Some Cardiff Memories
From the collection of
Albert Alexander talks to David Parry-Jones
- Cardiff/Caerdydd
- 2002
Some Cardiff Memories
Fond memories of days gone by - Cardiffians remember and reminisce.
Elderly members of Plasmawr Road Day Centre in Cardiff's Fairwater area share their memories of life in the city - including life and work in the docklands, and in areas such as Grangetown and Adamsdown. There are recollections of celebrating the end of WW2 in the Moira Hotel, whilst one man remembers the end of WWI in his early teens. Films are fondly remembered, such as The Singing Fool, and there is reminiscing about loved Cardiff amenities such as the New Theatre, Roath Park and Victoria Park with its zoo and celebrated resident, 'Billy the Seal', as well as about shops, including pawn shops. There are memories of the Irish community with its wakes, of incidents such as floods, as well as the jobs that people did, such as working on the night trams, with the teeming street life that could be seen from them.
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Our Cardiff
Old Cardiff was thriving docklands, Tiger Bay, trolley buses and trams. New Cardiff is docks regeneration and gentrification. Cardiffians must somehow hold fast and muddle through….
The Welsh capital's global exports included coal, iron, and culture in many hues. Its famous Tiger Bay, where shipworkers from all over the world settled to create a thriving, diverse community, produced Shirley Bassey; Roald Dahl lived in nearby Llandaff, and between the two locations is Ivor Novello's birthplace.
The city has long been home to BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C, but the 1980s also saw it grow to be a buzzing hub for independent production, animators (the likes of Joanna Quinn, Phil Mulloy and Gerald Conn) and workshop creativity, earning it the label 'media City'. Cardiff was the backdrop to Justin Kerrigan's exploration of 1990s nightclub culture in Human Traffic, while today the city's Roath Lock BBC studios are home to Casualty, Dr Who and long-running soap Pobl y Cwm.
This collection takes us under the skin of Cardiff, with items that hold the the place both in close affection and at arm's length - some highlighting the best of the city while others hold its failings up to scrutiny. All in all they show Cardiff to be, in the words of one of Gritty Films' titles, just a cool place.
18 videos in this collection
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Albert Alexander talks to David Parry-Jones
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Stan Stennett talks to David Parry-Jones
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Yr Eglwys Newydd
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Tiger Bay Nation
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The Welsh Connection
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Just a Cool Place
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Adamsdown Health Group, Beresford Road
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 1
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 2
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 3
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Computer Training in Adamsdown
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Fandaliaeth
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The Original Cowboys Were Welshmen
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Rhyw Anesmwythyd yn y Gwynt
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Some Cardiff Memories
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South Glamorgan
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Splott Adventure Asks Why?
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