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taking shape nicely in st fagans
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taking shape nicely in st fagans
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I'm looking forward to having a pint there
St Fagan's is a cracking museum. Nothing nicer than a stroll around it on a sunny day.
taking shape nicely in st fagans
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we popped up last Oct 1/2 term ( think it was ) the brick structure was the same as it was 2 years before ( roughly ) I know Covid hit ( and maybe they were not allowed to work ) but it really hadn't moved, glad to see its started to move forward now
splott parker
13-02-22, 04:33
Bloody sad that an old pub of ours is in a museum. Liverpool’s starving of development cash in the 70s/80s resulted in a lot of their city centre pubs being left alone. Would love to see pubs like The Lifeboat, The Greyhound, The Hope & Anchor, The Moulders Arms, The Taff Vale, The Prince Albert, The Marchioness of Bute, The Royal Oak, The Blue Anchor, The Glastonbury etc, all city centre pubs in my lifetime still alive and kicking. It was like a step back in time up there last weekend, all those little boozers packed out. Can’t see me hitting St Fagans any time soon.
the other bob wilson
13-02-22, 06:03
Bloody sad that an old pub of ours is in a museum. Liverpool’s starving of development cash in the 70s/80s resulted in a lot of their city centre pubs being left alone. Would love to see pubs like The Lifeboat, The Greyhound, The Hope & Anchor, The Moulders Arms, The Taff Vale, The Prince Albert, The Marchioness of Bute, The Royal Oak, The Blue Anchor, The Glastonbury etc, all city centre pubs in my lifetime still alive and kicking. It was like a step back in time up there last weekend, all those little boozers packed out. Can’t see me hitting St Fagans any time soon.
It’s probably me looking through rose tinted spectacles, but I don’t recall many of those pubs you mention disappearing because of a lack of customers, it was more down to the developers. The Vulcan was a bit off the beaten track for me when I went drinking in town and I assumed its location worked against it getting regular customers, but I can remember going there on a Friday night a year or two before it closed and was surprised by the number of people in there.
Bloody sad that an old pub of ours is in a museum. Liverpool’s starving of development cash in the 70s/80s resulted in a lot of their city centre pubs being left alone. Would love to see pubs like The Lifeboat, The Greyhound, The Hope & Anchor, The Moulders Arms, The Taff Vale, The Prince Albert, The Marchioness of Bute, The Royal Oak, The Blue Anchor, The Glastonbury etc, all city centre pubs in my lifetime still alive and kicking. It was like a step back in time up there last weekend, all those little boozers packed out. Can’t see me hitting St Fagans any time soon.
You named nearly all the Brains pubs Steve, what about The Prince Albert, The Griffin, The Terminus, The Blue Anchor plus many more
Tom Edwards
13-02-22, 09:09
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I played my first gig in the Vulcan. Imagine it's 1978,the pub is full of screws from the jail and our band comes on and plays Clash, Sham 69 and Sex Pistols covers. They weren't happy. Maybe they were expecting Tie A Yellow Ribbon!
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about bloody time!
The Vulcan was supposed to open there years ago.
Cleve van Leef
13-02-22, 09:31
St Fagan's is a cracking museum. Nothing nicer than a stroll around it on a sunny day.
:thumbup:
Cleve van Leef
13-02-22, 09:31
You named nearly all the Brains pubs Steve, what about The Prince Albert, The Griffin, The Terminus, The Blue Anchor plus many more
The Birchgrove
JamesWales
13-02-22, 09:34
Mixed feelings on seeing that. I loved the Vulcan, and it's tragic it was lost but it will be a fantastic addition to St Fagans, which really is an amazing museum.
Cant remember when I last went, probably last summer, but I did note that the progress on the Vulcan seemed slow so it's good to see this
Rock_Flock_of_Five
13-02-22, 09:37
It’s probably me looking through rose tinted spectacles, but I don’t recall many of those pubs you mention disappearing because of a lack of customers, it was more down to the developers. The Vulcan was a bit off the beaten track for me when I went drinking in town and I assumed its location worked against it getting regular customers, but I can remember going there on a Friday night a year or two before it closed and was surprised by the number of people in there.
I think you're right, the location of the Vulcan wasn't great, it was in a bit of a "no man's land".
There was a new-build pub further on, just past the fire station, I think it was called "Rumpoles' or something very similar? Now THAT really was an odd place to decide to build a pub. I don't think it was ever anywhere near busy, not even on a Friday or Saturday night. Given that it was directly opposite Cardiff prison, I wonder how many inmates used to look out of their cell window and think to themselves..."As soon as I'm released, that's going to be the first place I visit!" :hehe:
Former Labour leader
13-02-22, 10:00
I played my first gig in the Vulcan. Imagine it's 1978,the pub is full of screws from the jail and our band comes on and plays Clash, Sham 69 and Sex Pistols covers. They weren't happy. Maybe they were expecting Tie A Yellow Ribbon!
😀
tforturton
13-02-22, 10:38
There was a new-build pub further on, just past the fire station, I think it was called "Rumpoles' [/I] :hehe:
There was a pub on that spot before Rumpoles was built, but I can't recall the name - a big old place. I do remember that apart from the bar and 'lounge', it had a little off-licence room with a counter and a wooden bench seat. The toilets were outside, across the back yard, in a corrugated iron shed. If it was raining, you had to dash through the puddles, and the noise inside was deafening, with the rain hammering on the roof. I can remember on a Sunday afternoon, you'd get all the wives and girlfriends of the prison inmates gathering there after visiting time. They used to stand across from the pub, and lift their tops to the guys leaning out of the prison windows. It did happen - I saw it more than once.
I guess that must have been knocked down around 1983 or 84, something like that, and the awful Rumpoles built a few years later.
It wasn't a bad spot - Courts, fire station, prison, Howard Gardens arts college - I bet they did alright.
life on mars
13-02-22, 10:44
Fabulous picture, big part of Cardiff history
we popped up last Oct 1/2 term ( think it was ) the brick structure was the same as it was 2 years before ( roughly ) I know Covid hit ( and maybe they were not allowed to work ) but it really hadn't moved, glad to see its started to move forward now
Nice to see it finally coming along. It is a lovely day out on a summers day. Even better if there’s a pub there! One of my kids favourite place to head to head too
I think you're right, the location of the Vulcan wasn't great, it was in a bit of a "no man's land".
There was a new-build pub further on, just past the fire station, I think it was called "Rumpoles' or something very similar? Now THAT really was an odd place to decide to build a pub. I don't think it was ever anywhere near busy, not even on a Friday or Saturday night. Given that it was directly opposite Cardiff prison, I wonder how many inmates used to look out of their cell window and think to themselves..."As soon as I'm released, that's going to be the first place I visit!" :hehe:
Apparently that is actually true….probably why it was always dead and now gone. Enough pubs in Adamsdown and splott gone anyway without another soulless one vying for business….
tforturton
13-02-22, 10:53
The pub on the corner opposite the prison, before they built Rumpoles, was called The Rhymney, I think?
The Vulcan was busy for a good few years before it was removed.
A lot of students used it after the part regeneration across the road and the people who ran it used to have live music in there which drew in new and local custom.
It was the owner's decision (Rapport I believe) to make way for the car park and like many other pubs in the area was consigned to the history books.
The pubs already mentioned were demolished due to the regeneration if the area which started in the 70's and the same thing happened a mere 30 years later with the St Davids 2 development.
Those pubs were either sold off or left to rot so that they became so unstable that they had to be demolished. Very convenient.
All in the name of progress, in the main shopping malls.
Where will the white elepants that exist now be in twenty to thirty years, doubt I'll be around to see but my guess would be either in landfill or recycled.
Wow. I had no idea. Good, I suppose. But also very sad. A Cardiff landmark gone.
Moodybluebird
13-02-22, 12:28
I used to work directly opposite The Vulcan in the old BT building Enterprise House. Nice to see it finally being rebuilt.
about bloody time!
The Vulcan was supposed to open there years ago.
they built the shell and then the building stopped, was a shell for a number of years, in fact I seem to remember the footings were done a fair time before that
splott parker
13-02-22, 13:12
You named nearly all the Brains pubs Steve, what about The Prince Albert, The Griffin, The Terminus, The Blue Anchor plus many more
I mentioned the Blue Anchor, did forget The Griffin and another old haunt of mine The York. Used The Prince Albert a few times, with the tree in the middle of the room. The Terminus is still alive and kicking though albeit under another name.
Definitely the Rhymney, opposite the fire station, before that was moved. I remember going in there, having a drink watching a mate of mine, on The Price is Right.
splott parker
13-02-22, 13:38
Definitely the Rhymney, opposite the fire station, before that was moved. I remember going in there, having a drink watching a mate of mine, on The Price is Right.
Me and the missus wracking our brains trying to think of the other pub by there. She used to live in Adam St years ago, she seems to think it was The Eagle.
life on mars
13-02-22, 14:27
Me and the missus wracking our brains trying to think of the other pub by there. She used to live in Adam St years ago, she seems to think it was The Eagle.
The Tredegar?
I used to work directly opposite The Vulcan in the old BT building Enterprise House. Nice to see it finally being rebuilt.
Ditto
light up the darkness
13-02-22, 17:17
I bet they won’t be really authentic and have someone selling baggies in the car park
Moodybluebird
13-02-22, 17:19
Ditto
Engineer or clerical ?
splott parker
13-02-22, 17:28
The Tredegar?
No, The Tred is still there at the end of Clifton St. Boarded up, occupied by squatters on times. The pub I’m on about was approximately where the fire station is now.
Engineer or clerical ?
IT support
the locomotive.. broadway
Is the Ruperra still going or is that shut? Rumpoles used to be quite busy at lunchtime and after work, for a couple of hours. I think most people called in for a pint after work on the way home but by about 8 o clock, it would be really quiet.
splott parker
13-02-22, 19:55
Is the Ruperra still going or is that shut? Rumpoles used to be quite busy at lunchtime and after work, for a couple of hours. I think most people called in for a pint after work on the way home but by about 8 o clock, it would be really quiet.
The Ruperra (The Orchard) burnt down years ago, mysteriously :hehe: and is now another block of flats.
Is the Ruperra still going or is that shut? Rumpoles used to be quite busy at lunchtime and after work, for a couple of hours. I think most people called in for a pint after work on the way home but by about 8 o clock, it would be really quiet.
Im afraid the Rup is gone. They have built flats there now. Sad really as i had many a good night there when i lived down that way.
splott parker
13-02-22, 21:59
Im afraid the Rup is gone. They have built flats there now. Sad really as i had many a good night there when i lived down that way.
Bit different tonight than last Sunday night eh. Have you still got the fire stick codes? Mine runs out March 1st. One of the ones you had should work ok, shouldn’t it?
North Cardiff Blue
14-02-22, 10:50
I used to play football for Adamsdown Athletic we used to go there after games many moons ago!
tforturton
14-02-22, 12:22
Me and the missus wracking our brains trying to think of the other pub by there. She used to live in Adam St years ago, she seems to think it was The Eagle.
It was indeed The Eagle. 4801
tforturton
14-02-22, 12:24
The Rhymney, before they knocked it down and build Rumpoles...
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splott parker
14-02-22, 13:27
It was indeed The Eagle. 4801
Bollocks, she’s right:hehe:
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