Splott Boozer

[Heathblue]

Old Splott pub, been out with ‘err indoors’ tonight talking shit n stuff, and we couldn’t remember the boozer we frequented often when we lived at 112 moorland road, opposite the fleurs, there was a like triangular island and the pub was on a corner anybody remember the name ?

[Michael Morris]

Not the obvious Moorland?

[MacAdder]

Ruperra?

[Heathblue]

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Nice one cheers, not the moorlands Mike, remember that one, it was often frequented, but the Ruperra it was

[Jimmy the Jock]

Ruperra?

The Ruppera was my second home when I was a youngster .

Scottish Danny and Steven Shellard.

[splott parker]

The Roop....affectionately known as The Orchard in years gone by due the rough cider on offer.

[alfie]

The Ruppera was my second home when I was a youngster .

Scottish Danny and Steven Shellard.

More like first home

[tforturton]

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

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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

I used to work at the nearby ASW (GKN) steelworks. I always remember calling in the Grosvenor after a 2-10pm shift for a quick pint, before getting the works' bus home. It prompted me to look online to see if it was still there (yeah, I know ) and I came across this article....

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...or-pub-1902635


The local councillor says there is only one pub in the area, and that article dates back to 2010!

[Rjk]

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

[tforturton]

The only one I can think of is The Cottage, on Sanquahar Street. There's also the Clifton, and the Royal Oak, but do they count?
Loads have disappeared around that area.

[goats]

The Tredegar always looked a tad lively when I had the misfortune to wander past…..

[splott parker]

The Tredegar always looked a tad lively when I had the misfortune to wander past…..

It was but Splott can’t claim the Tred.

[Heathblue]

It was but Splott can’t claim the Tred.

7 Years i lived in Splott, Not sure I went in the Tred, always looked a bit rough for me but played darts for the Carlillion (spelling) club on Splott road bridge. Think i used to go in a pub on Habershon Street right hand side Adamsdown side of Splott road

[BLUETIT]

7 Years i lived in Splott, Not sure I went in the Tred, always looked a bit rough for me but played darts for the Carlillion (spelling) club on Splott road bridge. Think i used to go in a pub on Habershon Street right hand side Adamsdown side of Splott road

Cardiff Arms
It wasn’t Habershon St though

[Heathblue]

Cardiff Arms
It wasn’t Habershon St though

Carlisle street ? Great butchers near the pub, Friday night Steaks

[alfie]

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

[Jimmy the Jock]

7 Years i lived in Splott, Not sure I went in the Tred, always looked a bit rough for me but played darts for the Carlillion (spelling) club on Splott road bridge. Think i used to go in a pub on Habershon Street right hand side Adamsdown side of Splott road

The tred was my first local when I moved down from Scotland .
I thought it was charming pub .
One or two of the guys post on here .

[Heathblue]

The tred was my first local when I moved down from Scotland .
I thought it was charming pub .
One or two of the guys post on here .

I think the Tred was owned by the Bishops at some point ?

[Xmarksplott]

The tred was my first local when I moved down from Scotland .
I thought it was charming pub .
One or two of the guys post on here .

Yes Jimmy a charming pub indeed my local for 20 ODD years

[splott parker]

7 Years i lived in Splott, Not sure I went in the Tred, always looked a bit rough for me but played darts for the Carlillion (spelling) club on Splott road bridge. Think i used to go in a pub on Habershon Street right hand side Adamsdown side of Splott road

The Roath Carlylian Club has been The Old Illtydians Club for a number of years now. The other pub you mention I imagine is The Cardiff Arms on Railway St (the pub, the recently retired Coomber had before The Canton), sadly, now a block of flats as is The Grosvenor, Ruperra & The Moorlands. Apart from Splott Cons & Fleur’s (not The Fleurs as some call it, it was named after the woman who owned it, although the sign outside now reads The New Fleurs) Splott is moving towards being the new Temperance Town.

[Splott-light...]

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..

[Xmarksplott]

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]

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

[Xmarksplott]

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.