Redmycolour Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I noticed whilst driving up Gloucester Road yesterday the Victoria pub all boarded up.thats one of there holding ground gone. Let's hope the next one is the welly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agard Days Night Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 minute ago, redmycolour said: Let's hope the next one is the welly. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asfred Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I like the Welly. Besides it is a Bath Ales pub, which was bought last year by St Austells brewery...it's not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider-Head23 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 The Vic was run by a City fan so you cant blame her for getting fed up with the wronguns up Horfield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 49 minutes ago, redmycolour said: I noticed whilst driving up Gloucester Road yesterday the Victoria pub all boarded up.thats one of there holding ground gone. Let's hope the next one is the welly. Would guess the Victoria is going to be converted in to flats, which is a shame. If it was still trading you'd imagine the fans/club would have got the lease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Original Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Don't ever wish for pubs to close. Very sad to see all these flats/Tesco's etc. where there were once boozers. All we will have left soon will be bloody Witherspoon's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Dolman Original said: Don't ever wish for pubs to close. Very sad to see all these flats/Tesco's etc. where there were once boozers. All we will have left soon will be bloody Witherspoon's. Would you have a problem with Wetherspoons closing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 2 hours ago, redmycolour said: I noticed whilst driving up Gloucester Road yesterday the Victoria pub all boarded up.thats one of there holding ground gone. Let's hope the next one is the welly. no pub closing is a cause for celebration, It's just one less choice for everyone, I know how I felt when wedlocks and the ship and castle closed, just another small part of our lives lost for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Time was when most of the Victoria's regulars were from the adjacent tram depot. When the bus station opened in Broadmead, many bus drivers who lived in Horfield still drank at the Victoria out of habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTR Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, 22A said: Time was when most of the Victoria's regulars were from the adjacent tram depot. When the bus station opened in Broadmead, many bus drivers who lived in Horfield still drank at the Victoria out of habit. Was that before or after their shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norf bristol red Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 It's been bought by the petrol station next to it, to be turned into a bigger shop!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 29 minutes ago, norf bristol red said: It's been bought by the petrol station next to it, to be turned into a bigger shop!! Makes sense. It isn't as if there is a Sainsbury's in the area. The locals could probably do with a big shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Cider-Head23 said: The Vic was run by a City fan so you cant blame her for getting fed up with the wronguns up Horfield! Yep. Absolute top girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 51 minutes ago, NOTR said: Was that before or after their shift. During. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 4 hours ago, redmycolour said: I noticed whilst driving up Gloucester Road yesterday the Victoria pub all boarded up.thats one of there holding ground gone. Let's hope the next one is the welly. why, I hate seeing good pubs close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 4 hours ago, redmycolour said: I noticed whilst driving up Gloucester Road yesterday the Victoria pub all boarded up.thats one of there holding ground gone. Let's hope the next one is the welly. I hate it when traditional pubs close down - it's a real shame and has real impact on its community... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 5 hours ago, asfred said: I like the Welly. Besides it is a Bath Ales pub, which was bought last year by St Austells brewery...it's not going anywhere. I like the Welly too. Good surroundings, excellent beer and great food. Besides, it was always more of a rugby pub than a true SAGS one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I was driving down Church Rd in St George the other day and was shocked how many pubs have gone over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtimmy11 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 There's also a lot of pubs with sky sports taken out so why are you going to pay 3.60 for cider when you con get it for a quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Pezo said: Would you have a problem with Wetherspoons closing? No! £2.69 for the best pint of thatchers gold in nailsea glassmaker !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Super said: I was driving down Church Rd in St George the other day and was shocked how many pubs have gone over the years. It depresses me when I go back to Taunton and see all the pubs I used to drink in years ago now closed. I tried writing a list a while back and gave up at twenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Horsman Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 46 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: It depresses me when I go back to Taunton and see all the pubs I used to drink in years ago now closed. I tried writing a list a while back and gave up at twenty. Yep and no nightlife to speak of now. So many good 'uns gone and most of those that are left are hardly 'proper' pubs. Better off in Bridgy for real pubs now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnclosureSurge Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 3 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: I like the Welly too. Good surroundings, excellent beer and great food. Besides, it was always more of a rugby pub than a true SAGS one. I'd have to agree - if someone said, 'Name three or four gAss pubs', after asking them why, the Wellington wouldn't be one of them. Just because it's near(est) doesn't make it a Four Tinas pub (or a 'holding ground'). Of the three or four (I was being held at gunpoint to name) most of them would be up Two Mile Wassname near their "Supporters Shop" (I use both these last words loosely). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnclosureSurge Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 52 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: It depresses me when I go back to Taunton and see all the pubs I used to drink in years ago now closed. I tried writing a list a while back and gave up at twenty. You mean twenty you drank in or twenty that are now closed?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, EnclosureSurge said: You mean twenty you drank in or twenty that are now closed?! Both really. At some time or another I must have had a pint in just about every pub in the town what with darts and skittles and just generally going out - I honestly can`t think of one I didn`t even if it was just the once. It used to be said there were 92 pubs in the town back in the seventies but I never found out if that was true or not. There`s probably a lot more than twenty that have closed though - that was just the number I could think of off the top of my head at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 ....hundreds locked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: Both really. At some time or another I must have had a pint in just about every pub in the town what with darts and skittles and just generally going out - I honestly can`t think of one I didn`t even if it was just the once. It used to be said there were 92 pubs in the town back in the seventies but I never found out if that was true or not. There`s probably a lot more than twenty that have closed though - that was just the number I could think of off the top of my head at the time. A few years ago (maybe 5 or 6) we tried doing pub golf and had to come up with a strange route to get them. Racehorse Molly malones (before it was Molly malones) Crown and sceptre Cricketers The plough Black horse Coal orchard Ring of bells Mambo (before it was relativly popular) Rat and parrot Winch Apple and parrot Old library Market house Yates Perkin Remedies Life. In case you were wondering I gave up at the market house. At the last count 3 of these had closed and 9 more have closed for at least a short period of time and been started as a new pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just now, Pezo said: A few years ago (maybe 5 or 6) we tried doing pub golf and had to come up with a strange route to get them. Racehorse Molly malones (before it was Molly malones) Crown and sceptre Cricketers The plough Black horse Coal orchard Ring of bells Mambo (before it was relativly popular) Rat and parrot Winch Apple and parrot Old library Market house Yates Perkin Remedies Life. In case you were wondering I gave up at the market house. At the last count 3 of these had closed and 9 more have closed for at least a short period of time and been started as a new pub. 11 of those names didn`t even exist when I used to go out on the lash! I suspect some were called something else back then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 I hope City lose every game they play, but I can't say I was happy at the Wedlocks or the Ship and Castle cl8sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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