The streets around Adam Street were once bustling and filled with shops, pubs and houses. There's only one pub left standing and the houses have long gone.
Local historian John Sennett will amaze you with his account of the incredible number of pubs between the railway bridge by the Atrium and the Magistrates Court.
Local resident John Hegarty remembers Adam Street as it once was:
He also tells the western-style tale of the Last Stand taken by the man in the last house standing:
THOSE WERE THE DAYS...OLD ADAMSDOWN
Nearly twenty people from the community that is Adamsdown lent their voice talents to the production of the poem 'Old Adamsdown.' People from all walks of life took part, including many elderly folk who attend Adamsdown Day Centre.
No-one seems to know who wrote the poem, but many Adamsdown folk said it reflected their thoughts about Old Adamsdown. The area around Adam Street used to be filled with rows of terraced houses. The houses were originally built for Irish immigrants who came to build the docks, but by the 1970's they'd all been demolished.
Dennis Morgan and the Old Cardiffians very helpfully gave permission for some of their old images to be used. And, in case you wonder about the music it's the evocative 'Those were the days' sung by Welsh singer, Mary Hopkin.
