Admin phantom Posted April 10, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Carey 6 said: I always wondered how the Ship & Castle stayed open for so long considering there’s nothing really by it. Their non match day income must’ve been non existent. 3 hours ago, CyderInACan said: When did that close? 10 years ago or so? Had many a great time in there, used to be some interesting after match events too with the opposition support Was a real shame when the pub closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 3 hours ago, CyderInACan said: When did that close? 10 years ago or so? Yeah I reckon so, was too young to ever drink in there but always busy on a match day when I used to walk past from the car park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, phantom said: Had many a great time in there, used to be some interesting after match events too with the opposition support Was a real shame when the pub closed add the whitening yard to that list phants....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Welsh Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 18 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Agreed, yeah. On both counts- for me the decline of the pub a mix of lack of cash and changing culture, basically. It's a shame this one seems to be going though, surprised to see. Ran a few bars and pubs in my time and simple fact is that times are a changing. Pubs like the Rising Sun will need to adapt and improvise to survive. Make the most of your busy days, ensure it's easy/quick for punters to get served, pack the bar with contactless paying readers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, Carey 6 said: Yeah I reckon so, was too young to ever drink in there but always busy on a match day when I used to walk past from the car park 36 minutes ago, phantom said: Had many a great time in there, used to be some interesting after match events too with the opposition support Was a real shame when the pub closed I remember it well as a local boozer but only ever went in there the once - first day of the season in glorious sunshine for (I think) the visit of Blackpool - possibly back in the days of Seal (not the singer) and Ago - but a lot of cider has flowed under the bridge since then so my memory is understandably not what it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Anglo-Welsh said: Ran a few bars and pubs in my time and simple fact is that times are a changing. Pubs like the Rising Sun will need to adapt and improvise to survive. Make the most of your busy days, ensure it's easy/quick for punters to get served, pack the bar with contactless paying readers etc. Is this where Wetherspoons have got it spot on with an app & delivery to your table? Great idea. The tech must be there for pubs to do this fairly easily, surely? Order on your app when you're 2/3rds of the way through your drinks and get them poured and brought over almost seamlessly as you finish. Pimps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Carey 6 said: I always wondered how the Ship & Castle stayed open for so long considering there’s nothing really by it. Their non match day income must’ve been non existent. My first job in 1975 was with HMSO (now the vehicle testing centre). The Ship was our lunchtime hangout. Used to be very popular. Sorry when I heard it closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 35 minutes ago, BigTone said: My first job in 1975 was with HMSO (now the vehicle testing centre). The Ship was our lunchtime hangout. Used to be very popular. Sorry when I heard it closed. You seem to have a close connection with alcohol Tone. Nothing wrong with that mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 10, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Stood outside now, no sign of opening tonight at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 9 hours ago, Carey 6 said: I always wondered how the Ship & Castle stayed open for so long considering there’s nothing really by it. Their non match day income must’ve been non existent. A mate on here is a former landlord at The Ship. He told me it was always a fine line to keep regulars happy and to accomodate football fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted April 10, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 5 hours ago, phantom said: Had many a great time in there, used to be some interesting after match events too with the opposition support Was a real shame when the pub closed Many a happy day and night spent in there, I was captain of the pool team for a while and played darts for them, the most difficult thing was that years ago, before cider got expensive and popular, not many pubs sold Blackthorn and even less sold rough. I had one or two team members that wouldn’t go away to pubs that didn’t sell rough and a couple more that wouldn’t go to pubs that didn’t sell cider (when Blackthorn was pretty much the only keg cider - I’m not counting Strongbow as cider......). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 21 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said: It’s a terrible thing that supermarkets sell beer cheaper than water, putting pubs out of business, I never even used to keep any drink in the house, would go out most nights, now I do have the odd drink at home, but still get out to pubs every week, it’s just not the same drinking at home. I don't enjoy drinking at home so it's a rare occasion if I do it. Nothing quite like a pint of real ale straight from the barrel in the atmosphere of a traditional English pub though. It might cost a bit more than super market stuff, but far better quality so well worth it imo. Support your local pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 On 10/04/2018 at 07:02, Carey 6 said: I always wondered how the Ship & Castle stayed open for so long considering there’s nothing really by it. Their non match day income must’ve been non existent. Having run all 3 places in the past - Ship & Castle, Rising Sun/BS3 & The Robins, all had quite different trades. All did surprisingly ok out of matchdays. The Ship & BS3 had skittles, pool, Darts etc throughout the week. Both could get quite busy on Friday & Saturday nights for live music or Karaoke and both had reasonable trade for the big televised matches. The trouble is that being owned by Enterprise, or any other pub co. Means it’s very difficult to make a decent profit. Certainly one that reflects the hours and hard work needed to make them work. Pub co’s are a disgrace. They charge double for their beer that you can get it on the open market, meter the lines, so if you “buy out of tie” you face massive fines and the rents are high and only get increased at reviews, if you are doing well. Sky is essential in such pubs, but at around 3 grand PER MONTH! It takes a lot of trade to cover the costs of it. Had a great time running pubs, but glad to be out of it now! Anyway, the new land lady of the rising Sun has her opening night on Friday 20th, so it will be open for the Hull game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 20:40, publandlord said: Assuming enterprise want to sell the price would be remarkably cheap. A building worth £1,000,000 as a house/office etc, would be lucky to fetch £400k as a pub. Interesting as the telegraph article is above - its not accuarate. My first job was for a brewery (back in 1971) back then rents were not seen as an income stream, so a basic back street drinkers local would have a monthly rental of £5 (beer at the time was 12p a pint) when I left my back street village drinkers pub in 2009 the rental was £2500 a month if beer had gone up at the same rate that 12p pint would be £60 now! so the idea that the pub companies are not profiteering b*stards is completely wrong - like a lot of other "news/analysis" in the telegraph. I could still make a reasonable living from my pub, but others who followed me couldn't and its now shut. If the club were to buy the Sun (again assuming Enterprise would sell) they would make sufficient money from match days (profit on a £3 pint is £1.50 - staff wages are not far off minimum wage) to make it support a tenant or manager on non match days. Surely thats difficult to quantify unless you have seen their average matchday turnover over a period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 About five years ago i told the landlady she was very beautiful. My mate (Bosse Bus) said; - He is drunk. The landlady said.. -Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 19:50, BigTone said: That's the sad thing though isn't it. We all have memories of our old pubs but times they are a changing. Really depressing but very true. Spot on....when The White Hart in Brislington shut to become a dance school, I shed a few tears.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 47 minutes ago, ziderheadarmy said: Did you run the ship around 12 years ago ish. Used to be a lovely bar maid called Kerry from memory? Yeah. Well, from 2004-2007. Yes, Kerry worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 22:51, BS4 on Tour... said: But the landlord at home gives such generous measures, and there’s never a chucking out time! There is when I piss off the Mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 16:40, Gifford said: Potential venue for Bristol Sport's Darts and Pool teams. Could have a dabble with Scrabble too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, ziderheadarmy said: I used to like going in their post match back then waiting for the crowd to die down for a hour or two before the mini bus picked us up. How is Kerry these days, you still see her? I bump into her now and again. She’s fine. Married with a couple of kids now. We used to have some great times there, and at BS3. A lot of the old staff are still good friends and see a lot of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: I bump into her now and again. She’s fine. Married with a couple of kids now. We used to have some great times there, and at BS3. A lot of the old staff are still good friends and see a lot of each other. That reminds me, if you ran 'The Robins', had an ex coworker named Row who worked there. Name ring a bell, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 8 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: That reminds me, if you ran 'The Robins', had an ex coworker named Row who worked there. Name ring a bell, or? Not during my time I don’t think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieH Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 The good news is there is a new licensee in place ,not sure if it will be open in time for this Saturday but at least for the time being it will be re opening . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashtonwurzel Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 15:22, BigTone said: The problem is the Pub needs to be profitable 7 days a week and not just on matchdays Not necessarily, all about overall takings and profit. Our village cricket club only opens its bar weekends in the Summer and for the occasional event the rest of the time. Bet it makes more profit over the year than most local pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 23 minutes ago, Ashtonwurzel said: Not necessarily, all about overall takings and profit. Our village cricket club only opens its bar weekends in the Summer and for the occasional event the rest of the time. Bet it makes more profit over the year than most local pubs. That’s not a fair comparison, as a pub landlord has to pay substantial rent, which means the pub has to be open, and busy, 7 days per week. Once other overheads are included it means just opening weekends would be suicidal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Happy times in the Riser.....seem to remember one particular home game, away coach pulled up outside after the game to get fish n chips from chippie down the road, didn't take long for a stream of pint glasses to fly through the air towards the coach, the sound of breaking glass and obscenities interrupted by the upstairs window sliding open and a very irate and tired landlord waving a rounders bat around, threatening us all below....anyone else remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: Happy times in the Riser.....seem to remember one particular home game, away coach pulled up outside after the game to get fish n chips from chippie down the road, didn't take long for a stream of pint glasses to fly through the air towards the coach, the sound of breaking glass and obscenities interrupted by the upstairs window sliding open and a very irate and tired landlord waving a rounders bat around, threatening us all below....anyone else remember that? That wasn’t me..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 hour ago, JulieH said: The good news is there is a new licensee in place ,not sure if it will be open in time for this Saturday but at least for the time being it will be re opening . Their opening night is this Friday, so why wouldn’t it be open for Saturday..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: Happy times in the Riser.....seem to remember one particular home game, away coach pulled up outside after the game to get fish n chips from chippie down the road, didn't take long for a stream of pint glasses to fly through the air towards the coach, the sound of breaking glass and obscenities interrupted by the upstairs window sliding open and a very irate and tired landlord waving a rounders bat around, threatening us all below....anyone else remember that? Happy times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: Happy times in the Riser.....seem to remember one particular home game, away coach pulled up outside after the game to get fish n chips from chippie down the road, didn't take long for a stream of pint glasses to fly through the air towards the coach, the sound of breaking glass and obscenities interrupted by the upstairs window sliding open and a very irate and tired landlord waving a rounders bat around, threatening us all below....anyone else remember that? If those were happy times I’d hate to think what your bad times are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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