Remembering Tiger Bay

I shot and edited this film of historian Neil Sinclair, who reminisces about his youth in Tiger Bay. The Album Leaf provides the soundtrack and the interview was conducted by Laura Murphy.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• tiger
• bay
• butetown
• youth
• neil
• sinclair
• album
• leaf

[michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

I am from Rumney, but in the late 80's used to love the casablanca.

Amazing blues with the local Countryman, good times, never had a problem.

[MarcellaSF1]

Nice piece, but the music really drowns out Neil Sinclair's voice and you can't tell what he's saying. If you read this, how about redoing it and dropping the music level?

[OnkelOtto7]

I was born "down the docks" in the mid 50s, though I was brought up in Grangetown and Ely. I was always drawn back to the docks and as a teenager went to the docks pubs - the Custom House, Glendower, New Sea Lock, White Hart, Marquis of Bute. Most of them gone now. I never had any problems. Most of the "girls" were decent and likeable, they just needed the money.

I remember Pat (the busty blond) crying her eyes out in the Custom House when she heard Bing Crosby had dies.

[rentchart]

Well to be fair I am a splott boy so I wouldnt really know what its like their, but what I dont agree with is the way the local comunity are being pushed aside to make way for the bay

[murmurk8]

PimpS didn't throw prostituteS from tower blockS - 1 woman was killed by such a 'fall' - she was known to be a hustler and local talk speculated it was murder - but no-one was charged

dad's acquaintances mentioned aren't from the area but hung around here - and most of them would have to behave themselves while they were actually in the Bay or they might get a slap from someone's mother

[murmurk8]

"Why do people from Butetown talk about how great it was." because there's plenty of others around to tell how bad it was - and your dad is just another one in a long line ...

Your dad seems to know quite a lot about all the bad things down the Docks - what exactly was he doing at the time?!?

Anyway, you tell me which area hasn't had a stabbing in a local club / pub or even a shotgun at a party - or which tower block hasn't had a fatal fall ...

[rentchart]

Why do people from Butetown talk about how great it was. I was told storys by my dad how bad it was. Pimps throwing hookers from the tower block stabbings in the moon. Shotguns in the blues partys Podger rees, Pele ,Herby the beast, You never hear the horror storys behind the seaside gheto.