{"id":11243,"date":"2022-03-07T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=11243"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:27:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:27:28","slug":"port-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=11243","title":{"rendered":"Port Road History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Named Port Road because it connected Cardiff to the port at Aberthaw which existed long before a port was constructed in Barry<\/p>\n

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Port Road construction past the village \u00a9 1930<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Port Road Nant Isaf junction \u00a9 1975<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Port Road new junction to Wenvoe quarry\u00a9 1980<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Village fete parade along Port Road on its way to Station Road playing fields \u00a9 1987<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Port Road – start of Covid lockdown March 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

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  \u00a0 \u00a0 PORT ROAD Named Port Road because it connected Cardiff to the port at Aberthaw which existed long before a port was constructed in Barry Port Road construction past the village \u00a9 1930   Port Road Nant Isaf junction \u00a9 1975   Port Road new junction to Wenvoe quarry\u00a9 1980   Village fete parade along Port Road on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[334],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-2Vl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10737,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10737","url_meta":{"origin":11243,"position":0},"title":"Advent Windows Programme","author":"Alan Williams","date":"13th December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"ADVENT WINDOWS A St. Mary\u2019s initiative for the whole community We are delighted to invite you to view the Wenvoe Advent windows again this year. 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