Red-Robbo Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 minute ago, S25loyal said: Why is the UN more important than actual boundaries? In your eyes then no boundaries exist at all then? What happens when Bradford and Leeds finally meet up, a new city called Braleeds? Not random local government made-up ones. For example, no one born in Midsomer Norton would say "I was born in BANES". Everyone would say "I was born in Somerset". If you travel from Horfield to Filton no one thinks "I'm leaving Bristol now". You are clearly in the same continuously built-up city. Boundaries change continuously. As I pointed out from the link I posted, Hanham was originally in Gloucestershire (as was most of what we now think of as the city of Bristol) but in 1891 it became part of Bristol only to transfer to another local government area (Kingswood) in the 20th century. Various posters make reference "the city and county of Bristol" but there has been no such thing since 1972. Only one city "Bristol" administered by two local authorities - BCC and SGDC. Eventually, we might get a sensible solution as happened to the Manchester conurbation in 1974, where various diffuse boroughs and districts were all recognised as constituent parts of one authority "Greater Manchester". Until then we have the logistically daft 'one city, two local authorities' situation. Even the horror that was Avon made more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Malaggro CNF said: I have lived in Hanham for the past 12 years. I have to say that I think it is far more red than blue. A lot of the City lot that live over here are good 'lads' as well. There really doesn't seem to be many young gas lads here at all. Maybe just poor unfortunates who are forced to be blue by vindictive relations. As an example I took a kids football training session for a group of 12 year olds from AEK Boco. 14 kids turned up. 12 wearing City shirts, a plump boy in a Man Utd shirt and a ginger kid in a Rovers shirt (his dad is gas). As for pubs, on Northern Soul nights up the Trooper you do get a small group of ex skinhead gas who are about 60 years old. I know them all and there is never any bother. Most in there are City. Jolly does get some gas in when they have a home match. Tend to drink there pre match and travel to the game. Not many though. Maypole is almost exclusively City. Cross Keys is virtually all red. Blue Bowl......not sure, shit food pub I avoid. Gotta be said ......... Hanham is Red. Pretty much al of North Bristol is red - i moved to Yate 12 years ago and that’s definitely more City than gas from what i see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Little Stoke was blue yesterday, I can officially report, when I was there for about an hour and a half. The final score in shirts was: City 0 Rovers 1. Come on Little Stoke, pull yer bloody shirt out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Wood Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Just now, Moments of Pleasure said: Little Stoke was blue yesterday, I can officially report, when I was there for about an hour and a half. The final score in shirts was: City 0 Rovers 1. Come on Little Stoke, pull yer bloody shirt out. Patchway, little Stoke and Filton definitely more red than blue these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 31 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said: Little Stoke was blue yesterday, I can officially report, when I was there for about an hour and a half. The final score in shirts was: City 0 Rovers 1. Come on Little Stoke, pull yer bloody shirt out. "A pleasantly surprising 2-0 win for the Gas in Asda Longwell Green this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Miah Dennehy said: "A pleasantly surprising 2-0 win for the Gas in Asda Longwell Green this morning 10-0 to City in Sainsbury's this morning. God I love Sainsbury's, don't you @Miah Dennehy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Malaggro CNF said: I have lived in Hanham for the past 12 years. I have to say that I think it is far more red than blue. A lot of the City lot that live over here are good 'lads' as well. There really doesn't seem to be many young gas lads here at all. Maybe just poor unfortunates who are forced to be blue by vindictive relations. As an example I took a kids football training session for a group of 12 year olds from AEK Boco. 14 kids turned up. 12 wearing City shirts, a plump boy in a Man Utd shirt and a ginger kid in a Rovers shirt (his dad is gas). As for pubs, on Northern Soul nights up the Trooper you do get a small group of ex skinhead gas who are about 60 years old. I know them all and there is never any bother. Most in there are City. Jolly does get some gas in when they have a home match. Tend to drink there pre match and travel to the game. Not many though. Maypole is almost exclusively City. Cross Keys is virtually all red. Blue Bowl......not sure, shit food pub I avoid. Gotta be said ......... Hanham is Red. Did he get the piss ripped out of him ? (for his "shirt", rather than his ginger hair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, cityloyal473 said: 10-0 to City in Sainsbury's this morning. God I love Sainsbury's, don't you @Miah Dennehy ? Obviously I don' shop there. It's miles away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Not random local government made-up ones. For example, no one born in Midsomer Norton would say "I was born in BANES". Everyone would say "I was born in Somerset". If you travel from Horfield to Filton no one thinks "I'm leaving Bristol now". You are clearly in the same continuously built-up city. Boundaries change continuously. As I pointed out from the link I posted, Hanham was originally in Gloucestershire (as was most of what we now think of as the city of Bristol) but in 1891 it became part of Bristol only to transfer to another local government area (Kingswood) in the 20th century. Various posters make reference "the city and county of Bristol" but there has been no such thing since 1972. Only one city "Bristol" administered by two local authorities - BCC and SGDC. Eventually, we might get a sensible solution as happened to the Manchester conurbation in 1974, where various diffuse boroughs and districts were all recognised as constituent parts of one authority "Greater Manchester". Until then we have the logistically daft 'one city, two local authorities' situation. Even the horror that was Avon made more sense. The residents of Hanham, Kingswood, Filton etc can't vote for the mayor of Bristol to my knowledge, ergo they don't live in Bristol surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: The residents of Hanham, Kingswood, Filton etc can't vote for the mayor of Bristol to my knowledge, ergo they don't live in Bristol surely? They don't live in the Bristol City Council area, but they do live in the metropolitan area of Bristol. I can't reiterate my arguments all over again about the transitory nature of local government boundaries as opposed to the actual organic nature of a joined-together urban conurbation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: They don't live in the Bristol City Council area, but they do live in the metropolitan area of Bristol. I can't reiterate my arguments all over again about the transitory nature of local government boundaries as opposed to the actual organic nature of a joined-together urban conurbation. Ah, go on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, S25loyal said: What happens when Bradford and Leeds finally meet up, a new city called Braleeds? Leedford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 hours ago, S25loyal said: at happens when Bradford and Leeds finally meet up, a new city called Braleeds? Bradley Stoke about to have a strong football team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Robin Wood said: Patchway, little Stoke and Filton definitely more red than blue these days That's surprising as it's only up the road from the mem so what's their stonghold mainly Easton, Horfield,Southmead and Brentry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's surprising as it's only up the road from the mem so what's their stonghold mainly Easton, Horfield,Southmead and Brentry Barr’s Court, Cadbury Heath, Warmley are probably the real strongholds for that lot. The rest is mixed or mainly City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's surprising as it's only up the road from the mem so what's their stonghold mainly Easton, Horfield,Southmead and Brentry nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Barr’s Court, Cadbury Heath, Warmley are probably the real strongholds for that lot. The rest is mixed or mainly City. Maybe Cadbury Heath, and Oldland, I doubt Warmley or Barrs Court. went to school 07-12 & The Grange was roughly 65% City then, let alone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Taylor Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Seneca the Younger said: Maybe Cadbury Heath, and Oldland, I doubt Warmley or Barrs Court. went to school 07-12 & The Grange was roughly 65% City then, let alone now. That's quite a way out for them! Who has bragging rights in posh Clifton assuming there are a few supporters there when their not polishing their porches or taking flying lessons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Wood Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Shaun Taylor said: That's surprising as it's only up the road from the mem so what's their stonghold mainly Easton, Horfield,Southmead and Brentry Wroughton Pewsey and Devizes they run a car with all four of them travelling together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 29 minutes ago, Robin Wood said: Wroughton Pewsey and Devizes they run a car with all four of them travelling together That's only three of them, by my reckoning (but I'm no Priti Patel, to be fair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 This talk of '65% City' in this region, and 'that area is mostly City' is starting to read like a thread where the fewers discuss their away following. Let's get back to celebrating random acts of violence that occurred 40 years ago when innocent people were randomly clubbed round the head by a donkey-jacket wearing thickette carryng a UB40 card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Dont know if this has been posted before http://intotheterraces.co.uk/2018/10/23/the-82ers-vs-ragbag-rovers-the-bristol-derby/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Rob k said: Pretty much al of North Bristol is red - i moved to Yate 12 years ago and that’s definitely more City than gas from what i see Whoever has the ’Yate’ flag, hats off to them. Every televised away match, it makes an appearance in prime position. Bloke must be some form of advertising executive with his blindingly brilliant product placement. Southmead is/was an interesting one. Always had a fearsome reputation for us wimps in WoT but (fortunately) appeared mainly City in the 70’s, along with Lawerence Weston. Then did not both go over to the dark side? What caused that? Even a once staunchly red Shirehampton seemed to turn blue in the 80’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 I reckon mr lumber will be well chuffed we’re on page 34 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, RedRock said: Whoever has the ’Yate’ flag, hats off to them. Every televised away match, it makes an appearance in prime position. Bloke must be some form of advertising executive with his blindingly brilliant product placement. Southmead is/was an interesting one. Always had a fearsome reputation for us wimps in WoT but (fortunately) appeared mainly City in the 70’s, along with Lawerence Weston. Then did not both go over to the dark side? What caused that? Even a once staunchly red Shirehampton seemed to turn blue in the 80’s. did shire ever turn blue ………..did it **** always was 70/30 with proper geezers on both sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Wood Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Moments of Pleasure said: That's only three of them, by my reckoning (but I'm no Priti Patel, to be fair) The twins are from Devizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Parts of South Bristol are surprisingly closer than you would think. Stockwood is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 10 hours ago, sticks 1969 said: I reckon mr lumber will be well chuffed we’re on page 34 ... The first dozen pages were devoted to spelling and grammar and the last dozen, when is Bristol not in Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 They seemed to bring a lot of nutters, that belgium team we played in a friendly, think maynard got a hat trick? They were loud as you like, we played ajax, the year before or after, and the belgium lot brought loads more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: They seemed to bring a lot of nutters, that belgium team we played in a friendly, think maynard got a hat trick? They were loud as you like, we played ajax, the year before or after, and the belgium lot brought loads more. Royal Antwerp. After that game, a couple of city made good friends with a couple of Antwerp, who now come over to watch us quite regularly. Interestingly, Antwerp & Willem also have a friendship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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