Exploring Trecco Bay Today: A Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane In Porthcawl

Hell yeah man!! Great to see our local area from your perspective and we are both really excited for many more adventures 🤜🏼

Holidays at Trecco in the 1970s were amaing . Communial bins with three steps to lift the lid ,concrete rings with stand pipes for fresh water, sand pits for kids to play in in between the caravans , a man wa lked around shouting echo, another shouting donuts, get your car battery charged at the petrol station next to the dirty duck pub ,so you could watch a hr of tv , as you say mike memories. I bought a camper in 1988 so i could go to trecco every weekend .I would park along the espalade. Counci has stopped it now . I LOVE PORTHCAWL ❤ .

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Great video Mike, trecco bay always great memories when a kid , they've spent a fair amount of money down there 👍

Great vlog mike a trip down memory lane for me brother nice to see you bump into the journeymen aswel.❤

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loved it down there shame i didnt see you the chippy wasnt too good when we had it , iced cola was amazing burger king an boathouse was where we ate the most

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Funny you should go to Porthcawl Mike, me and my partner popped down there in the car Wednesday evening after my choir practice. We are both older than you of course, the other half remembers loads to do with how the place used to look because of hols every year, my experiences were day outs mostly so always around the beach and fairground. I always have an ice cream from the last vendor as you leave the fairground area, always a nice double scoop. And what trip to Porthcawl is complete without a little candyfloss, though I didn't get any Wednesday as there was nowhere open lol. You should check out the hols with The Sun newspaper, £9.50pp or £15pp hols, based on 4 sharing, some really great places too. Have you enquired about the Hanbury Arms in Pontypool yet?

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Drain the main vein lol.

I’m still awake, Mate. 12:43 a.m here in LA.

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Awesome vlog Mike, now that is a trip down memory lane, ty ❤👍

Wow i have amazing memories of porthcawl on holiday in the 80s with my gran and my nan and my mam with my cousins ❤

Keep up the good work Mike

I did enjoy it and it has definitely changed

I enjoyed the video well done xx

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Loved this vlog mike thanks love some more of porthcawl ❤

Hi Mike is me Kyle jnr

That pipe you stood on was in the former caravan park known as Sandy Bay where they built a swimming baths/hydroslide facility in the mid 80s but it was quickly closed down and abandoned. They also had a pub nearby where daytrippers would flock called The Dirty Duck and it was part of a Porthcawl daytrip for us valley folk. Great video and thanks for helping me to remember my favourite childhood place with such fondness =)

Exploring Trecco Bay Today: A Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane In Porthcawl
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I hear you, 25 year old memories - I remember my own 45 year old memories, when there was The Dirty Duck, fish and chips cost 3.35p, all the caravans ran on gas, there was zero barbed wire and nothing was fenced off. I haven't been back in many years (I live in Canada now), but in August 2025 I'll be returning for a little reminiscing of my own.