Quote Originally Posted by Michael Morris View Post
Lived in Cardiff all my life. Never seen him before.

Used to get my cockles firstly from the van that came round on a Saturday when I was a kid, and then after that either from the fella that would bring a basket of seafood into the pub or from Ashton's in the market.

My son knows of the van as he used to walk past it on his way to work but it has no recollection to me.
Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
When I was a boy there was a guy who had a huge granite slab just inside the market door, directly opposite Ashtons.
He used to tip a dustbin of cockles on there and sell them for 3d a saucer. I loved going there with my dad and having some, feeling really grown up standing amongst all the men.
You could buy them to take home in measures of a pint or a half pint
For as long as I can remember, directly opposite Ashton's there was a fruit & veg stall? Do you remember when there were so many sailing-boats down Tiger Bay you could literally walk from one boat t'other?