Builders restoring The Vulcan Hotel at the St Fagans site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nElizabeth Thomas, 62, lived above The Vulcan Hotel from 1960 to 1962. The pub was originally located on Adams Street, Adamsdown, and was the oldest in Wales before it closed in 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n
Following its closure St Fagan’s National Museum of History dismantled the pub and is now rebuilding it brick by brick before reopening it.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI found out about the rebuild on Twitter a couple of years ago and got in touch with one of the curators from St Fagans,\u201d said Mrs Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cMy granddaughter thought it was hilarious when I told her I was going to be included in the history of a pub by sharing my stories. She said, \u2018blimey nan, you\u2019re going to be in a museum!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
Mrs Thomas, a retired care home manager, said: \u201cI think it\u2019s being rebuilt because it was one of the very few really old traditional pubs that was left. It had a lot of character and was in an area of Cardiff that\u2019s unrecognisable these days. There’s not many old buildings of that kind left really.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n
The museum is appealing for stories relating to The Vulcan, which is being rebuilt as it was in 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cIt definitely brought back memories. I know my mum and dad would think it was fabulous. Maybe me and my brother should have a pint for them in there when it\u2019s finished and raise a glass in their memory,\u201d added Mrs Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n
Historically, the pub served the\nIrish community in the area that was then known as New Town.<\/p>\n\n\n
Mrs Thomas, who now lives in Barry, said: \u201cI spoke to my cousin who was 16 at the time used to visit us at The Vulcan. She said lots of Irishmen drank there \u2013 they lived in old flats opposite and worked as builders.<\/p>\n\n\n
Mrs Thomas\u2019 parents, William and Pearl Pugh, were landlord and landlady of The Vulcan in the early 1960s. <\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI recall my dad telling me and my brother that there was a big fight in the bar involving a chap that drank in there a lot with a hook as one hand. Everyone called him Hooky. He was hard as nails and my dad had to chuck him out. It frightened my mum to death,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cMy mum thought it was too rough of\nan area at the time to bring up young children so encouraged my dad to move. We\nmoved to Porthcawl where my mum and dad became landlord and landlady of The\nJubilee Club.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI was very young, so I don\u2019t\nreally remember very much. I\u2019m meeting with an older cousin of mine next week\nwho may remember more. My brother and I would love to be at the opening of it\nonce it\u2019s finished and I\u2019m sure it will bring back memories for both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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