Admin Maesknoll Red Posted June 26, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Was it half hour on a Sunday? It was half an hour every night, Bristol pubs shut at 22.30, country pubs at 23.00, there was always a convoy of cars and motorbikes heading up Dundry Hill at 22.30 to the Dundry Inn, to get that extra half hour drinking in. ( That was in the days when drink driving was not so severly frowned upon ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 It was half an hour every night, Bristol pubs shut at 22.30, country pubs at 23.00, there was always a convoy of cars and motorbikes heading up Dundry Hill at 22.30 to the Dundry Inn, to get that extra half hour drinking in. ( That was in the days when drink driving was not so severly frowned upon ). .......those were the days. I would sometimes be amongst a motorcycle pack heading from the Coach and Horses Clifton to the Granary at Welsh Back. The Granary has now been converted to flats and the Coach and Horses ceased being a biker pub on a Friday decades ago. No way do I believe that I'm looking back with rose tinted specs because Bristol was a far better city during the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry2157. Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Used to watch the youth team on a Saturday morning up at Failand, pop in there for lunch before heading on to the gate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Not good. Used to work there ten years ago. Hopefully the building can be saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Was very sad driving past it this morning. Place looks pretty much destroyed. There has been scaffolding put up already around it, hopefully that's to start work, rather than to be securing it due to the state it's in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Was very sad driving past it this morning. Place looks pretty much destroyed. There has been scaffolding put up already around it, hopefully that's to start work, rather than to be securing it due to the state it's in. I had heard there was a concern it would all collapse, but seeing as that was gossip in the David Lloyd jacuzzi I am not sure how true it was! There did seem to be a fair amount of wall still standing although as I was driving I didn't have that close a look. I think it may be listed, so that may complicate rebuilding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Re opening on 3rd April as The Ashton. http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thedovecotebristol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Why oh why can't they rename it the Smyth Arms again though? 'The Ashton' - must of taken a good 30 seconds to think that one up. It was only called the Smyth arms from 1860 till vintage inns decided it wasn't tradiotnal enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The Ashton just sounds rubbish. They're renaming the Cartwheel in Whitchurch with the similarly imaginative The Whitchurch. Rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It should Indeed be The Smyth Arms,especially as I worked there for 6 years and saw many a City player in there - 1973 to 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARJ Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It should Indeed be The Smyth Arms,especially as I worked there for 6 years and saw many a City player in there - 1973 to 1978. The old man still bangs on about this boozer and how, when he was a lad, it used to stay open late as it was outside the city limits, thus was always full of Bristolian drunkards til the early hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's like boats - unlucky to change the name.............. Is it also unlucky to have women on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The old man still bangs on about this boozer and how, when he was a lad, it used to stay open late as it was outside the city limits, thus was always full of Bristolian drunkards til the early hours Not quite. It closed half an hour later so all the drunks hammered over there for a last pint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The Ashton just sounds rubbish. They're renaming the Cartwheel in Whitchurch with the similarly imaginative The Whitchurch. Rubbish. And the Try Again is called Ashville as it's on the border of Ashton and Southviille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Not quite. It closed half an hour later so all the drunks hammered over there for a last pint. They did indeed, bit annoying as a barman, but also lots of great memories with drunk people driving there to get another cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Looks like it is about to re-open. With yet another new name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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