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Castle Quarter (Welsh: Cwr y Castell) is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. Castle is also a community (parish) of Cardiff. The listed Castle Quarter includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades : Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping ...
Leekes bought another Rhondda site in Talbot Green near Llantrisant and opened a store in 1977, described as a "DIY superstore". In 2007, the eldest son of Llewellyn, David Leeke, wrote an account of the development of the Welsh business from the boom in the coal industry, through the Depression and two World Wars to the 21st century.
In the 1950s the owners opened a shop at the mill and in St Davids and Fishguard, and started to develop Melin Tregwynt as a brand. [6] The business thrived in the 1960s and 1970s and survived the recession in the 1980s that forced many other Welsh mills to close. The founder's grandson entered the business and started to develop foreign ...
Filco Foods is an independent grocery chain based in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.As of 2013, Filco has 8 stores [1] and operates as part of the Nisa group. Filco Foods was founded by Phillip Jones in 1946. [2]
1 January – Portmeirion Pottery is established when Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis (managers of the gift shop at her father's village of Portmeirion) take over Gray's Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent (England).
Cadw (, a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group. Cadw works to protect the historic buildings and structures, the landscapes and heritage sites of Wales, to make them available for the public to visit, enjoy, and understand their significance.
Welsh lovespoon with hearts, lock and wheel. A lovespoon is a wooden spoon decoratively carved that was traditionally presented as a gift of romantic intent. The spoon is normally decorated with symbols of love, and was intended to reflect the skill of the carver.
National Welsh Omnibus Services: Consumer services Travel & tourism Cardiff: 1929 Operated in southeast Wales 1929 to 1992 P D Newport Bus: Consumer services Travel & tourism Newport: 1901 Bus services P A Padarn Bus: Consumer services Travel & tourism Llanberis: 1979 Bus services, defunct 2014 P D Peacocks: Consumer services Apparel retailers ...