A pub with no beer. The Downing Arms. Wales

avatar

_DSC1382.jpeg

"Pleasant airy bar and lounge with separate adjacent restaurant. Outdoor area at lower level with pub's own campsite adjacent. Six berth bunkhouse below pub. Breakfast available to those camping or staying in bunk house."
Source

_DSC1379.jpeg

A window worth saving, a blast from the past, when pubs were busy, and the ceilings brown from nicotine and tar when the air was hazy and blue. Now that's what I call a pub.

_DSC1378.jpeg

The pub, finally closed is doors in June 2017 and has remained empty ever since.

_DSC1376.jpeg

I am sure when the guru @slobberchops eventually gets around to uploading his visit he will without doubt confirm the bouncing means of entry! I have not done that before but yes the only way to get to the entrance was to boing boing boing across some fly tipped emergency evac landing coils.

C'mon
Let's mooch

IMG_8817.jpeg

Through the basement kitchen and up the stairs we go

IMG_8816.jpeg

IMG_8814.jpeg

IMG_8813.jpeg

Economics that don't make sense, 10p across the board price rise? No wonder they are going to have a last few months to go.

_DSC1375.jpeg

Bobby, mate, you ain't gonna be here at xmas, hope you didn't ask for much.

_DSC1356.jpeg

_DSC1358.jpeg

the decor leaves a lot to be desired, looks like a tart's boudoir.

_DSC1357.jpeg

That is one hell of a mark up, 95p must be the cost of the ingredients in either option

_DSC1360.jpeg

_DSC1359.jpeg

I don't know what it is like in other parts of the world but here in the uk, "all the trimmings" usually means carrots and fucking broccoli, I mean c'mon does any one other than a fussy eater actually like that green shite?

_DSC1361.jpeg

Always a sign of class (not), wine on draught FFS. I don't usually drink wine, but my son has just got me into drinking a brand called 19 crimes, red, white or rose, bloody lovely, highly recommended.

_DSC1368.jpeg

But in a clean glass of course.

_DSC1365.jpeg

_DSC1364.jpeg

_DSC1362.jpeg

_DSC1363.jpeg

_DSC1369.jpeg

_DSC1370.jpeg

Well I guess it beats Password1, just about.

Let's see what we can find in the private area, where the licensees lived

IMG_8812.jpeg

IMG_8807.jpeg

IMG_8806.jpeg

A few random photos. Nothing to get excited about too modern.

IMG_8808.jpeg

It's that Bobby dude again.

IMG_8810.jpeg

IMG_8809.jpeg

_DSC1373.jpeg

A few accounting bits from way back in 2006

_DSC1374.jpeg

I wonder if these were Bobby's boots growing up

_DSC1372.jpeg

IMG_8811.jpeg

Pretty boring little mooch, no history, not much treasure and now all I need to do is boing boing boing my way back to my motor.

ç@grindle (1).png

Thanks for visiting my page, I am pleased to make your acquaintance. this is Stephen aka, @grindle, happily retired, travelling the world snapping away. My weapon of choice is currently a Nikon Z6(2). Unless stated all images are shot by me, all text is mine based on various info sources. NOT AI generated. If you like my blog, it would be very much appreciated if you upvote and follow me. Also please feel free to drop a comment. https://worldmappin.com/@grindle

@Grindle.png

curangel ecency discovery-it worldmappin travelfeed visualshots proofofbrain pimp photography neoxian
0
0
0.000
44 comments
avatar

Congratulations, your post has been added to WorldMapPin! 🎉

Did you know you have your own profile map?
And every post has their own map too!

Want to have your post on the map too?

  • Go to WorldMapPin
  • Click the get code button
  • Click on the map where your post should be (zoom in if needed)
  • Copy and paste the generated code in your post (Hive only)
  • Congrats, your post is now on the map!

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Haha, the bouncy castle was fun... I hope you didn't miss the other bit, the one where you had to climb through the alternate window outside?

'course he did '...

Well it was shit in there and not worth the effort ... grin. 😀

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Yup missed it, saw some chairs and stuff through like a patio window.
I don't do climbing....do I need to go back with a ladder?

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

LOL.. no, it was crap in there.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

that'll do then, I shall admire your snaps in....2026?

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Probably next year, I am falling even farther behind but haven't done as much exploring this year.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

these ones where there has clearly been an abandonment always make me wonder what happened. sure it closed, but this wasn't an orderly winding up of business, this family has left stuff that must have had sentimental value of some sort.

thanks for the pictures

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

cheers @stuartcturnbull thanks for dropping in, those same thoughts go through my mind when I am in there, then try and find out a bit more about the place and their lives. This was quite tame compared to most of my little adventures tbh.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Those are some great photos. I wish I had more of these unique places around here.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

cheers @trudgencia thanks for the input, sometimes you just have to spend a long time on google maps looking for strange places then take a chance and drive and check it out. Where in the world are you?

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I sometimes wonder when looking at these explores if the community misses the people and businesses that are no longer there. Especially a pub like that one might have been a little community gathering spot. I don't know, that is just where my mind goes.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

cheers @coinjoe you are not alone with those thoughts, I get them when I am in there reading stuff looking at stuff that were other peoples lives

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I do hope when all is said and done, that I leave behind more than just a mess for people to explore, but good memories too.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

just let me know where you are.................. LOL

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Im in the U.S. doing an explore here could be hazardous to your health. Some crazy peeps with guns over here.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Place for the people to unwind, sing a song, have a beer or two, backbone of the working class.

Sad they are disappearing as are many other things people once were proud of.

!BEER

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Yes a dying heart of a community, but why go to a pub and pay £5 for a pint, when in the supermarket you can buy 4 cans for that price. People have become insular and do not mix

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

People have shied away from many things that were treated as a normal, wacky ideas and greed have put paid to wonderful old traditions that the English had.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

I agree, the biggest killer to the pub industry was the banning of smoking. Crikey, remember when we could smoke on airplanes LOL

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Air was properly scrubbed on planes in the old days, also smoked on flight to continent from down here, much more leg room, not the can of sardines effect they have today.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Nice building - the interior was indeed odd and budoir looking. Pity it did not survive - maybe there was a more central one in the village.
They could have take Bobby's baby shoes.

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

well hello again @momogrow I haven't seen you about in a longtime! that actually is one of two pubs that I know of in the village, the other is very upmarket and classy, but tucked away from view. This one is right on the side of a very busy road! But down market I would say.

Yes the shoes, weird that one of a pair was left

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

Wow!... An almost surreal place!... Excellent post glinde friend!

!discovery 35
!VSC
!PIZZA

0
0
0.000
Reply
avatar

The decor is odd, but what struck me more is how intact it all is. I would expect there to have been a great deal more vandalism over the course of seven years. Nice to see that there hasn't been, though!

Thank you for sharing!

0
0
0.000
Reply