The streets where i grew up havent changed much. You cant say that for the Beating Heart of the capital. Now i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. They tell me that almost daily on my radio show. And, in a way, i can see why, because, lets face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. But fair play to the place, its taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. I used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. It was the docks back then derelict and depressed. Old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiffs population. But then things began to change. Just look at cardiff now. This city has completely transformed itself in around 20 yea rs. The jobs are in government, theyre in media, in leisure and also in shopping. It describes itself as europes youngest capital and its got even more growing to do. My dad used to be a bus driver and finished up on this very route, taking
I was born and bred in this city. The streets where i grew up havent changed much. You cant say that for the Beating Heart of the capital. Now, i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. They tell me that almost daily on my radio show. And, in a way, i can see why, because, lets face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. But fair play to the place, its taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. I used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. It was the docks back then derelict and depressed. Old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiffs population. But then things began to change. Just look at cardiff now. This city has completely transformed itself in around 20 years. The jobs are in government, theyre in media, in leisure and also in shopping. It describes itself as europes youngest capital and its got even more growing to do. My dad used to be a bus driver and fini
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