5 April 2012Last updated at 07:22

Cardiff now and then: photos by Keith S Robertson and Jon Pountney

Shop in James Street, Butetown in the 1980s - photo by Keith S Robertson

A rediscovered collection of photos of Cardiff in the 1980s is going on show at the Wales Millennium Centre. While clearing out an old studio, Jon Pountney found the pictures taken by Keith S Robertson, including this one of a shop in James Street, Butetown.

Shop in James Street, Butetown - photo by Jon Poutney

The same shop today - Pountney was inspired to revisit the locations and take modern day photos which sit alongside Robertson's in the exhibition

Robertson's photos show scenes and characters mainly from Splott, Adamsdown and Butetown, including Tony Bunce in his garage in Splott.

Pountney returned to the same location 30 years later to photograph Tony's daughter Leanne Bunce

Ray Eedy pictured in his shop in Splott in the 1980s by Robertson

Pountney traced many of the people in the photos - including Ray Eedy - after publishing an appeal on the internet

Viv Grainger in the 1980s, photographed by Keith S Robertson

Viv Grainger today, pictured by Jon Pountney

Peter the Barber on Carlisle Street, Splott, was presented with a photo of his younger self. The exhibition - Cardiff Before Cardiff - is on show at the Wales Millennium Centre from 5 April to 27 May 2012.

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Cardiff now and then: photos by Keith S Robertson and Jon Pountney

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