Beloved Cardiff pub demolished in 2012 reopens after brick-by-brick rebuild on new site
10-05-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com

Beloved Cardiff pub demolished in 2012 reopens after brick-by-brick rebuild on new site

Historic alehouse frequented by a Manic Street Preacher and All Black rugby players reconstructed on edge of Welsh capitalFor more than a century and a half, the Vulcan Hotel served dockers, railway workers, artists, sports stars, gamblers and dreamers and the demolition in 2012 of this beloved, spit-and-sawdust Cardiff pub felt like a bereavement.Twelve years on, the pints are about to flow and the pickled eggs served again after a painstaking project to move the old alehouse brick by brick to
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