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four18 · 03-08-2012, 00:52

Anyone go here on a school Trip ! Minature roads and traffic lights etc that you went around in pedal cars or bikes to learn the rules of the road ! Hilarious when I think of it now !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNO90cesLpo

Degsy · 03-08-2012, 13:01

I remember it well...it was built on the site of an old dump so the stench of rotting garbage was overwhelming.

The gaurd we had the time i was there was a cranky of bollix,he obvioulsy hated children and would rather have been somewhere else.

bdr529 · 03-08-2012, 13:21

I used to live very near the school and spent a lot of time with friends chasing each other around it on bikes or bringing the dog to the dog pond, but I never had any lessons there.
the stench was due to the Dump being excavated for the building of the Alfie Byrne rd (East Link access) sometime in the early 80's.

MYOB · 03-08-2012, 20:40

We were meant to go back in Transition Year but it was upgraded to driving real cars veeerrrry slooowly around Goffs carpark instead. Possibly because it had closed down - anyone know when that was? I'm talking a decade ago at this stage.

pm1977x · 03-08-2012, 20:47

Drove the wrong way around a roundabout and got yelled at like I'd murderd someone

Eggonyerface · 04-08-2012, 10:30

I remember being put in three groups, and each group had turns of being either motorists, cyclists or pedestrians. The little cars were great fun, but being a pedestrian was a bit ****e

ger vallely · 08-08-2012, 18:00

I'm pretty sure that was the place we went to with the Summer Project. It would've been in the late 70's?I thought it was amazing!(At the time of course!)

*Karsini* · 16-08-2012, 00:22

I went there once on a school trip in the early 90s, probably around 1991. When did it close? I know there's some sports pitches on the site now but it seems it was still intact until about 2-3 years ago.

HavingCrack · 19-08-2012, 15:14

I remember being brought to it as a kid around 96/97 but it was definately gone by around 2000 I think. The site may well have remained but it wasn't open to the public.

***r3nu4l*** · 25-08-2012, 22:12

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Originally Posted by ger vallely

I'm pretty sure that was the place we went to with the Summer Project. It would've been in the late 70's?I thought it was amazing!(At the time of course!)

Yeah I went with the summer project in the early 80s. It was the Esker summer project and I had a ball of a time.

BostonB · 25-08-2012, 22:22

Wow thats some flashback. I was there as a kid but I can't remember who which school or the cubs or what.

03-08-2012, 00:52	#1
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03-08-2012, 13:01	#2
Degsy Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: To the right of Genghis Khan Posts: 13,055 Adverts \| Friends	I remember it well...it was built on the site of an old dump so the stench of rotting garbage was overwhelming. The gaurd we had the time i was there was a cranky of bollix,he obvioulsy hated children and would rather have been somewhere else.

03-08-2012, 13:21	#3
bdr529 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 72 Adverts \| Friends	I used to live very near the school and spent a lot of time with friends chasing each other around it on bikes or bringing the dog to the dog pond, but I never had any lessons there. the stench was due to the Dump being excavated for the building of the Alfie Byrne rd (East Link access) sometime in the early 80's.

03-08-2012, 20:40	#4
MYOB Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Maynooth Posts: 17,385 Adverts \| Friends	We were meant to go back in Transition Year but it was upgraded to driving real cars veeerrrry slooowly around Goffs carpark instead. Possibly because it had closed down - anyone know when that was? I'm talking a decade ago at this stage.

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pm1977x Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 188 Adverts \| Friends	Drove the wrong way around a roundabout and got yelled at like I'd murderd someone

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Eggonyerface Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 281 Adverts \| Friends	I remember being put in three groups, and each group had turns of being either motorists, cyclists or pedestrians. The little cars were great fun, but being a pedestrian was a bit ****e

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ger vallely Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The pale blue dot. Posts: 372 Adverts \| Friends	I'm pretty sure that was the place we went to with the Summer Project. It would've been in the late 70's?I thought it was amazing!(At the time of course!)

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Karsini Now in high definition Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 9,617 Adverts \| Friends	I went there once on a school trip in the early 90s, probably around 1991. When did it close? I know there's some sports pitches on the site now but it seems it was still intact until about 2-3 years ago.

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HavingCrack Closed Account Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,822 Adverts \| Friends	I remember being brought to it as a kid around 96/97 but it was definately gone by around 2000 I think. The site may well have remained but it wasn't open to the public.

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BostonB Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,733 Adverts \| Friends	Wow thats some flashback. I was there as a kid but I can't remember who which school or the cubs or what.