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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE SHEPS (taken from www.bestpubs.co.uk)
Sally Howard
Surly the money would be better spent fixing Jubilee Road than tearing down a
good pub. I think it should be left for many more generations to enjoy it like
we have. Just do it up make it look a little more inviting instead of putting a
hideous modernised building there. At least give us some history to look back
on!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Liza Bergstrom
i agree this pub is nice and the atmosphere is homey, dont think it should
change, i plan on cuming back to wales and going to that pub so leave it be!
Monday, January 22, 2007
hannah
i agree with dorian below, leave it the way it is.
Monday, January 22, 2007
dorian adkins
awesome pub! not only a fine selection of nuts, as pointed out by mr boggis, but
a finer selection of beers. at the end of the day, why change something that
people obviously dont want changed? if it aint broken....
Monday, January 22, 2007
Ceri Isaac
As another young member of the society, i will agree that to make a place such
as the sheps into a more modernised establishment is not the way to go. as a
person who is always out, on the internet, and all up for the times a changing,
i suggest if if we were to get rid of everything old then wat is going to be
left of our history. There have been some people saying that the sheps maybe
made into a cyber cafe or hotel loge place, my answer to that is if a main town
such as Aberdare, full of young people can not make a cyber cafe of hotel type
place work, then what makes people think that a small village such as cwmaman
could. i think that the people in charge need to take a good long hard look of
their surroundings and the surrounding areas such as Aberdare and Mountain Ash
(who are much bigger), take note they tried it and FAILED, what make you
different. This establishment is better off being referbished and kepted as a
local pub and if anything modern is needed then i'm sure there is room within
the cwmaman institute to fit it. All in all keep the sheps the shep a GOOD old
fashioned pub NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS
Monday, January 22, 2007
David Bowditch disgusted
yet again another great pub is in danger of being changed into something more
modern im only 19 but prefer to be in the kind of pub the sheps is. modern pubs
do have some advantages with certain drinks available, but i would not give up a
pub with such a nice welcoming and comfy feel to it. in the valleys, its not the
pubs that need modernising its the other buildings around the area. The Shepards
Arms is history and along with other pubs in the aberdare area should be left as
they are to continue making history.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
richard barton hmmm...
what a terible idea
Friday, January 19, 2007
Kyle Davies SHEPS!
Ahah! Another of the councils shot at corporating the valleys. See the only
problem with this whole 'modernising the villages in the valleys' etc... Is that
the god honest people who live here (like us) do not want to be modernised. Now
the Sheps is a nice pub, its got a cracking clientèle as well as friendly bar
staff. Its a nice place to sit down and enjoy yourself with people you know and
talk to. Lets turn this around and look at Wetherspoons, by all means a nice
place, but not a local by far. Sure I drink there a lot but it doesn't come
quite as close to that homely feel you get in places like the Sheps. You know
what I say... bollocks to this modernisation, keep the sheps and keep our
heritage! Now hows that for censorship and sensitivity
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Adam Manning
In a day where you cant walk around the corner withou seeing a wetherspoons or
'trendy modern bar' why would anyone choose to lose a place like the Sheps (An
allready dying breed) in favour of the two to a penny modern alternative. Money
is spent on preserving key points of valleys culture and heritage every day, how
is this any different? The sheps has been an important part of the social cuture
and heritage of Cwm and should be treated espected accordingy! Long live the
Sheps!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Dawn Marie Jones
the shepherds arms has always had a reputation of a traditional village public
house, with a friendly atmosphere, warm welcomes and good traditional ale. i
strongly object to the proposal of demolishing such a historical land mark
within the village, when it could be given a chance to be renovated not pulled
down and re-built as a modernised establishment/accomadation/car park/internet
cafe/or any other pointless modernised facility which will most definately not
benefit the community, but benefit the higher members of society in cwmaman who
have lack of consideration towards the opinions and constant enthusiasm and
effort of the working class within the village. the shepherds arms locals would
most definately agree with myself and the other people who have left their
opinions on this site. also i would like to add that it has always been a good
place for live music and gigs, thus this spirit of community should be kept
alive not by ripping the place down but by helping us in the community come to a
comprimise with the people who want it pulled down.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
richard lee boggis
i went in there once to by some nuts... i had the time of my life.. warm
welcoming place with nice selection of nuts
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Daniel Phibben
the shepherds arms has been my local for socialising and having a quiet drink
for the last 3 years, before this, it has been my family's local for as long as
my family has lived in cwmaman, and i find this is the only place within the
community that i feel comfortable in to have a quiet pint with my uncle. it
would be a huge loss to the village to see it knocked down in my opinion. even
people from outside the village who do not know the roads/ins and outs of
cwmaman, instantly know, when given directions to the shepherds arms, where they
are going in cwmaman. there will be great uproar within the community if the
sheps were to be knocked down, and we will not give up without a fight!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
James Williams
The day of the public house is in a dieing age, with every pub that closes a
little bit of that community is ruined, lost for ever, memories knocked down and
safe havens for friends within a community stolen from them! The Shepards Arms
still stands proud in Cwmaman since 1851. It has lost none of it's traditional
values, standards and morals. These days even in the beautiful relatively
untouched countryside of such mining communities as Cwmaman there are choices to
be made that weren't available many years ago, where do I want to shop? what
take away do I want? etc. These are choices that we are blessed with these days,
I CHOSE to drink in The Shepards Arms for it's traditonal publican values, these
days everything is about improvement and progress, but what if we haven't
finished with what we have yet? I love the Shepards Arms and in no way could any
of these new Wetherspoons/ Nightclub/ Coffee lounge type establishments compete.
There is not really a comparision in terms that they are two completely
different things and one could NOT replace the other in some sort of compromise.
The only thing these wetherspoon/ nightclubesque places have in common with the
Wonderful traditional Welsh Pub is that you give money they give you alcohol.
The Shepards Arms is the Best Pub in Wales because it's mine! That's how I feel
and that's how all of us within' this tight community feel! Many memories
cherished!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Rating: rosettes
Gareth Smith Awesome
It's an amazing pub because Kirsty loves it.. heh.. ^-^
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Adam John Smith
I also Agree that closing/knocking down Sheps is a bad idea. Its a piece of Cwm
history! I've only been there a few times and every time I've stepped foot
inside Sheps its always been a warm welcome and a nice place to have a drink. As
Kirsty said its been used for generations, closing down a place like this cant
not be replaced within the heart. Its part of the community and has been since
1851. Aernt there enough Modern pubs in Aberdare town just down the road, Which
is walking distance. Sheps is a place where the community meets and is the heart
of the community. A place like this could still be used for the years to come.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Kirsty-Marie Jones
this pub is the only traditional pub left in cwmaman dating back on the census
since 1851, there has been discussion of closing this pub, knocking it down and
building it into something else like a modernised bar and accomadation of some
sort. i as a member of the community and an 18 year old youth of the village,
would be disgusted to see the only heritage of a friendly and traditional pub be
wiped from our hearts let alone the people who have been drinking and
socialising in this pub for generations such as my great grandfather, great
uncle, mother and myself now i have come of age. if the people who want it shut
down can afford to have it re-built, surely they have the money to refirbish and
keep it the same old sheps, not a mondernised esablishment which there is no
need for in a traditional village such as ours. if anyone agrees with myself and
the rest of the community, then pop into the sheps and sign our SOS (save our
sheps) petition asap, this would be much appreciated! keep our heritage so that
in years to come, younger generations of the village can enjoy the hisorical
value of cwmaman, or what is left of it
Wednesday, January 17, 2007