The Lost Pubs of Cardiff

[Hilly ap Willie]

The Bulldog in Fairwater

And there’s me calling it The Temple of Peace all these years

 

[Mad Al]

The Plymouth Clive street Grangetown, demolished 2008

 

[ViewFromAfar]

Just got told that the Royal oak in Whitchurch is gone, anyone know if that's true? Liked that pub when Leighton and Sandra had it.

I remember back last year I think it shut all of a sudden without notice, but I understand its open again now unless history has repeated its-self recently

 

[Mad Al]

The Bird in Hand Grangetown, closed in 1995

 

[Arkay Dubya]

The Bulldog in Fairwater

Ah finally it has succumbed. Grew up down the road from the Bulldog - wasn't ever old enough to drink in there but I know my Grandad did and I heard some of the stories about it!

 

[Hilly ap Willie]

I remember back last year I think it shut all of a sudden without notice, but I understand its open again now unless history has repeated its-self recently

Spot on mate. Pub co had a dispute with the tenant over renewing the lease. All sorted out after a Mexican standoff for a couple of months. Same happened with the Heathcock but Tom and Sarah from the Hare and Hounds Aberthin took it on to make it a Gastro pub. Top chef that lad

 

[ViewFromAfar]

Every time I have to squeeze past someone with a pram on the tiny pavement in front of that pub I wonder how the fuck they were allowed to occupy so much of the pavement with that "beer garden".

Seriously, how is it allowed? People have to step into the road to get past each other.

My mother shops in the village and she moans her backside off about the same thing....and theres me thinking it was moaning for the sake of it....I guess not!

 

[Hilly ap Willie]

My mother shops in the village and she moans her backside off about the same thing....and theres me thinking it was moaning for the sake of it....I guess not!

Tell her to get rid of that pushchair Ffs

 

[kernel]

My mother shops in the village and she moans her backside off about the same thing....and theres me thinking it was moaning for the sake of it....I guess not!

It's a genuine thing. You literally see people stepping into the road because of that beer garden. It's bizarre, it leaves about a metre of pavement in a busy part of the village. You're forever squeezing past pushchairs, wheelchairs and elderly people.

 

[ViewFromAfar]

Tell her to get rid of that pushchair Ffs

Crossed my mind after I replied to CC's...

 

[stantys tattoos]

It's a genuine thing. You literally see people stepping into the road because of that beer garden. It's bizarre, it leaves about a metre of pavement in a busy part of the village. You're forever squeezing past pushchairs, wheelchairs and elderly people.

against the law surely

 

[Mad Al]

Spot on mate. Pub co had a dispute with the tenant over renewing the lease. All sorted out after a Mexican standoff for a couple of months. Same happened with the Heathcock but Tom and Sarah from the Hare and Hounds Aberthin took it on to make it a Gastro pub. Top chef that lad

Is that the pub in Aberthin that used to do proper Welsh breakfasts with the cockles and laverbread? lovely food. I know there's two pubs opposite each other there, can't remember which one's which.

 

[kernel]

against the law surely

Been that way for years now so evidentially not. I have no idea how it isn't against the law though, like you say.

 

[Hilly ap Willie]

Is that the pub in Aberthin that used to do proper Welsh breakfasts with the cockles and laverbread? lovely food. I know there's two pubs opposite each other there, can't remember which one's which.

I think it was Al

 

[Hilly ap Willie]

Crossed my mind after I replied to CC's...

You’re big enough to walk yourself now. Feck! That just took me back to my childhood

 

[ViewFromAfar]

It's a genuine thing. You literally see people stepping into the road because of that beer garden. It's bizarre, it leaves about a metre of pavement in a busy part of the village. You're forever squeezing past pushchairs, wheelchairs and elderly people.

I'll tell her to get out of the way in future

Just got told that the Royal oak in Whitchurch is gone, anyone know if that's true? Liked that pub when Leighton and Sandra had it.

Was that before or after they had The Gunners?

 

[Mad Al]

I'll tell her to get out of the way in future

After the Gunners.

 

[Mad Al]

The white Lion Ely, converted into flats

 

[Mad Al]

The New Sea Lock off James street, Docks. always had a stop-on in here, flattened now.

 

[Hilly ap Willie]

The New Sea Lock off James street, Docks. always had a stop-on in here, flattened now.

Just pick yourself up and go again mate