1977 - Cardiff

[@vinmina5]

I was 11 in 77. Living on nininan park road. We played in the street. So free and happy. My father took us abroad. My heart will always be in Cardiff. Best childhood.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@britpopfloyd1933]

Back in the 70s my grandfather was a bus driver in Cardiff. Sometimes when I go round to his house he gets out all the photos of the old busses and we talk about it over a cup of tea.

[@apricot1959]

Share those lovely photos please. x

[@paulohagan3309]

I was a student at what was then 'University College Cardiff ' 1976-79. I came to Cardiff from Belfast. After the awfulness of life in Belfast, Cardiff was more than a breath of fresh air.

[@jonesyboy69]

I was 8 when this made. Thanks for uploading this video of my hometown 👍🏻

[@spartanmotorcyclecouriers497]

Brings back fond memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@grangetowncardiff6935]

Memories. I will always love Cardiff, however long I am away. Love you Diff xxx

[@sillysausage6522]

I was 1. So strange to look back at a Cardiff I was born into. A different world indeed.

[@demonhalo67]

A spoiled city. Cardiff was not so long ago one of the best places in the UK to live but has nosedived in recent years for a myriad of reasons, like many other cities in the UK. It's tragic but sadly the truth.

[@huwinheaven]

1977 the best year ever

[@moezvlogs5757]

I love this video Thanks whoever you are

[@PlanetImo]

Wow! This was my world when I was 2 years old. At that time I lived in the Castle grounds itself. That same building is now part of the Welsh College of Music and Drama. I still live near(ish) Cardiff today so this looked both alien and familiar at the same time. Thanks for sharing! Imo x

[@PlanetImo]

I didn't go to Gladstone school, no. I had moved by the age of 2! :-) X

[@TED0962]

I used to go to my St John Ambulance meetings in the same building in the late 1970's!

[@tombartram7384]

Bud Morgans toyshop had a completed 24 scale Stuka in the window.

[@sunshine6765]

I was living in cardiff as a child in 1977. I remember the orange buses and the Prince of Wales when it was a cinema. The titles of the films left little to the imagination. Those were the days when you had to put on your raincoat and hat if you wanted to watch nudity on film! Later it became a trendy nighclub, they used to pause the music halfway through the night for a lightshow, culminating in a motorbike descending from the ceiling. I always preferred the Sqaure Club, even if you had to paddle through suspect water to get to the loos.

[@steffanhoffmann]

I moved to the ☀ years ago. Fed up of the Welsh weather. This only confirms I was right . It needed a lick of paint and tlc in this video. It got it later of course and now is a brighter city. But from this video, mostly grey then it's not changed. Thanks for sharing.

[@andrewbutler6477]

Haven't changed much the Cardiff buses still running was a great city then and still is now 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@demonhalo67]

Was up until about 2010-2015. I hardly recognise the place now, the locals have all left for the surrounding towns. Full of temporary students and lawless young foreigners hanging about. The surrounding council estates in Llanrumney and Ely still among the worst in Wales. Crime is rife and with it the degredation of order, culture and standards has gone with it. The city we see here is gone forever. The old buildings and main features that circle the CBD are still there but fundamentally it is a different city.

[@ulysses2162]

​@@demonhalo67Happening to every town and city in the UK unfortunately, thanks to our traitorous parasites, I mean politicians.

[@fazedumbjr6531]

It’s a dirty dump

[@CariadfromWales]

Wow 1977, surprised there wasn't any footage of the street parties for the Queen's Silver Jubilee it was such a a huge event that year and everyone seemed to take part. Great footage tho evoked some lovely memories of being a kid.

[@carolinecollett4349]

I left Cardiff in 1977 but hope to return one day. Thank you for the nostalgia.

[@demonhalo67]

You would be horrified to see the state of it now.

[@granitesevan6243]

​@@demonhalo67it's still a fantastic place to live, but the city centre leaves a lot to be desired now. Apart from some very good restaurants, the bars are all pretty generic and expensive. There are a lot more vagrants and coked-up louts as well, which isn't too nice

[@pauldurkee4764]

If you ever come back Caroline, you are in for a shock, lots of easy to put up and cheap to knock down buildings, its been stripped of its character.

[@paulhillman400]

Don't bother Caroline, it's a sh@t hole.

[@MervynPartin]

Goedemorgen,, I actually left Cardiff in 1977 to work abroad (in England!) and have very rarely gone back there as most of my family have moved away. I like to see what is happening in my old home city, so I am surprised that it has taken this long for KZbin to recommend your video. I see from a reply to another comment earlier that this was filmed in super 8, a format that I used for a while, so I assume that you dubbed in the soundtrack. If that is correct, then you have done an excellent work synchronising the sounds with the action. I enjoyed it. Bedankt

[@lovefromjay]

My mum was born around these times and she didn’t even know Cardiff existed! She never would have thought she’d be starting a family here in 28 years time

[@taffrican]

I was born and living in Splott at th time this video was shot, I was 13 at the time, this video brings back great memories.....Baie dankie Kees, ek het dit geniet om die ou plek te sien.

[@mariaefelices6543]

I was fifteen ,ive been to all the major cities working as a mobile silver service chef ,18 years on the road at venues as far as scotland for the golf and the royal highland games ,and Southampton boat show etc etc ..... but I always came home to my beloved Cardiff 💜💜 where I was born and where my ashes will rest xxxx

[@sarahlouise4445]

My city ❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@leonbrown7107]

Great video, I just got a DJI Phathom, been practising around the Dock.

[@cdfboy6133]

No place in the world like the Diff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏠

[@davidcameron7597]

Amazing to see free flowing traffic, unlike today.

[@demonhalo67]

That is pretty much the only positive, Everything else has gotten worse. Getting rid of the tram system in the city centre in the 60's was a massive mistake. Takes ages walking around by foot and without the central bus station I don't know how visitors can find where they are going.

[@maninthestreet01]

I turned 14 living in Cardiff in 1977. Any one got any films of the Queen's visit to Cardiff as part of her silver jubilee celebrations?

[@MrSimonmcc]

I was 10 years old, living in Rumney at the time. I now live in Canada. I don't miss Cardiff but I do miss the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.

[@furryanimal8776]

1977-when I arrived to study in Cyncoed.The number 54 bus I seem to remember.

[@canman5060]

54 to Pentwyn ?

[@mory9749]

Now they changed to 52 to Cyncoed to Cardiff Met University the last station.

[@mory9749]

@@canman5060 now 51 and 53

[@furryanimal8776]

@@canman5060 I'm pretty certain it was 57 and 58 to Pentwyn back then.Often got off one at the top of Penylan Hill.

[@paulhillman400]

​@@canman506054 was Cyncoed. 57 &58 were Llanedeyrn/Pentwyn.

[@canman5060]

I remember the old orange buses. No 55 , 57 , 58 to Pentwyn !

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Lar M the 57 and 58 are still going to pentwyn and pontprennau

[@MsDig65]

I got run over by one outside Asteys 1982

[@Joe-dj4xz]

@@MsDig65 Much damage to the bus?

[@Joe-dj4xz]

61 Pentrebane

[@canman5060]

@@joannesaltfleet2071 Thank you. I won't lost my way when I am back in Cardiff.

[@vanwin5415]

Thank you.

[@canman5060]

I remember those orange buses. I think it was around 8 pounds for multi-ride in the early 1980's.

[@demonhalo67]

£8 was an awful lot of money back then, are you sure? Day tickets now are £4 when I was there last year visiting my mother. Pretty much the only reason I go to Cardiff now, I avoid the city centre as it has lost its vibrancy and character.

[@canman5060]

@@demonhalo67 It is indeed a lot of money in those days. 5 pounds 99 for a new released vinyl record at that time was expensive enough before the age of CDs.

[@ninfilms]

Great video.

[@daviddyer9379]

A better place then,than it is now.

[@Steaks652]

A year before I left school. Looks prehistoric now, you by any chance a Docks boy mate?

[@davidgriffiths2924]

@@Steaks652 yes it's me Nick. Donkey Dyer.

[@Steaks652]

@@davidgriffiths2924 and I know what that donkey is about mate. Hah. Take a bow pal.

[@Steaks652]

Hope you are well Mr Dyer

[@Loverboy19691]

That was excellent.

[@elizabethmarshall9249]

I was 3 years old living on aberporth Road

[@peterlewis6820]

Aberbran me

[@damirzlatkic8134]

a place i call home

[@simonjames3990]

Very nice 👍

[@CommodusSPQR]

I was 17 at the time, working in a photographic studio. I have mixed memories of Cardiff as I'm sure most people do, so all I'll say is nostalgia is a seductive liar.

[@sanchhx2915]

no phones etc back in the days, wish i was born in that era

[@demonhalo67]

10 years before me, this video breaks my heart because I know I'm looking at a video of a better time. I moved out of Cardiff about a year ago, far too many students and gangs of young foreign men hanging around not spending money or putting anything into the local economy. The drinking scene is lawless with sick, rubbish, and glass bottles everywhere. Modern high rise tower flats have completely changed the character of the skyline and the old foundations beneath them. The loss of Cardiff central bus station was the final straw for me. I'll never come back, I don't recognise the city anymore and thousands of Cardiffians have done the same and moved out to the surrounding towns because of the general decline in standards and local culture.

[@matthewregister6845]

Jesus get a life man. You're just spreading negativity everywhere in this comment section. I'm sorry you think the city has gone to the dogs but you need to understand your opinion is not universal. People vote with their feet and Cardiff's population continues to grow thanks to its vibrancy as a city. Cardiff is a fantastic city and continues to score highly on livability ratings when compared to other UK cities. I'm sorry you can't cope with change but the facts simply don't back up this negative view you're pandering!

[@Warzulu77]

May the horse R.I.P

[@allihowells5189]

The young lady looks like a lady I worked with who lived in Grangetown

[@jongdekees]

What is her name, please?

[@allisontyler-howells5239]

Looks like Caroline Rowley

[@jongdekees]

@@allisontyler-howells5239 No, her name was not Caroline (sorry for the long delay in answering). I think it was Babs (Barbara?)

[@canopus101]

Traffic flowing, no stupid bus lanes, cycle lanes just roads.

[@leeneale8776]

Aawwww....I was 8👼🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@richarddavies4647]

I was two years old

[@pipeandslippersman]

ah, those orange buses...

[@TheLexbank]

Couldn’t work out if you were starting with best or worst. Pontprennau!!😂

[@felicitylatham3003]

Hi Kees, this is a wonderful video, I would love to show it in a concert in Cardiff. Would this be possible? Do you have any other footage of Cardiff, I wonder? Felicity Hej Kees, det här är en underbar video, jag skulle gärna visa det på en konsert i Cardiff. Skulle det vara möjligt? Har du någon annan bild av Cardiff, undrar jag? Felicity

[@jongdekees]

Hi Felicity, sorry to answer quite late but you can use the video. This was transferred from a super-8 film which I shot at that time. I used about half of it in the present video. The rest is not really very good, alas Kees

[@robertevans6596]

Bluebirds!

[@barney8953]

Who was the woman at 2:29? What become of her?

[@jongdekees]

I have no idea what become of her, I wish I knew too

[@joemorris6775]

She became a horse, didn’t you watch the video?

[@shikobajames7075]

Last time I was in Cardiff was in 1985 , and by train lol I never went there again don't know why just lost interest

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Shikoba James you wouldn't recognise it!! Changed soooo much.

[@joemorris6775]

S’alright, you weren’t very interesting

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Joe Morris...depends what you are looking for....

[@annagallego7302]

No so called homeless accosting people every yard of the way, much nicer then

[@Ahmedkhan-hc5gu]

Fair play that was depressing

[@Steaks652]

..? ...

[@leeneale8776]

😂🤣😂👍👍

[@georgemontana2694]

I was 3