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ESB Strike

  • 12-01-2007 3:42pm
    #1
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    The power went out for a while the other day and it reminded me of the ESB strike back in the nineties. I remember that you had to check the paper to see what zone you were in and if it was zone A or something then you would deffo have no power between a certain time. As a kid I remember it was a great laugh seeing the whole place in darkness and I was just wondering if anybody remembers it.


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  • #2
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,604 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    yeah i remenber that.

    becuase my birthday was on one of the days the power was out. i came home from school and the only light in the house was the candles on my brithday cake.


  • #3
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    yeah i remember that, it was '91 i think, i was 10 and loved power cuts, still do cause i crack stupid jokes like 'rite powers gone ill put the kettle on'


  • #4
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    "Anything good on telly". :mad:


  • #5
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Worse was when the winds knocked the power out 2 or 3 years in a row at Christmas around 1996-98 time.


  • #6
    sasmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭sasmac


    admiralgar wrote:
    yeah i remember that, it was '91 i think

    I am sure it was a lot earlier then that. I was 17 in '91 but I remember not having a clue what was going on. Maybe I was a bit on the slow side back then.


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  • #7
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    remember it was put back on from 6-7 to milk the cows and we could all watch telly while we had the chance!


  • #8
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I remember the time the power went out due to storms, my daddy got a call to go out at 9pm and traipse through fields in the dark to search for the downed lines, and he didn't come home til 11pm the next night. And he had a cut on his hand from jumping a 5 bar gate after wandering into a field and shining his flashlight into the face of an angry bull who was cunfused by a power line spraying sparks in his field :(


    We had oil lamps for the cuts, and I just remember eating my cold spaghetti hoops and the smell of the oil.


    I should write one of those 'Angela's ashes' type books about my desperate childhood.


  • #9
    shane55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭shane55


    Back in the 70s power cuts were very common, ESB seemed to be permanently on strike.


  • #10
    telecinesk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭telecinesk


    ha that reminds me in 91 sitting up killiney hill watching the city plunge into darkness knowing when the power was being cut. v funny as a spectator sport as a student...


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