Blackpool
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"I walked out of that shop like the cat that got the cream." Paul would often wear a hat and in Blackpool he asked his grandfather to buy him a new cap.
Transcript
(Background music - Funfair music)
"Even from an early age, I remember hats being around...and being such a fair haired boy, I always had a cap on. Every summer holiday, one was put on my head like a doorknob.
I was about six, walking along the front along Blackpool's beach. The sun was glowing, burning the back of my neck. As we walked down the promenade, I remember looking at all my family - my mother and father walking together; behind them my grandmother, walking like the Queen, as proud as anyone could be of her family.
Someone was missing of course - my grandfather. Looking down the road, there he was ... ahead of everyone else, resting on his walking stick, talking to a stranger. He was always talking to strangers; always happy to say hello.
As we walked towards him, I looked in one of the many seafront shops. There was the perfect hat to cool my head. No one would buy me a hat because I always left them behind or lost them. Being a stubborn child, I decided to tell my grandfather that I needed the hat. I set off running down the road towards him, screaming back at everyone, "My bampy will buy me a hat, my bampy will buy it." He walked me back to the shop, ignoring everyone else, and bought me the hat - a small baseball-style peak cap.
I walked out of that shop like the cat that got the cream!
A few days later we packed our bags and left Blackpool to return home to Pembrokeshire ... and the hat? The hat stayed in Blackpool. I left it behind again!"
An interview with the author
Please tell us a little about yourself.
My name is Paul. I am the Computer Services Manager for Caerphilly Library Service. In the past, I have been a web designer, graphic designer and a student. Now I am a film maker!
What's your story about?
My story is about a family holiday to Blackpool when I was a young boy and remembering how I fussed over being bought a cap and leaving it behind.
Why did you choose this particular story?
I have always remembered this story as being my most vivid memory from my childhood, and I always remember my grandmother's happiness at telling others the story.
What did you find most rewarding about the workshop?
Learning how easy digital storytelling really is ... when it is explained!
