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yed researching topics herself as well as being keen to encourage others to do so society member helen stradling said she was always amazed by the depth of zena s local knowledge and that of the society s archive she always encouraged members to contribute and was ever supportive and appreciative when they did so she said zena was always keen that the society didn t stand still and encouraged work to set up the society s website and online publication of grangetown history as well as grasping the need to promote the society on social media the more people who could tap into grangetown s history the better as far as zena was concerned said steve duffy society member she was always open to ideas and contributions luckily for everyone too she was very efficient and organised especially with material coming in she was also a keen campaigner and in her early years with the society took a major role in supporting the reinstatment of the grange gardens bandstand and replica drinking fountain and the naming and sculptural adornment of grangemoor park she was also the driving force behind the society producing a short series of books compiling local memories including of local shops which stemmed from an audio history project which involved collecting valuable anecdotes and memories of grangetown life and times many from people who are now no longer with us as well as grangetown s past zena was also interested in the history in the vale of glamorgan and was an early member of cowbridge s history society she was also involved in volunteering and researching at glamorgan archives she supported grangetown local history society partnering glamorgan archives and the parliamentary archives on a time and tide project senior archivist rhian diggins said zena was fascinated by the research process and by everything she uncovered about the history of cardiff and grangetown she later joined us as a volunteer making a valued contribution to the indexing of our poor law records for cardiff zena loved history and especially the history of grangetown which held an important place in her heart she made sure that the relationship between the archives and the history society continued and went from strength to strength she was a kind and generous person and we will miss her very much zena remained active in the society after stepping down as chair terry kane added she will be terribly missed by all her friends and colleagues not just by our society but also by the cowbridge local history society and by the staff at glamorgan archives there will always be a zena shaped hole in the hearts of all who were fortunate to know her facebook group set up the society has now set up a facebook group for members to share stories photos and snippets of grangetown history many of us are grangetown born and bred but anyone with an interest in grangetown a link to the area or visiting from further afield and coming back to their roots is welcomed you can ask to join the group by clicking on the link the life of victorian builder samuel mildon there was a chance to view the archive relating to the life of victorian builder and councillor samuel mildon at the meeting of grangetown local history society in august items of family history relating to mildon were donated to the society a few years ago by descendants and are now part of our collection at glamorgan archives born in st fagan s the son of a miller samuel mildon became an apprentice builder in cardif before eventually setting up his own business he was first elected as a liberal in the canton ward in 1886 despite one defeat in 1892 he bounced back to regain his seat in grangetown in 1895 he held it until retiring in 1907 the family discovered the reason why samuel did not become mayor of cardiff he had been offered the post in 1899 but was forced to decline because he had typhoid fever there s an interesting snippet in the south wales evening express when he stood and was re elected as a liberal councillor for grangetown in 1898 mr mildon sitting in a chair in the sunshine in front of the schools and wearing the reddest of chrysanthemums and the serenest of smiles he seems to be confident as to the result mildon may not have been able to serve as lord mayor but he was made an alderman and with samuel brain his conservative rival they put aside political differences to be the prime movers for establishing grange gardens in 1895 thanks to land donations from the bute and plymouth estates mildon was described as an all round man throughly acquainted with every department of municipal activity a 1905 article in a grangetown baptist chapel magazine mentioned his patience tact and ability with 45 years experience as a sunday school teacher he was a member of the welsh calvinist methodist chapel in pembroke terrace mildon was also a prominent member in the town s welsh speaking community and chairman of the workhouse building committee he died at his home at 26 paget street in february 1909 aged 66 after being ill for some months fellow councillors said in tribute that he was held in very great esteem more indeed than the ex alderman himself sometimes supposed he left 17 properties in clive street and paget street in his will to his widow and eight children and an estate worth 6 445 notes and queries can you help if you have any queries about grangetown history or local family history email us and we will do our best to try to help as time allows we can also post your queries here in case anyone out there can help email grcarinfo yahoo co uk a history of grangetown history society and archive catalogue online click on the photo above or on the link below to go a short history of grangetown local history society it was 27 years ago that grangetown local history society was formed aimed at celebrating recording and preserving the history of this part of cardiff for future generations it s open to everyone there are those born and bred in grangetown others who have moved to the area or just people who like finding out about local and social history founder member rita spinola gave a comprehensive résumé of the foundation of the society led by eileen breslin together with ray shaw and ian clarke at april s meeting she brought along a fascinating group of documents showing the work that was being done at that time she also described projects and campaigns such as the reinstatement of the grange gardens bandstand and drinking fountain the naming of grangemoor park and equipping it with artwork the group had been the first to walk across the cardiff bay barrage you can read about the history of the society here and some of its activities and publications over the years meanwhile if you re interesting in researching some of the archive material which has been donated and saved over the years it is kept at glamorgan archives where the society also holds its monthly meetings the catalogue is available to view online and you can visit the archive during its normal opening hours to access materials to view the catalogue click on the word fonds in the level box you ll be taken to a full list war memorial centenary marked and ww2 names added online the centenary of the unveiling of the grangetown war memorial has been marked with a ceremony wednesday 7th july marked 100 years to the day that the portland stone and bronze work was unveiled remembering the names of more than 330 men who died in world war one the ceremony then was attended by hundreds of relatives local residents and dignatories and also coincided with the fifth anniversary of the battle of mametz wood in the somme in which thousands of welsh soldiers were killed grangetown local history society which was involved in researching the names of the hundreds of local men who died organised a short ceremonial event at the monument in grange gardens a pamphlet has also been produced telling the story of the memorial and there will be a display telling the story of grangetown and world war one in grange pavilion afterwards in addition another major piece of research work is being unveiled the details of more than 230 local men women and children who died in world war two their names are available on an online memorial which covers casualties from the army navy merchant navy and raf as well as local people who died in the blitz a simple plaque remembers those who died in world war two but there was no room for any names on the 1921 memorial the online ww2 memorial accompanies the existing and updated online ww1 memorial which was launched at the start of the society s four year grangetown at war project in 2014 the new ww2 online memorial can be found here and the full grangetown war project website can be found here artists commemorate blitz in grangetown online three artists and a group of young grangetown people marked the 80th anniversary of the cardiff blitz online with the the night time blitz experience bomb damage on the corner of clive street corner of ferry road the project backed by heritage lottery funding explored the impact of the blitz on grangetown a neighbourhood particularly hit by the world war two bombing due to covid 19 lockdown restrictions the work was being shared online on the anniversary of the worst night of the blitz including a real time feed of events on the evening and in the hours leading up to it you can still catch up on the work onthe blitz experience webpage also follow blitzcardiff on twitter eighty years ago on thursday 2nd january 1940 at just after 6 30pm the blitz hit grangetown these were dramatic and life changing events for many people 165 people across cardiff were killed and 6 000 made homeless in one night artists alec stevens jason and becky secondson and a group of 11 local young people worked through a research based process supported by material provided by grangetown local history society and the glamorgan archives to make work that responds to some of the people and places affected by the bliz in grangetown the night time blitz experience was due to be a live in situ event at the grangetown sites that were bombed 80 years prior it was outside and social distancing measures had been put in place however due to covid regulations we are now migrating online a book cardiff and the blitz written by steve duffy will be published in 2022 which will tell the story of nearly three years of bombing with accounts and personal memories many not shared before some of the this research was used as material for the artists to work from the artists involved jason and becky swansea based collaborative artists who work in audio visuals and installations as well as engaging with local people and who presented their live performance on a stream as the sky darkens was inspired by the impact of the blitz on clydach street including a boy who traded comics with a young neighbour and victim of the boming alec stevens a bristol based fine artist and sculptor who telks the story of hollyman s bakery involving the stories of different individuals around the tragedy which left some of the victims unidentified there was a zine which can be downloaded at the website copies were also given away to local residents at the site of the bakery along with barra brith there is also a short video 22 unknown inspired by the unidentified victims of the tragedy secondson playing the halldorophone at the temple of peace photo tessa salt secondson leon west a butetown based musician dj and record producer who created a soundscape using recorded and archive memories from grangetown local history society and his own interviews he colloborated with a visual artist for bomber s moon exploring the story leading up to the bombing secondson also plays the unique halldorophone like an electronic type of cello which provides a tone in the background similar to the hum of aircraft overhead my performance will focus on the tension and anxiety the community would have felt in the days and hours in the lead up to the blitz i will use the halldorophone as a tool to amplify and manipulate the sounds the instrument itself will resonate and respond to the audio that will be controlling it creating a unique one o performance he added the grangetown community plays a large part in my day to day a place very familiar and relevant to me and my work with my studio is a mere stones throw across the clarence road bridge in butetown i am most grateful to be involved in this commemorative event with art shell and grangetown local historical society a group of young people aged 16 to 25 was set up to work with artists on the project to produce a creative interpretation of the story of the blitz at ferry road there is a video of their artwork and projection based on the story of people who lived and survived side by side you can read more on the artshell website despite the huge logistical challenges we d like to thank all the artists for producing such thought provoking work which was followed by a large number on the evening books about grangetown there have been a number of books published about the history of grangetown most are still in print available online or on ebay and also some copies may be available by arrangement from grangetown local history society urban development in the victorian era a case study of grangetown cardiff 1100 1900 by ray noyes 2020 tracing the development and building of south grangetown from early times and particularly detailed on its vicotorian growth available from wordcatcher publishing priced 15 and also on amazon island in the city by ray noyes wordcatcher 2019 15 a memoir of childhood growing up in grangetown and the story of the suburb s growth available on amazon it touched every street by steve duffy wordcatcher 2018 15 stories of the soldiers sailors and civilians from grangetown who served and died in world war one based on research of the men on the war memorial in grange gardens available direct via the history society via wordcatcher publishing and also via amazon grangetown by barbara jones vol 1 images of wales series tempus 1996 mainly pictoral tracing the history of grangetown in photographs available on ebay and amazon grangetown the second collection by ian clarke vol 2 images of wales series tempus 1999 available on ebay and amazon old grangetown memories book two was published in 2013 by grangetown local history society copies are sometimes available on ebay and there are some available directly from the society when arrangements allow old grangetown memories book one was published in june 2011 there is also a book old grangetown shops copies are also available at cardiff and grangetown libraries the grangetown crew who died on armistice day armistice day this year also marks the 80th anniversary of the deaths of four grangetown seamen when their boat hit a mine in swansea bay the ss skarv was a dredger but was believed to be carrying a cargo of sand when she was sunk off the south wales coast somewhere between swansea bay a...