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Pictures and memories from old Galway
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thanks to all who replied to this post, spent the past 2.5 hours trolling thru the thread and experienced many emotions along the way, enjoyed every minute of it and here's my few memories that havent been mentioned so far
peter pan funworld
the old canteen upstairs in roches stores, can still remember the smell and visualise the fresh orange juicer machine, think it had had a twisty cueing system to get served (if i remember correctly), self service coke dispenser
one of the the gladiators opening the leisuredome
the minis doing the stunts in salthill car park every year
2fm beat on the street
the vic and the savoy for video games
snooker and pool hall in ballybane
padraics on the docks (cant believe after 17 pages nobody mentioned the early house)
currans bar on prospect hill (worst place i ever ended up for an early drink in life!!! lol)
the american hotel on prospect hill (went there for dinner after my confirmation)
liquid nightclub (formally the oasis but not mentioned once!!) where i thoroughly enjoyed my first taste of regular clubbing from 17 on, the bouncer Martin Murray from bohermore used to let me in even tho he knew my id was faked and thank you Martin
pulse fm that was broadcast from room no. 5 in the oslo hotel back in 1994/5 (cant remember which year exactly!)
madame bridget defo deserves a mention as she still braves the elements tellin fortunes to this day (heard recently that she tried to lift money from a friend of a friend who was at the pass machine one day day and he swung a slap at her for it, punchline was him screming at her she didnt see that comin hahaha!!!)
i had hoped nobody would mention the 4 wheeled yolks ya could go up and down the prom on but that went out the window a while back
the prodigy and the chemical brothers playing leisureland back in the 90's (well cool)
thats it for now anyway as it is very late but i do hope this reply brings back a memory or two for someone
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Pat's chipper on Fairhill road, anyone? Always a massive dog outside, Mural to the chipper's destruction is still up in Fr Burke park.
Ah yes! Courtneys (sp?), I remember it well. The parents were lovely, especially the father, Mick. I use to practically live there as a teenager. In later years they built a small restaurant in the back of the chipper and every teenager used to hang-out there. The chips were amazing!
Speaking of chip-shops, does anyone remember a small poky place up Quay Street about half-way on the right before Cross Street? The guy that ran it was quite a large man. It was a small diner place. I think the owner lived in at one stage in Walter Macken Flats in Mervue in later life.
I remember getting a free bag of chips in my Confirmation Day.0 -
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Ah yes! Courtneys (sp?), I remember it well. The parents were lovely, especially the father, Mick. I use to practically live there as a teenager. In later years they built a small restaurant in the back of the chipper and every teenager used to hang-out there. The chips were amazing!
Speaking of chip-shops, does anyone remember a small poky place up Quay Street about half-way on the right before Cross Street? The guy that ran it was quite a large man. It was a small diner place. I think the owner lived in at one stage in Walter Macken Flats in Mervue in later life.
I remember getting a free bag of chips in my Confirmation Day.
Was the owner of the Cross St. chipper Paddy Keating??
He used to have a place in Prospect Hill, back in the day.0 -
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churchview wrote: »• We uncovered the vice-like grip which illegal moneylenders had on hundreds of families by preying on areas like Ballinfoile, Castle Park and Rahoon – our in-depth investigation later formed the basis for an RTE Today Tonight special.
That was hilarious, a highlight of 80's TV in Ireland
One of Galway's now "respectable" auctioneers/businessmen being chased across O'Brien's Bridge by a reporter and camerman. Classic Stuff!
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Best one I saw at the Claddagh Palace was when 'My Left Foot' and 'Twins' were showing at the same time. Someone changed it to 'My Left Tit'. Wish I got a picture...Sponge Bob wrote: »The claddagh stored the letters in a box over the roof and you can see the box lid was open on the top right . Right of "Nun"
I got up there one night on me way home from Salthill ( pished) and changed Rambo to Ramboredsheep and I dropped a few letters on the ground along the way where they smashed . They are welcome to sue me of course
The best one I heard of was when someone changed the movie title "Cry Of The Innocent" to "Oh ***k Me" .0 -
I remember that Stella cafe myth. The version I heard was, you go in and ask for 'A cup of tea and a red box of matches'. I actually just thought of that today and googled the phrase and found your comment. We were always daring each other in school to go in and say it but I was far too chicken. I wonder was there any truth in it? I also remember Brambles. Didn't go there a whole lot though. Did you know Diggers?
JamesI used to go to a cafe called Brambles opposite the Abbey Church to meet chicks. There would be 27 of us at one table drinking a Coke with 27 straws. Oh I remember it well... and the murals downstairs.
What about the Stella Cafe, and you could ask for a red box of matches0 -
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I'm sure someone's already posted it here, but I recently came across a photo where the films were "On The Horn" and "**** A Nun".
What's all this box of red matches business?
I posted the photo a while back, my dad took it way back in the day! Has always been a family favourite!
Here it is again for anyone who missed it
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this is a great thread.
its not as racy but myself and my brother were very very young when we passed the claddagh palace one day and saw a film called "Piddle in your hand" being advertised. - we thought it was a terrible name. It was only a few y ears afterward we realised the film was "riddle of the sands".
anyone remember the long long queues to get into the place for a film - going way back nearly to the crescent.
and as for the town hall - as kids we would get to go there on a saturday afternoon - every child in Galway must have been there - when they had a full house they used to slam the door in your face - there was always a frantic push to get in - kids pushing kids up against the door frantically. Sometimes if they were in a good mood they would let you in and sit on the floor.:D with your little home-made bag of treats. penny sweets. 0 -
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on the subject of things still there / unchanged SALLY LONGS is one for ur pub list a mates dad told a tale just last week of buyin a flangan over the bar before heading to the dance hall in salthill park across from Leisureland think it was the Hangar (way way way back)....i asked was it always called sallys thinkin it was a newish name and was informed it was owned at the time by a lady called Sally Long
and for the gone but not forgotten lists of sweet shops i owe money too due to sweet abduction
1. Keoghs in Corrib Park
2. Dooleys in Shantalla
3. Irwins also Shantalla
4. Stop n Shop up road from G n L
5. M
where isupply is now newcastle side of NUIG sorry i mean U.C.G(keepin it retro)
6. The Bon Bon in Salthill
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corner of Taylors Hill and St. Marys Road (nile lodge)
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on Threadneedle rd opp tennis club
9. The mobile shop from Coogan pk
10. Connelleys in bohermore
11. Camerons in bohermore
12. Mill Street Stores
please fill in gaps
you were always barred in dooley if you went in with a posse of kids, ,but if you went in after mass on a sunday with your dad it was okay. The mass being held in the community centre cause there was no westside church. LOL0 -
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lovelyhome wrote: »This post has been deleted.
it used to be called the Oyster, and it had a big fountain in the middle of the floor - beside it was the Five Star shop and down Shop Street you got the GTM food shop (or vice versa).
Also you would always have traveller ladies outside dunnes at the square with a child wrapped in a tartan blanket, and always singing "blanket on the ground".
and "Thursdays" in Abbeygate street was the place to go for fashion.0 -
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thanks for this thread, some great info for us blow ins! and never knew about Robert Borkowski's website, very impressive. this is why I like boards.ie
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Maybe this is too old,
But there's some pictures of Galway and connemara from the late 19th century on this website:
http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie:8080/balfour/
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dolphin city wrote: »that wasn't simons, that was Raftery's
+1, that was Rafterys Shop, sold Music stuff in front to the left (always got our tin whistles from there), electrical stuff in front to the right, bikes in the back and furniture and Calor Gas stuff etc upstairs. They later had a bigger furniture store around where Ryans Homestore is now.
I've read reference to Simons Toy shop here before but do not remember it myself, there was a toy/sweets/tobacconist shop on a corner, i think where Blaco is now beside Collerans where we went to buy meat. In the shop where you went downstairs from the door to get to the main floor. I don't remember the name of the shop though. Should ask my mum about the name used to drive her nuts looking for sweets and toys when we went in there 0 -
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