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Pub plan worries residents
A plan to change a former Didcot toy shop into a late-night venue is worrying householders.
People in Broadway, St Peter's Road, Wessex Road and Haydon Road said alcohol-fuelled behaviour and vandalism would rise if the old Dentons shop in upper Broadway was converted into a pub restaurant.
Neighbours were concerned about noise and cars clogging nearby roads. Bar managers want to attract high street shoppers and office workers on weekdays as well as evening and weekend revellers.
The venue would stay open until 1.30am on Saturdays and Sundays and close at 12.30am, Tuesday to Friday.
Father-of-three Mark Allinson, of Broadway, is among the objectors.
The 33-year-old engineer said: "It's mainly three bedroom houses full of families around here.
"Vandalism is bad enough as it is, but it would only get worse."
Brian McIntyre, 56, of Wessex Road, said: "People will congregate in the area outside the kebab shop, which might start staying open later."
A spokesman for Barracuda Group said the nightspot would add "vitality", creating around 25 full and part-time positions.
He said: "It will not be a so-called 'superpub' offering cheap drinks at discounted prices.
"Instead it will operate as a high quality pub that offers award-winning pub food, premium brands, coffee and soft drinks in a contemporary environment."
4:24pm Wednesday 30th April 2008
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CommentPosted by: Clive Rice, Oxford on 10:58am Thu 1 May 08
Good one,Didcot needs some late night bars,I went out there the other night,it was dead most people go out in Oxford or Reading where nightlife is better,wish we had a Barracuda bar in Oxford,the one in Weymouth is good.
Good one,Didcot needs some late night bars,I went out there the other night,it was dead most people go out in Oxford or Reading where nightlife is better,wish we had a Barracuda bar in Oxford,the one in Weymouth is good.
Posted by: Agnes, Didcot on 1:37pm Thu 1 May 08
Not everyone in Didcot is a vandal or a bully. It would be good to have a decent pub in the town, have you been to the only two pubs on The Broadway (Broadways and Wally Arms) awful places. There are a couple of OK restaurants but a pub that served good food and a range of drinks is greatly needed.
Not everyone in Didcot is a vandal or a bully. It would be good to have a decent pub in the town, have you been to the only two pubs on The Broadway (Broadways and Wally Arms) awful places. There are a couple of OK restaurants but a pub that served good food and a range of drinks is greatly needed.
Posted by: Tom, Oxford on 2:31pm Thu 1 May 08
"it will not be a superpub" - translation: it won't be affordable for the poor people, nice middle-class people like you can sip your £4.50 glasses of wine in comfort knowing that the proles will still have to go to Oxford or Reading for a night out.
"it will not be a superpub" - translation: it won't be affordable for the poor people, nice middle-class people like you can sip your £4.50 glasses of wine in comfort knowing that the proles will still have to go to Oxford or Reading for a night out.
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