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The Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and Art (including an art gallery) was opened on 31 May 1882 by the Mayor of Cardiff, Alfred Thomas. The day was declared a public holiday, [ 8 ] with the town's shops closed and a procession of over 5000 people making their way through the streets to the library, then dispersing at the ...
Cardiff Free Library above the Royal Arcade. In 1861, a free library was set up by voluntary subscription above the St Mary Street entrance to the Royal Arcade in Cardiff. [2] By 1862, the Public Libraries Act of 1855 allowed local councils with 5,000 inhabitants or more to raise a rate of one penny in the pound to provide a public library ...
Central Square (Welsh: Sgwâr Canolog) is a large public space in Cardiff, Wales, adjacent to Cardiff Central railway station and included Cardiff Central bus station between 1954 and 2015. It was redeveloped and extended in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Callaghan Square, city centre, previously known as Bute Square. Central Square, city centre, included the bus station between 1954 and 2015. Loudoun Square, Butetown; Mount Stuart Square, Butetown; Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff Bay.
Tŷ William Morgan (Welsh for William Morgan House) is a UK Government building and hub in the centre of the city of Cardiff, Wales.It primarily serves as a base for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and also houses staff from other UK Government Departments including Wales Office, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ministry of Housing, Communities and ...
Duke Street Arcade joins High Street arcade, and is just opposite Cardiff Castle, in the Castle Quarter. Duke Street Arcade is lined with stores including hairdressers, bridal shops and Welsh gift shops. [5] High Street Arcade: 1885: High Street St John Street: High Street Arcade opened in 1886 and is a Grade II Listed building.
Since that date, the business has been known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland and as Primark elsewhere. [4] [16] In 2005, Primark bought UK retailer Littlewoods's retail shops for £409 million, retaining 40 of the 119 shops and selling the rest. [17] In May 2006, the first Primark shop in mainland Europe opened in Madrid, Spain. In ...
Developed on the site of the Allders department store [1] and the similarly named Queen Street Arcade, the main entrance is located on Queen Street, and the second entrance faces Working Street near Cardiff Central Market. The arcade has two levels, and is unusual in that the levels are sloped, so that despite its two entrances being on the ...