My Port Talbot Days
I lived in Port Talbot between 1956 and 1968. I regard it as my second home. I finished school in 1958, at Velindre Secondary Modern School. I had many jobs in Port Talbot, window cleaning, working at Corona soft drinks, the Plaza cinema, the Grand cinema, Marcroft Wagons at Forge Road, I worked on Aberavon beach in summer, and I did my own puppet shows at the old community centre in Dalton Road. I lived in Green Park Street, and in Cove Road. I remember Uncle Bryn, at the Carlton Club, frequented pubs like the Railway Tavern, the Crown, the Craddoc Arms, the Beach Hotel, the Four Winds, and the Red Dragon. I spent lots of time in Viazzani's cafe in the old Water Street. I come to Port Talbot every year, I now live in Coventry. Ah good memories. And the Plaza, I worked there too.
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RE: RE: My Port Talbot Days
I also used to spend a lot of time in Viazzani's cafe in Water Street, I met a lot of friends there including Dai Griffiths, another chap called Cliff,who I eventually worked with in Johnsons factory, Henshaw Street. Well known characters in Port Talbot were Lawrence the black, Vernon and Billo, the list goes on.
Comment from Brian Brown on Friday, 5th March 2010.