General News Chat

[TheDeeDon]

Bad news the Belmont picter hoose has gone into Administration, I'm not a huge cinema buff myself but my youngest is and was a regular there. So we can forget about diverse world cinema in Aberdeen now. Energy/cost of living crisis blamed,

Sad news. I was a regular for many years, but have only been around 6 times the past few years.
It's a great place, but it struggled financially for years and cannot see the council or anyone stepping in to save it.
20 people lost their jobs and around 100 through the whole group going.
Things are just so fecking grim at the moment.

[57vintage]

Broadhill Bar no more…

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/a...ed-7680539.amp

The Dons bought this, a former golf clubhouse, in the early 70s, but did **** all with it. It became the Lynx Carvery about a decade later, serving sumptuous, full-fat cholestorol vegan nightmare lunches. Bands on upstairs. I forgot (The Drinking Years) who I saw there, apart from the splendid Boothill Foot Tappers.

https://youtu.be/nYvNfrBPzRA

Then it became a fine down-at-heel, sawdust-and-spit pre-match watering hole as The Broadhill Bar, which like Boston’s Cheers, or 1Up Records, everybody knew your name, with a pretty good chipper - AYE, A ****IN CHIPPER - in its northern wall.

It was also the venue for the late Ernie Winchester-organised H&R beer mini-festival in November 2004. I still have the commemorative rosette in my gig case.

Rest In Rubble.

[Red Zone]

I hate to stir up controversy but I thought of Mason when I read about a swan that caused chaos on the M8 after it flew onto the carriageway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-63245571

[Mason89]

I hate to stir up controversy but I thought of Mason when I read about a swan that caused chaos on the M8 after it flew onto the carriageway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-63245571

That swans flippers are firmly on the ground

[Red Zone]

That swans flippers are firmly on the ground

The question is how it got there though. The operative word seems to be "flew"

[Mason89]

The question is how it got there though. The operative word seems to be "flew"

I suppose the cars flew up there as well?

[Red Zone]

I suppose the cars flew up there as well?

You've been watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang again haven't you

[TheDeeDon]

I hate to stir up controversy but I thought of Mason when I read about a swan that caused chaos on the M8 after it flew onto the carriageway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-63245571

Was going to post it, but thought better of it. Brave man

[Mason89]

Was going to post it, but thought better of it. Brave man

There’s nothing brave in stating the ridiculous.

It’s like me saying penguins can play darts

[stewarty27]

There’s nothing brave in stating the ridiculous.

It’s like me saying penguins can play darts