Used to go in there on Friday & Saturday nights in the 70’s
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Seen a pic of this boozer taken in 1977.
I’ve lived in Cardiff all my life, but have never even heard of this place, let alone been in there.
Used to go in there on Friday & Saturday nights in the 70’s
Side gate to St David’s school was alongside it.
Used to be one of my father's favourite place back many decades ago.....
Is that an Ansells sign outside? I can remember The Penn, in Llanedyrn being an Ansells pub, and weren't Birmingham City sponsored by them? Haven't seen them for years.
So sad that the pubs and narrow streets around that area have disappeared. Could have been our very own ‘old town’, the likes of which many European cities have.......progress eh!
It’s the Bass 🔺 (Welsh Brewers was their Welsh Division)
We do have an ‘old town’. High Street, Church Street, St Mary Street, St John Street, Womanby Street, Quay Street etc.
I think that this area should officially be called Old Town. It is pretty old.
Challenge, what was the name of the Working Men’s Club just opposite the Lifeboat Inn ?
We used to drink Newcastle Brown in there
No, I don’t know
If you went inside The Penn, you'd have seen a few 'Firsts' Back in the day, 80's early 90s it was rough, but a decent enough working class pub. Would get rammed on a friday and saturday. It went downhill significantly, and had to close in the end. The retreat is closed as well. The nearest pub is The Hollybush in Pentwyn or The Villiage, opposite Panasonic.
It got frisky during the 90s, and got worse from there. Something happened to llanedeyrn, it's like a ghost town up there now, not a nice place. The leisure centre in Pentwyn has been gifted out to Cardiff Blues, so the public can't use it anymore. Absolutely shocking in any area, never mind one that is deprived and where there is hardly anything to do, or near by.
Yup. Sign of the times I'm afraid.
Llanedyrn and Pentwyn are not the only ghost town areas in Cardiff.
Excluding Cardiff Bay, the docks has only one or two pubs left, Grangetown has the same and Splott I believe even less!
Breweries and governments got too greedy.
Edit: forgot about Ely
The Bute Dock closed its doors a number of years ago now, maybe ten? and is now a barbers / hairdressers i think.
The only "older" pubs left are the Packet and Eli Jenkins plus the old ship and pilot which I believe is more of a nightclub.
The "local" is a thing of the past, it's all about cram 'em in, make what you can and get 'em out.