Cabot Circus - opening 25/09/08
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Geri
wasn't born to follow
No, she was there tonight!
That was the most surreal experience I've ever had not under the influence of acid - they shouldn't let plebs like me drink free champagne!
There were hardly any 'normal' people there - when I got there, most people seemed to know each other, there were a lot of journalists and a lot of people in suits.
It was really hot,so I got really sweaty and my hair started dripping - needless to say I drank waaaay too much free champagne and started babbling nonsense to all the staff (who were really nice and friendly) about handbags, and I couldn't find the way out.
It's a lovely shop but most things are v. expensive, so I didn't buy anything.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The bristol way seems to be pretty much 100% cabbut. I say Cabo though.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
are you an interloper too?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I'm from Somerset. In school (in bristol) we were taught Cabbut by one teacher and we had another Italian one who insisted on calling him Giovanni Caboto.
Yu_Gi_Oh
天天好心情
No, she was there tonight!
That was the most surreal experience I've ever had not under the influence of acid - they shouldn't let plebs like me drink free champagne!
There were hardly any 'normal' people there - when I got there, most people seemed to know each other, there were a lot of journalists and a lot of people in suits.
It was really hot,so I got really sweaty and my hair started dripping - needless to say I drank waaaay too much free champagne and started babbling nonsense to all the staff (who were really nice and friendly) about handbags, and I couldn't find the way out.
It's a lovely shop but most things are v. expensive, so I didn't buy anything.
Yes, you're right! She was there, and how tiny is she!!?
My god, that champagne was rough though and why was it red?
Glad you liked our shiny new HOF and you had fun, my mate manages a handbag concession there and she's lovely.
I, on the other hand have had the day from HOF hell.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
I did, I went outside onto the balcony to make a phone call and the sky was red and it looked absolutely stunning.
Yu_Gi_Oh, why was your day so bad?
Why are all the shops clothes shops?
well I'm an interloper too
28 years in this bloody city and still you think I aint Bristolian.
fizz is from Somerset anyway. Starts at Bedminster Bridge dontcha know
A few years back when cribs opened everyone as freaking out that bristol would centre would die - it didnt, and with this uber cool place opening it shows that city centres can best naff out of town - oh sure it has the nasty vibe of cribbs BUT it is still part of a real thriving urban landscape, and that along with the cool architecture I celebrate.
But I will never be able to afford the handbags in harvey nicks.
I find the overwhelming moaniness of this thread suprising. There again I aqint been there yet, so maybe I will be moaning soon.
But I will never be able to afford the handbags in harvey nicks.
I find the overwhelming moaniness of this thread suprising. There again I aqint been there yet, so maybe I will be moaning soon.
djbombscare
Plays with knives
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Guess that's my surprise over the seeming excitement about this opening, that i just wouldn't see this place as cool. Sure, you can't define cool that easily, but the same chain stores and large companies that every other city has doesn't seem that cool to me. More convenient perhaps (my good lady is excited about Bristol finally having a Shuh (or however it's spelt), but only because it saves trips to Cardiff to find one.
Going to go down soon enough and check it out, i may be wrong, but it really does just seem to be another underwhelming shopping centre that's been done already and, in the case of Birmingham at least, bigger and better elsewhere.
djbombscare
Plays with knives
28 years in this bloody city and still you think I aint Bristolian.
fizz is from Somerset anyway. Starts at Bedminster Bridge dontcha know
Ooooooh I wouldn't let her hear you say that
I think you'll find she was born in Redcliffe if not the BRI hospital. Full on inside the boundaries sir
But if she was born otherside of the bridge its still closer than say. . .Swindon for example innit.
or Bath
Still I is from that there London innit
End of last year, management buyout meant they could no longer use the name, so they picked the most completely shit one they could find.
I wouldn't wager on them being too long for this world to be honest. I know they've got large backing, but let's face it, unless you're buying the most mainstream of things, you're far better off buying CDs, DVDs and games online these days.
Aah, it's nothing. Headphones and a low-pulled baseball hat, you'd be amazed how the crowds part, as if I were the size of a bombscare...
There's already a few businesses vacated in Broadmead, it seems to have been going on a while. Now, Next on the corner opposite Tesco is closing, and that's gotta be an expensive piece of real estate. I can't see Zavvi managing with two Megastores for long, either. Seems a bit odd to me.
They're actually stopping traffic and pedestrians along the Horsefair, in turns. A little line of people in orange high-viz "Cabot Circus" vests saying when you can and can't walk.
Perhaps it's just me, but I'd have imagined a couple of pedestrian crossings would have been more effective...
There's already a few businesses vacated in Broadmead, it seems to have been going on a while. Now, Next on the corner opposite Tesco is closing, and that's gotta be an expensive piece of real estate. I can't see Zavvi managing with two Megastores for long, either. Seems a bit odd to me.
They're actually stopping traffic and pedestrians along the Horsefair, in turns. A little line of people in orange high-viz "Cabot Circus" vests saying when you can and can't walk.
Perhaps it's just me, but I'd have imagined a couple of pedestrian crossings would have been more effective...
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