Reply With QuoteDog and DuckOriginally Posted by the other bob wilson
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Yes, the place I’m thinking of was just across the road from the Crooked Stairs, it was no more than twenty or thirty yards away,
Dog and Duck
Forgot I used to frequent the Prince Albert, had a tree in the lounge bar .
Ansell’s pub, where St David’s Hall is now
I’m sure that’s the first pub I ever went too, did it shut about 86/87
Electricity club after football over Pontcanna
Buzz
Cocos
Jacksons
Philly
Old A
Owain
Downtown
Queens vaults
Gassy Jack's
The Canton mile
Way back when....
The Ship and Pilot
The Pilot...................both down the docks.
The Queens Hotel....after the game reading Football Echo on copper topped tables...
Cymmer Working Men's club
What was the small club just down from the Mill stadium, opposite it, you walked down to steep as hell stairs, bar on the left, DJ at the rear, walked though that and upstairs to alternative stuff ( punk / goth types ) it was fairly hard techno downstairs
was it the square club ? ? ?
interesting to see similar aged people on here, you can tell the ages by the places you went
Gingers, Raffles (Scuffles), The Camelot and Stoneleighs (my personal favourite)
I liked the Tom Tom club and Coco Savannahs as well but it was full of Cardiff people who looked down on us Valley Boys
Castle Bar
Sandringham
Criterion
The Albert
Out of town: the Greendown Inn, Bluebell and the White Hart.
Anyone remember a restaurant in Charles Street called something like San Pauli ? The entrance was down a few steps and the signage was an illuminated yellow arch. Great steak and onions in there.
Yeah sometimes called Radcliffs too, forgot that sweat box, upstairs they used to pump Amal nitrate out through the air con on certain days…some mental nights in there late 88/89
The toucan when it was by the river under the holiday inn was good too, as was backpackers in riverside after 2am
I've only been in Cardiff since my 30s, so you won't have heard of my haunts.
Started in The Bush, Bassaleg (when I was at school!) - no longer standing.
A few around Risca (where I lived) Crosskeys and Newport (where I went to college)
Stafford (Uni days)
Bracknell and Swindon (Industrial year from uni)
A couple in Dalkeith, near Edinburgh - 6 months secondment)
And a few in London, particularly in Leyton (Lion& Key - closed last time I was there) and Hollybush, where I played most of my darts)
And in The Star, StMellons (darts again)
And of course the Vulcan near my Cardiff works
loved the feeling of it raining downstairs89 was my fist visit
we must have bumped into each other
was a regular in Tom Tom club for too long
welsh club wasnt a fav of mine, but 2 of the boys used insist we went as they had GF's who were in there every night
model inn, occasionally
metros, for the rave nights
old Orleans, 2 for 1 cocktail nights were fun and we felt sophisticated
I'll Add the Hippo and Time Flies to that ( but we have chatted about them in the past )
Downtown was our meeting place, some of the Bus and me of the Train
Philly for the occasionally night with Students
Queens Vaults for 2 bottles of K Cider poured in a pint glass, for when you really wanted to hammer it
On a Sunday afternoon, Captains Wife in Sully and Inn at the deep end in Penarth
Yup, Radcliffes, some bouncing nights in that place, Hip hop, drum n bass, early trance. Agree with you about Toucan club as well. I must have come across you back in the day
Great Westerns?loved the feeling of it raining downstairs
we must have bumped into each other
was a regular in Tom Tom club for too long
welsh club wasnt a fav of mine, but 2 of the boys used insist we went as they had GF's who were in there every night
model inn, occasionally
metros, for the rave nights
old Orleans, 2 for 1 cocktail nights were fun and we felt sophisticated
I'll Add the Hippo and Time Flies to that ( but we have chatted about them in the past )
Downtown was our meeting place, some of the Bus and me of the Train
Philly for the occasionally night with Students
Queens Vaults for 2 bottles of K Cider poured in a pint glass, for when you really wanted to hammer it
On a Sunday afternoon, Captains Wife in Sully and Inn at the deep end in Penarth
on the corner by the train station ? ? , yes used to occasionally frequent there for the techno nights, but always felt really edgy, with far too many gangs , Ely gang fighting Fairwater who were I turn fighting Gabalfa who had beef with Llanishen who wanted to stab St Melons, never really found it a good night with watching your back the entire time
Forgot, the Patrice Grill to finish the night off, Mixed grill & skinny chips
Mason’s Arms Whitchurch.
Bertram
Coin club
Troubadour
Top Rank
Any place that served alcohol
I forgot the Coin (Numismatists) Club, later became Jan’s Kitchen then Clayton’s Prison. Ran by a bloke called Billy Hood. Only came to life after the Oak, New Dock, Bertram, Loco, Clifton & Canadian closed for the night. Open all hours. Had to have a plate of chips to maintain its ‘restaurant’
Remember a place called Chicagos, only went there once (that was enough) on the corner of Wyndham arcade st Mary street, run by the docks….and full of them.
That place got taken over and revamped into 3 or 4 floors by the manager of the manics, didn’t last long though….unisex toilets and lifts…what is it now?
Club Montmerence (Monty's)
Flagstones
Blanc de Blancs
The Panorama bar (before heading to Monty's)
Queen's Vaults
The Rose & Crown (downstairs)
Sam's Bar
The Horse & Groom
The Model Inn (upstairs)
The Master Gunner, Gabalfa
The Carpenter's Arms, Rumney
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