"People are proud and don't see it as a s****y little town. I don't. You look at the sun rises and sunsets you get here - you could be in the Costa or Barbados."
The observation is from Sean Bingham, owner of Breaking Waves Gifts shop on John Street, Porthcawl. I asked him what he thought of his town for a good reason. This week a comedian called Porthcawl a "s***hole where rats go to do drug deals". Footage was circulated of comedian Thanyia Moore making the comments during a stand-up Comedy Central Live show earlier this year.
The 39-year-old comedian said she "wasn't lucky enough to be in Cardiff" while doing TV work in Wales and that being in the town was "like taking a sheep and putting it in Notting Hill Carnival." But she praised her experience of leek and potato soup at a Porthcawl restaurant and has since emphasised that her comments were a light-hearted joke.
