Quote from: rim gk on October 27, 2017, 06:32:38 PMQuote from: dave shelley on October 27, 2017, 06:29:10 PMIs this the Barn working mens social club you're talking about, situated beside the canal on Brookvale Road? Has that gone? How long ago did that happen and, have they relocated elsewhere? I never heard about it if so.no mate it's now called the marigold, well preserved and looks Good. They offer parking facilities on match day for 5.00 but won't offer a bar and they easily could. They could, but if they're aiming at the Muslim auidence they won't.
Quote from: dave shelley on October 27, 2017, 06:29:10 PMIs this the Barn working mens social club you're talking about, situated beside the canal on Brookvale Road? Has that gone? How long ago did that happen and, have they relocated elsewhere? I never heard about it if so.no mate it's now called the marigold, well preserved and looks Good. They offer parking facilities on match day for 5.00 but won't offer a bar and they easily could.
Is this the Barn working mens social club you're talking about, situated beside the canal on Brookvale Road? Has that gone? How long ago did that happen and, have they relocated elsewhere? I never heard about it if so.
The Safe harbour pub Moore lane has gone to for housing, moor lane is the road opposite to where the Barn social was.
The Farcroft pub on Rookery road handsworth has been sold and is to be turned in to a mosque. Its believed to have been brought by the Kurdish community.Another historical boozer gone. This was also a hotel in the early 1900s.
Quote from: zulu_hunter on May 08, 2021, 01:39:28 PMThe Farcroft pub on Rookery road handsworth has been sold and is to be turned in to a mosque. Its believed to have been brought by the Kurdish community.Another historical boozer gone. This was also a hotel in the early 1900s.There should be a happy medium to be found. I they want to turn a good old British pub into a mosque let them. So long as they serve alcohol and have a dartboard. Also at least one in five pubs turned into a mosque must keep a bowling green. Then the way I see it everybody is happily catered for. I should work for the United Nations me, I've got all the answers.
Quote from: Canadian Villa on October 27, 2017, 05:28:44 PMQuote from: Pat McMahon on October 27, 2017, 02:14:45 PMI don't understand why Villa don't keep the bars open to sell more food and drink for an hour after the game. Brighton did this last year and it reduced some of the pain of getting the train.Slightly different as Brighton is quite out of the way. Last time I was at VP i went in to the Aston Social afterwards and it was good fun. Although it really was a stopping off point for the crowds to disperse as every half an hour the DJ would announce that a load of taxis had pulled up. Not much you can do if the area is changing and there isn't a need for good pubs. Eventually they will all die off until some entrepreneur comes up with an idea. It's all about supply and demand. There wasn't anyone in the Aston Tavern on the Friday night before a game last time I was there. Hard to see why anyone would buy into a pub that only has customers 11am-3pm and then 5pm-8pm every other saturday. if a traditional community moves out and is replaced with a non drinking community then pubs will decline. Big chain pub like wether spoons, hungry horse, green king and These curry pubs are our hope of continuing the pub trade. It's was green King who saved the stockland and the hare and hounds on marsh Hill (marsh Hill one lasted 5 years and closed for retirement homes) the curry pub saved the Ashbury taven on Newton road, calthorpe arms, and soho taven. The ones like the barn and upper grounds have bar facilities but dont serve alcohol, they should as bars are needed around Villa Park, they would also be contributing to match day traditions at the same time make money.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on October 27, 2017, 02:14:45 PMI don't understand why Villa don't keep the bars open to sell more food and drink for an hour after the game. Brighton did this last year and it reduced some of the pain of getting the train.Slightly different as Brighton is quite out of the way. Last time I was at VP i went in to the Aston Social afterwards and it was good fun. Although it really was a stopping off point for the crowds to disperse as every half an hour the DJ would announce that a load of taxis had pulled up. Not much you can do if the area is changing and there isn't a need for good pubs. Eventually they will all die off until some entrepreneur comes up with an idea. It's all about supply and demand. There wasn't anyone in the Aston Tavern on the Friday night before a game last time I was there. Hard to see why anyone would buy into a pub that only has customers 11am-3pm and then 5pm-8pm every other saturday.
I don't understand why Villa don't keep the bars open to sell more food and drink for an hour after the game. Brighton did this last year and it reduced some of the pain of getting the train.