Pre-match drinking - all change next season

[Hoppo]

It is happening regeneration of Aston into town. Its also why a takeover is on the horizon were classed as more of an investment.

[vaughan_ellis]

Council plans are here:

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/astonaap

[Holte L2]

I bloody renewed my membership at the Social on Saturday too!

[PeterWithe]

The Kaiser getting a new contract will just put the seal on this season. Utter shit from start to finish.

I'm far from happy.

[vaughan_ellis]

I bloody renewed my membership at the Social on Saturday too!

d'oh....

[myf]

It is happening regeneration of Aston into town. Its also why a takeover is on the horizon were classed as more of an investment.

its nothing to do with town. its miles away. not sure how this affects villa as an investment.

Looks like edies could make way for road improvements. makes me sick.

Oh and the tavern lies within the boundary ad well.

[villanic]

Shame if the adventures and king Edwards goes, never been in the aston social but also a shame. I'll be happy if the Aston tavern opens up though, my dad used to take me there years ago when I first started going to the villa and I loved it in there. Hope its got nothing to do with the club though, don't want another pub like the holte.

[London Villan]

The Aston Tavern will take some refurbishment it's in a much worse state than the Holte was.

[Des Little]

Is the Aston Tavern big enough to house all the folk who use the Ads, Social and Eddies on matchdays?  I don't think so?

[pauliewalnuts]

I've looked into this.  its the aston regional investment site which will be developed as offices and industrial. sound like a science park. it will be a disgrace if the city council sir buying up and flattening pubs to build employment land which is likely to lie vacant with no demand

Aren't jobs more important in the wider scheme of things than pubs?

[Steve R]

Does this mean we lose the serpentine car park for match day parking? Nice one, Doug.

I thought the King Edward's had recently fought off demolition, proposed as part of widening the Lichfield Road.

Vandalism.

[villanic]

The aston tavern has been derelict for a long old time now, walked past it a couple of weeks agoand it looked like it could do with knocking down and rebuilding.

If it does not re open then won't the swan and mitre be the last pub on that side that's close to the ground?

[myf]

Paulie - only if jobs are actually created but can't see where they are coming from. the council and awm done a great job flattening  eastside and we're  left with a derelict wasteland with no soul or heritage.

I don't see why pubs and jobs are mutually exclusive - why can't they accommodate the pubs as part of the scheme?

[olaftab]

it will be a disgrace if the city council sir buying up and flattening pubs to build employment land which is likely to lie vacant with no demand

Aren't jobs more important in the wider scheme of things than pubs?

Yes they are. Specially pubs that are commercially not viable. Having a full house for a few hours once a fortnight doesn't make any business sense.

[pauliewalnuts]

Paulie - only if jobs are actually created but can't see where they are coming from. the council and awm done a great job flattening  eastside and we're  left with a derelict wasteland with no soul or heritage.

I don't see why pubs and jobs are mutually exclusive - why can't they accommodate the pubs as part of the scheme?

I'm sure the council aren't going to be flattening any land without an idea of what's going to go there. Any development will provide more jobs than three pubs that only really get busy about 20 times a year.

Maybe the pubs would be accomodated if they had some architectural merit - but where's the merit of the Ads or the Social?