Tell me about Cardiff

[cyrano]

Can anybody tell me about the state of immigration in Britain (specifically Wales) in post WWI?
It looks like the Pakistani immigration didn't really get big until the 1950s, but I don't see anything about Caribbean or Indian or African immigration. (Or possibly Irish immigration, I don't know. I'm a bad history major.)

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I know enough to ask specific questions, alas. (:
This is definitely an excellent start. I'm trying to find photos or maps or something of the Cardiff area, but have had limited luck. Luckily, my gamers probably know as much about the setting as I do, so I can make shit up with impunity.

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

You want 1940s/ 1950s pics of Cardiff/ Britain? And a 1940s/50s map of Cardiff?

When by? And in what format?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer a 1920 map and pictures, any time in the next couple of weeks, and jpg or pdf are probably the happiest formats.
You are so cool. (:
(http://torchwood_1920.livejournal.com)

Don't flatter me until I come up with the goods!

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

In the meantime, I hope these will be helpful:

http://www.urban75.org/photos/wales/cardiff-bay-docks.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/familyhistory/pages/butetown_moniqueennis.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/walesonair/database/tamed.shtml

I think this one is going to be particularly useful for background, if you've time to go through it all:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/black_history/pages/tiger_bay.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/history/pages/slavery_capeverde.shtml

http://www.bhac.org/index.html this lot might have something

http://www.glamro.gov.uk/ this lot have what you’re looking for, but you need to contact them!

http://www.oldukphotos.com/glamorgan_cardiff.htm Jackpot of old photos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/webguide/pages/local_history.shtml some useful links (where I found some of the above!)

Captain Morgan! http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/halloffame/historical_figures/henry_morgan.shtml

Rather than bombard you with more, I’ll leave it there for the minute. I’m heading home for a family visit next weekend, so I’ll see what I can dig up. May be a good excuse to drag my li’l sister to visit what we call a LIBRARY...

P.S. Oooooh, now I'm wishing I did online roleplay, because that looks FUN! :D

Re: Don't flatter me until I come up with the goods!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Alas, that's just the online home for a table top campaign. And I really hope it turns out to be fun.
You're going to keep me busy. (:

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[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

Wicked - hope it's incredibly fab and likewise groovy! :)

Also another link, which I'm enjoying at the moment: http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/timeline.html

Even has mysterious disappearances and stuff in it...

Re: Don't flatter me until I come up with the goods!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've had a look at torchwood_1920 yet, but if you stop by I welcome your comments there. (:

Re: Don't flatter me until I come up with the goods!

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

Ello!

Spent a fair amount of the Saturday before last searching through books and maps in the Local section of the local big bookstore in central Cardiff (it turns out the Library has moved - the building being demolished - and my dad doesn't know where it went...), and found:

{le sigh} Lots of (overpriced) books of photos of Old Cardiff (and plenty of the era you were after), but no maps of the era. The closest I found was these ones:

http://www.cassinimaps.co.uk/shop/product.asp?P_ID=454

and

http://www.cassinimaps.co.uk/shop/product.asp?P_ID=622

Neither of which, on close-up, real life inspection in the shop (whence I got the main URL) seemed to give proper streetmap-level detail. They were pretty and all, but I didn't feel confident enough that they were going to be useful to you.

I'll keep searching in the meantime, but that's the closest I've got so far (apart from the Government site I mentioned before).

I'll go look at torchwood_1920 now... :)

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

A S. Wales friend sent me a link and when I probed it more thoroughly I immediately thought of you:

http://www.bakerlite.co.uk/old_cardiff.htm

Hope that's of use to you!

How's the campaign going, anyway?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty pleased. We're about half way through the first season. I'm not sure how coherent it is for people not in the campaign, but stop by torchwood_1920.livejournal.com
We've managed to maintain that adversarial nature that produces dramatic tension, and they're working together as a team now. (Last episode they managed to take out a Cyberman.)