Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Well, here's a query for a start... when I was knee-high to a wotsit in abaht 1970, en-route Penzance to Llwyngwril by road we passed a pub called the Happy Landings with a Westland Belvedere gracing the sign. It had to be a Belvedere cos it was twin rotor and RAF
Strangely, Treadders, I was just about to write about this myself because at a comparable age I passed this daily going to school, and would look from my front upstairs seat in the bus at that sign. It is on the A37 Wells Road in Bristol at the junction with Airport Road. Now there was no airport near there by this time, but Airport Road led to the old Bristol airfield at Whitchurch. It was a local reference point, passengers in the bus would ask for "The Happy Landings"
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I've never been inside it as we moved away from Somerset long before I was able to !
There's a bit of an -ahem- unfortunate review of it here
Happy Landings, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9DL - pub details # beerintheevening.com