Author Topic: moneygrabbers shut down my favourite bar... (Read 6219 times)

headtheball · « **on:** May 15, 2007, 07:17:36 PM »

It's true. Property developers have bought up the Rotterdam bar in Belfast to rip it down and put up apartments. I'm so angry I could spit.

Kilby · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2007, 07:23:38 PM »

Arse, that means Belfast has almost completely run out of decent bars

headtheball · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2007, 07:29:49 PM »

there's a campaign going, for all the good it'll do

www.myspace.com/savetherotterdam

I'm actually upset at hearing this. Genuinely saddened. Must all the world become a shapeless grey mass of litle overpriced boxes? What ever happened to a bit of pride and consideration for heritage, something our local politicos never quit blathering on about.

Typical city council as well. No care for history, just the money.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2007, 08:21:26 PM »

I don't know the establishment but I share your frustration-property developers-the curse of the age.

dave_mc · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2007, 08:41:10 PM »

i don't actually know that bar, but that sucks. property developers seem to be all over northern ireland now with the gigantic house price rises...

blue · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2007, 10:38:58 PM »

only ever in it once myself, but a couple of mates used to go to it a lot. seem to remember liking it (what little i can remember :roll: )

and yes, these bloody developers are turning everything into nothing and leaving it that no-one that's actually from here can afford to live here. there are smallish semis going up in my town, they're taking offers starting at £265,000!! that's insane!!! ten years ago i could have bought a good sized detached house here for £45,000.

froglord · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2007, 09:24:22 AM »

Sucks, doesn't it?

In my village (which has seen its population double in the last 15 years) developers bought a single bungalow, knocked it down, and put twenty flats in its place. Twenty!

ToneMonkey · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2007, 09:26:10 AM »

They knocked down my local and built houses on it and I live in a small village. The owner was a Justice of the Peace (in Hinckley) and closed it 2 days earlier than he said so we didn't have a last blow out. Parts of the pub were supposed to be 14th centry (one of the walls so they say).

There's 6 very over priced houses with no gardens there no. Look at the photo, the pub was bang in the middle of the village. Can't tell me they didn't have enough room to build somewhere on the edge of the village.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/ToneMonkey/myhouse.bmp

PhilKing · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2007, 12:20:44 PM »

If they don't rip it down they convert it into a plastic and mirror pub! I'm lucky in that I live in the town in the US with the most bars in a square mile (over 200), so it is easy to get a drink. However some of my favourites have changed into 'trendy' bars with cr@p beer. It is really bad though when you only have a few choices and they rip the best down.

ToneMonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2007, 12:29:07 PM »

Quote from: PhilKing

I'm lucky in that I live in the town in the US with the most bars in a square mile (over 200).

I grew up with that honour in the UK. Apparently Rugby used to have that title.

dave_mc · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2007, 04:57:32 PM »

Quote from: blue

only ever in it once myself, but a couple of mates used to go to it a lot. seem to remember liking it (what little i can remember :roll: )

and yes, these bloody developers are turning everything into nothing and leaving it that no-one that's actually from here can afford to live here. there are smallish semis going up in my town, they're taking offers starting at £265,000!! that's insane!!! ten years ago i could have bought a good sized detached house here for £45,000.

yeah, we moved house about 9-10 years ago, just before the major bump in prices... which was cool.

but as you say, it sucks now for everyone. you can almost only afford to buy a house if you're planning to do it up and sell it on.

ToneMonkey · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2007, 05:06:39 PM »

Ha ha, I've had a cunning plan about finding somewhere to live, but I could do with talking tosomeone that knows a lot about Planning. Anyone here got any experience?

gwEm · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2007, 01:30:34 PM »

god damn! this kind of thing winds me up!

in a village close to where i grew up there was an amazing country pub called the 'abinger hatch'. totally excellent boozer - great food, drink, and the decoration inside was eccentric and pretty cool.

i went back there a few years ago while visiting family....

outside it looked the same (listed building presumably) and inside it was converted into a 'plastic and mirrors' pub.

i was totally pissed off... (still am)