Cosy Cinema

A Memory of Caerau.

I have dreadful memories of that rat infested place called the Cosy, it used to smell so bad. I also recall buying the fritters from Mort's. My father played bowls in Caerau and I would go along with my tennis racket. I went to Blaencaerau school around 1958 and the teachers were dreadful. I got pinched, thumped and hit across the fingers, nice place.
I learned to ride my bike near Brewers bus station and ended up very bruised.
Who do I remember? Ann Chitty, Ceri Meredith, Claire Winslade, Robert Barlow, Philip Pearce, he was a very kind person, the family GP was Dr Penry.
I loved picking whimberries, I can still taste them and have found them sold as jam in Brittany, they call them Myrtle. Janet Bailey, hairdresser in Caerau Road, is she still there? I left Caerau when I was 19.