Dirty Dora's

[Swanjaxs]

Cardiff pubs them back in the 90’s. For the younger PT lot anyway. Older heads used the Viv.

Can’t help with who your mate was though

Somerset Arms had a cricket team back in the day, played for Ynystawe against them and remember going back to the pub after the game. Walls full of bluturd tat photos.
Is it still a dump?

 

[Neath_Jack]

Somerset Arms had a cricket team back in the day, played for Ynystawe against them and remember going back to the pub after the game. Walls full of bluturd tat photos.
Is it still a dump?

It was closed last time I went to go in there, think it was being refurbished or something.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Saying that it could have been the surgery lol

The Surgery is/was virtually opposite JT's the motorbike dealers

 

[Niigata Jack]

Somerset Arms had a cricket team back in the day, played for Ynystawe against them and remember going back to the pub after the game. Walls full of bluturd tat photos.
Is it still a dump?

Do you know or did you know Gwev [spelling] at Ynystawe he was on the committee or chairman even, he did the heating/plumbing for the new building etc.

 

[Niigata Jack]

It was closed last time I went to go in there, think it was being refurbished or something.

Is that the bigish pub after the bike shop Taibach side got a car park, opposite Chemist ?
I think the owner of the Buck got it now or did have it

 

[Darran]

The Surgery is/was virtually opposite JT's the motorbike dealers

It isn’t/wasn’t.

 

[Robbie]

Hhappy

Happy days indeed, you had to be there to understand, how good it was. The music, the clubs, and everyone seemed that little bit happier, even though we didnt have much money. Rose tinted glasses, nah! not for me, just better days.

Maybe the pumped up body building steriod users , look at me I am a gym legend does not help .
Talk or look to me in the wrong way , hey who you looking at mate , fancy a fight .

Did kick off in The Rank on a few occasions , no big deal to me and walked away from trouble .

Now very rarely visit Wind Street on a night out , too old and not their demograph customer base .

No Sign Bar is still going though , big tick there .

 

[jack123]

Maybe the pumped up body building steriod users , look at me I am a gym legend does not help .
Talk or look to me in the wrong way , hey who you looking at mate , fancy a fight .

Did kick off in The Rank on a few occasions , no big deal to me and walked away from trouble .

Now very rarely visit Wind Street on a night out , too old and not their demograph customer base .

No Sign Bar is still going though , big tick there .

Thinking of it, why I liked Shades,, I am sure I was banned from Barons, Mayfair/Ritzy Harpers/Liberty at one stage..

It seemed my main hobby in my 20s was punching bouncers.

Not that I was any good at it mind, just bloody drunk. I may as well have slapped them across the face with a handkerchief.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Do you know or did you know Gwev [spelling] at Ynystawe he was on the committee or chairman even, he did the heating/plumbing for the new building etc.

Gwyn Evans Max? Had four sons, all played for Ynystawe.

 

[Jack2jack]

Maybe the pumped up body building steriod users , look at me I am a gym legend does not help .
Talk or look to me in the wrong way , hey who you looking at mate , fancy a fight .

Did kick off in The Rank on a few occasions , no big deal to me and walked away from trouble .

Now very rarely visit Wind Street on a night out , too old and not their demograph customer base .

No Sign Bar is still going though , big tick there .

Last time I went to town on the razz, was in 1991 for my stag do. Martha's and Harpers etc was still there.
Not saying there was no trouble back in the day, but I can honestly say, I hardly ever saw any, not that I was looking for it mind. Did see one guy being helped down the whole flight of stairs in the Valbonne by the bouncers, which I thought was good of them.

 

[Jack2jack]

Thinking of it, why I liked Shades,, I am sure I was banned from Barons, Mayfair/Ritzy Harpers/Liberty at one stage..

It seemed my main hobby in my 20s was punching bouncers.

Not that I was any good at it mind, just bloody drunk. I may as well have slapped them across the face with a handkerchief.

Harpers was my go to venue, amongst others, there was a place upstairs for VIPs etc, can you recall, think it was called The grape vine?

 

[Neath_Jack]

Did see one guy being helped down the whole flight of stairs in the Valbonne by the bouncers, which I thought was good of them.

Wasn’t J123 was it

 

[monmouth]

Where was Shades? The Valbonne used to be next to City Tavern? I remember it but don’t think we liked it. My missus says her and 3 mates tried to get in one night but one of them came dressed in her bridesmaid dress to try and look older.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Gwyn Evans Max? Had four sons, all played for Ynystawe.

Nice guy decent plumber/gas engineer to is he still with us?

 

[Niigata Jack]

It isn’t/wasn’t.

what was the pub opposite and slightly left of Mount Motors [not JT's] then there's a chemist just to the left of it, Im sure the brick building was once a doctors surgery and then turned into a pub called the same.