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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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delmbox
See my post above about WalesOnline, there is no app for customers, it doesn't even exist on the app store
Ta.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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delmbox
You've chosen to pick the first part of what I wrote and ignore the bit where I suggest a reason for it?
Sorry it wasn't done deliberately because i couldn't think of an answer or anything. I get what you say but soon they will have to go to 1 Metre + like everywhere else and then there will be. In addition to that I'd like to see how many people actually use Castle St on an average day (Not the fisrt dat in glorious sunshine) before I'd estimate whether it would be too busy to allow pedestrians to socially distance. But Queen St would be doable as would the Hayes with no problem, and there are far more Cafe's and Restaurants round the Hayes than in Castle St.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Bluebird23
I can’t be bothered to read all 10 pages of this thread, so apologies if this has already been covered.
Cardiff has the fourth worst air quality in the UK, and the area outside the castle is the most polluted in the City.
The council have been looking to do this for a while, and the virus has given them the opportunity (see attached article from January of this year).
I was down there today, and I really like it, and hope it’s a big success.
Remember, people hated it when the council closed and pedestrianised Queen Street and St Mary Street, but it’s improved the city centre.
The big issue is, many people hate change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51023304
I'd argue that closing St Mary St helped. It certainly didn't help the buses or the businesses.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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xsnaggle
Sorry it wasn't done deliberately because i couldn't think of an answer or anything. I get what you say but soon they will have to go to 1 Metre + like everywhere else and then there will be. In addition to that I'd like to see how many people actually use Castle St on an average day (Not the fisrt dat in glorious sunshine) before I'd estimate whether it would be too busy to allow pedestrians to socially distance. But Queen St would be doable as would the Hayes with no problem, and there are far more Cafe's and Restaurants round the Hayes than in Castle St.
If it's popular enough then how about both.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
FOR Cardiff
@FOR_Cardiff
Castle Quarter Café Launches this Wed - Castle St will play host to a outdoor dining area to support hospitality businesses who have had their capacity reduced.
Customers will have a 2 hour slot & order food via Yoello app.
To join the app & read T&Cs https://forcardiff.com/cafe-signup/
Who is going to police the 2 hour slot ?
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
FOR Cardiff
@FOR_Cardiff
Castle Quarter Café Launches this Wed - Castle St will play host to a outdoor dining area to support hospitality businesses who have had their capacity reduced.
Customers will have a 2 hour slot & order food via Yoello app.
To join the app & read T&Cs
https://forcardiff.com/cafe-signup/
Who is going to police the 2 hour slot ?
People will probably turn up, hang out for a while, eat and leave just as they would when going out for lunch normally. Some might stay a bit longer but 2 hours is plenty of time for most people. Comes across like you're grasping a bit for problems now
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240 seats isn’t many to be honest, if more people start going out it will be wedged. Been to a few pubs in the Forest of Dean last few days. All completely fine, wouldn’t notice much difference to normal, plenty of space and people acting as we did before.....
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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BLUETIT
FOR Cardiff
@FOR_Cardiff
Castle Quarter Café Launches this Wed - Castle St will play host to a outdoor dining area to support hospitality businesses who have had their capacity reduced.
Customers will have a 2 hour slot & order food via Yoello app.
To join the app & read T&Cs
https://forcardiff.com/cafe-signup/
Who is going to police the 2 hour slot ?
You are honestly insufferable. Is there anything you don't make snide remarks about? You are an actual dementor.
I realise your dated opinions probably mean you won't understand that reference.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Der Kaiser
You are honestly insufferable. Is there anything you don't make snide remarks about? You are an actual dementor.
I realise your dated opinions probably mean you won't understand that reference.
Jesus, some people are touchy, I only asked a question, didn't you see the question mark ? :shrug:
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Der Kaiser
You are honestly insufferable. Is there anything you don't make snide remarks about? You are an actual dementor.
I realise your dated opinions probably mean you won't understand that reference.
I do, as in ‘Angelo Dundee was dementor of Cassius Clay’:thumbup:
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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splott parker
I do, as in ‘Angelo Dundee was dementor of Cassius Clay’:thumbup:
Cus D'Amato was dementor of Mike Tyson
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Splott-light...
Cus D'Amato was dementor of Mike Tyson
Dai Hunt was dementor of Neil Warnock
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
Wales on Line posted 10 rules for the place today.
apparently you can only sit there and eat oif you have ordered food from the 12 or so places who have signed up to the app.
you must have the app on your phone
you must agree to take part in the trace and test, whether this is with the app or not I'm not sure.
you can only order alcohol if you order at least £10 worth of food.
time limit 2 hours.
open for service between 10 AM and 8 PM
THere are others.
I think these will ensure a lot of people don't use it. I got one have never eaten at any of the places on the 'approved' list and haven't even heard of half of them. I'm sure my first mealat one isn't going to be cold carried half way down a street.
The full WOL report is here.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-...ining-18686038
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-...ining-18686038
Shit a brick. The council have closed the main road through the city centre for this?!?
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can I order the 'dogs dinner' please
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Originally Posted by
lisvaneblue
Castle St has been a thorn in the Council's side for a while now because of NO2 pollution caused by through traffic. The excuse to close the street gets them off the hook. Trouble is it just moves the problem somewhere else in the city, probably Western Avenue as there are now very limited bridges to cross the city, what with Castle st bridge and Wood st bridge closed to private vehicles.
Countering the city's desire to clean the air is our obsession with speed bumps. I've travelled all over UK and never come across anywhere like Cardiff for them. Each one makes cars, buses, lorries brake then accelerate increasing NO2 levels from exhausts and particulate matter from brakes.
And where do we have them?, outside schools, just crazy really. Most towns have illuminated signs warning motorists of schools and they have the advantage of only operating when schools are open. Our speed bumps are there 24/7
Totally agree but the fact is it’s not in charge of its own destiny.
Online shopping is killing the high street and for example a return ticket from Caerphilly to Cardiff is around £8 is quite pathetic.
I’m all for Castle street to be pedestrianised but there has to be push and pull
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This thread epitomizes the reason why humankind is ****ed.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
I had an hour to kill in the town centre after work today. I thought I'd get a glass of wine somewhere and enjoy the weather. I didn't manage it: couldn't find anywhere with any space, other than Prego, which I assume is a front for something dodgy as it sure as sh!t doesn't actually serve drinks. I've spent over 30 mins sat at their tables this week and ordered 2 drinks, but I'm still waiting for both.
That area on castle st would, I am sure, have been full this evening. It is in the wrong place; the food will be cold when it gets there and I am sure that organisationally it will be a car crash at first, but I actually think it might be OK overall. Did they need to close Castle St? No of course not, the parasols should have been put at the top and bottom ends of st marys street where the bars and restaurants are. Is closing Castle ST a good idea? Short term, no. And a clever council would take advantage of the unique situation where town is basically closed for a third of the year and redesign bus routes etc, to make it a good idea long term. This thread suggests that this has not happened. But nevertheless it might be quite nice to have somewhere else to sit outside this summer, and the city clearly needs the additional capacity.
I think the crimes of closing Castle St should be separated from the parasol thingy. I think the latter could be a nice addition to the city centre for the summer.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Optimistic Nick
I had an hour to kill in the town centre after work today. I thought I'd get a glass of wine somewhere and enjoy the weather. I didn't manage it: couldn't find anywhere with any space, other than Prego, which I assume is a front for something dodgy as it sure as sh!t doesn't actually serve drinks. I've spent over 30 mins sat at their tables this week and ordered 2 drinks, but I'm still waiting for both.
That area on castle st would, I am sure, have been full this evening. It is in the wrong place; the food will be cold when it gets there and I am sure that organisationally it will be a car crash at first, but I actually think it might be OK overall. Did they need to close Castle St? No of course not, the parasols should have been put at the top and bottom ends of st marys street where the bars and restaurants are. Is closing Castle ST a good idea? Short term, no. And a clever council would take advantage of the unique situation where town is basically closed for a third of the year and redesign bus routes etc, to make it a good idea long term. This thread suggests that this has not happened. But nevertheless it might be quite nice to have somewhere else to sit outside this summer, and the city clearly needs the additional capacity.
I think the crimes of closing Castle St should be separated from the parasol thingy. I think the latter could be a nice addition to the city centre for the summer.
Up and running today. About half full when I went past, a few boxes of food on the tables but not much happening. It all seemed very relaxed, we'll soon see if it catches on.
The ordering site with a list of the menus here if anyone's thinking of going down. I'm sure Wok to Walk was on it earlier, eleven places involved doesn't seem like many. I guess others are having a look to see how it goes before they commit.
https://pay.yoello.com/g/cardiff-castle
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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xsnaggle
Now with the intimated opening of pubs and restaurants for indoor customers there is even less need for Castle Street to be closed, unless of course the Welsh Government finds another excuse to be different and stop pubs from opening. another thing they don't care about, nor the jobs connected to them. We can all see the huge spike in infection in England since they allowed 1 metre+ distancing and pubs and restaurants to open. It's outrageous!
Some posts age well, this one didn't. :hehe:
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Originally Posted by
Loramski
Up and running today. About half full when I went past, a few boxes of food on the tables but not much happening. It all seemed very relaxed, we'll soon see if it catches on.
The ordering site with a list of the menus here if anyone's thinking of going down. I'm sure Wok to Walk was on it earlier, eleven places involved doesn't seem like many. I guess others are having a look to see how it goes before they commit.
https://pay.yoello.com/g/cardiff-castle
I had a quick look at about 11am.
About half-full, and the conversations I overheard were mostly around how to actually get a drink or some food. I'm sure it will sort itself out.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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The Lone Gunman
One thing I don’t quite get is that restaurants, pubs cafes can open indoor also from Monday is it? So what’s the point?
Another thing I’ve noticed is that the roads are still very quiet, where is everyone? Working from home? Not possible for most I’d assume....so few cars maybe the roads aren’t needed anyway....
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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goats
One thing I don’t quite get is that restaurants, pubs cafes can open indoor also from Monday is it? So what’s the point?
Another thing I’ve noticed is that the roads are still very quiet, where is everyone? Working from home? Not possible for most I’d assume....so few cars maybe the roads aren’t needed anyway....
The roads are dead, even at "rush hour". I am the only person here, in the office I am working in at the moment. That has been the case most of this week, although at one point on Weds there were 4 of us. Normally it would be 200+. None of our staff are furloughed. So yeah, looks like 99% are happy to work from home.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Optimistic Nick
The roads are dead, even at "rush hour". I am the only person here, in the office I am working in at the moment. That has been the case most of this week, although at one point on Weds there were 4 of us. Normally it would be 200+. None of our staff are furloughed. So yeah, looks like 99% are happy to work from home.
Thought so, at this rate they will be closing even more roads hey
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks (but sorry) Cardiff! Day 1 has been a huge success at the Castle Quarter Café. But you’ve eaten nearly all the restaurants out of food! Café now closing, slightly earlier than the 8.30 last orders time. See you from 10am tomorrow. Thanks again, incredible support <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardiff?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardiff </a> <a href="https://t.co/2tM7u7KMw6">pic.twitter.com/2tM7u7KMw6</a></p>— Cardiff Council (@cardiffcouncil) <a href="https://twitter.com/cardiffcouncil/status/1289254482816061446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Michael Morris
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks (but sorry) Cardiff! Day 1 has been a huge success at the Castle Quarter Café. But you’ve eaten nearly all the restaurants out of food! Café now closing, slightly earlier than the 8.30 last orders time. See you from 10am tomorrow. Thanks again, incredible support <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardiff?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardiff</a> <a href="https://t.co/2tM7u7KMw6">pic.twitter.com/2tM7u7KMw6</a></p>— Cardiff Council (@cardiffcouncil) <a href="https://twitter.com/cardiffcouncil/status/1289254482816061446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This is going to make a bunch of people very unhappy.
As an aside, had a beer with a mate before the game yesterday. Sat outside in the sun on St Mary's St, it was wonderful, like being in an European city
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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delmbox
This is going to make a bunch of people very unhappy.
As an aside, had a beer with a mate before the game yesterday. Sat outside in the sun on St Mary's St, it was wonderful, like being in an European city
You were in an European City :hehe::hehe:
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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delmbox
This is going to make a bunch of people very unhappy.
As an aside, had a beer with a mate before the game yesterday. Sat outside in the sun on St Mary's St, it was wonderful, like being in an European city
A bit cooler today than yesterday, but we went down there and had a fantastic time. Place was buzzing and it was superbly organised.
Well done to the restaurants, pubs and councils for getting some sort of normality back.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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Tuerto
People will sit out if it's cold in my opinion, even if it's for a sandwich, quick coffee etc. The biggest problem in cardiff is the wind and horizontal rain, it's never that cold here.
Hope they never put tables out on windy corner , as you round the Hilton towards Castle Street why is it so wicked there ?
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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BLUETIT
You were in an European City :hehe::hehe:
Ex European city , we've left .
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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BLUETIT
You were in an European City :hehe::hehe:
Mate have I got some news for you
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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life on mars
Ex European city , we've left .
When?
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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life on mars
Ex European city , we've left .
Hmmmm......Have a look at a map. We may have left the EU but the UK is still a part of the geographical area called Europe
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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lisvaneblue
Hmmmm......Have a look at a map. We may have left the EU but the UK is still a part of the geographical area called Europe
Give Cummings, Johnson (and Farage) time :hehe:.
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life on mars
Ex European city , we've left .
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delmbox
Mate have I got some news for you
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Heisenberg
When?
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lisvaneblue
Hmmmm......Have a look at a map. We may have left the EU but the UK is still a part of the geographical area called Europe
Could Life on Mars & Delmbox, please inform me, as to what Continent we are now on then, as you think we are not part of Europe ?
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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BLUETIT
Could Life on Mars & Delmbox, please inform me, as to what Continent we are now on then, as you think we are not part of Europe ?
Fine, a city that's part of the European Union then. Although I think we all knew I meant that didn't we, just that this thread's not going the way you want it to David and Gareth :hehe:
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
"Fine, a city that's part of the European Union then. Although I think we all knew I meant that didn't we, just that this thread's not going the way you want it to David and Gareth"
It's become pointless, replying to posts in this thread (apart from this one attempting to be sarcastic), as peoples opinion on this subject, will not change.
Lasts night ECHO, did a similar, building this "white elephant", up.
Now, if waiting 30 minutes, for a sandwich & coffee (the order was wrong as well), is GOOD SERVICE, well blow me down and go for it.
Sunny, it might work, (people can go inside pubs next week, who will they serve first ?), Hissing Sid down, it won't work.
Enjoy you're turned up, dry bread sandwich & luke warm coffee:thumbup:
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BLUETIT
"Fine, a city that's part of the European Union then. Although I think we all knew I meant that didn't we, just that this thread's not going the way you want it to David and Gareth"
It's become pointless, replying to posts in this thread (apart from this one attempting to be sarcastic), as peoples opinion on this subject, will not change.
Lasts night ECHO, did a similar, building this "white elephant", up.
Now, if waiting 30 minutes, for a sandwich & coffee (the order was wrong as well), is GOOD SERVICE, well blow me down and go for it.
Sunny, it might work, (people can go inside pubs next week, who will they serve first ?), Hissing Sid down, it won't work.
Enjoy you're turned up, dry bread sandwich & luke warm coffee:thumbup:
Who was your order with?
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
I thought it was strange that Wales Online referred to it as a ‘huge site’, I’ve seen it from the corner of Queen St & Working St, is it huge? Didn’t seem so.
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Re: Cardiff Council are killing the City.
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CCFCC3PO
Who was your order with?
Asteys:shrug: