edward Hicks, a timber labourer, originally from Swindon, Wiltshire and Sarah Ann Hicks nèe John, originally from Cardiff.  In 1921 the Hicks family lived at 22 Nora Street, Adamsdown and Joseph attended Stacey Road School.  In 1934 he married Violet Frances Morgan and they went on to have a son and a daughter.  In 1939 they lived at 50 Wimborne Street and Joseph was working as a general labourer – deal (timber) carrier and his wife Violet worked as a machinist in a munitions works.  In WWII he served as a Private in the 4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.  He was killed on 6 Mar 1945 in Germany, aged 33. On 6 March 1945, the Battalion was involved in a significant battle near Issum/Alpen area of Germany.  The battle of the Reichswald Forest was part of Operation Veritable and one in which the Welsh Regiment sustained heavy losses alongside Canadian forces.  Joseph is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, German (plot 45.F.15).  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.

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Facebook

You may like to consider joining our new Roath Local History Society Facebook group.  It is another way of sharing some of the fascinating history of the area and of advertising our society.

Just follow this link:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/roathlocalhistorysociety

You will be asked to answer one simple question on joining: ‘What city is Roath in?’  This may seem strange but it is to try and prevent robots joining the group.

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Society Background:

Roath is a suburb of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Our area of interest is not just Roath as we know it today but all areas that were in the ancient parish of Roath.  That includes the suburbs of Adamsdown, Splott, Tremorfa, Pengam, Plasnewydd, Penylan, parts of Cathays and Cyncoed as well as Roath itself.

Our lively and interesting meetings are held at 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of the month from September through to May.  See Programme for details.

We meet at  St Edward’s church, Westville Road, Pen-y-lan, Cardiff. CF23 5DE.

Annual membership is just £13 (membership form)  and visitors are welcome to attend any meeting for £3.

In June and July we undertake a series of trips to places of historic interest in both Cardiff and the wider South Wales area.

We are now over 40 years old. More information on our activities can be found on the  Society page. A Short History of Roath Local History Society has also recently been added and can be found on the Society page. 

We have published a number of books about Roath history.  These together with links to other books of interest can be found on the Publications page.

On our Links page we have listed websites that ma be of interest to people studying local history in the Cardiff and surrounding areas.

In our Local History section we have started to assemble articles on a whole range of topics connected to the old parish of Roath.

Finally, we draw your attention to our Blog.  We hope you enjoy the posts and having a wander around the website.

Thanks for visiting.