Bedminster ASDA

[J77]

I used to live in a flat opposite ASDAL for a few years - entrance was down an alley off the Parade - regularly used to have people shooting up down there and once a bloke half-battered to death with a metal bar - we called the authorities and he was OK; domestic.

Area went downhill when they stuck that McDonalds in.

 

[J77]

Barley Mow...

Tiles on the outside says it all

Down the road by the Mow's the Orchard - proper cider pub - plus looks like it shut down in the 70s - that's a proper drinking hole

 

[Sunspots]

I used to live in a flat opposite ASDAL for a few years - entrance was down an alley off the Parade - regularly used to have people shooting up down there and once a bloke half-battered to death with a metal bar - we called the authorities and he was OK; domestic.

Area went downhill when they stuck that McDonalds in.

Yep, I know that alley.

Can you cut through there to get to Fiddlers? Can't say I've ever been tempted to find out!

 

[J77]

Yep, I know that alley.

Can you cut through there to get to Fiddlers? Can't say I've ever been tempted to find out!

Yeah - my door was the black one on the right - next to a dark corner full of needles My flat was above Vinces - who's a top Italian-barber-bloke!

The bin men stopped coming down there to get our rubbish once - I phoned the council who weren't doing nothing 'til I mentioned the needles - that day they had a clean-up squad down there

Once, in the summer, by accident..., we left that door wide open all night - weren't robbed tho'

Halcyon days

 

[Sunspots]

Barley Mow...

Tiles on the outside says it all

Quite...

Down the road by the Mow's the Orchard - proper cider pub - plus looks like it shut down in the 70s - that's a proper drinking hole

Is that the one down Philip Street, opposite Asda?

 

[J77]

Is that the one down Philip Street, opposite Asda?

Yep - the road between the Mow and MotoMan.

 

[Sunspots]

Isn't it called The Apple Tree? Anyway, whatever it's called, I know the one you mean.

I think Bemmy has a really strong local identity compared to many other areas in Bristol.

Actually, I once saw a drunk on crutches picking a fight in one of the pubs on East Street. -Proper!

 

[J77]

yeah - apple tree - why'd i say orchard, must've been thinking of somewhere else... ???

 

[Isambard]

I was talking to a mate who used tio post on here over the weekend and he said that Bedmisnter is getting turned posh bit by bit mind. Saw one "baaah", The Admiral" ? half way down East Street that was "smart casual dress only", big open windows and sofas inside that are more for sipping a frappucino with skinny wings than downing a pint of cider, buying and passing betting slips.

 

[Sunspots]

yeah - apple tree - why'd i say orchard, must've been thinking of somewhere else... ???

Apple Tree? Orchard? -Nope, really can't see how anybody might get those mixed up.

Then again, there's The Orchard Inn off Cumberland Road, which I suppose isn't too far away.

There's also a trendy new cider bar onboard what was once Il Bordello, moored at Welshback in the centre.

Cider: there's rather a lot of it 'round here...

 

[J77]

Yeah - my next long stay home after the Parade was in Ashton - used to walk past the orchard everyday - by the diving centre

 

[Sunspots]

I was talking to a mate who used tio post on here over the weekend and he said that Bedmisnter is getting turned posh bit by bit mind. Saw one "baaah", The Admiral" ? half way down East Street that was "smart casual dress only", big open windows and sofas inside that are more for sipping a frappucino with skinny wings than downing a pint of cider, buying and passing betting slips.

I agree. Luxury flats are encroaching along Bedminster Parade, and nearby Southville's getting reet posh nowadays too.

The same will eventually happen to Old Market and Stokes Croft too. Those not on mega-salaries are going to be displaced to the suburbs...

 

[Isambard]

We've talked about this loads of time IRL too innit.
I'm convinced they want to "cleanse" the cities.
They are building loads of new houses my way in the deep South, well more sheep dip south, as they push people out to dumping grounds.

 

[J77]

I agree. Luxury flats are encroaching along Bedminster Parade, and nearby Southville's getting reet posh nowadays too.

People bought them up?!? Never looked like a nice location to me - on that corner.

Southville's always been posh - community projects and all that - like the Montpelier of the South

Ashton's where it's at Long as you wear red

My old local - Cooper's Arms on Ashton Road - that's a nice pub; good Butcombe

 

[Isambard]

They have good Butcombes in the Bristolites "local" and a new lovely little pub jut a bit down from Vibes where we got a wee bit of a lock in on Friday.

 

[xenon]

Now I've no objection to a bit of rough when I'm out for a gargle and I've been known to drink in some down at heel places.
I'm hardly the poshest person ever, but the Barley Mow was an experience.

Never been in there myself. Passed it a million times. Upon visiting a couple of years ago. My dad popped in there for a pint. 3 in the afternoon. A Jack Russel apparently hopped up on the couch and had a piss. No one batted an eye.

 

[xenon]

I was talking to a mate who used tio post on here over the weekend and he said that Bedmisnter is getting turned posh bit by bit mind. Saw one "baaah", The Admiral" ? half way down East Street that was "smart casual dress only", big open windows and sofas inside that are more for sipping a frappucino with skinny wings than downing a pint of cider, buying and passing betting slips.

Think that's called the Assembly. Popped in for a pint after 11 the other night. Pretty bland and still smells of new carpet. Semed alright for a quiet late pint though.