What do you do in your spare time?
How much spare time do you have?
In Cardiff over 100
years ago people enjoyed lots of well known entertainments,
and were introduced to new ones.
Green spaces are a feature of Cardiff.
In 1888 the Marquess of Bute gave the city 80 acres in Roath for a public park and a competition was held to landscape the park
| 1. | What do you like to do in the park? |
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Have a look at one of the designs submitted for the competition.
| 2. | Write down all the things the park designer thought people might like to do in the park |
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None of the designs submitted was chosen.
Now look at this map of the park. This was drawn in 1900.
| 3. | Write down all the things people could do in the park |
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Compare the two plans of the park.
| 4. | Is there anything the same about them? |
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| 5. | List all the differences? |
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Look at these pictures of the park. They were taken soon after the park opened in 1896.
| 6. | What do these pictures tell us about how people enjoyed themselves in Roath Park? |
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The Millennium Stadium was built in 1999 on a site that once belonged to the Marquess of Bute. It was known as Cardiff Arms Park. It was a swampy meadow behind the Cardiff Arms Hotel. The Marquess stated that the ground could only be used for recreation.
Cardiff Rugby Football Club was formed in 1876 and used the park. Some members of the club played their first game in top hats and evening dress.
| 7. | Do
you think it would be comfortable playing a rugby match in a top hat? |
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| 8. | Does this tell you anything about the kind of people who played this game? |
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