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WasGeri
16-09-2005, 13:49
Broadmead is to be re-named Merchants Quarter (http://www.thisisbristol.com/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=13193488) and they are building a wildlife park (http://www.thisisbristol.com/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=13193488) at Cribbs Causeway!

I had to check it wasn't April 1st for a minute.
J77
16-09-2005, 13:51
Like when they renamed Park St - the West End?

Fools.
easy g
16-09-2005, 14:10
Broadmead is to be re-named Merchants Quarter (http://www.thisisbristol.com/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145176&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144906&contentPK=13193488)

is that cos it'll end up full of 'bankers'
fat hamster
16-09-2005, 14:19
Broadmead is to be re-named "Merchants Quarter"
...as a lasting tribute to the merchants who profited from Bristol's glorious slave trade, I suppose. :rolleyes:
butterfly child
16-09-2005, 14:21
What a pile of pooh.
fractionMan
16-09-2005, 14:23
I like it.

*runs away*
djbombscare
16-09-2005, 14:24
So what will they call the other three quarters.

The Living Quarters would be one I suppose
J77
16-09-2005, 14:28
...as a lasting tribute to the merchants who profited from Bristol's glorious slave trade, I suppose. :rolleyes:We pretty much have that already (in the West End ;)) - what with all the Colston and Merchant Venturers references.
Zaskar
16-09-2005, 16:24
It's only a name, hardly 'utter madness' is it.... think about it a bit Geri. Broadmed is a bit pants too I think.
WasGeri
16-09-2005, 16:34
I don't suppose it will make much difference - most people call it 'town' anyway...
inks
16-09-2005, 16:36
"Broadmead is a bit pants too I think."

It's been good enough for the last few hundred years.
Zaskar
16-09-2005, 16:39
Well, people will all call it what they want, as Geri says, town seems to work, that is what I call it.
Sunspots
16-09-2005, 16:50
Like when they renamed Park St - the West End?

Fools.

Well even if that's what it's called nowadays, I've never heard anybody call Park Street the 'West End'.

Like you say, fools.
bristol_citizen
16-09-2005, 17:30
The bit I like is that they employed "Brand Consultants" to come up with this nonsense. To justify the fee they've also rebranded Quakers Friars, which henceforth is to be known as 'Quakers Friars at Merchants Quarter'. Just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?
inks
16-09-2005, 17:47
Now that is silly.

"Quaker's Friars at Merchant's Quarter"? Pah!