The Pantmawr Inn
Cardiff Council's Planning Committee voted, quite rightly, to reject plans to demolish the Pantmawr Inn and build urban style flats and town houses on the land. However, the applicants - Charles Church and Mitchells & Butlers and now appealed. A public enquiry is being launched. The fact is, the Pantmawr Inn is the ONLY community amenity within easy walking distance for residents of the Pantmawr Garden Village. If the pub is lost, there will be no community focal point.
We all keep banging on about kids roaming the streets, and people gambling and all the rest of it - well to be honest, I'm not suprised. The Pantmawr Inn provides a safe space for people of all ages to socialise, meet friends, hold events, hold meetings for local groups and so on. Demolish the Pantmawr Inn and the result will be over 1000 residents with no where to go, and nothing to do. And that's only one objection....
Facebook group here.
The Three Arches
Rumours have been abounding for years that The Three Arches is under threat of closure - with plans for a hotel for the site. I worked at the pub one summer a few years ago, and it was thriving - busy with meals and drinks throughout the day. Now don't get me wrong, hotels are jolly handy for holidays and business trips, but why there?? Who would EVER want to stay there? There's not much to do in the area apart from wander round the lake. It's not even close to town...If any one knows the fate of the pub, do get in touch.
Facebook group here.
The Vulcan
God have mercy. The Vulcan is Cardiff's last REAL spit and sawdust pub. From what I understand it's due to be knocked down June 2009 so that greedy developers can build YET MORE FLATS in the area....There are THOUSANDS of empty flats in Cardiff...THOUSANDS...what do the developers expect to gain??
Facebook group here.
I heart pubs....
Friday, 30 May 2008
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The three arches used to be on my "brains crawl", and I seem to remember it was second or third which meant it was one of the ones I did vertically.
Haha...excellent! Where else did it involve?!
I know the hollybush (pentwyn) was first, God knows why, and we used to go to the albany in roath, the roath park in city road, and we often used to end up in the cambrian right next to the brewery, that used to be a real spit and sawdust pub, and there was only ever a couple of people in there, I dont remember the others pubs but we are talking 20 years ago, and after all the drink and drugs I used to do back then, it's a wonder I remember anything! I always loved brains pubs though, they were always full of locals and not the "cattle markets", that a lot of other breweries pubs were. you got me feeling quite nostalgic now!
I know the Hollybush....never been in there though. And now I live just around the corner from the Albany, although weirdly I've never been in there - it's on my to do list though!
That's the general problem with Cardiff (and elsewhere) now - full of disgusting cattle market type bars....Wetherspoons, Lloyds...etc...*shudder*...
I dont remember why, but I used to go in the albany every sunday????? maybe they had a band in or something????
"And now I live just around the corner from the Albany," I won't be graffitiing your front lawn with plant poison then;-) when i was born we lived in diana street, and later we lived in balaclava rd, (by the rec.) so my real local was the claude, that was really rough back then, god I'm old!anyway I have to take the mutants swimming, so have a nice weekend, (try the albany)!
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