Guest Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Up The City! said: This is giving me flashbacks to when Bridge Valley Road was closed a few years back, again a job the council tried to do on the cheap and messed it right up and it ended up costing more and taking longer. BCC are not fit to run this City, they are totally inept and indecisive and keep on making expensive mistakes. This road will now be closed for at least a year I'd say, not one I use very often but it is on the route of the Bristol 10k and Half Marathons so be interested to see what alternative route they will use for that. BVR was massively complicated by the railway tunnel underneath more than anything else. Actually when Bridge Valley Road was closed the portway was an absolute dreamboat without those ***** traffic lights stopping traffic. Yes was a pain to get up to clifton but actually those 18 odd months made the whole of south bristol run 1000 times better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 hours ago, BS15_RED said: If assholes could fly, then the Council House, or City Hall as that red trousered **** renamed it, would be busier than Heathrow. This reminds me of a true story my dear old Dad told me. He was on a bus going down Park Street and a young girl sat in front of him asked her grandad what the building was. “That’s the Council House” he told her - “Oh right” - she said - “ Mum’s got her name down for one of those ...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I know I have not lived in Bristol for quite a few years but where does the term "chocolate path" come from? If it is historical then I can't say I've heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Reigate Red said: I know I have not lived in Bristol for quite a few years but where does the term "chocolate path" come from? If it is historical then I can't say I've heard of it. Brown tiles, looks like a chocolate bar , I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, Reigate Red said: I know I have not lived in Bristol for quite a few years but where does the term "chocolate path" come from? If it is historical then I can't say I've heard of it. I think it`s to do with the colour and pattern of the paving - it looks like a bar of chocolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Brown tiles, looks like a chocolate bar , I guess. 4 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I think it`s to do with the colour and pattern of the paving - it looks like a bar of chocolate. I was sort of thinking it related to the colour of the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Red Grovesy said: Have you visited Hereford? before you have an orgasam go to Vancouver , one ticket bus train and ferry and cheaper than the uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Monkeh said: It needs to be rebuilt, repairs won’t cut it, and it begs the question, if they knew about the underground slip 2 years ago why didn’t they shut the road the and do something this is typical Bristol city council reactive rather then proactive I have always thought that part of the cut was liable to collapse because of the ever increasing traffic and weight on Cumberland Road and because of the utter lack of maintenance to the waterway itself; notice the mud banked up and pulling the structure downwards and with the constant velocity above it was a disaster waiting to happen. How the Council could not see it happening is mind blowingly dumb and totally negligent. Muppets of the highest order. 6 hours ago, myol'man said: I blame Isambard for using cheap Irish labour I thought it was French navies comandered following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City oz Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Slippin cider said: Always a drama somewhere in Bristol ... When I was back in November in December the roads in Bristol were the worse congested and worse maintained roads I have ever seen. I see in one of the posts there is a McColls off license and I bet there will be lots of thatchers going cheap soon if there is no drive by traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubStixx Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 16 hours ago, BobbyC said: use the swing bridge like in the old days...and not a scarf to be seen Great photo. What bridge is that? Vauxhall bridge? Can't place it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 LJ and MAs fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Around the time of the bridge valley works, a guy was riding to work along the portway, and a pipe exploded i think, and he ended up in the drink. Imagine that, one minute your cycling to work, next minute your flying into the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreedyHarry Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, ChubStixx said: Great photo. What bridge is that? Vauxhall bridge? Can't place it. Ashton Swing Bridge. The one the metro bus goes over nowadays. It used to be double deck. Railway below, road on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 55 minutes ago, GreedyHarry said: Ashton Swing Bridge. The one the metro bus goes over nowadays. It used to be double deck. Railway below, road on top. Guessing the photo was taking from the control gantry above looking at that pic and this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 There was a pub on the other side called the swansea arms. It went when the road went in i recall my dad telling me. Many of the hotwells folk relocated to lawrence weston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 From someone who was born and bred in ‘el dub’ that must have been a pretty shit move for those Hotwells folk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 i doubt they were singing viva las vegas when they were leaving hotwells no! My old mans generation wouldnt have dreamed of complaining though. I recall him talking about another pub there for the tug boat workers, Pilot something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: Around the time of the bridge valley works, a guy was riding to work along the portway, and a pipe exploded i think, and he ended up in the drink. Imagine that, one minute your cycling to work, next minute your flying into the river. Serves him right for smoking a pipe whilst cycling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 15 hours ago, Simon79 said: That makes two of us. COYR @Simon79 & @Chivs aka ' Come On You Trevs ' from now on... (anyone else in the Trev Gang? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 14 hours ago, Reigate Red said: I know I have not lived in Bristol for quite a few years but where does the term "chocolate path" come from? If it is historical then I can't say I've heard of it. Lots of dog walkers, and a nearby dog worming clinic... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 20 hours ago, Slippin cider said: Always a drama somewhere in Bristol ... I blame old Vic and his lot for much of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Cumberland Road closed.... How will this affect Bristol's sausage supplies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: Cumberland Road closed.... How will this affect Bristol's sausage supplies? You bastard, now I'm starving :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, WhistleHappy said: Lots of dog walkers, and a nearby dog worming clinic... ? Ahh but in the 70's surely it wouuld have been known as the white chocolate path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, Reigate Red said: Ahh but in the 70's surely it wouuld have been known as the white chocolate path? Thanks to this little git.... The Milky Bar Kid... turned shite white in the 70's .. (he thought he was 'big and strong' ) …until along came.... ....The TRUCK with the YORKIE BARS!! - Chocolate was back!!! ....and all was well again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 18 hours ago, Reigate Red said: I know I have not lived in Bristol for quite a few years but where does the term "chocolate path" come from? If it is historical then I can't say I've heard of it. we always called it the toe path ,think they changed it when all the pendelberrys moved in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Always enjoyed my halftime Yorkie! As mentioned above nicknamed the chocolate path due to the shape of the paviers, nothing to due with the colour. Would also be known by some as the Tow path ( not toe as above) :laugh:, imagine there’s been a few stubbed on route nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 24/01/2020 at 13:40, Drew Peacock said: Does that mean the metro bus has been rerouted? No one will notice ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Update - closed for at least a few weeks. Suspicious line about ‘partially open’ leaving a perfect excuse for a fixed one way route.. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/engineers-surveyed-cumberland-road-theres-3783374 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 24/01/2020 at 16:13, BobbyC said: use the swing bridge like in the old days...and not a scarf to be seen Is that Robbored on the left ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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