tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post3291099721173980076..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: unlovedDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-44244055741715605652010-07-04T07:47:13.834+01:002010-07-04T07:47:13.834+01:00Would you want to be regarded as a National Treasu...Would you want to be regarded as a National Treasure, though, Graham? -it sounds like the sort of thing that Alan Bennett gets called. <br /><br />Yes, Charlie; most of the exterior stuff was filmed in Bristol. There is even a Young Ones trail, apparently. There was a plaque outside the Cock of the North, with some not-entirely-correct information about the Young Ones connection. But I think that's gone now too. Sic transit... like the Richey Edwards graffiti at the old Severn Bridge services. Immortality is quite short-lived sometimes.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-26489444253286077132010-07-02T22:58:49.090+01:002010-07-02T22:58:49.090+01:00Had I realised the that Cock of the North was the ...Had I realised the that Cock of the North was the Kebab and Calculator I'd have paid it more attention as I passed on my way to the Orpheus. But does that mean the whole show was filmed in Bristol?Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-25959979636919987882010-07-02T22:58:48.213+01:002010-07-02T22:58:48.213+01:00Had I realised the that Cock of the North was the ...Had I realised the that Cock of the North was the Kebab and Calculator I'd have paid it more attention as I passed on my way to the Orpheus. But does that mean the whole show was filmed in Bristol?Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-81529625248500585032010-07-02T22:25:45.912+01:002010-07-02T22:25:45.912+01:00I sometimes wonder if I am too much of my time, or...I sometimes wonder if I am too much of my time, or the opposite. I daren't even tread on the stairs of thought that will lead me to wonder if anyone would want to preserve me. I like the green garage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-53468252655407533472010-07-02T18:43:12.341+01:002010-07-02T18:43:12.341+01:00Who knows, Jenny? -I am biased because I like Brut...Who knows, Jenny? -I am biased because I like Brutalism and I like 60s buildings because I have fond memories of them being new and bright. And they were what they said on the tin. Cwmbran New Town was our local shopping place, and it was really rather nice. As opposed to the crappy concrete-cancered poundshop land that it's degenerated into now...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-61399223555162023752010-07-02T16:56:10.100+01:002010-07-02T16:56:10.100+01:00Looking at contemporary pubs, I wonder if should a...Looking at contemporary pubs, I wonder if should any glass-fronted city-centre Wetherspoons make it unscathed into the 2040s will I then perceive it as an architectural gem?<br /><br />I suppose if Banbury railway station's 1950s bridge cafeteria gives me joy then anything's possible.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-7294750138644275332010-07-02T13:10:06.303+01:002010-07-02T13:10:06.303+01:00It is quite strollable, and there are v few other ...It is quite strollable, and there are v few other pubs around this bit of Bristol- I understand that this is because the Wills family were landowners and disapproved of pubs... the next nearest pub is 0.8 km away, which is a fair distance for a city. I think the facelift was more to do with the way that the original structure was a bit rusty, and rather than repair in the spirit of the original, they did pastiche. There was something absurd about a slathering of Pub Edwardian onto a palpably modern design...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-72164612999755908312010-07-02T10:42:42.951+01:002010-07-02T10:42:42.951+01:00I don't know the area but I suspect that the p...I don't know the area but I suspect that the pub's problem is that it's not somewhere that people can just "stroll" to. So unless it does excellent food and gains a reputation for being worth the effort no-one will go. <br /><br />I heard onthe radio the other day that something like three pubs an hour are closing in the UK. Sign of the times.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.com