tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post3116935391056691741..comments2023-10-23T07:02:00.437-07:00Comments on Aberystwyth Pubs Guide: Aberystwyth - Glengower HotelQuinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-82097311814408205832009-10-19T05:18:48.324-07:002009-10-19T05:18:48.324-07:00Dodgy, scruffy and notorious - this wasn't the...Dodgy, scruffy and notorious - this wasn't the Friday night or even the Saturday night pub of Aber's late '90s, but you still had to go in regularly.<br /><br />Refurb was a bit bland when I saw it - just not the same old place anymore.newcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175711467824783140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-11814447130591758482008-09-03T08:37:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:37:00.000-07:00The place to be around 2001 and 2002 with nights d...The place to be around 2001 and 2002 with nights differentiated by whether it was 35p for a vodka or £1 for a treble. Absolutely rammed with talent, then they went for a makeover and lost it. Any pubs in Aber actually improve?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-29743933870562242932008-03-20T09:03:00.000-07:002008-03-20T09:03:00.000-07:00About 7years ago the glen used to be the best plac...About 7years ago the glen used to be the best place in town to go any night of the week! GREAT FUN! I have many many fond memories. They used to hold Timeflies after parties down there on a sunday following the Sat night Flies up the Students Union. The Glen used to be awsome! there were some hot students there too!Bring back the old Glengower!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-42734586466848010622008-02-07T07:52:00.000-08:002008-02-07T07:52:00.000-08:00i graduated here in 05 and until the 04/05 acaemic...i graduated here in 05 and until the 04/05 acaemic year went there once and passed out in the toilet within ten mins, was home half hour later! in 04/05 a genius guitarist called dave (elfband.com) used to do an acoustic set of requests - pretty much nay song by any band u wanted - sometimes there were 30 of us, sometimes 3! he always obliged -wed nights were amazing - he then DJ'd rco kmusic for either 5 or fifty people depending who was there! shame he left and shame they killed any atmosphere there! stayed there in late 07 and twas ok - but no more the crazy student bar of pastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-18691240196728730792007-11-12T11:14:00.000-08:002007-11-12T11:14:00.000-08:00the Glen really was the first of the "modern" refu...the Glen really was the first of the "modern" refurb'ed student theme bars in its Aber Rock Cafe incarnation, or at least marked the arrival in Aber of a trend that probably began 5-10 years before in the rest of the country. I went once to the original Glen Hotel<BR/>in my freshers week (1989) and liked it, after which it closed for a couple of years before reopening as the "rock cafe". I hated the place with a passion - and everyone I knew said they agreed despite somehow always ending up there on a night out - but have to admit that it was phenomenally successful. I believe the owner, who also owned a couple of other establishments in Aber including a restaurant, eventually overreached himself, hit a decline and succumbed to serious ill-health. Thereafter it was sold to a brewery and lost its cachet to the competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com