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Interview with Mrs M Fjeld

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

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1 Compact Audio Tape

08 Nov 1995

BHAC

English

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Mrs M Fjeld

Allen Milne

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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.

41 min. 49 sec

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Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales

Open

UNLW023/11