A selection of photographs of Clifton Street through the ages, in no particular order.

Clifton Street 1910 – Iron Street going off on the right. The man is standing outside Shell’s, the Pork Butchers

Bells Stores at No.11 Clifton Street

Corner of Clifton Street and Emerald Street in 1890

Clifton Street around 1900, looking towards Newport Road.



References in newspapers to the Clifton Hotel in Roath go back to the late 1850s making it one of the oldest pubs in the area. The three story building is on the corner of Clifton Street and Broadway (CF24 1PW). A poltergeist is said to haunt the cellar. Given its history it is surprising that there don’t seem to be any readily available historic pictures of the pub.

