The name "Tiger Bay" was applied in popular literature and slang (especially that of sailors) to any dock or seaside neighbourhood which shared a similar notoriety for danger.[3]. Although the captain and first officer of the Poloma are shown speaking Spanish the actors were both Cypriots. "[6], The film was popular at the box office. [1], Thompson went to Mills' house in Sussex to discuss the project and wound up talking to Mills' daughter Hayley. This resulted in the equally controversial renaming of the area to "Cardiff Bay". Bronek waits for her and subsequently chases her into the attic. By 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression which followed the 1926 United Kingdom general strike, coal exports had fallen to below 5 million tons, and dozens of locally owned ships were laid-up. Meanwhile Gillie (Hayley Mills), a young girl, is playing with the boys at the dock side.
Merchant seamen arrived in Cardiff from all over the world, only staying for as long as it took to discharge and reload their ships. After he takes the gun from her, they become friends and he agrees to take her to sea with him when he flees the country. She dearly wants a cap gun so she can play "Cowboys and Indians" with the boys in her neighbourhood. [1] As Cardiff's coal exports grew, so did its population; dockworkers and sailors from across the world settled in neighbourhoods close to the docks, known as Tiger Bay from the fierce currents around the local tidal stretches of the River Severn. Brought into service with the Royal Navy, the crew subsequently renamed her HMS Tiger Bay. When Bronek, furious with jealousy, assaults her, she defends herself with a gun, but he takes the gun from her and shoots her dead. The transporter bridge in Newport, Monmouthshire, now Gwent. The coal mining industry helped fund the growth of Cardiff to become the capital city of Wales and contributed towards making the docks owner, The 3rd Marquess of Bute, the richest man in the world at the time.
"Tyger Bay" is a song by NWOBHM band Tygers of Pan Tang.
John Mills said when they started filming "I simply couldn't believe what was happening. Coal exports from the South Wales Coalfield via Cardiff totalled nearly 9 million tons per annum, much of it exported in the holds of locally owned tramp steamers. "Cardiff - Coal and Shipping Metropolis" By Dr David Jenkins, National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Tiger Bay is a 1959 British crime drama film based on the short story "Rodolphe et le Revolver" by Noel Calef. Gordon Thomson reveals the secret, the exterior of the Sound Department of Beaconsfield Studios. Migrant communities from up to 45 nationalities, including Norwegian, Somali, Yemeni, Spanish, Italian, Caribbean, and Irish, helped to create the unique multicultural character of the area.
The wealthier residents were able to move away to the new Cardiff suburbs. Just two years later, the Taff Vale Railway was opened. The "Poloma" sails off and his chance of freedom has gone. [8] Bucholz and Thompson were to reunite in a film called The Rebel but it appears to have not been made.[9]. "The Tiger Bay Story" by Neil M.C.Sinclair, published by Dragon & Tiger Enterprises, This page was last edited on 30 June 2020, at 19:20.
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