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