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Episode 238 - Cardiff: Creating a Boom Town

Episode 238 - Cardiff: Creating a Boom Town

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In today's episode, we explore the intense rivalry between two prominent figures of Victorian Cardiff: John Batchelor, a passionate Liberal politician and businessman, and John Crichton-Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the midst of the rise of Cardiff in the Victorian period. Thumbnail Photo By National Media Museum from UK - 'The Bute Docks, With Shipping'Uploaded by mrjohncummings, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26197888 Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ © 2025 Evergreen Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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