now who was the lad who would collect and clear any small coal from your coalhouses or office cellars ring 71051, Llansamlet mean anything?
ah i remember dora's or circle's as it was known in the late 70's fantastic club with the cream of uk punk playing there, only once went to the valbonne got my head kicked in within 10 minutes, wrong trousers/haircut methinks. loved the coach and horses too, played (badly) there and circles a few times myself. not to mention a few other places for bands, SSA bar in union st, townhill tech etc. and also being a gower boy i remember the langrove for it's school 18 birthday parties.
Musty, Just trying to work out which one of us has been away the longest. Things I head for when I go home: Cockles, laverbread and welsh cakes in the market. Remember Macpherson's in Oxford Street? I used to work there on weekends when I was a boy. Best ***gots ever! Don't know what was in them though. There there are the trappings of a mis spent youth. Tiffany's/Nutz, The Surf House, Cinderellas, The Top Rank, Martha's! Sigh !!!
Secrets down the mumbles mile and Old Nicks, the old seamens church, poles apart in music taste but both fondly remembered. things i miss are mostly time, space, clean air, clean beaches (esp pwll-ddu and three cliffs), swansea humour, old swansea punks and of course live football, tho i always manage to get back for a few games each year - not sure i'll be able to get tickets this year
"The Valbonne",wasn't that Bonnie Tylers place? Most of the establishments already mentioned are familiar to me,but what about places like The Mackworth,The Bush,former jewels of High Street. What about all the defunct cinemas? The Elysium,The Castle,The Albert Hall,The Plaza,The Carlton,and the one down the bottom of Wind Street,whose name escapes me. Anyone remember two of my favourite eateries from yesteryear,"Schmoo's",and "Greene's",both near the old Swansea Hospital?
That was Schmoo,all right. I seem to remember him working in a bicycle shop in Morriston. Led Davies,I think it was called.
jager- im guessing the place your on about in Wind street is called the coach house , my local for many a year !! i also used to go to the cardiff arms ,coppermans ,the nelson ,doras (or dirty doras ) and the singleton , along with the ryhdings in brynmill and the uplands tavern and uncle sams bar
I think that might be "Pipers" i used to go there on the way to the Saturday morning pictures at the Carlton cinema
Anyone remember two of my favourite eateries from yesteryear,"Schmoo's",and "Greene's",both near the old Swansea Hospital? .........................I remember both plus Kilroys by the arcade so called "American diners" but THE place to be at the time
Norway, the coppermans was great in the 80s . the silver dollar upstairs and pub resteraunt ship in the marina, admiral benbow down mumbles, streets in uplands.bonkers anyone !!
Streets was wierd after a few jars ...it was like walking in to and out of somewhere at the same time
Surf House on a Friday night (castellmare now ) in the mid 70's ,(sometimes worth the long walk home !
i ate a few curries at the Bombay and lived to tell the tale..It has to be said curry has moved on since those days..you had mild medium or hot..chicken was on the bone...and the alternative was "Meat"..we never asked what meat..there was a naughty urban myth about Alsations and Jack Russell hanging on meat-hooks in the kitchen..but this never deterred the punters..i also remember the name in big white letters on the roof
the chefs in the bombay grill were all sent to jail for using cats in their curries, it was demolished in the 70's ....it made headland news all over the world at the time....
I remember the scandal and its all a myth no one was sent to jail ..its just another race fuelled story that went around at the time.
im old enough to remember and it was not a myth at all...they found cat pelts at the premises, and i remember the story of cats going missing......
