Splott Boozer

[Rjk]

Re: Splott Boozer

Are there ANY pubs left in Splott? At one time, it was like there was one on every corner.

that's the same in a lot of places. in Victorian times and earlier there was a pub on every corner and others on the street as well in some areas.
some of the new housing areas they build don't have any pubs to walk to. if you live the Asda side of pontprennau you've got a much longer walk to find the nearest few pubs than anyone who used to live in temperance town before they knocked it down.
in reality we all live in temperance towns these days

[Tuerto]

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that's the same in a lot of places. in Victorian times and earlier there was a pub on every corner and others on the street as well in some areas.
some of the new housing areas they build don't have any pubs to walk to. if you live the Asda side of pontprennau you've got a much longer walk to find the nearest few pubs than anyone who used to live in temperance town before they knocked it down.
in reality we all live in temperance towns these days

That doesn't hold too much weight when you mention Asda, they sell more booze than all the pubs in Cardiff put together. Atleast back in the day you had to make some effort in order to get a drink. Clean up, actually walk to the pub and Even speak to other people! Now it's a load of booze from the supermarket and a drink 30 seconds after closing the front door. Plenty of problems out there in suburbia me reckons.

[splott parker]

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Yes I recall that club, went there a few times, open really late and had a weird layout. It was about 2am when we got attacked, if I hadn’t drunk about 12 pints of Guinness I might have faired a bit better. I’d love to have found the buggers after as they did a right job on my buddy who was a small harmless type.

That was the Old Howardian club, think it had a 24 hour licence with its own uniformed security & clientele

[tforturton]

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The Eastern was the place to go to get almost anything you wanted as long as you knew the right person.

I can't place this pub. Where was the Eastern?

[Xmarksplott]

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I can't place this pub. Where was the Eastern?

It was at the back of St germans church. in Adamsdown about 2 to 3 hundred yards from the Tred.

[Splott-light...]

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I can't place this pub. Where was the Eastern?

Metal Street, Adamsdown, big white building right next door to Adamsdown Junior School

another great boozer of old, the only reason outsiders were looked on with suspicion was because they may have been plain clothed coppers, a lot of mad shit went down in that pub, I couldn't even begin to divulge

[Xmarksplott]

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Metal Street, Adamsdown, big white building right next door to Adamsdown Junior School

another great boozer of old, the only reason outsiders were looked on with suspicion was because they may have been plain clothed coppers, a lot of mad shit went down in that pub, I couldn't even begin to divulge

100% correct about the plain clothes police.
And when they were sussed (and they were) even they did not hang about as it was made known to them .

[Xmarksplott]

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That was the Old Howardian club, think it had a 24 hour licence with its own uniformed security & clientele

That,s the one,the entrance was down a small alleyway I think right next door to the police station. You wouldn,t know it was there and it was a strange layout inside like going into Dr who,s Tardis quite big inside and I think it had a few different levels.

[splott parker]

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The Great Eastern was a really old place, before it was a pub it was a stand alone building on agricultural land known as a Lower Splott Farm. It was demolished, more or less, overnight in a way as shady as the infamous shenanigans that took place within its four walls.

[Xmarksplott]

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The Great Eastern was a really old place, before it was a pub it was a stand alone building on agricultural land known as a Lower Splott Farm. It was demolished, more or less, overnight in a way as shady as the infamous shenanigans that took place within its four walls.

I think it was owned or used by Captain Morgan as was Llanrumney hall, not sure but I don;t think there were many other buildings between the two at the time Mr Morgan was around.

[tforturton]

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Not a complete list, and not simply Splott, but lots of pubs (and photos) shown here...

https://roathlocalhistorysociety.org/local-history/pubs/

[Xmarksplott]

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Not a complete list, and not simply Splott, but lots of pubs (and photos) shown here...

https://roathlocalhistorysociety.org...-history/pubs/

Thanks for posting the link up. Some interesting facts and histories in that

[splott parker]

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Not a complete list, and not simply Splott, but lots of pubs (and photos) shown here...

https://roathlocalhistorysociety.org...-history/pubs/

Very interesting I was mistaken on the Eastern’s history, it was Upper Splott Farm not lower, schoolboy error, Lower Splott was the Portmanmoor Rd area.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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I can't place this pub. Where was the Eastern?

I told you the sign was tiny

[Jimmy the Jock]

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At least you were brave enough to finish your pint Jim. Most strangers who entered usually left at least half and certainly none of them ever bought a second.
It was indeed a closed shop almost members only type of pub. As you said if a stranger who came in for a pint the juke box would stop and silence prevailed and all the punters would wait until someone knew the stranger, then as if by magic if someone did the juke box would go back on and conversations would resume.
The obvious reason for this was because the place was full of ex cons and dodgy characters , as I said earlier in the thread you could get almost anything in there as long as you knew the right person. Unless you had been to jail or you did not have a crimnal record you propbably would be best avoiding the place ,however if you wanted a criminal record or go to jail this could be arranged also.
How you doing Jim ,are you still commuting from Swansea?

Been back down the Bay for the last couple of years.
Taking it easy , semi retired, perhaps 75% retired . Still got everything going on at my unit though.