Cardiff Is Having A Facelift!

What with the new St. Davids shopping centre the pedestrianisation of St. Mary Street and the High Street up to the newly named Castle Quarter, Cardiff is looking seriously prosperous. As a Cardiff businessman I don't see that prosperity reaching my pocket yet, but I live in hope. But I for one like very much the way Cardiff is changing and growing. I remember in the early seventies, as a teenager, waiting outside Boots on Queen street for my sister to finish her Saturday job at the chemists. As a family we would all go into town to pick her up and traffic would be streaming passed as people barged passed us. It was bustling and busy and there was no space. Nowadays I can walk through Cardiff and not need to knock into anyone. The city is a much more spacious and pleasant place to be.

But what do I miss that Cardiff has lost since the seventies? Thayer's ice cream springs immediately to mind! I know we still have Thayer's ice cream, but it is jusyt not the same flavour anymore. Thayer's would argue blind otherwise, but, to me, the flavour has gone. I also miss the Capitol cinema as it held wonderful memories of Saturday matinees and it was also the place I watched my first live band, which was Mud.

More memories to follow... ;)