{"id":16908,"date":"2015-12-31T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16908"},"modified":"2015-12-29T23:34:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T23:34:59","slug":"street-scenes-rain-sales-and-street-performers-cardiff-photos-dec-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/street-scenes-rain-sales-and-street-performers-cardiff-photos-dec-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-02.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Met Office, Cardiff is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/britains-rainiest-cities-revealed-good-news-for-londoners-9803812.html\" target=\"_blank\">Britain&#8217;s wettest city<\/a>, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a set of photos from my wanders around the rain-lashed capital.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-01.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A look inside the bus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-03.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll need a degree in Welsh to work this one out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-04.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More rain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-05.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caroline Street (aka Chippy Alley) looked strangely quiet in this Christmas Eve shot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-06.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Signs galore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-07.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Posing for a photo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-08.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>String orchestra performing carols in John Lewis department store.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-09.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out the dude with the shades.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-10.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a bargain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-11.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the arcades.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-12.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-13.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s disappointing to note that the age-old tradition of depositing amusing objects on the arm and head of the\u00a0<a class=\"uline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/wales\/w064.html\">John Batchelor statue<\/a>\u00a0in The Hayes seems to have been lost.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-14.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The austere exterior of\u00a0St David&#8217;s Hall in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-15.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A look at the\u00a0Joke Shop in the High Street Arcade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-16.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NYE posters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-17.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Street always has a host of buskers plying their trade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-18.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A chat by the House Of Chocolate, Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-19.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, more rain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-20.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The statue of Aneurin Bevan MP &#8211; founder of the NHS and all-round Welsh hero &#8211; stands at\u00a0the west end of Queen Street looking\u00a0over Cardiff castle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-21.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lost sign by Cardiff Castle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-22.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1950s artwork on Boots, Queen Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-23.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-24.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bassoon-wielding busker, Queen Street,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-25.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keith The Fish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-26.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-27.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fireman&#8217;s switch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-28.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Graffiti.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-29.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-30.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Closed church.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-31.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alliance,\u00a0a 25-metre-high (82 ft) sculpture in the centre of Cardiff, was\u00a0created by Paris installation artist Jean-Bernard M\u00e9tais. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alliance_(sculpture)\" target=\"_blank\">&#8212;<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-32.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kids love the challenge of finding how high they can clamber up the metal sculpture before inevitably sliding back to earth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-33.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St Mary Street lights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-34.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff Castle with Christmas tree\u00a0and lights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-35.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boxing Day and more rain. An entrepreneurial street trader has a host of brollies ready to sell.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-36.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another bassoon busker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-37.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Red poppies on a tree in St John&#8217;s Churchyard Gardens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-38.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Window shopping in the arcades.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-39.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A rainy scene in the Hayes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-40.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tony&#8217;s chip shop in Chippy Alley.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-41.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Artwork by Wood Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/cardiff-photos-dec-2015-42.jpg\" alt=\"Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, December 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>God knows what all this developer-speak bollocks is all about, but I&#8217;m pretty sure it should also say, &#8220;Rent squared&#8221; too&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Met Office, Cardiff is\u00a0Britain&#8217;s wettest city, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period. 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