The Packet (Pub)

[Peajay]

Always wanted to go in there and visited last night. What a cracking traditional Cardiff boozer, not sure I would have ventured in there 30 years ago, but a lovely pub, with the best pint of SA I've ever had. That along with 'The Old Arcade', are two sort of traditional pubs, what others are there in our fine city and surroundings ?

[Wales-Bales]

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I'll be down there on Saturday evening if anybody want's to have a chat. Meet me outside at 7pm.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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Always wanted to go in there and visited last night. What a cracking traditional Cardiff boozer, not sure I would have ventured in there 30 years ago, but a lovely pub, with the best pint of SA I've ever had. That along with 'The Old Arcade', are two sort of traditional pubs, what others are there in our fine city and surroundings ?

Very traditional PeeJay , but the waft of urine from the toilets floating round the bar puts me of a little..

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Very traditional PeeJay , but the waft of urine from the toilets floating round the bar puts me of a little..

The toilets float round the bar? Very novel

[goats]

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Always wanted to go in there and visited last night. What a cracking traditional Cardiff boozer, not sure I would have ventured in there 30 years ago, but a lovely pub, with the best pint of SA I've ever had. That along with 'The Old Arcade', are two sort of traditional pubs, what others are there in our fine city and surroundings ?

I used to go in there 30 years ago……

[The Bloop]

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Along with the Baltimore and Bute Dock, I used to go in the Packet when I worked down the bay 25 years ago. Great that it's still around as not many others are unfortunately.

[BLUEAWAY TOO]

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Always wanted to go in there and visited last night. What a cracking traditional Cardiff boozer, not sure I would have ventured in there 30 years ago, but a lovely pub, with the best pint of SA I've ever had. That along with 'The Old Arcade', are two sort of traditional pubs, what others are there in our fine city and surroundings ?

Even better 50 years ago.
You could still do a real pub crawl around docks pubs.

[splott parker]

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Even better 50 years ago.
You could still do a real pub crawl around docks pubs.

All day drinking before all day drinking

[BLUEAWAY TOO]

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24hr

[goats]

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Even better 50 years ago.
You could still do a real pub crawl around docks pubs.

If you weren’t a local the walk home could be a tad dodgy to say the least

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Many, many years ago there would have been over 50 pubs in the Docks - 22 on Bute Street alone. I didn't venture too far into Dockland but one of the pubs I did frequent was the Quebec where they played a lot of jazz. Also recall a large black lady who was allegedly an African princess, being resident there.

[poc]

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Many, many years ago there would have been over 50 pubs in the Docks - 22 on Bute Street alone. I didn't venture too far into Dockland but one of the pubs I did frequent was the Quebec where they played a lot of jazz. Also recall a large black lady who was allegedly an African princess, being resident there.

the lovely lisa

[splott parker]

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Many, many years ago there would have been over 50 pubs in the Docks - 22 on Bute Street alone. I didn't venture too far into Dockland but one of the pubs I did frequent was the Quebec where they played a lot of jazz. Also recall a large black lady who was allegedly an African princess, being resident there.

Big Lisa & one of the main musicians in The Quebec was Vic Parker.

[MacAdder]

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Many, many years ago there would have been over 50 pubs in the Docks - 22 on Bute Street alone. I didn't venture too far into Dockland but one of the pubs I did frequent was the Quebec where they played a lot of jazz. Also recall a large black lady who was allegedly an African princess, being resident there.

Nice 👌

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I used to love an afternoon/evening drink in the Bute Dock on a Sunday, if I was on the Monday afternoon shift the following day.
This was at a time when pubs closed at 2pm on a Sunday. Felt safe-as-houses, especially compared to some of the estate pubs in the city.