slartibartfast Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Ska Junkie said: In my defence dad took me to Neville Road and later to the county ground. Richards, Garner, Botham, Vic Marks etc, there was only going to be one. Proctor and Abbas were good but Viv Richards, come on. I seem to remember Procky spanking Botham's arse in a couple of single wicket compos ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Bedminster was in Somerset until the 1890s, so certainly 800 years is incorrect for my part of BS3. Bedminster was a separate village historically, I was talking about Bristol, a county from 1373. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 9 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Ooh, that’s harsh ... traditional county borders show Bristol being very much part of Somerset - right up to Clifton and beyond - and I watched Somerset play vs Yorkshire on the Brislington/Knowle/Hengrove border back in the day - Boycott was playing that day for Yorkshire - and he swore at my sister, then 9 years old, when she asked for his autograph - he wasn’t nice. Bristol = Somerset stronghold; Gloucestershire CCC? Please represent your heartland in Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Cotswolds - no need for you to be in Bristol - we aren’t in your county - although, I notice Gloucs CCC, rather like the gas, also swoop in on venues that are irrelevant to them - they’ve even played ‘home’ games in Wiltshire during their illustrious history - why can’t they just go back to Gloucestershire?! Traditional county border is actually the River Avon, anything north is Glorious Gloucestershire, anything south Somerset Bottlers. Bristol itself was created a county in 1373 and included a small part of the area that would become Bedminster.When the Nevil Rd County Ground was opened it was in open countryside in Gloucestershire,a fact which seems to escape the nimby idiots who only recently moved in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Bedminster was a separate village historically, I was talking about Bristol, a county from 1373. Where does the county of Avon figure in its history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, WarksRobin said: Where does the county of Avon figure in its history? It's an abhorrent moment that should be consigned to the docks, Colston style i still get post with Avon on and sometimes it appears as an option when completing on line forms. The option to choose Bristol as a County doesn't. Having said all that I now live in Portishead North Somerset, so I shouldn't really be concerned. Edited June 13, 2021 by Port Said Red 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Port Said Red said: Nearly 800 years of being the City and County of Bristol by royal decree and you want to claim it for Somerset? 800 years? I believe it was 601 years - that’s some serious rounding up going on there! 1373 - 1974 wasn’t it? Well, before that, many areas of Bristol were in Somerset... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: 800 years? I believe it was 601 years - that’s some serious rounding up going on there! 1373 - 1974 wasn’t it? Well, before that, many areas of Bristol were in Somerset... Yes sorry, early morning typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: i still get post with Avon on and sometimes it appears as an option when completing on line forms. I've always thought that was weird. Avon was abolished in the 90s, long before the internet was popular. It's bizarre that it still exists on so many online forms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Was'nt THATCHER responsible for the name change by bringing Somerset and Gloucestershire together? The Glorious Glosters paras got renamed too, did'nt they? The frustration of not being allowed to tick Bristol as my county on forms while having to tick the non existent Avon still grinds. Let's get back to laughing at the gas..they don't care what county their ground is built in,providing someone else pays for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Gimme Shelton said: Traditional county border is actually the River Avon, anything north is Glorious Gloucestershire, anything south Somerset Bottlers. Bristol itself was created a county in 1373 and included a small part of the area that would become Bedminster.When the Nevil Rd County Ground was opened it was in open countryside in Gloucestershire,a fact which seems to escape the nimby idiots who only recently moved in. Bedminster was in Somerset until 1832 when it became part of the city and county of Bristol. The Ashton area, which hadn't been built on in the 1830s, was still in Somerset until the 1890s and Bower Ashton was in Somerset until 1951. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, TomF said: Even sillier is the post office disregarded the need to county to be on addresses in the late 90s as well I haven't lived there for 20 years, but I still haven't forgiven the Post Office for changing Frampton Cotterell's postcode from BS17 to BS36. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, BS2 Red said: I've always thought that was weird. Avon was abolished in the 90s, long before the internet was popular. It's bizarre that it still exists on so many online forms. Including the Bristol Sport one - it`s the default if you don`t change it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 4 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I seem to remember Procky spanking Botham's arse in a couple of single wicket compos ? He may well have done Slarti but I was 7 and they were big names so I was hooked! I don't mind Glos in all honesty but couldn't support them against the Cidermen. It's not like City and the gas for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, BS2 Red said: I haven't lived there for 20 years, but I still haven't forgiven the Post Office for changing Frampton Cotterell's postcode from BS17 to BS36. Does seem daft as they don't use BS17 according to Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 hours ago, BS2 Red said: I haven't lived there for 20 years, but I still haven't forgiven the Post Office for changing Frampton Cotterell's postcode from BS17 to BS36. think its to do with all the extra houses being built they had to do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, reddoh said: think its to do with all the extra houses being built they had to do something. It's unforgivable, Mr Smith's fields were for scabby sheep not houses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Just checked the map. It appears the only professional cricket team within bristol boundaries is Gloucestershire. The other lot is 50 miles away! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Rob said: Just checked the map. It appears the only professional cricket team within bristol boundaries is Gloucestershire. The other lot is 50 miles away! So they aren’t playing in Gloucestershire then? Fair enough ... so they are squatting; a trait which can be attributed to the other lot to which this thread is dedicated ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: So they aren’t playing in Gloucestershire then? Fair enough ... so they are squatting; a trait which can be attributed to the other lot to which this thread is dedicated ... Up the Shire! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 They are not squatting. They have never nicked a rugby ground in their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Rob said: Just checked the map. It appears the only professional cricket team within bristol boundaries is Gloucestershire. The other lot is 50 miles away! Why don’t Gloucestershire play in Gloucestershire? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Leveller said: Why don’t Gloucestershire play in Gloucestershire? they do and also in other shires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, Leveller said: Why don’t Gloucestershire play in Gloucestershire? I think the clubs origins are in Mangotsfield. Whether Ashley Down was in Gloucestershire when they started playing there I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Re https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/gccc-history/ To sum up, Mangotsfield+Coalpit Heath -> West Gloucestershire CC -> Gloucestershire CC. Been at Neville Road since 1889. I think that means that they can consider themselves Bristol's cricket team! They have it on us by 5 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, Rob said: Re https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/gccc-history/ To sum up, Mangotsfield+Coalpit Heath -> West Gloucestershire CC -> Gloucestershire CC. Been at Neville Road since 1889. I think that means that they can consider themselves Bristol's cricket team! They have it on us by 5 years. In 1884 Henry Mills Grace launched a proposal to lease some land in Eastville for a County Ground. The land is now home to Ikea and Tesco stores and previously Bristol Rovers FC. These plans were dropped in 1887. Imagine if that had happened.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 Even BCC is joining in the fun - they're going be building GAP HOMES in Horfield https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/16/bristol-to-build-gap-homes-on-garage-sites-to-tackle-housing-crisis 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 Nice parting shot from the player Joey Barton publicly criticised. That will get the fewers in a frenzy. I like Max Ehmer he knows 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: Nice parting shot from the player Joey Barton publicly criticised. That will get the fewers in a frenzy. I like Max Ehmer he knows He was a marquee signing at the time. Just turns out that they had enough of those already and had nowhere to pitch him 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 45 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: Nice parting shot from the player Joey Barton publicly criticised. That will get the fewers in a frenzy. I like Max Ehmer he knows I’m sure we were linked with him a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Red Army 75 said: Nice parting shot from the player Joey Barton publicly criticised. That will get the fewers in a frenzy. I like Max Ehmer he knows I'm sure it must be easy playing on a turnip patch surrounded by an assortment of tents, plastic chairs and a garden shed once you've flicked off all of the dog sausages with a stick. Nice bit of tarmac though [worth YET another mention] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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