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Wilson Road used to be run down and Snowden Road but people are people , friend of mine was a health visitor in Ely and had to deal with all sorts of stuff but loved working thereOriginally Posted by the other bob wilson
Maybe Ely posters on here remember things but there was rumours a lot of people from all over cardiff came to Ely just to confront the police and had no links to the area
I can confirm that is correct Sludge
Great chippy on wilson Rd many years ago , Mr chips ?
I think that it's changed it's name now, but that was very recent. Wilson rd is great, all the mums congregate there and drink coffee, bought from Williams Butchers. They block the pavement and slag everyone off in between having proper Cardiff Banter. Luvs it.
The butcher sells coffee ?
That's a bit odd
Out of curiosity anyone know how many years since the Trumpton riots?
I can't really remember much about the Ely riots. I guess there wasn't cable and all-day news back then. But I was only a couple of miles away in Canton. Weren't riots going on all over the country?
I think they were late summer that year.
Ely , Oxford , Bristol , Newcastle , late summer
Good book on it called Goliath by Beatrix Campbell
Yup, only a quid as well.
I will get some minced beef and pick up a java
If you asked for a Java in Ely, they'd think it was a character from Star Wars. The place is great. Plenty of poverty, but still a solid community and the people are different, i don't care what anyone says. I gave a bloke half a tube of clear silicone the other day, we're mates for life now. As it should be! Severe lack of resources up there, but like i said, overall, the people are really friendly and giving.
That's like the valleys, people have **** all but give you all they have..
Something in my head says the date isn't correct, but I reckon I'm thinking about earlier riots in Cardiff, and around the country. Does this ring any bells with anyone? Would have been around 1980 or 81?
It was a pretty crap riot tbh, Ely didn't want to be left out so it ended up a copycat that followed other UK cities.
I think they burnt out an old Allegro. Respect!
How they could make a documentary about that shitshow is beyond me
As I said, I don't remember much, but that sounds about right to me.
That's completely incorrect
Ely was one of the first disturbances that late summer followed by bigger riots in hartcliffe Bristol and West end Newcastle
The exact opposite of Ely copying other places
Goliath the book will inform you properly
It's not right at all
Foggy memory by me then, I do recall it was pretty tame by London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool standards. I do know that because I was working in Ely at the time.
I was about 10/11 at the time. My old man was working the riots. Never really said much about it - other than a petrol bomb landed at his feet and frightened the life out of him.
i was there when jm took the pic for the rag, and they also made a short documentary aswell which may air sometime soon... not read the script as yet but will do now
Petrol bombs were thrown , bricks were thrown , missiles, a car was stolen and driven at riot police
It wasn't Broadwater farm but it was a riot
The disturbances started at night , it was quiet during the day , people were drinking then
I worked as a Chippy in Ely, some decent people, but lets not paint them all as saints, some would rob you without a 2nd thought, I know my council van was always a target, could never leave anything of any value on the front seats ( the side window would be done and it gone ) never put down a tool, blink and its gone, had my van stereo done twice in a few weeks, after the 2nd time I was offered the 1st one for 20 quidended up fitting it behind the drivers seat in my shelving unit so it was out of sight
but then again, similar to other council estates ive worked, Gibby in Barry, Billy Banks in Penarth to name 2 that ive worked on the most
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