Patti Flynn
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Patti Flynn was a Welsh jazz singer, author, model and social activist. She was a founder and patron of Black History Wales. In 2019 she was honoured with the Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement A
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Monument for Contribution by Ethnic Men & Women in WW1, WW2
Monument for Contribution made by Ethnic Men & Women during WW1, WW2
Tiger Bay
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Tiger Bay was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body
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…which is close to the Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Stephen the Martyr in Butetown. Flynn gave her first professional in the Glamorgan pub in Tiger Bay, aged 18, and with accompaniment by her mentor: jazz guitarist Victor Parker. She went on to have a career as a jazz singer, and was a contemporary of…
Immigrant Statues, Cardiff Bay. A bronze of an immigrant couple symbolising the arrival of many to Tiger Bay seeking a better life in Britain.
The Bute Docks, With Shipping
Coal ships tied up at Cardiff Docks
Mount Stuart dry docks