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very many thanks AnnCardiff.

Looks like a visit to the City Library or Glamorgan archieves is my next step.

They are beautiful pictures and show a family of 8 - so I would love to identify them.

I have Kelly's for Cardiff 1970 - only two properties in David Street then, both commercial - 19 and 29/31

presumably all demolished when St David's Centre was built

Many thanks - there are at least two males in the photographs who appear to be older than 21.

Not quite sure what to make of the numbering. I have checked the photographs and they definately say 14.

However, I was told that my maternal greatgrandmother was a school teacher. I haven't been able to locate her birth and marriage - but maybe thats a new thread to look at,

The lady in the photos is the image of an aunt on my fathers side - so maybe I have been misled by that.

I will take your advice and try the City Library. Maybe there was a head tachers house attached to the school????

Looking at the 1911 census for David St there are houses up to No. 6 and then from No 18 onwards.

The enumerators list shown that there is a school lying between them !

Could that make any sense with the photo's ??

Dea x

Thank you. A significant number of Streets in Cardiff were renamed by Lord Bute - so it has been intersting. Cardiff - especially the Docks are has changed so much in the last 50 years that many of the streets have been demolished.

I have cross referenced each surname in my tree against census info and there were no matches.

it's frustrating as I have several photographs of the same family - so am fairly sure it isn't a fluke. The lady of the house is the image of an existing aunt so I'm hopeful I will eventually identify them.

Re. electoral register. Usually you have to access these at the nearest main library, or ask for a lookup. Be aware that it will be very limited - while most men over 21 had the vote by this time, not all did until 1919, and virtually no women..
Jan

I see what you mean - have found number 6 but next one is number 18!
Jan

Well, the street does exist!

911 Wales Census
Name: Helena Donovan
[Helena Piacentini]
Age in 1911: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil parish: Cardiff
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Street Address: 37 David St Cardiff
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Factory Bottle Woske Arrated
Registration district: Cardiff
Registration District Number: 588