Interview with Mrs M Fjeld

Identifier

101-0005-012

Title

Interview with Mrs M Fjeld

Description

An interview with Mrs M Fjeld discussing the Norwegian community in the Tiger Bay Area.

Type

Item

Format

1 Compact Audio Tape

Date

08 Nov 1995

Contributor

BHAC

Language

English

Rights

Copyright situation unknown/other, contact HCE

Publisher

Contact HCE if you would like to use or reproduce this item

Interviewee

Mrs M Fjeld

Interviewer

Allen Milne

Transcription

No

Summary

Tape 1 [00:41:49]: Margaret Fjeld [MF] moved to Cardiff from London in 1943 to run the Norwegian café on Bute Street. The café was to serve Norwegian community and sailors arriving in the area. [00:03:09] Recalls selling beer on a Sunday and the café would be chaos. [00:05:14] Remembers most cooks and waitresses leaving Tiger Bay after the war finished – the ones who stayed had usually got married. [00:05:46] Mentions Roald Dahl’s father visiting the café and taking pictures. [00:08:56] Comments on opening hours of the café and the prices of different food items. [00:12:27] Recalls Norwegian parties taking place in the Prestergordon(?) on Cathedral Road. [00:14:15] Mentions the Norwegian dishes sold in the café. [00:18:39] Discusses where Norwegian sailors used to stay in Tiger Bay. [00:21:50] Mentions other buildings and businesses near the café. [00:23:00] MF’s daughter talks about her father’s role of delivering newspapers onto the ships alongside running the café. [00:25:55] Discusses Norwegian church clergy. [00:28:20] Recalls Norwegian Christmas parties. [00:31:50] Daughter remembers playing outside children with other children during church services. [00:33:26] Discusses other Scandinavian nationalities who used to visit the café. [00:39:46] Remarks on the café also being used as a reading room and for wedding receptions.

Duration

41 min. 49 sec

Digital File

Yes

Storage Location

Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales

Conditions of Access

Open

British Library Ref

UNLW023/11