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In pictures: The Cardiff Blitz - seventy years on

Bomb damage in Craddock Street, Cardiff, 1941

On 2 January 1941 large parts of the Welsh capital were destroyed in a sustained attack by Nazi bomber planes. This is Craddock Street, Riverside. Photos courtesy of Glamorgan Archives.

The Western Mail printing works in Tudor Road, Riverside.

Bomb damage in Bute Street, Cardiff, 1941

Bute Street, numbers 151 to 155 near the junction with Hannah Street. Bomb damage helped hasten the decline of this grand Victorian thoroughfare in Cardiff's docklands.

Bomb damage in Ferry Road, Cardiff, 1941

Ferry Road, Grangetown, at its junction with Holmesdale Street. Seven people were killed here

Bomb damage in Blackstone Street, Cardiff, 1941

Blackstone Street in Riverside was virtually destroyed in the bombardment - Wyndham Street can be seen in the background.

Bomb damage in Bishops Walk, Cardiff, 1941

A more modern semi-detached house at Bishop's Walk in the Llandaff area of the city.

Bomb damage in Cathays Terrace, Cardiff, 1941

Cathays Terrace, numbers 2 to 30, near the present day Cathays Community Centre.

Shops in Penylan Road, Roath. They included the Penylan School of Dressmaking, gentlemen's hairdresser W Davey, and EJ Jones general stores.

Bomb damage in Coburn Street, Cardiff, 1941

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