Rhiwbina Living Issue 14 - Spring 2011

AAtt tthhee hheeaarrtt ooff tthhee ccoommmmuunniittyy Issue 14Spring ‘11

With winter melting away comes the dawn of a new spring and the promise oflonger, brighter days. With holidays approaching, there is a buzz in the community.

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WHAT’SINSIDE

Interview: Mervyn Davies

History:Monico Memories

Out and About: Dr Who in

North Cardiff

Pets’ Page

Spring Recipes

Memories:Melingriffith Boys

Photo Album: 50th Celebrations

from 1962

Local News

Crossword

Welcome

Rhiwbina Living

Rhiwbina Living & Whitchurch and Llandaff LivingEditors/Advertising: Patric Morgan & Danielle DummettAddress: 222 Pantbach Road, Rhiwbina,

Cardiff CF14 6AGTel: 07772 081775 and 07974 022920Email: [email protected]: www.livingmags.co.uk

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of thecontents, the publisher cannot accept any responsibility forerrors or omissions, or for any matter in any way arising fromthe publication of this material. Every effort has been made tocontact any copyright holders. Rhiwbina Living is anindependent, apolitical publication.

Advertising booking and copy deadline for Issue 15 - Friday 20 May 2011. Issue 15 publication date - early/mid June 2011Rhiwbina Living is published 4 times a year.

INSIDE3, 4 News

4, 5 LettersLetters to the Editors

9 Competition: Winticket to see Corrie!

10 InterviewRugby legendMervyn Davies

14 HistoryMelingriffith Boys

19 Squidgy’s Page

20 Memories: Rise and Fall of the Monico

25 Photo Gallery60’s nostalgia

28 Out and About:Dr Who in Llandaff

31 Pets’ PageYour questions answered

33 Local Business

37 Recipes:Spanish Tapas

38 Crossword

39 Backchat

Welcome to your early spring issue of Rhiwbina Living - the officialmagazine of the village.Spring is finally on its way and not before time! We’ve been busyover the winter period, planning for the year ahead. This is now ourfourth year of publication, and to celebrate the safe arrival ofco-editor Danielle’s baby girl, we’re launching our own little sisterpublication for the Llandaff suburb of Danescourt. Danescourt Living will replace the Danescourt News, which hadbeen running for many years, but has now moved to the web.Details of this, our third publication, can be found on our website. Meanwhile, we’ve got a colourful edition of Rhiwbina Living tobrighten up your day. Inside, we have an exclusive interview with a giant of Welshrugby, Mervyn Davies. We caught up with him over a pint inLlandaff.We’ve gathered together memories of a Rhiwbina landmark that isstill sorely missed by locals - the Monico cinema on PantbachRoad. Read some of the stories about its halcyon days on page 20.In our continuing Out-and-About series, Joanna Cawleyinvestigates the many links between Llandaff and the popular TVseries, Dr Who on page 28.Melingriffith is also fondly remembered by two ‘Melingriffith boys’on page 14. How life has changed!As usual, we’ve got the top stories from the area in our newssection, and of course, the ever-popular crossword. Please remember to support our advertisers, without whom, yourfree issue of Living Magazines would not be possible.See you in June!

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The Coryton railway line,which serves Rhiwbina and itsneighbouring villages, iscelebrating its 100 years ofexistence this March.The line was officiallyopened in March 1911 by theCardiff Railway Company asits own link into the coalfieldsaround Pontypridd.The line was the cause ofmany lengthy legal battles asrival train companies foughtover its use.The line is currently operatedby Arriva Trains Wales.

An author from Rhiwbina hasimpressed American readersso much, that extra copies ofhis book have been printed tocope with demand.Llwyd Owen, who lives withhis wife and two children inthe village, already has fourcritically-acclaimed Welsh-language novels to his name.But his first English-languagenovel, Faith, Hope and Lovereceived an outstandingreview from an Americanjournal, which comparedLlwyd to Dylan Thomas.The book has sold morecopies in the US than inBritain.

News

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RESIDENTS OBJECT TO PLANS FOR RHIWBINA

Plans for North Rhiwbina thathave been put forward byCardiff Council have been metwith strong opposition fromlocals.The development proposalsinclude building a 157-hectare‘village’ on land north ofBriwnant. The development wouldinclude a 10-hectare businesspark, a new primary school,shops, a park-and-ride facilityand a country park. But the plans have been metwith strong opposition byresidents who believe that a‘new suburb would sandwichRhiwbina within Cardiff’.A meeting was held at AllSaints Church to discuss theplans, and was attended byover 250 local people. “This huge development will

totally wipe out our greenspace. There is no need for itwhatsoever. The only peoplewho will benefit from it are thebig property developers.” saidone resident.Increased traffic congestionhas also been highlighted as apossible side-effect.“We all know how congestedRhiwbina Hill gets. Thisproposal will just heaphundreds more cars onto ourroads. As well as the increasedpollution, there is the real riskof danger to our childrencrossing the roads to school.”said a concerned parent. The proposals are part ofCardiff Council’s wide-rangingplans for the future of Cardiff.Other planned developmentsinclude building on landadjacent to Brynteg, and alsodeveloping land on the site ofGreenhill Special School.Local AM Jonathan Morganhas called on the Council, andthe Assembly Government tothink again about theproposals.“I know how passionateRhiwbina people feel aboutprotecting their identity.”

Rhiwbina residents will bepleased to know that theirvillage has one of the lowestcrime rates in Cardiff.Residents at a recent PACTmeeting were told that themain concerns of village-dwellers were dangerousparking, the high amount ofcharity bags being postedthrough doors and rag-and-bone men, who have recently

started scouring the streetslooking for scrap metal.”A spokesman for the localPACT team told LivingMagazines:“Crime here has beentraditionally low and when wedo get it, we tend to nip it in thebud at source. The mainworries that residents have isthat of dangerous parking,especially on Heol-y-Deri.”

RHIWBINA CRIME RATE ‘VERY LOW’

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Letters to the Editors

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News

Rhiwbina takeaway, Gateway ofIndia, has won a prestigious‘South Wales Takeaway of theYear Award’.The award was presented byMedia Wales, who sampledmany different offerings fromoutlets across South Wales.Gateway of India proprietor,Moslaur Rahman, told LivingMagazines:“We are very proud to havewon the award. We have beenin the village now for manyyears and have been made tofeel part of this wonderfulcommunity.”The shop sells pre-cookedcold meals to take away andreheat at home.

LOCAL TAKEAWAYTASTES SUCCESS

Rhiwbina’s ‘Bloody Brook’,which runs through the village,was recently the source of apollution scare.Complaints by locals that thestream was running whiteprompted Environment Officersto attend and analyse samples.It was later found out that twounderground drinkingreservoirs were being cleanedand workers immediatelyturned off their pumps whenthey were informed of thepollution.

Dear EditorsI recently came upon yourpublication when friends inAustralia told me about it! I was very surprised to readthat Rhiwbina Living isdelivered to every home inRhiwbina. However it hasnever been delivered to me,and, it seems, not to mydaughter either! We would be most grateful toknow if you plan to cover Heolyr Efail and Waun y GroesAvenue (both streets are inRhiwbina) in the future. Ienjoyed reading the latestedition online, but would reallylike to receive a copy to takeadvantage of the offer couponsit contains.Joan WoodberryRhiwbina

Editors’ Response:Dear Joan, Thanks for your email.When we launched RhiwbinaLiving in 2007, we had todecide on a specific figure ofmagazines to print. In thesomewhat blurred boundariesbetween Cardiff’s suburbs, wesettled on using the CF14 6postcode as a good parameter.As a rule of thumb, most ofRhiwbina falls under thispostcode. Copies of themagazine can be picked upfree from the Spar on Heol-y-Deri once we finish ourdistribution. We have also setup a ‘Readers’ Offers’ sectionon our website, where you canprint off discount vouchers.Visitwww.livingmags.co.uk/blogfor more details.Danielle and Patric

BLOODY BROOK RUNS WHITE

Plans to use heat producedfrom Thornhill Crematorium towarm its chapel have beenbranded ‘disrespectful’ bycritics.The plan announced byCardiff Council came daysafter similar proposals wereput forward by RedditchCouncil in Worcestershire, whowanted to use the heat towarm a nearby swimming pool.Local councillor Jayne Cowanhas pressed for the Council tolook at alternative methods oflowering its carbon emissions. “There are many ways thatthe Council could makesavings and beenvironmentally-friendly, butwhen you are talking aboutsomeone who has just losttheir loved one, I think it’shighly disrespectful.”Local funeral director, JohnPidgeon said though:“This is something that weproposed over 20 years ago.The crematorium has hadheating problems and in thewinter, it gets extremely cold.There is a lot of heat thatliterally goes up into the sky.” Cardiff Council claims that theheat would come from thefiltration system, and not thecremation of dead bodies.

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Letters to the Editors Keep your letters coming!Address on the inside

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Letters

Dear Editors I wonder if you could print aplea to the dog owners ofRhiwbina in the next issue ofRhiwbina Living.Over the past few months I,and other mums in Rhiwbina,have noticed a huge increasein the amount of dog muckbeing left on the streets andparks in Rhiwbina. There havebeen a number of incidentsrecently of our childrenvariously standing in, sitting inand picking up this dog muck. In addition, most of us haveat some point over the pastfew months pushed our pramsthrough the muck, not apleasant task to have toremove from the groovedwheels!Please can we issue a pleato those dog owners who arenot cleaning up after theirdogs to do so. At best, you arecreating an unpleasantenvironment for us all and atworst you are putting ourchildren's health and eyesightat risk. Mrs Lynch Rhiwbina

Dear EditorsI am hoping you might be ableto help. I live in a stone cottage onWenallt Road. Part of thecottage is rumoured to beabout 400 years old andapparently for a while was asweet shop. I was wonderingwhether it may be possible toask readers about theirmemories of visiting the Wenallt. Can anyone remember the sweet shop?

Does anyone have any photosthat they could share with us? I would be very grateful forany help you might be able togive. Joanne Patterson Research FellowWelsh School ofArchitectureCardiff UniversityBute BuildingKing Edward VII AvenueCardiffCF10 3NB

Dear EditorsI have fond memories of theMonico cinema on PantbachRoad going back to the daysof the early 60s. The Saturday morningmatinee that featured cartoonsand features such as Jasonand the Argonauts, Westernsand war films – they were allre-enacted on my way hometo Pen-y-Dre. However, one day inparticular has stuck in mymind all my life. Outside the(now) NatWest bank on thehill, I found a £5 note just offthe pavement in the road. I

picked it up and took it homeand was promptly marched upto the police station in CoedCeirios, behind the primaryschool, to hand it in. That afternoon, the £5 notewas claimed, and thegentleman came to our houseand gave me a ten shillingnote as a reward. I don’t needto tell you that a fiver was a lotof money in those days, aswas ten bob!I wondered whether any ofyour readers had any vividmemories of the Monico,which is sadly no longer withus.Howard WilkinsRhiwbina

Editors’ ResponseThanks for getting in touchHoward. We have gathered lots of‘Monico memories’ and putthem together in a specialfeature on page 20.If any of our readers havetheir own special memories,please feel free to send themand we’ll look to publish themeither in our magazine or onour North Cardiff communitywebsite, which can be found atwww.livingmags.co.uk/blog.

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As the proprietor of the ‘Gateway of India’ since its opening 16 years ago,I wish to thank all my regular customers for their loyalty and support.

I feel proud to have lived and worked in Rhiwbina village for the past 16years, where both I and my family have been made very welcome, bothas residents, and as owners of a business in the local community.

‘Gateway of India’ provides freshly cooked chilled food, ready forreheating (VAT 0%) to hundreds of local customers. I am committed toproviding quality food, expertly cooked from the best ingredients.

‘Gateway of India’ has achieved a Silver Award for Cleanliness and FoodHygiene, and all four staff have gained Food Hygiene qualifications.

Customers receive personal service from myself as proprietor, and I amon first name terms with many of them.

If you have not yet visited ‘Gateway of India’, then why not expreriencethe quality and taste of first-class cuisine and judge for yourself.

We are open every day except Monday from afternoon to late evening.Additionally, we open every Bank Holiday Monday.

We look forward to seeing valued old and new customers in the nearfuture.

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Dear Rhiwbina Resident,

As the proprietor of the ‘Gateway of India’ since its opening 16 years ago,I wish to thank all my regular customers for their loyalty and support.

I feel proud to have lived and worked in Rhiwbina village for the past 16years, where both I and my family have been made very welcome, bothas residents, and as owners of a business in the local community.

‘Gateway of India’ provides freshly cooked chilled food, ready forreheating (VAT 0%) to hundreds of local customers. I am committed toproviding quality food, expertly cooked from the best ingredients.

‘Gateway of India’ has achieved a Silver Award for Cleanliness and FoodHygiene, and all four staff have gained Food Hygiene qualifications.

Customers receive personal service from myself as proprietor, and I amon first name terms with many of them.

If you have not yet visited ‘Gateway of India’, then why not expreriencethe quality and taste of first-class cuisine and judge for yourself.

We are open every day except Monday from afternoon to late evening.Additionally, we open every Bank Holiday Monday.

We look forward to seeing valued old and new customers in the nearfuture.

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Lent and Easter at All Saints Church

Wednesday 9th March 10.30am Holy Eucharist with imposition of AshesEvery Tuesday evening during Lent6.30pm ComplineSaturday 16th April2.00pm Children’s Easter Crafts in the Church HallPalm Sunday8.00am Said Communion10.30am Holy Eucharist with blessing of Palms4.00pm The four o’clock serviceHoly Wednesday10.00am Holy EucharistMaundy Thursday7.45pm Holy Eucharist of the Last Supper and WatchGood Friday10.00am Children’s serviceHoly Saturday8.30pm Holy Eucharist with VigilEaster Sunday8.00am Holy Eucharist10.30am Easter Sunday Family ServiceAny Enquiries Please contact Rev Andrew James 20654406

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Celebrating the 50thanniversary of one of thecountry’s favourite soaps,Corrie! takes some of thebiggest story-lines and mostfamous characters from theStreet and packs them all intoa couple of hours of clever,witty comedy. Murders, marriage break-ups, tram disasters – it’s allthere, and all parodied in anendearing, tongue-in-cheekway that doesn’t disappoint.Fully endorsed by ITV andscripted by one of the series’writers, Jonathan Harvey, it’s anew comedy that members ofthe ‘real’ Coronation Streetcast enjoyed enormouslywhen they saw it performed

last year in Salford. William Roache (Ken Barlow)described it as ‘a hilariousroller coaster’ and SuranneJones (Karen McDonald) saidit was ‘the biggest laugh Ihave ever had’.With only 5 actors taking ona whole host of legendaryroles, and narrated by ‘AlecGilroy’ himself – otherwiseknown as classic British comicactor Roy Barraclough – this isa soapy tour de force that willtake you across the cobbledstreets and right into the heartof the Rover’s Return!We have teamed up with theWales Millennium Centre to offer one lucky reader theopportunity to win 4 tickets tosee the show on openingnight, Monday 25 April, as wellas a two course pre- theatremeal with a bottle of housewine in the Centre’s restaurantffresh.To win, simply answer this following question:

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Answers on a postcard to thepostal or email address on theinside front cover by 15 April.Corrie! runs at Wales MillenniumCentre from 25 – 30 April 2011. Formore information or to book tickets,call the Ticket Office on 029 20636464 or visit wmc.org.uk.

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The RhiwbinaRock: July 1988

When the Garden Villagecelebrated its 75th birthday, itwas decided to mark the factthat parts of the Garden Villagehad been designated worthy ofconservation status.

The Residents Associationagreed to place plaques instrategic locations, the mostprominent being alongside thelibrary in Pen-y-Dre.The plaques were made byJacobs Forge. One of ourresidents worked there.The large rock was acquiredfrom Wenvoe Quarry. Havingheard the reason for therequest, the quarry very kindlytransported it to the site.The Garden Volunteershelped to get the rock downinto the ground. We were very pleased whenthe Lord Mayor and LadyMayoress unveiled the rockwhile attending our birthdaycelebrations.

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The craggy features onthe face of Merv ‘TheSwerve’ Davies are very

much the same as they were inthe ‘70s. Hands like shovelsand shoulders as broad as theTawe, his 6ft 3 frame sitsawkwardly on the pub chair. Opposite him is John Dawes,architect perhaps of thelegendary Golden Period ofWelsh rugby. To his right isBarry John, regarded by manyas the finest outside-half of alltime. Mervyn’s famousMexican moustache has longgone, and his deep, dark eyescrawl around the historicsporting pictures on the wall ofthe Butcher’s Arms, Llandaff,

as he recalls his childhood inSwansea.“Penlan County School was anew school. There wasn’t ablade of grass in sight so weall played soccer. It wasn’t untilI passed my 11+, that I triedmy hand at rugby. The schoolhad no history of sporting oracademic success and I hadno recognition for anything Idid there. I went on to doteacher training, and moved toLondon to ply my trade as aschool master. I played for OldGuildfordians where we playedsome god-awful rugby.“I then joined London Welshin 1968. The team was full oftalent and quickly became

renowned for its free-flowingstyle of rugby. JPR and Geraldwere there. We were hated onboth sides of the bridge ofcourse. The English hated usbecause we were those ‘Welshbastards’, holed up in theircountry; and the Welsh hatedus because we’d sold oursouls to the English. Webecame everyone’s target.“But you’ve got to rememberthat this was the late ‘60s, theage of flower power, magicmushrooms and free love. Lifewas good – for me at any rate.”Mervyn’s first Welsh capcame in 1968 against Scotlandat Murrayfield, which Waleswent on to win 17-3.

TheSwerveKnown as Merv ‘The Swerve’, former Wales and British Lions No.8

Mervyn

Davies was one of the stars of the glorious Wales sides of the 1970s and

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a key man in both the 1971 and 1974 British Lions series wins.

Instantly recognisable with his trademark white headband,

Mervyn stands out as one of Wales’s rugby greats.

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“I don’t remember muchabout the game. JPR Williams,who was with me at LondonWelsh was getting his first captoo, so there was a greatsense of camaraderie betweenus both. We were both in ittogether. The memory thatsticks with me the most issimply standing on the pitchand thinking ‘Is this reallyhappening to me?’. I’d comefrom total obscurity, havingonly joined London Welsh sixweeks earlier, and yet here Iwas, stood on the pitch playingfor Wales. “I had one objective thatgame, and it became aphilosophy that I took intoevery game: to eliminate errorsfrom my own performance. Wewon the game and I never gotdropped after that.”Mervyn went on to play 38consecutive games for Walesuntil 1976 (when his careerwas cruelly cut short by a brainhaemorrhage during a clubgame for Swansea, which hehad joined in 1972). During thistime, Mervyn won two GrandSlams and three TripleCrowns.Mervyn unfurls and lets out agreat roar of laughter at thesuggestion that he has beencited as the Best Ever Welshcaptain. “Did you hear thatJohn? Best-ever captain ofWales!”John Dawes, sat oppositehim, splutters on his drink andspits it back into his glass.“You’re joking aren’t you? Ican think of at least 10 or 11better captains than him!”The facts speak forthemselves however. In a pollof Welsh rugby fans in 2002,Mervyn was voted both‘Greatest Ever Welsh Captain’and ‘Greatest Ever Welsh

Number 8’. In 2001 he wasinducted into the InternationalRugby Hall of Fame.“Times were tough back inthe ‘70s you know. The nationwas going through a lot withindustrial unrest. There was ahell of a lot of expectation onus as players, and on me ascaptain to succeed. It was anadded incentive if you like, butit was hard on us. If we didlose, the nation would go intomourning.”The pressure was cranked upeven further when Mervyn wasselected to play for the 1971British and Irish Lions tour ofNew Zealand. But as a hard-runner and an aggressivetackler, Mervyn had thehandling capabilities to linkforward and back play, andkeep the Lions on the front footagainst formidable opposition.His abilities at the back of thelineout prompted New Zealandlegend Colin ‘Pine Tree’ Meadsto claim that the Welshmanhad the All Blacks ‘donkeylicked’ during the Lions’ onlyever series win in NewZealand. Mervyn also toured on theinfamous 1974 tour of SouthAfrica, which again, was asuccess for the tourists.“Playing for the Lions, is forany rugby player, the zenith oftheir career. 40 years since the’71 tour to New Zealand, it’ssometimes mind-boggling tothink that no other team inhistory, either before or after,has won a series in NewZealand. To be part of anachievement like that is suchan honour – it can’t be takenaway from me. It was alsounique in that this was a timewhen rugby was amateur. Youhad to have an understandingemployer, which was

fortunately, something that Ihad in my teaching career. Butspending 14 weeks away fromhome meant that, for the firsttime, we could focus purely onthe rugby. We felt likeprofessionals, even if weweren’t paid. We could honeour skills and taste what it waslike to live as a rugby player.”As Mervyn is speaking, BarryJohn pick-pockets Mervyn’sbus pass from his jacket andpasses it round like a naughtyschoolboy. Mervyn’s gianthand swoops down and swipesthe pass clean out of Barry’shand. Age has not slowed thedeftness of his handlingabilities.“Rugby is a distant memory.I’ve been there, done that. Gotthe T-shirt. I’m not an avidsupporter of any particularteam and for me watching thegame is way down on my list oflife’s pleasures. That’s not tosay that I dislike the game. Theproud tradition of Welsh rugbywill continue forever and goodluck to them.“But for me, the game isabout abiding memories -mostly sounds. The noise thatthe crowd generated was aphysical thing. It would pickyou up and move you, sweepyou across the field, and carryyou across the park. Duringbreaks of play, you’d standthere, literally swaying in theswirling concoction of noise. Itis something that will stay withme forever.”

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those in other further educationcolleges in Wales. The college hassustained this high level ofperformance over the last threeyears. Its overall performance placesit among the highest-performingcolleges in Wales. The college alsoperforms very well when comparedwith outcomes for sixth-form collegesin England.”Among the reasons the inspectionteam gave for grading the college sohighly included the fact that studentsoften succeeded at a higher levelthan was predicted following theirGCSE results.The college’s honours programmewhich assists more able students inapplying to the top universities wasalso singled out for praise andinspectors pointed out that successat the college is not limited to thosefrom well-off backgrounds. Studentsin receipt of the educationalmaintenance allowance as a groupachieved an overall success rateabove that achieved by those who donot receive the allowance.The report concluded that learningexperiences were excellent overall as was the work of the senior leadershipteam and the care, support and

guidance offered to students. And this care and support was evident ina survey carried out as part of theinspection in which 93% of studentssaid they would recommend thecollege to others.Principal Mark Leighfield said thatstudents, staff and governors weredelighted with the report adding: “That the college has been judged"excellent" is a clear endorsement ofthe hard work undertaken bystudents, staff and governors. We areextremely pleased that so manysector leading features have beenidentified by the Inspectorate. Inparticular, we are delighted that thereport recognises not only theexcellent academic outcomes butalso the role of the high qualitylearner support, care and guidance inassisting our learners to perform tothe best of the ability. "

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One morning, I was watchingthe milking and stood too nearthe cow’s tail. Phil lifted the tailand I was at once coveredfrom head to toe in brownwatery mess. I looked like agingerbread man! Phil carried me back to mymother, who stripped myclothes off and washed themuck off me under thecommunal cold water pump.Luckily, the summers werewarmer in those days.On another occasion, Philwent on his horse and cart, tocollect some hay from thebarn. As he forked the hayonto the cart, he disturbed acourting couple. The girlscreamed, they both jumpeddown and ran off laughing.Phil chased them and warnedthem not to trespass on thefarm again. In my innocence, Iwondered what it was allabout.Our outside toilet, which wasat the very end of the gardenwas a sort of mobile shed. Ithad four wheels and fourhandles, like a rickshaw. Myfather would dig a large hole inthe garden, throw a bag of

lime into it, and then movethe shed over the hole. Insidethe shed, Dad built a longwooden seat with a hole cutout in the middle. That was ourtoilet. After a month or so, hewould move it along and diganother hole.With no running water tobathe, we had a longgalvanised tin bath which myparents would fill with bucketsof water heated up on theopen coal or wood fires.My father was good with hishands. He built us goalpostswith nets for us to play footballand made a swing with ropeand a wooden swing seat,swinging from the branch of atree. The Youngs had abilliards or snooker table in theupstairs of their barn!In 1935, we moved to No.4,Heol Booker, and the cottageswere demolished. We thoughtthat our new council housewas quite posh. We had atoilet, a bathroom with hot andcold running water, a gascooker, electric lighting and awireless with a battery thathad to be charged.

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There was a large garden frontand back. The rest of the landtowards the tinplate works wasall allotments. My father hadthree up on the Batter, beyondthe rugby club (as was). My father was very friendlywith Billy Williams who liveddown in the Lock House. Hisbrothers Griff and Tommyworked as mill men in theMelingriffith Tinplate Workswith my family and twobrothers. This was of course,pre-war. My father and Billybuilt stables and a shed forBilly’s cart. He was known asBill the Fish because he madedeliveries of fresh fish andvegetables to all the houses.One day, when I was lookingbored, as a seven or eightyear old, Billy asked me if Iwould like to ride to barebackon his smaller horse. “Yesplease!” I said (I had neverridden on a horse in my life!). So Billy lifted me up and toldme to walk him slowly aroundthe top of the Batter. I wasdoing OK but then a dog camebarking at us. The horsestarted to trot and thengalloped towards VelindreRoad. I fell off where the newrugby club is now. I was unhurtbut the horse carried ontowards the road and turnedsharp left down the hill in thedirection of Llandaff North. Iran as quickly as I could toBilly, shouting that the horsehad bolted down the hill. Both my father and Billyrushed through the smallwoods, down to the road,almost by Billy’s house and loand behold – there was thehorse, frothing at the mouth,steam rising from its body,waiting for its daily feed.

I would spend time with mygrandparents at a very earlyage in the late 1920s at theircottage. It has long beendemolished but it stood onTy-Mawr Road, Llandaff North,and was one of three or fourcottages virtually opposite theWilliams’ house abutting thecanal. I remember the early morningsound of the tin-workerstrampling past the cottage totheir work at the MelingriffithWorks, often with a white scarfround their neck to absorb thesweat from the heat at theirworkplace; memories also ofthe barges on the canal towedby a horse who would beunhitched at a bridge such asBand’s Bridge, for the barge topass under. The horse waitedon the other side to be re-hitched.The Isbergs lived the otherside of the locks. He waspresumably the lock-keeper,and it was in their house that Ifirst heard (at the age of four or five) the miracle of radio. By that I mean, a scratchy noiseemitted from a crystal set as it

was known in those days.The old water wheel on thefeeder at the back of theirhouse has probably long gone– sadly Mrs Isberg fell into thelock one dark night and wasdrowned. Many must havedrowned in the canal over theyears, including a very youngcousin of mine, who at the ageof 13 or 14, fell into the canallock near the Cow andSnuffers pub. I also havememories of walking down thecanal path towards the ‘Ton’(Tongwynlais), past the ‘SunnyBank’ cottages on the otherside, at the beginning of the‘Long Wood’. Forest Farm was on the left,and was managed at that time,I believe, by a Jeff Troakes.The sudden sight of akingfisher darting across thecanal from the Long Woodoften made me gasp. I believethat the kingfisher family arestill there – after some 80years!Yes – fond memories ofinnocence and pleasure in theearly thirties, unaware of whatwas to come: training inCanada as a bomb aimer andnavigator for the RAF, andthankfully, for my conscience,not having occasion to drop abomb before the war ended.

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magnet.Pick a calm, warm night.Hang a white sheet over awashing line and prop a torchup so that it lights up the sheetfrom behind. As moths aredrawn to light, they should startlanding on the sheet. You cantake a good look at the mothsas they rest on the sheet. Simply turn the torch off whenyou are finished, but leave thesheet out overnight to give themoths a chance to fly awayagain.

Animal Tracks: WoodlandThe woodland is a place foranimals to be secretive. To findout what kind of animals areliving in the woodland, you canmake castes of their tracks.You’ll need the following:Plaster of Paris mix, water,plastic bowl or jug, spoon,card, scissors and somesellotape.Find a dry animal print andmake a ring with a strip of cardand place it around the printwith sticky tape. Push thecardboard slightly into theground.Mix your plaster, following theinstructions on the packet andthen pour in the mix so that itcovers the print by about a

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hide from the Germanbombers, who regularlytargeted the Royal Ordnancefactory a few hundred metresaway on Caerphilly Road. Thecamouflage colours stayed onthe walls well into the 1950s.The cinema was well-attended by locals:“Back in the 50s, I used to goto the Saturday morningmatinees. My friend would callat my house and we’d makeour way down through theGarden Village and cross overthe railway bridge. If there was

a train there, we’d stand on thebridge and get covered insmoke before heading downPantbach Road. We’d sit in the3d seats on Saturday morningsand watch amongst otherthings, the offering of theChildren’s Film Foundation.We could stay in the cinema aslong as we wanted. I’dsometimes watch the samefilm over and over as my fatherwould be playing down thetennis club. He’d come andpick us up and we’d call in atthe chippy on the way home.”

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Another resident remembers:“I remember seeing a trailerfor Goliath and the Barbarianswhich was on in the afternoon.I wasn’t allowed to stay in theafternoons so I begged myparents to allow me to go seeit. They steadfastly refused. Inever got to see it until more40 years later when I saw it onTV. (It wasn’t that good). “When I was a bit older, I gota bit wiser. My friend Tommywould pay and go in, and thenroll up the admission ticket andpush it through the hole in thewindow of the gents. I’d makesome excuse to the attendantabout popping down the shopfor some sweets until theyeventually cottoned on. We’dthen open the emergencydoors at the front of the cinemaand crawl under the seats onour stomachs. We’d pop upsomewhere near the back andstay there all day.”The Monico, for many, wasthe place of firsts - the placemany had watched theirfavourite film for the first time,the first place for a date, thatfirst kiss perhaps. It alsobecame the first independentcinema outside London toinstall Dolby Sound for the filmGrease and was converted intoa twin cinema in 1979.The Monico had been ownedby the Rank Organisation for40 years but was taken over byBrian Bull in the late 70s. Healso owned the Cinema Royalin Barry. Brian ushered in thechange of ownership with thefilm Two Minute Warning byCharlton Heston. Crowds flocked back to thecinema in the mid 90s whencinemas suddenly becamefashionable again. “I remember seeing the

original Star Wars trilogy therewhen I was a kid.” saysanother resident.“What a day that was! It wasa triple-bill, back-to-back. Theyused to run quizzes everyweek at the Children’s Club. Iwon a remote-controlled car(one of ‘Uncle Ian’s prizes’)there one week which were allthe rage back then. We’d havecards stamped to get badges.These were the times when Ifirst discovered 25p packets ofmillions sweets! Chico theRainmaker was one thing Ididn’t want to see againthough. It was the story of aMexican shrunken head thatwould come alive when thechildren played the pan pipes.That gave me nightmares foryears!“I eventually got a job there.The going rate was £3 (£3.50 ifI was serving popcorn in thekiosk).” As popular as the Monicoseemed, the large multiplexesbeing built across and aroundCardiff began bleeding the thecinema dry. The cinemacomplex just up the A470 inNantgarw in particular hurt theMonico. Unable to competewith up to 12 screens, large

foyers and a high level offacilities, the Monico’scustomers deserted. Sadly, thecinema closed its doors in2003.“I remember driving past andnot seeing its great shape.Instead, diggers andbulldozers were scavengingover its corpse. I had a tear inmy eye when I looked in myrear view mirror and saw mykids looking at it. They willnever experience the Monico.”Today, a block of flats sit onthe site of the Monico. Its red curtains may haveclosed for the last time but thesmells, the sounds, the sightsof the Monico still live on in thememories of both locals, andex-pats the world over.

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his hand to scriptwriting,working on radio scripts aswell as a host of TV showsbefore the opportunity to workon Doctor Who came up. Although Nation was at firstsceptical of his own ability toproduce any significant scriptsfor the show, he was laterproven wrong when hecreated The Daleks for thesecond storyline. Theyappeared in the fifth episodeand have since become awell-known symbol of theshow, proving that Nation’sself doubt was unfounded. Helater went on to create othersignificant characters such asDavros, The Voords andRoboman. Nation found later success inthe 1970s within the sci-figenre working on Survivors,Blake’s 7 and Macgyver, but itis perhaps his invention of theDaleks that he is mostremembered for. In more recent times,Llandaff has been used as alocation for filming DoctorWho. Episodes in Series 3made use of Llandaff’swonderful cathedral scenery.The scene in The Family ofBlood where John and Joan

get married use one of theCathedral’s archways as afocal point, as well as usingcottages and interiors in StFagans’ Natural HistoryMuseum for some scenes. Human Nature, also of thethird series, which starredDavid Tennant as The Doctor,made excellent use of StFagans’ old buildings andgreenery as well as the insideof Llandaff Cathedral for manyscenes. The most recentseries of the show was filmedaround Llandaff Cathedral andthe nearby green, mostrecognisable in Vincent andThe Doctor and The EleventhHour. Llandaff itself was recentlytransformed into a ‘typicalEnglish village’ calledLeadworth.Spin-off series The SarahJane Adventures andTorchwood have both carriedout filming around the Llandaffarea, further cementing thearea’s vast connection withDoctor Who and its franchise,which began in the 1960s withTerry Nation and his Daleks.

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I placed an advert in Rhiwbina Living inautumn this year to try to boost my foodtrade and was extremely impressed withthe results. The advert generated aterrific amount of new trade through thedoor. It’s now very difficult to get a tablein my restaurant on a Sunday afternoon!I was so impressed that in the nextquarter, I placed an advert in both theWhitchurch and Llandaff Livingmagazine as well as the Rhiwbina Livingmagazine for a second time.I am looking forward to a bumperChristmas now!Paul Beales, Landlord, The ButchersArms Rhiwbina

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SSppaanniisshh TTaappaass Recipes

For a Spanish-themed evening meal, serve with plenty ofcrusty bread, Spanish olives and cured meats

Artichokes withSpanish ham6 globe artichokesblack pepper1 tbsp olive oil4 cloves of finely slicedgarlic200g diced serrano ham50ml Manzanilla sherry

Prepare the artichoke bychopping off the stalks close tothe leaves and cutting awaythe tough outer leaves. Trim offthe tips of the remainingleaves. Place the trimmedartichokes in water acidulatedwith vinegar or lemon juice toprevent them fromdiscolouring.Bring a large saucepan ofsalted and acidulated water tothe boil. Add the trimmedartichokes and cook untiltender for about 30 minutes.Drain the artichokes, quarterand scrape out the pricklychoke inside.Heat the olive oil in amedium, heavy-based fryingpan. Add the garlic andserrano ham and fry, stirringfor 1-2 minutes. Add the artichoke quartersand fry, stirring now and thenfor about 5 minutes. Pour in the sherry and cookbriskly for 5 minutes. Seasonwith salt and freshly groundpepper and serve immediately.

Patatas Bravas16 new potatoes, freshlyboiled, drained andsprinkled with mint4 rashers of bacon1 tbsp fresh basil

For the tomato sauce2 tbsp olive oilhalf an onion4 cloves of garlic240g canned choppedtomotoes1 tbsp tomato purée1/4 tsp caster sugar1 tsp vinegar1 pinch of black pepper1 pinch salt1 tbsp fresh basil

Making the sauceHeat the olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan.Add the onion and fry gentlyfor 2-3 minutes. Then add thegarlic and fry for another 2-3minutes, stirring often.Add the canned tomatoes,tomato purée, sugar, salt,pepper and basil.Bring to the simmer, reducethe heat and cook gently for 6-7 minutes. Cool slightly, thenblend using a hand or jugblender.Fry the bacon until crispy.Place the minted potatoesinto a serving bowl, coat with alittle of the tomato sauce andscatter with crispy bacon andbasil.

Crisp Fried Squid500g cleaned squidSpanish frying flourlarge pinch of sea salt1 lemon, cut into wedgesvegetable oil for deep-frying

Preheat the oil in a deep fryerto 180ºC. Rinse the squid andcarefully pat dry with kitchenpaper. Cut the squid into1.5cms rings and set to oneside, with the tentacles.Tip plenty of flour (if you don’thave Spanish frying flour,substitute with plain flour andplenty of breadcrumbs) into alarge bowl. Toss a largehandful of squid into the flourto coat. Gently shake off theexcess and then carefully addto the hot oil.Deep-fry in batches for 3minutes each, or until crisp andgolden.Remove the squid and drainon kitchen paper. Repeat this,cooking the squid in batches.As soon as the squid iscooked, sprinkle with some saltand lemon juice. Serve withthe remaining lemon wedges.

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FALLINGDOWN

by Patric Morgan

Britain and most of Europe wasshivering under a thick blanket ofsnow and ice over Christmas andbeyond. When I started putting Bingon the stereo (to get myself in thefestive spirit for planning theChristmas issues of LivingMagazines you understand?) at theend of August, I had no idea that wewould be stuck with the remnants ofa White Christmas come the middleof January.As Britons, we like to moan aboutthe way our country literally freezesto a halt when we get winter weather.“The Canadians would laugh at us”we say and they probably do. Theirroads are still open and passabledespite snow on top of snow. And it isremarkable how the Canadians goabout their day to day business,seemingly without regard for theweather. I recently spent Easter Dayat a friend’s house on VancouverIsland. And yes, it snowed. So outcame the Christmas music and thecrackers. And a fine festive feast washad with Lewis and James.Back in the UK, and having the carsnowed in, meant that I had to travelby foot to most places within 5 miles.I don’t mind walking as long as I havesome music to listen to and theweather hardly bothers me. But whenit comes to snow and ice, thingsbecome a little more tricky. For instance I saw a woman in onHeol-y-Deri who slipped near thekerb. Luckily, she managed to catchherself before she lost her footing.She was with a group of friendswhich made it easier for her to laughit off. She attempted to show themwhat she had just done, butunfortunately, slipped on the ice andwent down like a sack of spuds. Shestopped laughing fairly quickly.Many years ago, I was asked at ajob interview as to ‘what makes melaugh?’. My reply to that was “People fallingover makes me laugh”. Some of theboard members smiled. Othersdidn’t. But inside I was rememberinga guy I had once seen fall over whenI was working as an AA salesman at

a motorway service station. This iswhat happened:My friend Mark and I were having aquiet summer’s day, whichsometimes happens when you are asalesman in a motorway servicestation. We passed the time of thisparticularly hot day by playing agame I had invented called “TheChewing Gum Game”. This involvedboth of us placing a piece of chewedchewing gum on the floor near ourstand and whoever’s got trodden onfirst, won a point. It was a closegame and the excitement whensomebody’s shoe clipped a chewinggum was uncontrollable. We were“Ooooh’ing and ‘Ahhhh’ing allafternoon.Mid-afternoon, a very posh carpulled up. The guy was obviouslyworried that some ‘commoner’ intheir Ford Mondeo might prang it sohe parked away from all the othercars. He stepped from his car, patteddown his uncreased suit and beganhis strut towards us and the servicestation behind us.Mark and I didn’t say a word. Thisguy was the only one around formiles and we knew he’d turn his noseup at our “Got breakdown cover Sir?”quips. The guy could see uswatching him. It was like OK Corral. His eyes flitted between us,wondering who would bite first. Theleaflet in my hand fluttered in theslight summer breeze. A bead ofsweat rolled down Mark’s nose andonto the parched floor. The guy kepthis cool and headed straight for thedoor.But then he tripped. And he trippedquite spectacularly. With his focus onus, he didn’t see the kerb and BAM! -his Hush Puppy stubbed its nose.The guy threw his arms in the air. Hismouth, I can see it now, was wideopen - like that old kids cartoonDogtania. A small yelp came fromhim.He didn’t go down straightaway. Helurched forward, his Brylcreemedhaircut heading straight for the bush.He tried to run it off but both Markand I knew (we discussed it later)that he knew he was a goner. Therecomes a moment when you slip thatyou know that you have gone too far;the angle of attack was too acute;you’re going down – it’s amathematical certainty.It’s funny how the brain, in that splitsecond, calculates so many different

things. So many thoughts go throughyour head- where you are going toland, how you’re going land - youeven think about how you are goingto deal with the embarrassment ofgetting up BEFORE you have evenhit the floor. Can I run it off? Can Ilaugh it off? What part of my body isgoing to hurt the most? Will I be offwork? Will I end up on crutches?Who’s watching? Can I get away withthis?For this guy, he must have beenimagining the embarrassment ofhaving to pat his suit down for asecond time in front of the two scruffyAA men. But first, he had to decidewhere he was going to land. He wastoo far away from the bush and if heput his two arms out straight, hemight land with a splat. So he had tothink this through carefully. “Land likea man. Remember what you weretaught at the RAF Parachute Schoolwhen you were in Air Cadets: Turnyour shoulder in and break your fall.”So he did. In the nanosecond that

his toe hit the kerb to the instant thathe knew he was going, he turned hisshoulder in. And over he went.But that wasn’t the end of it. Herolled. And he rolled. Pavement. Sky.Pavement. Sky. As he helplesslywatched the flashes of light and dark,he must have been praying: “PleaseGod. Stop me rolling.” He simplyrolled and rolled and rolled.He ended up in the bush that he’daimed for and it was a few secondsbefore we heard rustling. Hestruggled from the bush, his armsand legs flailing like some insectcaught in a web. And of course, Markand I rushed to hisrescue. We laughedwhen the guyhad gone in andsniggered whenhe appearedagain later.Bringing thisback toBritain in thegrip of ice, Ihave seen many peopleslip and have even slipped myself.But why do we laugh at it? JeremyBeadle made a living out of it forGod’s sake!If anyone has the answers, sendthem on a postcard. Don’t email me. Ilike watching the postman strugglingdown my garden path. I find it funny.

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