Bristol: (rude) street name ID

[electrogirl]

The Bunch Of Gropes, eh? Once maybe, who knows?... Nowadays though, even when they puts bands on in there, it always seems to be one of the most sedate pubs in central Bristol!

Denmark Street itself though: as a mate of mine claims to have once overheard when he walked along it late one Friday night: '-Don't fuck I too 'ard Gary, I'll drop me chips!...'

Ha do you have the same mate as me?! My friend told me that one aswell! Unless it's an urban legend that gets bandied about.

Denmark St was knows as 'piss alley' when I worked at the Hippodrome. We used to go and have to put the bins out and we'd never go out along because there was often some trampy tramp stumbling about, and my workmate once trod in a human shit while she was taking the bottles out.

 

[Sunspots]

Bunch of Grapes is just a generic name for a pub by a theatre though. Normally opposite stage door, like that one is. There are hundreds of Bunch of Grapes by theatres all over the land.

And piles.

 

[butchersapron]

It's from Viz -fat slags.

 

[Sunspots]

Ha do you have the same mate as me?! My friend told me that one aswell! Unless it's an urban legend that gets bandied about.

I think I once read it in Venue too, so yeah, probably apocraphyl tbh. Looking at Denmark Street though, it wouldn't be a surprise to hear something like that being said...

Denmark St was knows as 'piss alley' when I worked at the Hippodrome. We used to go and have to put the bins out and we'd never go out along because there was often some trampy tramp stumbling about, and my workmate once trod in a human shit while she was taking the bottles out.

I used to work in Denmark Street too (-in an office block, opposite the Hippodrome stage door). It's like Soho in miniature.

That alley with the bins is/was fucking disgusting.

 

[Sunspots]

It's from Viz -fat slags.

Which, as everybody knows, was based on Denmark Street.

Damn, looks like my mate told me a fib, and I believed him...

 

[electrogirl]

Oooh did you get lovely chips from the lovely chippy? The people that ran that chippy were amazing, they gave all the hippo staff free chips on Christmas Day (not that I ever fucking worked Christmas Day hell no, but some mentals DO go to see pantos on jesus day).

Yeah my friend's version was that someone said 'Fill I up'

 

[Sunspots]

Oooh did you get lovely chips from the lovely chippy? The people that ran that chippy were amazing, they gave all the hippo staff free chips on Christmas Day (not that I ever fucking worked Christmas Day hell no, but some mentals DO go to see pantos on jesus day).

They do make rather nice chips in there.

I don't remember us getting any free though.

 

[electrogirl]

Yeah but tbf, we used to patronise that chippy LOADS. Especially inbetween shows.

Also you could take them into the Bunch of Grapes and eat them with a beer which was fucking ace.

 

[Sunspots]

Yeah but tbf, we used to patronise that chippy LOADS. Especially inbetween shows.

Also you could take them into the Bunch of Grapes and eat them with a beer which was fucking ace.

Did/does that chippy have loads of those rather cheesy press kit photos/posters of 'The Stars'* on it's walls? (-I can't really remember, 'cos in recent years, the rare times I've been in there has been at about 1am, after a few beers...).

I love all those pictures though. I know Renato's has loads of them, doesn't it...

(*The Chuckle Brothers, etc)

 

[electrogirl]

Yeah ha! They loved telling their 'celeb' stories. They gave some of us some ashtrays when the smoking ban came in and the fella said 'curly from corrie has used that ashtray!'

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I shall kiss it every night.

 

[Sunspots]

The Denmark Street chippy: clearly, Bristol's equivalent of The Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard!

 

[keybored]

...a Cunte Street in Bristol

I thought that was Sneyd Park. Every street there.

 

[Gerry1time]

Is Zed alley that travelator shortcut by La Tasca up into clifton? I recognise the name but I can't remember where it is.

Nope, that's Pro-cathedral Lane. Zed Alley starts on Colston Street by the 'sports' pub opposite the griffin, then crosses over another road before carrying on down to St Augustine's Parade.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Bristol. Phfft.

 

[electrogirl]

Bristol. Phfft.

 

[purplex]

Bristol. Phfft.

toch

 

[Witch-Hazel]

Urban Bristol

Tuesday, April 12 2011
Bristol has got some great road names. Unfortunately the best one, Gropecunt Lane, where ladies of the night used to gather, has long been deemed unacceptable and for more than 200 years it has been known as the slightly more politically correct Nelson Street.

 

[xenon]

I found this via Google. Trying to bolster my argument with the you can’t change history dickheads, on Facebook re Bristol Beacon.