History of CIB
Cardiff Institute for the Blind was founded in 1865 by Frances Batty Shand, the daughter of a Jamaican plantation owner.
After moving to Cardiff, Shand set up a small workshop employing four blind men to make baskets for coal ships. After employing ten more men, the workshop was relocated to Byron Street in Roath, later moving to Longcross Road - near the Institute's current home on Newport Road.
By 1900, around 100 blind men and women were employed making baskets, brushes and mats.
The Longcross Street building was destroyed during WWII and made way for Shand House - a plot of land situated on Newport Road and donated to the charity in 1949 - completed and opened in 1953.
Read more about this topic: Cardiff Institute For The Blind
Famous quotes containing the words history of and/or history:
“The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man’s right to his body, or woman’s right to her soul.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.”
—Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)