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Lecture - "A History of Cardiff Docks"
When: Saturday 25th March 2006
Where: Education Centre Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Castle Castle Street Cardiff CF10 3RB
Lecture by Dr David Jenkins, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.
The opening of a dock in Cardiff, just two years into Victoria’s reign, heralded the era of the town’s greatest prosperity, and led the way it’s becoming the greatest coal-exporting port in the World. Dr Jenkins’ talk gives a history of the docks, but concentrates on its Victorian and Edwardian heyday.
This is the fourth in a series of 5 talks on the theme of Victorian Cardiff.
Adults £5.50, Children & Seniors £4.00. Buy tickets for all 5 talks and pay for only 4 (adults £22, children & seniors £16)