Splott Boozer

[Xmarksplott]

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Abi was a Somali , not to be messed with our Abi.. I am sorry to hear Steve has gone but not surprised, he was a great drinking buddy. That news has made me quite sad.
They took a pub in Gorseinon after the Rup . I had a few sessions with them both down there after I met a young lady from Swansea. We ran away together to Steves pub .

I think it was Trevor Treblecock (think that is the name )said hello to me the other day when I was visiting one of my customers , he looked about 150 years old , I think the Tred lifestyle must have continued .
I was always a bit surprised Dai Bishop was taking part in all the fun and games , he was a professional rugby player at the time. Wasn't taking it as seriously as he might ..

Have you moved away Mark ?

Yes Jim moved just outside Cardiff ,takes me 25 minutes to get to clifton street now. Clifton streeet is one of the reasons we moved away, a no go area at night now people fighting with swords I kid you not
I think the guy you mention is Trebsy and yes the Tred lifestyle still goes on. Remember Dai Bishop enjoying himself on many occasions with us and at the time he was playing Pro for Hull Kingston Rovers.
Forgot Abi was somali I was close but getting old now

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It was but Splott can’t claim the Tred.

correct but the 'clientele' () were 90% splott though, if the police were to throw a net over The Tred on a Friday night they could've solved 80% of crimes in the city..

[alfie]

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Cardiff Arms
It wasn’t Habershon St though

If my memory serves me right im sure the Cardiff Arms was one of the first pubs to have a pool table

[Xmarksplott]

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correct but the 'clientele' () were 90% splott though, if the police were to throw a net over The Tred on a Friday night they could've solved 80% of crimes in the city..

All true But fantastic times because everyone knew each other and would stick together like glue.

[splott parker]

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correct but the 'clientele' () were 90% splott though, if the police were to throw a net over The Tred on a Friday night they could've solved 80% of crimes in the city..

Sunday nights on the Special VAT in the Tred back room made Monday mornings unforgettable (or was it forgettable ). I don’t think the Tred shutting benefitted the police at all. All human life was contained there under one roof, most probably became like a game of mob when it shut

[splott parker]

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Yes Jim moved just outside Cardiff ,takes me 25 minutes to get to clifton street now. Clifton streeet is one of the reasons we moved away, a no go area at night now people fighting with swords I kid you not
I think the guy you mention is Trebsy and yes the Tred lifestyle still goes on. Remember Dai Bishop enjoying himself on many occasions with us and at the time he was playing Pro for Hull Kingston Rovers.
Forgot Abi was somali I was close but getting old now

Steve Shellard ended his days in one of the houses adjoining the old Moira (block of flats now, surprise, surprise). On a warm day he’d often be sat outside the house with a glass of cider. That Abi would have been some basketball player, Christ she was tall.

[Xmarksplott]

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Sunday nights on the Special VAT in the Tred back room made Monday mornings unforgettable (or was it forgettable ). I don’t think the Tred shutting benefitted the police at all. All human life was contained there under one roof, most probably became like a game of mob when it shut

Special VAT . Jesus Christ that stuff should have been made illegal. If you poured a pint of that next to a pint glass full of 4 star petrol you would not tell the difference with the vapour it used to give off.
When Bob Pinches had the Tred he used to ration us to only 4 pints each. Even that was enough to turn people into someone from another planet.When people drunk that the place turned into the pub like the one in The Boys from the Blackstuff.

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Special VAT . Jesus Christ that stuff should have been made illegal. If you poured a pint of that next to a pint glass full of 4 star petrol you would not tell the difference with the vapour it used to give off.
When Bob Pinches had the Tred he used to ration us to only 4 pints each. Even that was enough to turn people into someone from another planet.When people drunk that the place turned into the pub like the one in The Boys from the Blackstuff.

Special Vat made Hurlimanns look like Shandy Bass, evil stuff

to think we were drinking Tennents Super and White Lightening back then too 😳

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Sunday nights on the Special VAT in the Tred back room made Monday mornings unforgettable (or was it forgettable ). I don’t think the Tred shutting benefitted the police at all. All human life was contained there under one roof, most probably became like a game of mob when it shut

what a place though, full of characters, many a lock-in after town early hours of Sunday morning

[splott parker]

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You’re all correct, Special Vat should have been on the optics not in pints straight out of a flagon. Lovely drink though, only get it on prescription now I believe

[Xmarksplott]

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what a place though, full of characters, many a lock-in after town early hours of Sunday morning

Indeed , what a place. As were a lot of pubs then full of characters not like your shit pubs now like wetherspoons .
Pubs will never be like they used to be for many reasons but you would be hard pushed to find a place like The Tred was.

[alfie]

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They started selling Special Vat cider in the Llanrumey Hall in the seventies and there was more trouble than usual. They stopped selling it and the fun calmed down. It was not aplace for the faint hearted back in the day.

[splott parker]

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The Addie was another crackers establishment. My mate Murphy brought a workmate of his down from Manchester who reckoned he’d seen it all up there. How shocked was he when he witnessed a punter dragging the fruit machine out of the door arguing that he reckoned it was his due to how much he’d put in it. Also The Eastern was top notch for MOT certificates and, you know what, they never even had to see your car.

For a small area, Adamsdown , the characters and goings on were unbelievable. I reckon the Krays would have needed security had they ventured.

[Tuerto]

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Sunday nights on the Special VAT in the Tred back room made Monday mornings unforgettable (or was it forgettable ). I don’t think the Tred shutting benefitted the police at all. All human life was contained there under one roof, most probably became like a game of mob when it shut

True enough, i went in there when i was about 17 years old with a couple of blokes after work. One of the locals was just going from table to table and sanding them off with a bit of crap sandpaper, then repeating the sequence. Nobody seemed that bothered. When i asked why he did it, the reply was 'Because he likes it' That told me.

[Xmarksplott]

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The Addie was another crackers establishment. My mate Murphy brought a workmate of his down from Manchester who reckoned he’d seen it all up there. How shocked was he when he witnessed a punter dragging the fruit machine out of the door arguing that he reckoned it was his due to how much he’d put in it. Also The Eastern was top notch for MOT certificates and, you know what, they never even had to see your car.

For a small area, Adamsdown , the characters and goings on were unbelievable. I reckon the Krays would have needed security had they ventured.

I also used these 2 pubs and it is true what you say the whole place (Adamsdown) seemed to be full of bonkers people but fantastic times were had in both these pubs.
The Eastern was the place to go to get almost anything you wanted as long as you knew the right person.
I remember going in there on Sundays as it was shoplifters sale day. Out the back room all the jewels were on display to start a bidding war, the array of goods was mindboggling,there was even a sit on lawnmower there one day ,how they got that out of the shop is anyones guess.
Both mad pubs but full of wonderful colourful characters