On March 28th 1884 Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria died at Cannes.
On April 7th 1884 , the Cardiff Town Council at their monthly meeting sent an address of condolences to the Queen and to the Duchess of Albany.
At the same meeting it was resolved:
“that the road leading from Roath Court to the north end of Castle Road , which has hitherto been known as the Merthyr Road be in future called Albany Road”.
Castle Road had been named after Roath Castle or Plas Newydd (now the Mackintosh Institute) , its earlier name being Plwcca Lane or Heol-y-Plwcca. The name was changed on 12 December 1905 to City Road to commemorate the elevation of Cardiff to the status of a city and possibly to avoid confusion with Castle Street in Cardiff.
The Merthyr Road, one mile in length, had been constructed under the authority of the Heath Enclosure Act, 1801, as a public highway and thoroughfare ostensibly to provide better access from the village of Roath to the newly enclosed lands of the Little Heath, which was in the present Crwys Road / Whitchurch Road area.
Enclosure roads (e.g. Heathwood Road) were normally straight and were required to be 40 feet in width with wide grass verges, the function of which was rather similar to the modern hare shoulders on motorways. Such was the Merthyr Road, described by the Turnpike Commissioners in 1805 as “the new road from “Roath Church to the Two Mile Stone on the Heath” A map of 1789, before the local enclosure roads were made, suggests that there were several tracks radiating from Pont Lecky (the bridge that carried Pen-y-Ian Road over the Roath Brook, near the present Recreation Ground) connecting the outlying farms. One such track went towards Fair Oak where at the parish boundary it crossed the brook by way of Pont Evan Quint; another track wound its way from the village of Roath towards the lands of the Heath. Both were probably “drift roads” used from Medieval times for the herding of cattle to the common pasture on the Little and Great Heaths, an immemorial privilege of the men of Roath as well as the burgesses of Cardiff.
The western portion of the Merthyr enclosure road extended from its junction with Plwcca Lane to its junction with the Pen-y-lan Road: (i.e; the road to Cefn Coed, (Cyncoed) and Llanederyrn) opposite the present Claude Hotel. A ditch, clearly shown on the 1880 O.S. ran alongside the southern margin of the road. The new road dog-legged in shape, followed the course of what is described in the Heath Enclosure Act as a public drain.
Merthyr Road (now Albany Road) in 1880. Note Plasnewydd bottom left, now the Mackintosh Sports Club
The eastern portion of the road, from Pen-y-Ian Road to Roath Court was in fact the re-formed old village street. An old ditch on the north side of this portion of the road was being filled up in August 1886 and a new footpath was formed over it, and the waste land intervening was being thrown into the carriageway ( C.R.V. p132) The road is now wholly residential in character in contrast to the western end which has evolved into a typical suburban high street – with its Woolworths, Boots and Tesco’s, Curry’s, Halfords and a significant proportion of local retailers whose small shops survive to supplement the shopping facilities provided by the branches of the big chain stores and supermarkets. Albany Road, taken together with the adjoining Wellfield Road has been described as consisting of a superb shopping area.
“Superb” is of course a comparative term; they are undeniably the principal “high streets” of north Roath: nevertheless as a shopping area it is far from ideal by modern, town planning standards. The greatest drawback is that the streets were not originally planned specifically to provide shopping amenities but have evolved as such to meet the demands of the surrounding inhabitants. The result is that the same road originally built to serve as no more than a thoroughfare across the meadows to accommodate horses and horse-drawn vehicles has been used at various times in its history as a main route by electric tram-cars (with standards in the middle of the road), then by trolley-buses and diesel engine omnibuses. Today, private motor cars, buses picking up and disgorging passengers, commercial vehicles and juggernauts loading and unloading supplies for shops, all desperately compete for parking spaces under the watchful eyes of busy traffic wardens.
Albany Road, junction with Penylan Road, in the 1980s.
So dense is the traffic at times that crossing over the side streets is always hazardous for pedestrians, while crossing to and from the main road at other than the pedestrian crossings can be virtually suicidal. The fact that heavy vehicular traffic intermingling with pedestrians in the same thoroughfare inevitably creates serious problems has long been recognised by town planners but it is only in comparatively recent times that the concept of segregating pedestrians from traffic by pedestrianising shopping precincts, has materialised. The future of Albany Road and Wellfield Road as a shopping area may depend on whether and how the problem is resolved. A local historian can only concern himself with attempting to explain how the problem arose and leave its solution, if there is one, to the politicians, the town planners and the local community.
In 1883, the enclosure road sliced through the lands of the Mackintosh Estate. From the Castle Road junction a traveller would have seen the fields of Tyn-y-Coed Farm on his left and the grounds of Plas Newydd on his right. The present Cottrell Road can be identified as the boundary between the Mackintosh Estate and the Roath Court estate of Charles Crofts Williams. Farther along, near the present Wellfield Road, (constructed 1891) the road passed through a portion of Bute land; from there to St Margaret’s Church, Albany Road formed the boundary between the Tredegar estate which lay on the left and the Roath Court estate on the right.
The Tithe Map of 1840 shows that the land each side of the western portion of the road was owned by John Mathew Richards. It was his grand-daughter, Harriet Diana Arabella, the heiress of the Richards’ family, who in 1880 married the Mackintosh of Mackintosh, a Scottish aristocrat and personal friend or King George V. Shortly afterwards, the couple left to settle in Inverness in Scotland. Meanwhile, their vacated mansion was refurbished to provide recreational facilities for the folk on the estate and leased for 99 years at a Peppercorn rent to the Trustees of the Mackintosh Institute. An unsuccessful move had been made in 1883 by the Cardiff Borough Council to purchase the 50 acres of ground around “Roath Castle” (as the castellated mansion was pretentiously called) for use as a public park. It is possible that the family viewed the proposal as a threat to the valuable investment potential of the land. Certainly, they thwarted any further moves of a similar nature the following year by proceeding rapidly with urban development starting with the submission of a plan of a grid of streets in the area. The old Merthyr Road highway conveniently provided a ready-made thoroughfare as a central feature of the estate plan.
Roath Castle (became the Mackintosh Institute)
Ribbon development was in any case extending at that time from Cardiff towards the north-east.
An order was made by the Cardiff Public Works Committee on 27 December 1883 for “coating and scraping” Merthyr Road.
Plans for the first nine houses in the road were approved in February 1884 to be built by Purnell & Fry on the north side of the road at the junction of what is now Albany Road and Mackintosh Place. The following year a further six house plans for the builder E.Jellings were approved. Jellings is shown in a Directory of 1806 as living at 31 Albany Road. Another early builder was William Geen who lived in the large corner house at No.1 Albany Road and for whom plans for five houses and one stable were submitted and approved in 1885. Throughout the fifteen years of housing development, the Mackintosh Estate retained the same architect, C.Rigg, but at least 20 different builders were employed to construct some 2750 houses on about 100 acres. Albany Road itself was to be more elite than the side streets, with symmetrical blocks of two or three-storey houses designed for folk of a higher socio-economic group than those on the rest of the estate.
Slater’s Directory of 1885 shows only two houses were occupied at that date:-
- WILSON, Samuel. clerk
- STOTHARD, … householder
J.Wright & Co’s Directory of June 1886 shows that 24 houses were occupied.
The Directory Map (reproduced with this Newsletter) indicates that development has proceeded by then to Violet Row, Mackintosh Place as far as Moy Road, Inverness Place, Arabella Street and Donald Street. The occupations of residents in Albany Road are given as:-
- Clerks (3)
- Commercial travellers (4)
- Builders (2)
- Manager
- Master mariner
- Coal merchant
- Chief engineer
- Captain
- Bookseller
- Pianoforte tuner
- Draughtsman
Extracts from several directories are included in this issue of the Project Newsletter
With an estimated estate population of 13000 the transformation of Albany Road into a suburban high street shopping centre was a natural development. Conversion of the ground floors of the houses into shop-fronts involved the disappearance of the low front walls and small forecourts or front greens. Conversions started in a small way in 1893 but had virtually reached saturation point by 1914 by which time 117 shop fronts plans had been authorised. Half of the total number of conversions in fact took place between 1894 and 1898. A comparison of the 1897 Directory with that of 1896 reveals that the two blocks between Inverness Place and Donald Street have been converted to shops in a period of twelve months. Only one of the twenty occupants remained: he was Mr E.F.Garratt, the piano tuner at No.33.
During this dramatic turnover of tenancies one cannot help wondering what happened to the professional men whose houses were so hastily converted in the name of commercial progress to make way for an influx of shopkeepers:- butchers, greengrocers, drapers, confectioners, grocers, not to mention a bootmaker and a pork-butcher.
By 1903, another mass exodus had occurred according to the Directory evidence. This time, it was the shopkeepers themselves who were replaced by a new wave. In the same two blocks between Inverness Place and Donald Street; only three of the original shopkeepers were still surviving in business there:-
- Rowland & Co. drapers
- H.Herbert, tailor, and
- James Nelson & Sons, butchers.
By then, the Home & Colonial Stores had taken over No.13. They later moved to No.7 where their name can still be seen on the floor at the entrance. A branch of Stead & Simpson’s boot and shoe shop had taken over No.15, but were later to move first to No.11 and later to No.35, where they still have a shop.
Next door to J.R.Lewis’s grocers shop, which was on the corner of Arabella Street, was H.A.Hopson at No.27, the hairdresser and tobacconist. Remarkably, the shop is still in the hands of the family, trading as wholesale and retail tobacconists in the name of Hopson & Son Ltd. The whole of the rest of the block in which the shop stands was eventually taken over piecemeal by Collins Drapers (Cardiff) Ltd. where they flourished for over five decades.
Hopson’s Tobacconists
In the block between Donald Street and Arabella Street, Woolworths arrived in 1932 to erect new premises on the Donald street corner site. Still on the Mackintosh estate but on the south side of the road, the only two buildings in 1890 were Albany Road Board School and St.Martin’s Church.
The school had been built in 1886. A cookery kitchen was added in 1891, a further addition being authorised in 1994. During the 1914-18 War the building was requisitioned as a Military hospital. A bench on the pavement in front of the school which was provided for the wounded soldiers was removed only about two years ago. Members of the Roath L.H.S. will be familiar with the school as the venue for our meetings.
The history of St.Martin’s Church will he told elsewhere. A plan (submitted for C.Taylor) was approved by the Public Works Committee in October 1886 for an iron church, which was hastily erected and licensed for divine service on the following 10th November. It was replaced in 1901 by a permanent building which suffered severe damage during an air raid in February 1941; the rebuilt church was not re-dedicated until December 1955.
St.Martin’s was not the only property in Albany Road: to suffer from aerial bombing. On the corner of Diana Street, several shops (nos. 61 to 67) were so badly damaged that they had to be demolished. The Post Office Telephone section made use of the site as a garage after the war, but the new premises built there for Littlewood’s Stores have now been taken over by the Kwik-Save supermarket.
The only house not to be converted into a shop on the south side of the road is No.24 in the block between St.Martin’s Church and Plasnewydd Road. Dr J.Robinson had his surgery there in 1993 and a medical partnership has continued there ever since. Although the house has been modified, enough of the original character of its facade is left to give some impression of the type of structure that at one time occupied the block.
The upper storeys of all the houses in Albany Road warrant scrutiny by those interested in architectural history if only because they provide good examples of late Victorian and early Edwardian house design, with their interesting patterns of alternating courses of stone and brick in the walls and chimneys and their gabled slate roofs.
The last property on the Mackintosh estate portion of Albany Road. but by no means the last to be built on the south size is No.92., the shop on the corner of Cottrell Road opposite the Globe Cinema. It is a three-storey building of brick and stone with a central bay window on the first floor flanked by two casement windows. The shop is recorded in every directory for the last 30 years or so in the name of Collins. At the turn of the century, Henry Collins who had previously been in business in Diamond Street and Clifton Street in Splott, opened his grocery corner shop. On the death of Henry Collins, his youngest son, Douglas, carried on the business and was succeeded by his grandson Alan, who with his wife Pamela still run the family concern and claim that it is the oldest surviving private grocery business in Cardiff. According to an article in the South Wales Echo of May 12th 1982, there are two banana ripening rooms still in the cellar and the family still then had the old pliers used for cutting the sugar loaves which used to be delivered in the shape of large cones.
Albany Road in the 1950s showing Collins Department store
The corner grocery shop on the opposite corner of Cottrell Road (No.94) belonged to Alderman R.G.Hill Snook (Directory 1943).
Another old family concern which must be mentioned is that of Percy Thomas whose florist’s business has been at No.85 since before the first World War
The land bordering the old Merthyr Road near and including Wellfield Road was part of the Bute Pen-y-wain estate at the time of the Tithe Map (1840). Here was the well or spring called Ffynnon Bren (See Project Newsletter Vol.1.No.3.page 23) and a field called Cae Ty Coch (Tithe lap No.255) in the corner of which stood the cottage and garden (Tithe Map No.256) of Edward Richards, who seems to have held it copyhold. The plot can be identified on the 1:2500 OS.map 1880 as Pant-yr-Wyn. The small delta shaped plot in the elbow of the Cefn Coed lane (Pen-y-lan Road) and the Merthyr Road was owned and occupied by Leyshon Leyshon,
On the opposite side of the road (between the present Cottrell Road and Claude Place) was a narrow elongated plot (No.259 on Tithe Plan) owned by J.Mathew Richards and separated from his Plas Newydd grounds by a nursery garden which formed part of the Roath Court estate. In this small detached plot stood the cottage and garden occupied by Howell Rees, alongside which emerged a footpath from Plwcca lane (City Road), traversing the Plas Newydd fields.
Near the intersection with Cefn Coed lane (Pen-y-lan load) and a few yards along the lane stood Cross Cottage which was demolished in 1899. Its name obviously derives from the nearby cross roads.
For the rest of its course towards the village, the road separated the lands of Charles Morgan (later the Tredegar estate) from those of Charles Crofts Williams of Roath Court.
Opposite the present Claude Hotel was a cottage known: as Ty-y-cwm, which J.Hobson Mathews (C.R.V.p.429) states should be “Ty-y-cwn’ (the dog’s house), probably indicating that the lord’s hounds were kept there. It was a small solidly built thatched cottage with a mullioned window with a stone frame and joist and hood moulding, indicating that it dated from the 16th century. He says “it was situated on the north side of Albany Road, a little east from the end of Pen-y-lan Road. It was demolished in 1898”. (See the illustration reproduced from C.R.V.p.45).
Relying solely on directory sources to build up a picture of this part of Roath can be confusing, partly because the compilers of commercial directories tended to omit what they considered insignificant entries and partly because the names of the cottages which are mentioned were frequently chanced. When the occupants were also frequently changing, it is virtually impossible to trace the continuity of a particular cottage without the assistance of people with local knowledge. It is perhaps hardly necessary to mention that all directories contain a fair number of inexplicable inaccuracies.
The directories for 1891/2 to 1894/5 give only three properties in Albany Road on the north side between Per-y-lan Road and the Great House, (which was near St.Margaret’s Church) :-
- G, Hatch Refreshment room
- James Meredith Meadow Cottage (presumably Ty-y-cwm)
- George Burfitt Roath Mill
It may seem rather odd that Roath Mill should be included under Albany Road, but it was in fact the nearest road to the mill which we know was demolished in 1897. There is no entry for the mill in the directories from 1896 onward.
The refreshment room, which from a picture of the time looks a rather ramshackle structure, was on the site of the present Albany Road Baptist Church premises. The proprietor, G.C. Match was replaced by C.Newberry according to the 1897 directory, which has only two other entries between Pen-y-lan Road and St.Margaret’s Church:-
- Northcote F.
- Meredith, James. Meadow cottage.
Wellfield Road was constructed in 1891 through Bute estate providing a short cut from Albany Road to Roath Park which was officially opened in 1894. The cottages and gardens between the new Wellfield Road and Pen-y-lan Road (Plot 174 on the O.S.Map) which had at one time constituted a small hamlet, disappeared with the Wellfield Road/Wellfield Place development scheme |
By 1903 ten new houses (Nos.131 to 155) had sprung up between Wellfield Road and Pen-y-lan Road. The Baptist School and the site of New Chapel (Rev .W.H.Williams) are mentioned for the first time. The history of Albany Road Baptist Church will, we hope, be the subject of a separate article in a future newsletter in series of contributions on the Non-conformist places of worship in Roath. The church was founded in 1894.
Albany Road Methodist Church, later called Roath Park Methodist Church was built on the corner of Wellfield Road in 1898. The properties on the opposite comer were demolished to make way for a cinema.
The Globe Cinema was originally the Pen-y-lan Cinema and was built in 1913. The owner claims with some ‘justification that it is the oldest custom built cinema in continuous use in the country. Nos.109 and 111 were demolished to make room for the new cinema, on the roof of which at one time was perched a large globe.
If we continue our imaginary journey along Albany Road past the Claude Hotel, (a substantial suburban residential hotel built in 1890), we would see a group of three cottages. Mention has already been made in Project Newsletter No.l of the village school and these cottages on the Roath Court estate. They could perhaps now be looked at in greater detail, using mainly printed directory sources and available maps. The first was the laundress’s cottage, but when it was earlier (Directory 1892) occupied by the squire’s coachman, James Raynor it was known as White Rose cottage. It was occupied successively by Mrs Bartlett (Directory 1903), Benjamin Howe the gardener (Directory 1918) and Mrs Jennie Edmunds (Directory 1921).
The second cottage (Jessamine cottage No.2) was occupied in turn by Mrs Williams (Directory 1892), Jos.Short (Directory 1903), George Dighton (Directory 1903) and Thomas Sollis, the coachman (Directories 1913 to 1921) and later by Elizabeth Sollis (Directory 1937). Next door, the cottage with the jasmine shrub in the front garden was the home of Lewis Jones, who dwelt there throughout the whole of a life which spanned the Boer War and two World Wars. The tenancy passed to William E Llewellyn, his son-in-law.
Continuing past an orchard and crossing over a short lane, we soon came to a detached cottage where William Pigeon, the signalman, lived (Directory 1892). It was known as Walnut Tree cottage. It was later the home of R.T.Luckett (Directory 1913), but by the end of the first World War, John Scott, the butler to Crofts Williams of Roath Court, had taken up residence there with his family (Directory 1918). It seems to be the same property shown on the 0.S.1879 Map as ‘Spring Cottage’.
The last cottage, standing on its own, was the old village school farther along the road. Miss Florence Parkes was one time mistress there (Directory 1892). When it ceased as a school, (c.1902) it seems to have been known as Roath Court cottage and was tenanted for many years by John Young.
In 1958, shortly before their demolition, Kelly’s Directory shows:-
Roath Court cottages:
- 5 Young, Mrs
- 4 Wood, Albert E.
- 3. Llewellyn, Wm.E.
- 2 Howell , Edwd.L.
A white washed wall extended most of the length of the rest of the road to enclose the private grounds of Roath Court.
On the left side of the road as we proceed towards St Margaret’s Church is a cast iron milestone placed there c.1835 presumably by the Highway Commissioners. It stands there to this day in an unobtrusive position on the pavement against the wall of No 243 opposite the entrance co Roath Court Place as a reminder of bygone days when travellers could legitimately by-pass the turnpikes and toll-gates on the road to Cardiff and make their way to the Heath and so on to Merthyr Tydfil, which at the beginning of the 19th century was, of course, a much larger town than Cardiff.
A.J.K.
Sources:
- Cardiff Records – J.Hobson Matthews.
- Tithe Award Map & Apportionment Schedule for the parish of Roath- N.L.W.
- Directories Pub. Western Mail and Kelly’s & Others. available in C.C.L.
- Minutes of Public Works Committee, Cardiff Borough Council – C.C.L
- Access to index of Building Plans of the Cardiff City Council was kindly provided by Mr.Morris John, the Clerk’s Department and Records Section. City Hall, Cardiff.
THE TITHE MAP of 1840
(Albany Road Section) from Tithe Apportionment Schedule
Although there is a considerable overlap between the map reproduced in this issue and the one previously published in Project Newsletter Vol.1.No.2. the present reproduction of a tracing is included in this issue in order to illustrate the whole length of the Merthyr Road portion which came to be known as Albany Road. It is one mile in length and stretches from: Roath Court to Plwcca Lane (City Road) where it meets the old parish boundary.
Only the plots not listed in Vol.1.No.2 are given below:
Plot No. Owner Occupier Description State of Cultivation
196 John Mathew Richards himself Roath Castle,Garden,etc.
207 ” ” ” James Noble Lawn Meadow
208 ” ” ” ” ” The 5 Acres Arable
211 ” ” ” ” ” The 6 Acres Pasture
212 ” ” ” ” ” Orchard Arable
213 ” ” ” ” ” Back Lawn Meadow
214 ” ” ” ” ” The 6 Acres Arable
Part of Ty yn y Coed Farm The 7 Acres Arable
215 ” ” ” ” ” Henry Griffin
218 ” ” ” ” ” Rough Land Pasture
219 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” Arable
220 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”
222 ” ” ” ” ” Water Course Field ”
223 ” ” ” ” ” The 5 Acres ”
Part of Pen y Wain
254 Marquis of Bute Edwd Richards Cae Pant Pasture
255 ” ” ” ” Cae ty coch Pasture
279 Sir Chaz Morgan,bart. Miss Jennett Erw Main Pasture
280 Edwards Edmund Morgan Cair bach Arable
281 Sir Chas. Morgan, bart. ” Dwy Erw Pasture
282 ” ” ” ” Wm.Oram Cottage & garden –
SLATER’S DIRECTORY
1885
Albany Road
- Wilson Samuel clerk
23 Stothard — householder
J.WRIGHT & CO ‘s DIRECTORY
1886 (June)
Wm. Geen builder
Samuel Wilson clerk
Joseph Haley manager
Joseph J. Pearson master mariner
Inverness Place intersects
Joseph Parsons coal merchant
Mrs A. Byers
Thos Griffiths chief engineer
R.Gowyen captain
Mrs Anne Clissold
James Fairbrother clerk
Frederick C.Cockle bookseller
Arabella Street intersects
Edwin Jellings builder
Edward F Garratt, “Burnaby House” pianoforte tuner
Edward W Newbery, “Albany House” com. traveller
August Taubmann, “Horbury house”
William Stothard
Edgar Filfoot:, “Langsdale house” cashier
John Duff traveller
Frederick Vyvyan clerk
John Mullich
Llewellyn J. Powell com. trav.
Donald street intersects
Meredith Lawrence draughtsman
Mrs Elizabeth Beynon, “Somerset house”
(A portion of the map included in this directory is reproduced)
Western Mail DIRECTORY
1888/9
- Geen William butcher
- William Samuel clerk
- Haley Joseph |
7 Vyvyan Frederick
9 Martin Miss E.A,
Inverness Place intersects
- Parsons Joseph coal merchant
- Griffiths Thomas chief engineer
17 Gowing. R
19, Clissold Miss Anne
2l, Fairbrother George decorator
23 Smart Charles clerk
- Cockle Frederick C. bookseller
27 Chubb Samuel clerk
29 Clarke Isaac egg merchant
Arabella Street intersects
33 Garratt F pianoforte tuner
35 Jellings Edwin builder
- Taubmann August, “Horbury house”
39 Stothert William
41 Filfoot Edgar, “Langsdale house”
43 Duff John traveller
45 Fifoot William, junior. clerk
47 McLullich John
49 Powell Llewellyn J. com. traveler
Donald Street intersects
51 Edgley Joseph engineer
53 Parton Henry H. com.agent
55 Rees Edward hotel broker
57 John John accountant
59 Beynon Mrs Elizabeth
here cross over
Albany Road Board School
E.C. Wilmott master
David Evans caretaker
St. Martin’s Church
Western Mail Directory
1897
Castle Road to Newport Road
la Bentley T. H. horticulturist
1 Green Frederick, dairyman
3 Pepperd Richard, fishmonger
5 Batten John, butcher
7 Tregarthen J. fancy repostry.
9 India and China Tea Co.
Inverness Place intersects
11 England C. D. potato merchant
13 Hawkins E. fruiterer
15 Albany Rd. Drapery Emporium
17 Rowland & Co. drapers
19 Taylor H. butcher
21 Angell T. H. confectioner
23 Herbert W. H. tailor, etc.
27 Davies Gwynne, draper
27 Watkins W. A. boot maker
29 Jones M. H. grocer
Arabella Street intersects
31 Ebrey Richard, draper
33 Garratt E. F. piano tuner
35 Roberts Frederick. violin teacher
37 Thomas & Co. butchers
39 Williams Isaac, tea warehouse
41 Hillier R. J. T., pork purveyor
43 Swainson T. fruiterer & greengrocer
45 Nelson James. & Sons, butchers
47 Breese E. M. confectioner etc
49 Wooton & Co. drapers
Donald Street intersects
51 Morgan John, contractor
53 Pocock G. H., carpenter
55 Kendrick Samuel
57 James J. F.
59 Beynon Mrs. E.
61 Dando John
63 Parry Miss M.
65 Cochrane Thomas
67 Harding Thomas
Diana Street intersects
69 Bevan & Warlow, provision merchants
71 Williams W. confectioner
73 Murrell C. H.
79 Cameron John
81 Halewood Peter
83 Williams W. insurance agent
Alfred Street intersects
85 Morris Wm. builder
87 Daily Mrs. George
89 Lewis Thomas William
91 Walters Chas. Edgar, clerk
93 Hansen C. W. W.
95 Pulman Edwin
97 Williams Mrs.
99 Davies Fredk. W. S. surgeon
Angus Street intersects
101 Reid Edward, Albany house
103 Tippet Jas. Ninian house
105 Waters M., Fernleigh, music teacher
107 Law James
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Wellfield Road intersects
Albany Terrace
109 Pring Mrs.
111 Carpenter James, shoemaker
113 Walker T. A.
115 Harris Arthur
117 Allen Robert, master mariner
119 David David
121 Burt Thomas Henry
123 Cooper Edwin C. accountant
125 Martin Miss, schoolmistress
127 Williams W. S.
129 Gray George, baker
Penylan Road intersects
Northcote F.
Newberry C. refreshment room
Meredith Jas. Meadow cottage
Church Terrace intersects
Evans The Misses, Great hs.
Evans Mrs. Mary, Deanfield
here cross over
Roath Court
Williams C. H.
Roath Village School – Miss Florence Sparkes, mistress
Pidgeon Wm. signalman
Jones L., Jessamin cottage
Williams Mrs Jessamin cottage
Raynor Mrs.
Hopkins John, Claud hotel
Claud Road intersects
132 Niblett E. E.
128 Owen James D.
126 Pennington E.
124 Good A.
122 Forward T.
110 Coulthard George
108 Rolls David
106 Eldridge William
104 Gorman A
102 Farr C.
100 Thomas Henry W.
98 Jones T. D,
96 Jones J. A. chemist
94 Snook and Son, grocers and bakers
Cottrell Road intersects
92 Elias Daniel, grocer
90 Sensicle Bros. butchers
88 Hancock C. confectioner
86 Albany road post office
86a Davies U. B. |
84 Joseph Leo. chemist
82 Taylor William
80 Yong George William
78 Vallender Joseph
76 Abel Thomas
74 Buckham F. surgeon
70 Wills Mrs. E.
68 Bromfield Harry
66 Diett Captain W. H. R.
62 Morgan William, traveller
60 Harland Thomas
54 Miles William. fruiterer & greengrocer
52 Hughes, E., Devon & Somerset Dairy
50 Thompson & Son, photographers
48 Bowles A. & Son, fruiterers & confectioner
46 Bishop Mrs, E., news agent
44 Tunks B. baker & confectioner
42 Moore W. ironmonger
Albany Road Board School
Wilmott E. C., master
Thomas Evan, caretaker
Plasnewydd Rd intersects
38 Griffin & Blanchard, grocers
36 Riggs C. H. tailors
34 Tatem James, china dealer
30 Gill Joseph, master mariner
28 Howells Thomas, foreman
26 Dutton G. F., Enville Villa
24 Penberthy Carter Samuel
22 Ingate George
20 Robinson J. surgeon
18 Swain Mrs.
16 Wilson Samuel
14 Hart Frederick
12 Solomon A. J. Woodville
10 North Rev. Henry
8 Tait Thomas A., Avondale
6 Jones David, master mariner
4 O’Flyn J. L. marine engineer
2 Pearn Thomas. master mariner
St. Martin’s Mission Church
Western Mail Directory
1913
la Hobbs H. cleaner and dyer
l Roath Park Dairy Co. Ltd.
3 Pepperd Richard, fishmonger and fruiterer
5 Batten John, butcher
7 & 9 Price W. H., grocer
——Inverness Place intersects
11 Stead & Simpson, boot and shoe dealers
13 Home & Colonial Stores
15 & 17 Collins H. draper and milliner
19 Hillborne H. confectioner
21 Pegrams Provision Stores—
Ridgways, Ltd., proprietors.
25 Jones E. B., pork butcher
25 Thomas D. Emlyn, draper
27 Hopson. H. A., hairdresser, confectioner, newsagent and tobacconist
29 Lewis J. R. grocer
—Arabella Street intersects
51 Boots Cash Chemists, Ltd,
33 Eastmans (Limited), butchers
55 Treseder W., Ltd. florists
37 Wilkins W. butcher
39 Hodge & Co. florists
41 Oliver George, boot and shoe dealer
45 Thomas Evan, ironmonger
45 Williams S., tobacconist and newsagent
45a Johnson Bros., Ltd., dyers and cleaners
47 Lipton Ltd., grocers & confectioners
49 Williams John G., draper
——Donald Street intersects
51 Davies D. J. & Co. outfitters and hairdressers
Paviour T. L., photographer
53 Evans Evan, draper & milliner
55 Lovell I. J., confectioner and tobacconist
57 Thomas I. L., tobacconist, newsagent, and stationer
59 Hicks J. W., butcher
61 Willis A., fishmonger
63 Nuttall F. W., ironmonger
65 Potter T. S., fruiterer and greengrocer
67 Jones David & Co., tailors
——Diana Street intersects
69 Cardiff Co-operative Society, Ltd., Reg. Office
71 & 73 Devon Outfitting and Drapery Company
75 Devon Drapery Co.
77 Hinton & Sons, butchers
79 Miles W., fruiterer
81 Shelley Mrs. F. C., fancy shop, stationer & newsagent.
83 Sensicle F., butcher
——Alfred Street intersects
85 Thomas P., florist
87 Venning A. H., confectioner and tobacconist
91 Wickens J. & S., florists and fruiterers
93 Baker W. & Co. grocers
95 Roberts Ed. W., bookseller, newsagent & tobacconist
97 Meek A. G., boot dealer
99 Wilts & Dorset Bank, Careless R. S., Bank house
—Angus Street intersects
101 Jones John & Co., drapers
103 Tanner John, fruiterer
105 The Park Meat Supply
107 Lear Herbert John, draper
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Wellfield Road intersects
107a Lewis D., china & glass dealer
Binns Percy, dental rooms
White W., hairdresser and tobacconist
109 Paxman’s, dyers & cleaners
111 Prentice John, marine engineer
113 Probyn Mrs. Mary
115 Seymour William
117 Bishop Miss, circulating liby.
119 Hoops H. L., physician and surgeon
121 Maton Miss M
123 Thorne Mrs Kate
127 Johns Mrs. Martha
129 Philips —
131 Wignall Harry S.
135 Burstein N. S., artificial teeth manufacturer
137 McComb Mrs. A.
139 Newton Arthur
141 Lewis Arthur, commercial traveller
143 Lloyd Thomas S.
145 Partridge Fred. Ford
147 Williams Thomas, traveller
149 Priest Mrs. Jessie N.
151 Kenvyn Mrs. Margaret
153 Bewley Alfred, mason
155 Stuckey & Graves, ladies and children’s outfitters
157 Rose I. & J., tailors
159 Gammon A. F., boot dealer
161 Lowther R., stationer and bookseller
163 Oldham Percy R., greengrocer and fishmonger
165 Wiggins W., butcher
167 Collins, E. H., confectioner, tobacconist and cafe
— Penylan Road intersects
——Blenheim Road intersects
Albany Road Baptist Church – Rev. G. W. Harte, pastor
Nos 173 to 303 not transcribed – all residential
Here cross over
Nos 206 to 166 not transcribed – all residential
164 Newsway J., laundry proprietor,
Young John, Roath Court cottage
Luckett R. T., Walnut Tree cottage
Jones L., Jessamine cottage
Sollis Thomas, Jessamine cottage
Skyrme Mrs. Myra
Douthwaite Mrs. E., Claude Hotel
Claude Place intersects
136a Petherbridge W., bootmaker
136 Buchanan H., Greenway dairy
134 Watkins Thomas, engineer
132 Pollock John, motor engineer
130 Nicholas David
128 Bale Harry
126 Jeans F., cab proprietor
124 Hazeldine H. E., house and estate agent, builder, etc.
122aAscott-Evans M. E., confectioner and tobacconist
122 Williams Bros. & Co., decorators and plumbers
120 Hardwick A., butcher
118 Brian John
116 Leech C. & Son, tailors
112 Holtham Benjamin Thomas
Claude Road intersects
108 Dally Osmond M., fish bar
106 Lee Man, Chinese laundry
100 Gifford & Co. fishmongers
98 Vale J. fruiterer
96 Jones J. Lee, chemist
94 Snook R. G. H. & Son, grocers
—Crottrell Road intersects
92 Collins Henry & Sons., Ltd. grocers
90 Docker W. pork butcher
88 River Plate Fresh Meat Co., Limited
86 Davies Hugh B., hairdresser, tobacconist, etc.
84 Joseph Leo. chemist
82 Evans J. F. baker and confectioner
78 & 80 Downing J. R.S. watchmaker and post office
76 Buckingham J. T. dairy
74 Buckham I. surgeon
- Fear Mrs. E. H.
70 Beames George
68 Burge Madam milliner
66 Phillips Frederick dentist’s – mechanic
64 Jones Thomas. D. commercial traveller
62 Davies J. & E. stationer and fancy dealers
60 Bishop W. H. & Son, sanitary engineers, decorators etc
58 Blethyn W. H. picture dealer and framer
56 Watts G. bootmaker
54 Parsons J. & Co. cycle makers
52 Singer Manufacturing Co.
50 Barnes W. J., confectioner
48 Scott Thos. baker & confectioners
46 Davies C. hairdresser and tobacconist
44 Pearce W. grocer and dairy
42 Montgomerie & Teague, consulting herbalists
40 Price Ernest R. & Co., baker’s engineers and oven builders
Webber W. cabinet maker
Spencer A. sculptor & carver
Brewer J. G. painter etc.
Albany Road. Council Schools—
Wilmott E. C., master
Smith George caretaker
Plasnewydd Rd. intersects
58 Grifin G. W. J. & Co grocers and wine & spirit merchants
56 Longstaff C. H. bazaar
32 Dodge J. R. hay & corn merchants
28 Owen R. W. china and glass dealer
26 Herbert W. H. tailor
24 Robinson J. surgeon
22 Roberts Art Emporium (Cardiff), Ltd. picture frame makers and dealers
20 The White City Furnishers
18 Lewis Edgar Parry
16 Wilson Samuel
14 Hart Frederick, goods agent
12 Sargent A. W. photographer
10 Lowe E. H. & Son, dental surgery
8 Tait T. A., “Avondale” master mariner
6 Jones David master mariner
4 Stock John Talbot
2 Burrelli Ltd cycle and pianoforte dealers
St Martin’s Church
WESTERN MAIL DIRECTORY
1937
1a Furnivall E, Mrs tobacconist
1 Roath Park Dairy Co. Ltd.
Butler Miss Joan ladies’ hairdresser
3 Pepperd Richard fishmonger and fruiterer
6 Thomas Harry baker and confectioner
7 Home & Colonial Stores
9 Tabor W florist
Inverness Place intersects
11, 13, 15, 17 & 19 Collins H. draper and milliner
21 Star Supply Stores |
23 & 25 Collins H ladies’ and children’s outfitters
27 Hopson H. A hairdresser, confectioner, newsagent and tobacconist, wholesalers
29 Collins H milliner
Arabella Street intersects
31 Boots Cash Chemists, Ltd.
33 Dewhurst H. J.Ltd. butchers
35 Stead & Simpson, boot and shoe dealers
37 Oakey W & Sons butchers
39 Price Bros. bakers & confectioners
41 Oliver George boot & shoe dealer
43 Thomas & Son, Evan ironmongers
45 Smith & Co. fruiterers
47 Lipton, Ltd. grocers, etc.
49 Morgan Hopkin, Ltd.
Donald Street intersects
51 & 53 Woolworth, Ltd. F. W.
55 Lovell I. J stationers & tobacconists
57 Lloyd Mrs. L. tobacconist
569 Monks, W. H. butcher
61, 63, 65 & 67 Cardiff Co-operative Soc Ltd, clothiers, outfitters, milliners, etc.
——Diana Street intersects
69 Cardiff Co-operative Soc Ltd grocers
9 Day, J. T. dispensing and family chemist
73 Davies D. J. & Co. gents outfitters
75 The Scotch Wool & Hosier Stores
77 Direct Trading Company
79 Vale O fruiterer
81 Johnson Bros (Dyers) Ltd.
8laThe Hereford Libraries
83 Chain Libraries, Ltd.
Alfred Street Intersects
85 Thomas P. florist
87 Brooks Dye Works Ltd.
89 Merretts, Ltd. bakers, etc.
91 Edwards D. florist & fruiterer.
93 Baker W. grocer
95 Cadogan O. L. photo & artist supply
97 & 99 Meek A. G. boot dealer
99 Searles H. M.
Angus Street intersects
101 Creemer W. J., Ltd. engineer
103 Evans J. R., butcher
105 Thomas H. The Cabin confectioners
107 Roberts D. E. ironmonger
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel :
Rev. Green C. A.
Wellfield Road intersects
109 Penylan Cinema
113 Whiteman Miss, confectioner
115 Jenkins Ivor
119 King Amelia Mrs.
121 Goldsmith Annetta Miss, L.R.A.M.
128 Pryce John
125 Edmunds Ivor A.
127 Meadowland Milk Ltd.
129a Davies P. R. confectioners & tobacconists
129bNorman I. Miss costumer
129c Gough F. butcher
13la Pidsley & Dyer, garage
131c Morgan F. hairdresser
131 Hurst Peter .
131b Jones C. Hubert, antiques & modern
133 Ellis Miss Charlotte Ann
135 Davies George
137 Collier Mrs. Hannah
139 Thomas James
141 Bartin James
143 Jones Mrs. A.
145 Partridge F, F., decorator
147 Williams Thomas, accountant
149 Priest Mrs. Jessie N.
151 Johnson D. Miss, “Julienne” furrier
153 Clode Miss, confectioner
155 Rees A. Mrs.
Edwards Mrs., confectioner
157 Rose I & J tailor
159 Gammon A. F. boot maker
161 Harper, Willie & Co. Ltd. stationer & bookseller
163 Oldham Percy R. greengrocer and fishmonger
165 Lily H. L., butcher
167 Collins E. H., confectioner, tobacconist and cafe
Penylan Road intersects .
Blenheim Road intersects
Albany Road Baptist Church
Rev. J. Sansam Iles
173 to 315 – not transcribed
Here cross over
228 to 178 not transcribed
176 Clode Ivor L.
174 Jones Miss L. school teacher
172 Roberts William
179 Riddett Robert. H. W.
168 Zigmond John
163 Davies David, draper
164 Newsway John L. laundry proprietor, Beemah
162 Harris M.
Young John, Ash Tree Court.
Jones L., Jessamine Cottage
Sollis Mrs. Elizabeth, Jessamine Cottage
Edmunds Mrs. Jennie, Roath Court Cottage
140 Claude Hotel, Walter Frisk
Claude Place intersects
138 Burrowes Percy
Petherbridge Mrs. Maria Sarah, bootmaker
136 Meadow J. R., Greenway dairy, tobacconist & confectioner
134 Watkins Thomas, engineer
132 Wall Francis
Wing Gee. laundry
130 William Preece
128 Jones, Sydney F motor engineers
120 Hardwick A. english meat purveyors
118 Lukins Miss F
116 Leech F. C. & A. W.
114 Thomas Mary E. Miss
112 Parton H.
Claude Road intersects
110 Thomas J. Owen, M.P.S., F.C.S., chemist & druggist.
108 Crook J: D., fish saloon
106 and 104 Gillard J. & Co., auctioneers
102 Evans David, green grocers
100 Edwards John, fish merchant
96 Jones J. Lee, chemist, M.P.S.
94 Welsh County Stores, Ltd.
Peaty A. E., L.D.S., R.C.S.
Allen H. R., L.D.S., R.C.S.
Cottrell Road intersects
92 Collins Hy. & Sons, Ltd., grocers
99 Thomas R. D., butcher
88 Catons Dyers & Cleaners, Ld.
86 Wells Mrs. R H., newsagent and tobacconist
84 Thomas William, fruiterer
80 Du Barrys, ladies’ hairdresser
Davies D. B., tailor
78 Roberts Mrs. A. L., jeweler and watchmaker
Buckingham J. H., dairy
79 Buckham Fred., surgeon
72 Rowlands S., ladies’ hairdresser
70 James Watson C., dental surgeon
68 Angle Vivian R.
66 Jones Glyn, ladies’ hairdresser
64 Albany Road Post Office
62 Bowen Misses M. and E. art needlework & fancy drapers
60 O’Connor Patrick
60 Singer Sewing Machine Co.
58 Harmston & Fickling, music showroom
56 Williams Mrs. E. M., hairdresser, tobacconist etc
54 Squire A., tailor
50 and 52 McArthur, Miss, milliner and hairdresser
48 Scott Thomas baker and confectioner
46 Grafton Shoe repair company
44a Edmunds, umbrella repairer
42b Organ & Webber, radio and electric specialists
42a Nethercott Arthur tobacconists and confectioners
40 Price Ernest R. & Co., Ltd. bakers engineers & oven builders
Albany Road Council Schools
Headmistress Girls – Jones M Miss
Infants – Broben E.N.
Headmaster – Riden G W
—Plasnewydd Rd intersects:
38 Griffin Stores, grocers & wine and spirit merchants
36 Rose H. mantle & costumier
34 Freedman H. optician
32 Bolton S. J., watchmaker & jeweller
30 Parsons W. corn and seed merchants
28 Hart J. & Son, fishmongers and poulterers
26 Ideal Cleaners & Dyers, Ltd
24 Robinson R V, LRCP & SI., surgeon
24aMcKelvey Thomas, M B & B.B. surgeon
22 Wood Wm. Radford
20 Wellfield Coal Co. manager, Chamberlain R. H.
18 Curry S., wireless & gramps.
16 Curry’s Cycle Shop
14 Ballard P. A., grocers
12 Jones D. & Co., Ltd., tailors
10 Hurley H. R., butcher
6 National (The) Bank, Ltd. Manager, Leving A. T.
4 Hart Mannie, ladies costumier.
2 Principality Building Society
St. Martin’s Church—Vicar Rev. L. E. De Ridder, B.A.
Argyll Chambers
Withers Percy H. tailor and outfitter
Isaac Reuben, registered financier
Rosser L. G., A.R.R.C., M.I.S.C.H. chiropodist
Argyll Stores (Cardiff) Ltd. registered office
KELLY’S DIRECTORY
ALBANY ROAD
1958
la, Furnival & Symons, confectioners
1 Roath Park Dairy Co.Ltd
1 Bartletts (Cardiff) Ltd ladies’ hairdressers
3 Mac Fisheries Ltd. fishmongers
5 Brighter Homes Ltd. wallpaper merchants
5a, Garner Wilfred K
7 Home & Colonial Stores provision merchants
9 Taber William. florist
Inverness Place intersects
11/25 & 29 Collins Drapers (Cardiff) Ltd. drapers
27 Hopson & Son Ltd. wholesale tobacconists
29 Collins Drapers (Cardiff) Ltd. drapers
Arabella Street intersects
31 Boots The Chemists
33 Dewhurst J. H. Ltd butchers
33 Morgans Thomas
35 Stead & Simpson Ltd boot & shoe mfrs
35 Baker Royston D
387 Oakey W. & Sons butchers
37 Oakey G. W
39 Price Bros. (Bakers) Ltd
39 Readman Thomas. A
41 Oliver George (Footwear) Ltd
43 Thomas Evan & Son ironmongers
45 Smith & Co. fruitiers & greengrocers
47 Lipton Ltd. grocers & tea dealers
49 Hopkin Morgan Bakeries Ltd. bakers & pastrycooks
49a Hendy Mrs. R. P
Donald Street intersects
51/53 Woolworth F. W. Ltd
55 Francis Leslie.
55 Wyman & Sons Ltd newsagents
57/63 Littlewoods Home Stores Ltd
Diana street intersects
69 Co-operative Retail Service & installations
71 Day Jn. T. chemist & druggist
73 Willis Leonard W. outfitter
75 Fleming, Reid & Co.Ltd. wool stores
77 & 79 Star Supply Stores grocers
81 Johnson Bros. (Dyers) Ltd. dyers & cleaners
8la, Gerrish B. H. Ltd television sales, service & installations
8lb, Duncan Mrs. P. M
83 Chain Libraries Ltd
Alfred Street intersects
85 Thomas Percy (Florists) Ltd. nurserymen
85 Higgins Joseph
87 Vaughan W. E. & Co. Ltd. dyers & cleaners
87 Biggs Harry P
89 Merretts Ltd. bakers & pastrycooks
91 Hart Harry fruiterer
93 Davies M. & Son (Cardiff) Ltd. wallpaper merchants
95 Strickson Geo. photographer
97/99 Meek A. G. boot & shoe retailer
97a Sheppard Raymond A
99a Edwards David
Angus street intersects
101 Manley Mrs. M. M
101 South Wales Electricity Board showrooms & offices
103 Boughton H. R. butcher
105 Rose C, A. confectioner
107 Roberts D. E. Ltd. ironmongers
107 Matthews Cyril
Roath Park Methodist Church
Wellfield Road intersects
Bangor Street intersects
109 Globe Cinema
113 Evans D. newsagent
113 Edwards 0. hairdresser
113 Jenkins Griffith D
113 Dray Jack
115 Jenkins Ronald
117 Graver Albert
119 Irving Vernal A. R
121 Bradford Alan J
123 Pryce Mrs. M
125 Walters Mrs. G. M
129a Roath Foot Comfort Centre
129b Orchard Fruit Stores
129c Hill C. V. butcher
131 Hurst Miss P
13la, Dyer & Son, motor engineers
131b/13lc Bents Geo. E. H. antique dealer
133 Ellis Miss C. A
135 Behemna B
137 Thomas Miss M. E
139 Thomas James
141 Guy Phyllis
141 Cotton Jn. E
143 Bryon Frederick
145 Dowley Sidney
147 Thomas Samuel J
149 Priest Mrs. J.N .
151 Valerie’s, ladies’ hairdresser .
151 Grinter Frederick, C
153 Richards L. C. confectioner
l6la, Davies Mrs. M. A .
161 Jones Sydney S. Ltd. electrical accessories dealers
163 Bond M. E. fruiterer & greengrocer
165 Lilly Harry, butcher
167 Patten’s Motors, motor car agents & dealers
Pen-y-lan Rd. intersects
Blenheim Rd. intersects
Baptist Church
173 to 315 not transcribed
here cross over
246 to 164 not transcribed
162 Jones Ifor R
Roath Court cottages.
5 Young Mrs. M
4 Wood Albt. E
8 Llewellyn Wm. E
2 Howell Edward. L
140 Claude Hotel
Claude Terrace intersects
138 Vaughan W. E. & Co. Ltd. dyers & cleaners
138 Williams Mrs. Lena
136 Jones Sydney S. Ltd. confectioners
134 Baldwin Frederick. T
132a, Albany School of Motoring
130 Preece Wm. E.G. J
128 Snakpak Food Products nut kernel packers
126/122 Jones Sydney S Ltd. motor car agents.& dealers
120 Kemp Rd. ladies’ outfitter
118 Lukins Miss F. E. A
116 Hockey Mrs. R
114 Welsher Mrs. V
114 Bowler Stanley
Claude Road intersects
110 Thomas John. O., F.C.S. chemist
108 Clark’s, fried fish dealers
106/104 Lovitt T. H., F.A.I. auction rooms
104a, Lovitt Gerald
102a, Kerr Wm. A
102 Harrison Hy. clothier
100 Edwards Miss H. fishmonger
96 Howell E. G. & Sons Ltd. chemists
96 Hampton Alan S
94 Modern Sales Equipment Wales Ltd. shop fittings supplies
94 Allen Mrs. M. R
Cottrell Road intersects
92 Collins H. & Sons Ltd grocers
90 Cravos Jn. fruiterer & greengrocer
88 Bollom Ltd. dyers & cleaners
88 Williams Edward
86 Lewis Edwin Ltd boot & shoe dealers
86 Lewis Edwin
84 Pond Jn. C
84 Art Depot (The), fancy goods dealers
82 Herman Mrs. M
82 Jenkins C. (Butchers) Ltd. butchers
82 Parfitt Geo
80 Hudson Miss K. ladies’ hairdresser
80 Harris Thomas
78 Roberts Mrs. A. L. jeweller
76 Fletchers (Cleaners) Ltd. dyers & cleaners
76 Gasson Lyle
74b, Hirst John
72 Rowlands Stanley, ladies’ hairdresser
70 Murphy Mrs M
68 AngIe Mrs. E
66 Jones Glynne ladies hairdresser
64 Mackenzie Mrs. J. T Albany Road Branch Post Office
62 Bowen Miss E
62 Wien S. delicatessen stores
60 O’Connor Mrs. C
60 Gammon Herbt. C. boot & shoe repairs
58 Creemers Radio & Electrical Ltd
58a Larer Peter
56 Marynell juvenile outfitter
56 St. David Mrs. E
54 Lewis Mrs. P
54 Maidie’s confectioners
54a, Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd
52/50 Modern Business Equipment (Wales) Ltd. office appliances & equipment
48 Scott Miss J. E. baker & pastrycook
46 Jordan Lawrence
46 Pagoda Shoe Service Ltd. boot & shoe repairs
44 George Thomas
44 Phelps William. G
Price Ernest R. Ltd. bakers’ engineers
County Primary School
Albany County Secondary Girls’ School
Plasnewydd Road. intersects
Howells Rt. B. (School. ho)
38 Griffin’s Stores Ltd wine & spirit merchants
38 Griffin’s Stores Ltd grocers
38 Griffin John. W
36 Black S. & M. Ltd. house furnishers
34 Rowe Mrs. Dora
34 Cohen M. & S. Ltd opticians
32 Kuber, gowns
32a, Hughes Mrs. E. J
30 Parsons Mrs. E. E. pets food
28 Newman Frederick. J
26 Royal Typewriters, typewriter manufactures
26 Royal McBee, typewriter manufactures
24 Robinson R. V., M.B.,B.Ch., B.A.O. physician & surgeon
24 Oarr Jas. F., B.Se., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. physician & surgeon
24 Coutts Wm. E., M.A., M.B., Ch.B. physician & surgeon
24 Jones Vyvyan H.(M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.D.C.H. physician & surgeon
24 Carr Jas. M. M., M.B.,B.Ch., B.A.O. physician & surgeon
24 Finch Mrs. M. M
22 Welsh Pies Ltd. bakers & pastrycooks
22 Hill D.
22 Hill Reginald
20 Wellfield Fireplaces, fireplace specialists
20 Povey Gwyn H
18 Television Ltd. sales, service & installations
18 Upcott D
18 Tucker Raymond I
16 Williams G. E. & J. fancy goods
16 Simmons S
16 Bolland Reginald
14 Melias Ltd. provision merchants
14 Smith Harold E
12a, Harding Mrs. Y
12 Raab Louis Ltd. tailors
10 Hurley Reginald. H. butcher
10 Dunn Jas
10 Thomas Malcolm
8/6 National Bank Ltd
6 Sparkes Ralph H
4 Harris Charles
4 Quality Stores grocers
2a, Lewis John. C
2 Lewis J. C. & Sons travel agents
Argyll chambers.
The Cardiff School of Embroidery & Design
Parfitt (Builders) Ltd. builders
ALBANY ROAD
LIST OF SHOPS AS AT JANUARY 1984
Corner of Mackintosh Place:
Colours
Wild & Woolly
The Top Spot Greengrocers
- Satellite T.V./video sales, repairs experts
- Albany Snack Bar
5/9, Jaco clothiers etc.
Inverness Place intersects
11/17 Tesco’s Supermarket
19 Michael Lloyd
21 Bradford and Bingley Building Society
23 Burtons bakers
27 Hopson and Son Ltd tobacconists
29 Halfords
Arabella Street intersects
31 Curry’s radio,TV & elec. dlrs
33 Dewhurst butchers
35 Stead and Simpson shoe shop
37 L T Keen (Butchers) Ltd butcher
39 Harold Green & Son Estate Agents & agents for Abbey National Building Soc
41 George Oliver (Footwear) Ltd shoe shop
43 Woolwich Bldg Society
45/49 Premises vacant
Donald Street intersects
51/57 Woolworths
59 Granada TV Rentals
61/63 Kwik Save Discount Stores
Diana Street intersects
69/71 N.C.C. Chemists pharmacists etc
73 Turners Shoes Ltd shoe shop
75 Hodges Men’s Wear Ltd gents outfitters
77/79 Boots the Chemists
81 Anita’s
Crusty Loaf (E.J.Jones)
83 Waterlow newsagents
Alfred Street intersects
85 Percy Thomas (Florists) Ltd
87 Anton Attard photographer
Poppers gowns & dresses
89 Merretts bakers and pastrycooks
91 Pippins greengrocers
93 Albany Discount
95 Studio Graphic
97/99 A.G.Meek shoe shop
Angus Street intersects
101 S.Wales Elect. Board. Showrooms
103 premises vacant (formerly Mine Kitchens Ltd)
105 Howard O’Brien, Joseph Lewis & James solicitors
107 Principality Bldg Soc.
Wellfield Road intersects
109/111 Globe cinema
113 Albany Books
115 to 125 Private houses
127 City D.I.Y. Ltd
129a The Orchard
129b Mister Natural
131 Car Elect & Engine Tuning Centre
131c South Wales Computers
133 Clara’s salad bar & coffee shop
151 Mikes Antiques
153/155 K.H.Baynton elect. specialists
157 Wectum Food Centre
159 Albany Tandoori
161 Wash Inn laundrettes
163 M.E.Bond
165 Michaels hairstylists
167 Arnold’s Restaurant
Penylan Road intersects
Albany Road Baptist Church
Here cross over
National Service Station
140 Claude Hotel
Claude Place intersects
138 Vaughans Cleaners cleaners
136 China Kitchen Chop Suey House Chinese Take-away and off-licence
134-132 private houses
132a Dress Sense
130 private house
Centra Supermarket
122 Bill Thomas Motors Ltd
120 R.H.Kemp golf school
118/116a private houses
116 Insight Video video hire library
114 The Cellars home wine-making brewing
112 united Council on Alcohol and Drugs
Claude Road intersects
110 Penylan Antiques
103 Sky Way chine restaurant
104/106 F.A.Jones & Co decorators merchants
102 Cane ‘N Pine Shop
100 Cardiff Cards
98 Tandoori Mahal restaurant
94 Midland Bank Ltd
Cottrell Road intersects
92 Henry Collins & Sons Ltd grocers
90 Albany Fruit Supply
88 Brothers Bird
86 Peter Alan estate agents
84 Shaws drapers
82 K.R.Lewis butchers
82 Alberto Art de Coiffeur Ltd hair stylists
80 A.J. & B. Dudden newsagents and tobacconists
78 Tilly’s
76 Grech’s leather goods
74b Albany Gallery
74 Zio Pin Restaurant, Luciano’s
72 Stardust amusement arcade
70 Dress Shop (formerly Laundro Laundrette)
68 Peter Mulcahy, estate agent and agent for Leeds Permanent Building Society
66 Gold Gold Gold
64 Albany Road Post Office
62 Telufusion
60 D & D Agency Services Ltd
60 Paul Bernard , For Beauty in Hair hair stylists
60 Rediffusion
58 Halifax Building society
56 Marlborough Carpets & Curtains
54 Vision-hire
52 Mayfair Hairstylists Salon hair stylists
50/52 ground floor premises vacant (formerly Lo Cost Supermarket)
48 C Cleghorn butchers
46 Kent jewellers
Pagoda
44 Pet-food shop
42 Toy Town
Albany Road School
Plasnewydd Road intersects
38 Roberts wine merchants
34/36 Chalmers & Davies opticians
32 Here’s News newsagents
30 Merion Lewis estate agent and agent for Nationwide Building Society
30 Jim Grove and Associates chartered Architects and town planners
28 Oxfam
26 Cousins Travel
24 Surgery
20/22 Superb cleaners
18 Albany Fish Bar
16 Brooks sunblind and curtain makers
14 The Cheap Shop
12 Maureen Freeman & Co estate agents
1st floor: Marcello’s Hair Salon
10 Fish and Chip Bar
6/8 William & Glyn’s Bank
4 Mughal Tandoor Restaurant
2 Express Gas
St Martin’s Church
Pottery
Corner of City Road
Buy & Sell Shop
Leisure Time Travel (1st floor)
Roath Video Film Hire
Argyll Chambers:
Wm.T.Kenney & Co.
Quartermasters Stores
Roath Local History Society 