It’s been in the offing for the best part of 20 years, but the last month or so, the final chapter of the my old workplace has been written. Work began in March 2026 to finally demolish the former bingo hall and cinema on City Road in Cardiff, finally wiping away any vestiges of the […]
Tag: Top Rank Bingo
Remembering the Gaiety
I originally wrote this piece about the Top Rank Gaiety on City Road in Cardiff for the now defunct RoathCardiff.net website, and given the building’s demolition, I thought it was worth republishing here, as it perfectly captured my thoughts on the place when I wrote about it a decade ago. Written in July 2016, here’s […]
Mecca Bingo Ban Long Standing Member
I have to start by saying that I find this story particularly shocking. According to the report in the Daily Mail, pensioner and longtime member of the Mecca Bingo, Rosalyn Clemson has been banned from every single Mecca Bingo in the UK. Her crime was organising a trip for other club members to a rival […]
