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| Top Dog |
Wetherspoons coming to calne?http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk...t_planning_a_town_centre_move.php |
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| Bear |
Not a Rat & Lettuce pub please | ||||
| pimpdriver |
Wetherspoons are not poncy slug and lettuce bars, they sell cheap booze and cheap food, however it is welcoming to see the Landlord of the Kings Arms welcome it, rather than oppose it, as some people wouldn't go to any old pub, but with a Wetherspoons (McDonalds of the pub world), you know what you are getting. Then when you've had a couple of pints there, you wander outside, and say "hey, Calne isn't so bad at night, I'll go to the Kings Arms or White Hart". I admit I have been here for 1 year, and haven't (yet) managed to go out for a few pints in the middle of town, I have 2 small kids, and getting a "pass out" is quite hard. |
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| pimpdriver |
And what would it be called? (Wetherspoons always name their pubs after a local link)...
The Bacon Factory? The Pork Arms Pig and Fiddle (aka Fig and piddle when you've had a few, mind) |
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| Local lass |
i thing it would be good if they came to town.there arnt many if any child friendly pubs in calne.
and it wont be the sort the sort of place that hopefully where there would be much trouble |
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| Chepfer |
All that spring to mind for me is....... "Buds".
They had bouncers too. It just adds to the entertainment of some of the sad cases in calne. To "Bag a Bouncer". The residents in Church street put up a right old fight when somerfield wanted to put another sign up outside there shop ...... what they going to think when it's announced a pub is going to be there !! He he love it ......... |
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| Local lass |
look at the complaints when they wanted to put a chiense resturant in the town from the residents of chuch street.
it was stupid. i think it will do the town good and help move the town forward. |
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| rosco |
You can understand those in Church street, in terms of where would people park to get to the Pub, the site has no parking facilities on it and Church Street is already congested with people trying to park there. |
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| Clunk |
Especially with the link from the carpark to church street locked at night. | ||||
| Local lass |
I have said nothing about church street moaning about car parking. :? but if weather spoons do come to town there is the bottom sainburys car park all they would have to do is walk over the bridge,there is the car behind the buildings the other side of there. there is also somerfield carpark. at the end of the day the place has around five car parks all in walking distance so i dont see the parking issue at all :? |
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| Bear |
Surely one shouldnt drive to a public house and consume alcohol unless you wish to leave your car parked in town and either walk or get a taxi home as I beleive drinking and driving is actually illegal | ||||
| Chepfer |
I think there thread has got a little confused...... Parking for the new chinese on church street - not the pub !!
Though if both are coming to town church street will be a lovely eveing place for people to go to, they could always open the Butchers arms on c/street and green dragon on kingsbury street again !!. |
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| iamelliot |
weatherspoons will hopefully be good for the town.. they also do food up 'til 9 every day. It's obviously not gourmet cuisine, but it's not that bad. I went to the Brunel place in Chippenham a while ago, which is maybe a bit more trendy than weatherspoons, but it was full of Calne people. Hopefully things like this will help attract people back from places like there. | ||||