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dpack
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yep , mile and a bit from the west edge of penarth.
some chums of mine were parked up for winter and living in the parking area of the 1960's asbestos ridden flats that overlook cardiff docks about ten years ago and still were when i was off to carmarthen ,so i took a diversion and stop over for a few days.
i took one for a walk and a bbq on lavernock beach which surprised him, knowing to light the bbq fire on a big log rather than direct on the beach to avoid the pebbles exploding really messed his head 
it had changed a lot and not at all in 40 yrs, the ice cream stall in the pier entrance still did a world class strawberry version but the "front" had no beach tat shops or cheap cafes and what was a concept marina in 1970 seemed to have got a bit more developed.
no forte's cafe at the west end of the front was a disappointment but marine parade, international house and the 9 hole pitch and putt were just as i remembered.
the fairy steps , which wreck up or down for everyone of any size or ability being shallow and well odd on a decent hill are still there
etc
i did not fossick on that visit but i had a load of ace fossils as a kid between lavernock and penarth(time it right or find a ladder or die or use the tide and swim out and then in, the last one is probably not very safe even if it works  )
nice area and far nicer environmentally than it was, socially S W seemed as diverse as it was but the valleys were same as south yorks pit towns and swansea like middlesbrough ie deprived of a fair share of wealth, going by the town centre shops and marine parade it still seemed to have a similar demographic to how i remember it.
SW is an area i rather like and some of my rather strange childhood times there were educational in many ways.
bivvy camping for a couple of days on sully island was ace, my own island and a pub 5 mins walk away(fresh water is an issue as a resident as could the 5 min walk at the wrong tide) |
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Ty Gwyn
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Thanks,i`d never heard of Lavernock before.
Having grown up in the Swansea Valley,i would hardly class Swansea in the same league as Middlesborough,up until the 70`s the high street was the main shopping street,like most town high streets,it died when the modern out of town shopping centres were developed,the Marina wasn't developed until the early 80`s,before that the docks were bustling with trade,sand and gravel dredging and timber importers.
I wouldn't recognise it myself now with that 29 story apartment block that is there that has been blighted with problems from the start,and now needs refurbishments due to bad building practices unearthed after the Grenfell disaster. |
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dpack
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