We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
De Gabay mural
“Another example of Cardiff street art today. This wall painting near Loudoun Square in Butetown is a lasting reminder of a day of performance & audience participation called ‘De Gabay’ (which means poem in Somali). It happened in March 2013 and was a collaboration between local writers and National Theatre Wales and it was themed on the unique multi-cultural heritage of the area. The audience found themselves unexpectedly participating in a parade, street theatre and story telling in people’s homes – not to mention taking part in a live broadcast of the radio soap ‘Sophia Square’. It was a huge undertaking and involved hundreds of local people – including me being a roving reporter (complete with trench coat) for an online TV station set up for the day to cover the event. Sadly the weather was not kind – it was very cold and there was a biting wind I remember – and that put a bit of a dampener on it, but it was still an unforgettable experience”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The art of zen
“Thirty days into my challenge to record 100 days in pictures and I give you a piece of street art from a wall in Fitzhammon Close. A Zen meditation on the power of patience, which I dedicate to Jake Goddard”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
St John’s Church from afar
“Aside from the castle, this is the oldest building in Cardiff I’m told. Or at least bits of it are, the Victorians added a few Gothic flourishes, but the Church itself harks back to medieval times. It looks quite sombre today in the overcast light, but still beautiful. Volunteers run a wonderful cafe there too – great for tea & cake served on bone china. No cake for Jezza at the moment of course, but I can still look…”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
Callaghan Square
“This always makes me think of the EEC for some odd reason… It’s not looking at its best today, with the grey overcast sky almost merging with the colours of the paving stones and steel posts. It was named as a tribute to the former Prime Minister and long-time Cardiff MP ‘Sunny’ Jim Callaghan. It’s usually deserted save for people using it as a thoroughfare and a couple of random skateboarders and could do with a dash of colour to brighten it up. And some sunshine would help of course…”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
Coopers Field
“This stream into the River Taff is in Coopers Field. Bute Park in Cardiff and is only a mile or so away from the bustling City Centre. The park is full of beautiful and tranquil spots and is a tonic to the hustle and bustle of city life.”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The Samaj
“In contrast to yesterday, today’s picture is of a building very much in use, The Samaj in Grangetown – a centre for the city’s Gujarati community. It’s a magnificent structure, and more than being a place of worship for many people from the Indian sub-continent it’s also contains a thriving social centre which serves some excellent Indian cuisine. Within a couple of miles of where I live there are places of worship for all the major world Faiths which is testimony to how multi-cultural Cardiff is. I know this surprises many people who are not familiar with the Welsh capital, but built as it is on the docks and international trade, the city has been home to people from all over the world for generations. It’s one of reasons I love the place – despite being quite small in UK terms (at around 350,000) it has a really international population, especially in the south. And if you know where to look you can find really wonderful authentic food, like what I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy in The Samaj at many events over the years.”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
Blackweir Bridge
“What a beautiful day! The sun is out and so am I – I’ve walked along the Taff Trail from Butetown to Blackweir. The river and park is looking so photogenic in the sunshine it’s hard to choose a subject for today’s picture. I’ve decided to show you Blackweir Bridge, an elegant (and bouncy) footbridge across the River Taff that was designed and constructed in the 1980s by engineering students at nearby Cardiff University.”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The new buildings of Cardiff
“For a change, here is a view of the ‘new’ Cardiff – the buildings (Central Library, John Lewis and Radisson Blu) were designed to give a feel of ships heading into docks as a ‘nod’ to the maritime heritage, and I suppose it does have that sense about it. Very cleverly done. The revamped city centre has been a success in many ways, though whether it will survive the passage of time as long as some of the buildings it replaced remains to be seen…”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The Lady and Prince of Wales
“The lady and The Prince of Wales. I suppose we have to thank Wetherspoons for saving so many iconic buildings in Britain. Today’s picture is of a statue adorning The Prince of Wales (ex) Theatre in Cardiff. Now a massive pub, it was previously a cinema – and originally a Music Hall in the great days of variety where entertainment was offered Twice Nightly. Now open from 7am to midnight offering entertainment in liquid form.”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The Glumms
“This bronze statue stands at the top of Churchill Way and I pass by it most days. It is called ‘Family’ and depicts a man, woman, boy and girl – none of whom look too happy it must be said. Seems like a rather odd subject for a city’s main shopping street and often looks incongruous as they look on to the promotional antics of whatever campaigning roadshow is trying to get shoppers attention on that day. Who can blame them for feeling bored and glum …”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
The Coal Exchange
“It’s really sad to see this iconic and important building boarded up and effectively mothballed after years of neglect caused parts of the facade to crumble and cause a health and safety hazard. It was once one of the most important trading halls anywhere in the world – the first million pound cheque was written here at the height of the coal boom. It’s beautiful grand hall – the venue for many great gigs in recent years – now stands empty. According to the writing on the protective panels that have been erected around it in the last few weeks, it is now ‘seeking a new future’. It will need someone with access to quite a few million pound cheques before it can open its doors again…”
We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!
Wall Carving on the Pierhead Building
“Today’s picture is of a wall relief on one of Cardiff’s most recognisable buildings – The Pierhead. Once the control centre of the busiest docks in the world, it now stands as a memorial to the past and houses a permanent exhibition with lectures and conferences taking place in the Grand Hall that once bustled with international trade. Centrepiece of the relief is a steam engine to represent the constant flow of coal carrying trains into the docks from the valleys. The Bay today is pretty much unrecognisable from its industrial heyday, but the Pierhead Building remains, having seen it all.”
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