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Wales Online
Wales Online
Lifestyle
Will Hayward

The huge changes in Cardiff in the last 100 years and the pictures that show it happening

In just the last decade parts of the Welsh capital have become unrecognisable.

The relentless expansion of Cardiff can leave even people who walk through the city everyday disorientated. But what if we go back even further?

A century ago Cardiff wasn't even the capital of Wales (only becoming so in 1955). These pictures from WalesOnline's archive show how the city used to look, while our photographer Rob Browne has taken pictures of how the city looks now. We hope you enjoy this delve into our nation's capitals past.

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