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Land of my Fatwas

Posted: February 26th, 2020, 9:46 pm
by MikeyWorld
If you are living in Wales, you have until 2nd March 2020 to stock up on beer etc before the new unit pricing laws kick in.

Otherwise it'll be a booze cruise to Bristol.

If you are heading to Wales, stock up before you cross the border.

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: February 27th, 2020, 7:59 am
by mutantpoodle
why do you think they stopped the toll on the bridge?

give one hand but take with other

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: March 2nd, 2020, 5:07 pm
by Myfyr
And for North Walians there's always Chester, Birkenhead or Liverpool. :D

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: March 2nd, 2020, 5:52 pm
by tjh290633
You lot are obviously too young to remember the coach parties crossing Offa's Dyke on a Sunday, in order to stop at the first pub in England which would accept their custom. It was a job to find a pub which hadn't been invaded.

TJH

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: March 23rd, 2020, 10:08 am
by johnstevens77
Reminds me of Bahrain after the causeway was opened from Al Khobar. The hotels even had to put the airline crews on separate floors with guards to keep the punters away. Pre causeway, Bahrain was a pleasant place to live and work and the local (Shia) population were very concerned about the future and rightly too. Every action/law has an unintended consequence.

john

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: March 23rd, 2020, 4:43 pm
by didds
tjh290633 wrote:You lot are obviously too young to remember the coach parties crossing Offa's Dyke on a Sunday, in order to stop at the first pub in England which would accept their custom. It was a job to find a pub which hadn't been invaded.

TJH



I went to Uni in Abersytwyth in the early 80s - it was one of only two areas in Wales by then that still had Sunday closing.

For pubs anyway. the student union bars were still open as these were "private clubs". Townie young adults used to try and get in of a Sunday night but the union security was really strict about it...

The squash club in town sold day memberships on Sundays for 10p!

didds

Re: Land of my Fatwas

Posted: March 23rd, 2020, 5:02 pm
by tjh290633
didds wrote:
tjh290633 wrote:You lot are obviously too young to remember the coach parties crossing Offa's Dyke on a Sunday, in order to stop at the first pub in England which would accept their custom. It was a job to find a pub which hadn't been invaded.

TJH



I went to Uni in Abersytwyth in the early 80s - it was one of only two areas in Wales by then that still had Sunday closing.

For pubs anyway. the student union bars were still open as these were "private clubs". Townie young adults used to try and get in of a Sunday night but the union security was really strict about it...

The squash club in town sold day memberships on Sundays for 10p!

didds

I learnt to fly at the old Cardiff Airport, Pengam Moors, in 1951. The Residents' Club at the airport was open on Sundays.

'twas ever thus.

TJH