I also discovered this evening (thanks to some detective work on 1901censusonline.com)that Moon Street in Splott was knocked down sometime in the late 50s/early 60s. Here's a picture of it on an old map:
And here's the view looking down Moon Street as it is now:
You can see the grass part curving over the hump where the old road and all the rubble is buried.
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Some useful research there - love the map showing old/new Adamsdown at the top. Nice work.
Just blundered into this via Cardiffians site. Moon Street, Adamsdown, survived until 1972/73. My grandmother lived at No 14 until relocated to the new flats now known as Anderson Place, only 100yds round the corner so we carried everything. Spent every summer holiday 1959-69 there. The thing that made me smile about the place was some residents said it was in Adamsdown, some said Splott and those with aspirations claimed it was Roath !
Hey Gerald, thanks for commenting! They're working on Moon Street now - I think they're extending the school.
I always though the boundary for Adamsdown and Roath was Broadway, though some say Newport Road - but the boundary between Adamsdown and Splott is definitely the railway... as to which is on "the wrong side of the tracks", I'll leave up to you to decide! :)
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