Cardiff chitter-chatter, news and more

[ddraig]

nope will be fine
hope funeral goes as well as it can

 

[rhod]

OK coming over to Cardiff for the day on Friday for a funeral. Never been to south Wales before. Is it dangerous?

Avoid the rough areas like Lisvane and you'll be fine.

 

[ddraig]

Cardiff soars into world's top one per cent of unis

 

[ddraig]

Chariot stuffing

 

[ddraig]

Bluebird Jones exhibition at the Andrew Buchan Bar 29 Albany rd from next week!

 

[editor]

The Westgate and the Grange pubs are being advertised for sale

Brains puts Cardiff pubs up for sale - blaming fall in customer numbers

 

[ddraig]

Westgate is a good pub and building imo, shame

 

[Plumdaff]

Victoria Park Pool is going to be lost. Generations of Cardiff kids have enjoyed this fantastic and free community asset, yet without proper consultation the council plans to replace it with a "splash park" with no pool facilities over the winter. Once it's gone, that'll be it, and there's a dangerous precedent of splash parks across the country closing due to maintenance costs (no maintenance costs seem to have clearly been budgeted for in the council proposals). Please write to your councillors, even if you don't live in Canton, as the council is currently claiming there's not much concern - there's also a petition and a FB group here - Save Victoria Park Pool - Cardiff

 

[nogojones]

Westgate is a good pub and building imo, shame

The last pub left in Riverside. Oh how the world has changed

 

[nogojones]

RIP Mark

 

[teqniq]

Indeed. RIP

 

[editor]

Bloody hell. The train to Cardiff is *rammed*

 

[phoenixlily]

Bloody hell. The train to Cardiff is *rammed*

were you here for the rugby? the city is bursting!

 

[phoenixlily]

If people are around tomorrow, Made In Roath is well worth a visit. My feet are dying from everything today

Octopoet

Very much enjoyed the Open Houses.

 

[ddraig]

heard it might not be ready!!
playing dub/reggae/ska in pub in Grangetown near the venue!
Cardiff's Tramshed 'not ready' for inaugural UB40 gig - BBC News

 

[nogojones]

heard it might not be ready!!
playing dub/reggae/ska in pub in Grangetown near the venue!
Cardiff's Tramshed 'not ready' for inaugural UB40 gig - BBC News

There looked like a heard of tradesmen out the back of it yesterday when I passed

 

[ddraig]

Residents' delight at ban on letting boards in Cardiff streets

Letting board ban and restrictions in Cathays and plasnewydd

 

[ddraig]

The truth about Cardiff: Major new report lays bare state of the city

Loads of stats etc

 

[editor]

Residents' delight at ban on letting boards in Cardiff streets

Letting board ban and restrictions in Cathays and plasnewydd

Fuck yes. Saves the Foxtons ones being blown over by strong, post pub winds too.

 

[ddraig]

Looks so much better without them, just a few for sale signs about now

 

[pigtails]

This is how Cardiff looked 100 years ago

Some fab pics!

 

[shygirl]

RIP Mark

RIP Mark. Had a drink with him and my brother in the Lansdowne last year, first time meeting him. He was a lovely guy. Turns out he was a cousin of a close friend of mine...small world.

 

[ddraig]

 

[shygirl]

Love this, thanks for posting. One of my old friends, David Lewis, aka Colly, is interviewed at 13.13

 

[ddraig]

really good isn't it
about halfway through watching

 

[shygirl]

Recognise a few other faces, including Leanora, the young woman keyboard player. She used to sing in Victor's band, many many moons ago.
Think it was true what Colly said about the community there being side-lined by future developments.

 

[ddraig]

yup was bang on with that one

 

[editor]

Bit of a niche photo feature here from me:

When the flags fly in Cardiff – street scenes from the Rugby World Cup 2015

 

[ddraig]

odd, weird etc
Monkhouse in Splott after slagging it in his show

 

[ddraig]

ouch! see short video
stupid cyclist
This is the horrifying moment a cyclist hits a car
had to wait 35 mins for an ambulance too! and they're only up the road!

The incident was captured on the dashboard camera of a driver who witnessed the collision at the junction between North Road and Colum Road.

The driver, who asked not to be named, said: “The cyclist pulled straight out without looking and collided with the car.

'The force smashed the windscreen'
“He somersaulted right over the roof, came down and hit the kerb on the junction. The force smashed the car’s windscreen and bent the door.”