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Temperance Town, Cardiff

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In the early 20th century Cardiff's prosperity had been reduced by the decline in coal exports. Poverty and overcrowding in Temperance Town increased, and conditions deteriorated. In 1930 the
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built a new station on the edge of the district and the railway company was concerned that the visible poverty of the district would affect its image and its business. It persuaded the
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The Corporation rehoused Temperance Town's residents elsewhere in better housing elsewhere in the city, and the district's demolition started in late 1937.
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delayed redevelopment. The bus station opened in 1954; Wood Street was widened and lined with offices and shops. In 1958 a swimming pool, the
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Development took place in the late 1850s and the early 1860s. Schools were opened in January 1879 and a church,
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to provide the necessary powers. The redevelopment plans included new public facilities such as a bus station.
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inner-city suburb established in the late 1850s and demolished in the 1930s to make way for
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The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
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Temperance Town was built on reclaimed land next to the
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Temperance Town is located in Cardiff
51°28′37″N 3°10′48″W / 51.4770°N 3.1799°W / 51.4770; -3.1799

Cardiff
working-class
Cardiff Bus Station
River Taff
teetotaller
St Dyfrig
Wood Street Congregational Church
Great Western Railway
Cardiff Corporation
Cardiff Corporation Act 1934
World War II
Wales Empire Pool
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Temperance Towns
"Abandoned Communities - Temperance Town"
Cardiff and its Neighbourhood
"Empire Pool"
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Categories
Former districts of Cardiff
Alcohol in Wales
Demolished buildings and structures in Wales

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