{"id":17461,"date":"2016-12-29T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17461"},"modified":"2016-12-29T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:05:51","slug":"frosty-feet-market-scenes-cctv-santa-and-chinese-baubles-cardiff-photos-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/frosty-feet-market-scenes-cctv-santa-and-chinese-baubles-cardiff-photos-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Frosty feet, market scenes, CCTV Santa and Chinese baubles: Cardiff photos, December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frosty<\/p>\n

Here’s a collection of photos taken from my trip up to Cardiff earlier this week. They’re nothing special – just a series of snapshots taken as I scuttled around town heading home for a family Christmas. \u00a0Hope you like them!<\/p>\n

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\"Frosty<\/p>\n

Cardiff’s\u00a0rightly famous for its wonderful Victorian and Edwardian shopping arcades.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a> says that\u00a0Cardiff is known as the “City of Arcades”, due to the highest concentration of Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary indoor shopping arcades in any British city. I have to say that’s news to me.<\/p>\n

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The much travelled Tom Jones cardboard cut out has settled nicely into his new home in the relocated Spillers records store.<\/p>\n

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Restored in 2011 at\u00a0a cost of \u00a325,000, the\u00a0H. Samuel Everite Time clock remains without the hands that\u00a0disappeared some time after 2007 <\/a>\u2013\u00a0and it\u2019s been a long time since the neon letters were illuminated.<\/p>\n

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Packing away the goods in Cardiff’s Central Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’m not\u00a0entirely sure what this drummer was doing on Queen Street but he sure was making these kids happy!<\/p>\n

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Fruit stall, Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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Lady selling illuminated toys, Park Place.<\/p>\n

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Thornhill, 1am.<\/p>\n

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Stars and the spire of St John’s church.<\/p>\n

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Festive anti-intruder security advertising.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Underground map.<\/p>\n

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Tabernacle is a Welsh-language Baptist chapel in The Hayes in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building, dating from 1821.<\/p>\n

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Building underground a dramatic reconstruction, Bridge Street.<\/p>\n

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The Little Man Coffee Company, Bridge Street.<\/p>\n

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CCTV watches over Santa’s Grotto.<\/p>\n

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Many locals were unimpressed with Cardiff’s ‘artificial’ Christmas tree, a golden, bauble-laden creation which arrived late from China.<\/p>\n

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Low winter sun over Cardiff Castle.<\/p>\n

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Frozen grass, Bute Park.<\/p>\n

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Icy feet.<\/p>\n

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Artwork, Womanby Street.<\/p>\n

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It was disappointing to see the lack of the traditional discarded beer bottle\/traffic cone (or rubbish bin<\/a>) occupying the outstretched hand of this statue for\u00a0John Batchelor\u00a0in the Hayes.<\/p>\n

\"Frosty<\/p>\n

Taking a break, Coffee Underground.<\/p>\n

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There’s a ruddy huge redevelopment<\/a> taking place outside Cardiff Central (General) station.<\/p>\n

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Bent bollards, Great Western Lane.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Central’s wonderful glazed platform signs.<\/p>\n

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The sign that every traveller dreads: the rail replacement notice.<\/p>\n

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A quick peek at the wonderful Gwdihw Cafe Bar as the bus slowly\u00a0headed off to the ‘Port.<\/p>\n

See more Cardiff and Wales photos here<\/a>\u00a0and chat about Wales here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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