Buckfast Lane

danniemcq · 03-08-2006, 16:10

Does anyone have the pic of the market street sign when someone changed it to buckfast lane??? it was a proper road sign too. i've heard anout it but never seen a pic it was before i moved down

sgthighway · 03-08-2006, 16:18

It was a proper sign alright. It was White Text with a picture of a bottle on a Brown Backgroung and it read "Buckfast Plaza". The sign was made from the proper vinyl too.

danniemcq · 03-08-2006, 16:38

sinus found this but the original pic seems to have gone

http://images.google.com/images?q=bu...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

boneyarsebogman · 03-08-2006, 23:39

I remember that actually. Was on April Fools day a few years ago, wasn't it?

sgthighway · 04-08-2006, 02:43

Think it was April Fools Day alright. It was a classic. I think I know the guy who made it but he didn't put it up. I don't see him anymore but there is only two places in Galway that make those signs.

Slightly going off topic but I believe there is more Buckfast sold in Galway than any other place in the country ?????????????

herbieflowers · 04-08-2006, 02:48

Yeah it's our favourite "brew", we certainly have the record for the most bottles of Buckfast lying on our main city's river...reminds me of some yobbo who said his favourrite drink was Buckfast and Malibu = Malifast....

danniemcq · 04-08-2006, 08:09

yuck i'll stick to the buckie and red bull

wet-paint · 07-08-2006, 15:14

Sit at the arch with your legs hanging over the water. Now turn 10 degrees around. Look at the apartments straight ahead. The roof of them. See the two big knobbly extensions with windows on them? The right hand one? The sign is in there.

galwayrush · 07-08-2006, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgthighway

Slightly going off topic but I believe there is more Buckfast sold in Galway than any other place in the country ?????????????

apparently equal place with Glasgow for most sold worldwide.

gre_soul · 09-08-2006, 19:20

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Originally Posted by galwayrush

apparently equal place with Glasgow for most sold worldwide.

yeah spot it in the film trainspotting?

**po0k** · 09-08-2006, 21:11

I think for "Most sold" in one area, it's Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galway, but per capita, we are/were the highest consumers of the juice.

**PopeBuckfastXVI** · 10-08-2006, 09:02

I think Belfast is pretty much up there for consumption too...

p.s. Trainspotting was set in Edinburgh not Glasgow

*CrowdedHouse* · 10-08-2006, 11:03

What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ?

Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ?

I remember when I was a kid(many decades ago

) it was advertised on TV - 'made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey'

Since I gave up drinking many years ago I've no intention of trying it myself...so enlighten me please

DRakE · 10-08-2006, 11:29

Get me a bigger photo of that sign! Can barely read it

padi89 · 10-08-2006, 12:37

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Originally Posted by CrowdedHouse

What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ?

Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ?

I remember when I was a kid(many decades ago

) it was advertised on TV - 'made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey'

Since I gave up drinking many years ago I've no intention of trying it myself...so enlighten me please

Well its not something you would reach for if you were looking for a tasty beverage but for a quick ,relatively cheap buzz its great stuff.The more you drink it the more you get used to it and in no time at all you'll be having at least one every weekend.I drank it for a good number of years but it takes its tole on me now so i dont bother anymore,a bottle shared is enough for me now.Its a pretty unique buzz,full of beans,energetic kind of drunk nothing like beer at all,in fact the complete opposite.
The last drop is the worst,gives me the shivers even thinking about it.

03-08-2006, 16:10	#1
danniemcq Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Letterkenny Posts: 3,433 Adverts \| Friends	Buckfast Lane Does anyone have the pic of the market street sign when someone changed it to buckfast lane??? it was a proper road sign too. i've heard anout it but never seen a pic it was before i moved down

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03-08-2006, 16:18	#2
sgthighway Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 870 Adverts \| Friends	It was a proper sign alright. It was White Text with a picture of a bottle on a Brown Backgroung and it read "Buckfast Plaza". The sign was made from the proper vinyl too.

03-08-2006, 16:38	#3
danniemcq Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Letterkenny Posts: 3,433 Adverts \| Friends	sinus found this but the original pic seems to have gone http://images.google.com/images?q=bu...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

03-08-2006, 23:39	#4
boneyarsebogman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Final Front Ear Posts: 6,856 Adverts \| Friends	I remember that actually. Was on April Fools day a few years ago, wasn't it?

04-08-2006, 02:43	#5
sgthighway Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 870 Adverts \| Friends	Think it was April Fools Day alright. It was a classic. I think I know the guy who made it but he didn't put it up. I don't see him anymore but there is only two places in Galway that make those signs. Slightly going off topic but I believe there is more Buckfast sold in Galway than any other place in the country ?????????????

04-08-2006, 02:48	#6
herbieflowers Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,632 Adverts \| Friends	Yeah it's our favourite "brew", we certainly have the record for the most bottles of Buckfast lying on our main city's river...reminds me of some yobbo who said his favourrite drink was Buckfast and Malibu = Malifast....

04-08-2006, 08:09	#7
danniemcq Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Letterkenny Posts: 3,433 Adverts \| Friends	yuck i'll stick to the buckie and red bull

07-08-2006, 15:14	#8
wet-paint Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Gaillimh Posts: 835 Adverts \| Friends	Sit at the arch with your legs hanging over the water. Now turn 10 degrees around. Look at the apartments straight ahead. The roof of them. See the two big knobbly extensions with windows on them? The right hand one? The sign is in there.

09-08-2006, 21:11	#11
po0k Social Dark Matter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: [redacted] Posts: 15,308 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Galway City, Galway LAN, Tactical Shooter	I think for "Most sold" in one area, it's Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galway, but per capita, we are/were the highest consumers of the juice.

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PopeBuckfastXVI Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Galway Posts: 3,754 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Galway City	I think Belfast is pretty much up there for consumption too... p.s. Trainspotting was set in Edinburgh not Glasgow

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CrowdedHouse Molly Hayley Zoe Lucy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tipperary(N.R.) Sometimes: Oranmore Posts: 1,936 Adverts \| Friends	What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ? Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ? I remember when I was a kid(many decades ago ) it was advertised on TV - 'made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey' Since I gave up drinking many years ago I've no intention of trying it myself...so enlighten me please

10-08-2006, 11:29	#14
DRakE Moderator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Galway, Ireland Posts: 6,427 Adverts \| Friends	Get me a bigger photo of that sign! Can barely read it