Things you remember as a kid visiting Cardiff Town centre

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Newcastle brown ale in the New Moon Club on the Hayes up a rickety wooden staircase

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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The Wrestling at Sophia Gardens or the Guildhall on a Friday night

The Greyhound racing on a Saturday evening, before going after the other dogs down the Top Rank :hehe:

Enough of the wife already.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Newcastle brown ale in the New Moon Club on the Hayes up a rickety wooden staircase

Along with a crusty hot dog that was part of the entry price/membership. I remember the pool of urine that would accumulate around the raised stage area after escaping from the bogs.

[J R Hartley]

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Toy Mic Trev

[Seabird]

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I'm enjoying this thread. So many memories coming back.

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Roller disco every Saturday at Sofia Gardens pavilion

There was also a roller rink on cathays terrace

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Along with a crusty hot dog that was part of the entry price/membership. I remember the pool of urine that would accumulate around the raised stage area after escaping from the bogs.

Oh fk me yes. I’d forgotten about that. Thank you:thumbup:

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Beatties was next door to the Rose & Crown, as said where the Sony shop is now. They did model railways, model cars, kits, Subutteo etc.

Bud Morgan was the same but in Castle Arcade.


Lots of records shops too.
Traffic in Queen Street.,
Two cinemas in Queen Street.
Mackross , where St David's is now.
The Hayes before the knocked it down and built ST David's 2
Lears bookshop, later Ian Allan bookshop.
John Menzies opposite WH Smith.
Pubs.
The gun shop!

3 cinemas in Queen street - - depending on how old you are :hehe:
odeon, gaumont capitol

[MacAdder]

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3 cinemas in Queen street - - depending on how old you are :hehe:
odeon, gaumont capitol

ABC, Odeon and Capital

ABC had 3 screens so technically five

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The saspirella shop in the Morgan Arcade,
Trolley buses,
Buses with open platforms on the back. (I remember one morning 3 of us watching in shock as a school mate Jonny Morris slipped tying to jump onto the platform of the No 7 going down Queen St didn't let go of the bar and got dragged past the top rank behind the bus)
Saucer of cockles with my dad in the market
Pick and mix in BHS on the corner of The Friary
The open feeder down Churchill Way
Snooker Hall in Charles Street
Not in the Centre but:
Playing football every sunday afternoon in the school field for Glan Taf. Anyone who turned up could play and we often had 16+ a side. We just kept making the pitch bigger.
The snooker hall in the old cinema at the top of Gabalfa hill next to the library (Both demolished for the interchange along with over 100 houses)
Saturday league football on pitches like Splott Park, Grangetown Rec, Ely Race course.
Going round all the Christmas toy fair in the shops we couldn't afford to buy anything in.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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Sarsaparilla Bar in the Arcade.

Yep you beat me to it.

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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Newcastle brown ale in the New Moon Club on the Hayes up a rickety wooden staircase

I took a bird up there once ~1972, a bit of a dive.

[BLUEAWAY]

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Anyone remember that guy with long blonde frizzy hair who used to wheel a big white piano and play it always outside Habitat on Hills Street by the Hayes Island snack bar?

Asteys
The Sarsaparilla shop
The Capitol
Secombes
Greyfriars
Top Rank

[stevo]

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Allders
Guildford Crescent swimming pool

[NYCBlue]

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Top rank Saturday morning straight into wimpeys for egg burger those were the days didn’t cop on as they might have wanted one aswel

Loved an egg burger.