| A very comprehensive directory of Cardiff, along with Penarth, Llandaff and towns and villages adjacent to Cardiff. Very similar to the Cardiff 1893/3 Owen & Co's Directory (item GB0823). The first part is an alphabetical directory of names and addresses of folk in the Cardiff and suburban area. There follows a classified trades directory and the final part is the real gem, a street by street directory of Cardiff itself. The street directory includes many ordinary people, with very ordinary trades. Using the example of Adam Street as in the description of the 1893/4 Cardiff directory, we find:
52 same, 53 same, 54 James Warner (who used to be at 56!), 55 Hellen Holland, 56 no occupant, 57 George Hynam, haulier, 58 same, 59 same, 60 same, 60a Eagle Hotel, Emlyn Jones. Ten houses in all, with five changes in occupants within 3 or 4 years! |
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