Bakerlite.co.uk

Home More pics

Contact me

         

Photo Album

Round and about Cowbridge at Christmas time

xmas8.jpg (30302 bytes) The High Street can look very pretty at Christmas time xmas7.jpg (21613 bytes)  
A couple of shops popular with the ladies; Raggs, Jenny Wren and the town hall in centre frame.

 

xmas5.jpg (36972 bytes) xmas2.jpg (15860 bytes) The Town Hall, which also is the scene of Antique Fairs, and shows put on by the local operatic society, and also has a small museum.

xmas4.jpg (36799 bytes)

Looking towards the west with 'The Horse and Groom' on the right. xmas6.jpg (37128 bytes) And looking east (towards Cardiff)

Each year, there is a prize for the best seasonal window display. Here are a few of the contenders

 

xmas9.jpg (76529 bytes) xmas10.jpg (73078 bytes) xmas12.jpg (87645 bytes)
xmas13.jpg (102928 bytes) xmas14.jpg (62463 bytes) xmas16.jpg (76103 bytes) xmas17.jpg (85181 bytes)
Look closely and you can see Hywel, my hairdesser! xmas18.jpg (70453 bytes) xmas19.jpg (78307 bytes) Even Doc Martens take on a seasonal look.
xmas20.jpg (68388 bytes) xmas21.jpg (41205 bytes) In 2004 Cowbridge celebrated 750 years since it received it's Royal Charter.

Below are a couple of shots taken when when we did some floodlighting tests on the Parish Church: literally dragging lamps around the Church experimenting with optimum positions.

xmas22.jpg (61455 bytes) Just two lamps here, both at ground level. xmas23.jpg (67292 bytes) here, also, just two lamps giving quite a pleasing effect.

The "official" web site is at www.Cowbridge.co.uk but there's a new site at www.cowbridge-vale.co.uk which you might like to check out.

 

'United Free Church, Cowbridge is an interdenominational free church situated in Westgate, set back off the road through an alleyway.  All are welcome'. 

If you would like to know more about the United Free Church, then try clicking here.

UFC Cowbridge.jpg (97042 bytes)

 

There are also some panoramic pics of Cowbridge if you click here

Christmas time Llanblethian Farmers Market bygone Cowbridge Remembrance Day Then and Now