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Traffic school Clontarf..

  • 18-09-2008 5:07pm
    #1
    steveone
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    is the traffic school still there?? It was tucked away behind the bridge beside where barcode is now iirc
    remember years ago we used to go..I'd have a bike and my mate would have a pedal cart... :D


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  • #2
    Hanley
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    steveone wrote: »
    is the traffic school still there?? It was tucked away behind the bridge beside where barcode is now iirc
    remember years ago we used to go..I'd have a bike and my mate would have a pedal cart... :D

    I used to train on the gravel pitches down there with Stella Maris like 7 or 8 years ago. Thems were the days....


  • #3
    _blank_
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    It's still there.


  • #4
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Des wrote: »
    It's still there.

    Is it still in use though?

    Here is a short video from the 1970's about it :D:

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


  • #5
    steveone
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    thats class...
    the kids should be out on it these days..


  • #6
    tk123
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    i pass it every day on the way home from work - its all over-grown these days with grass growning thru the 'roads'


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  • #7
    Redpunto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭Redpunto


    Brought me two midgets there a few weeks ago and its terrible, all that space and the facilities there and its completely overgrown, burnt out bits of motor bikes, broken glass,,,,, suprisingly was heartbreaking,, all it needs is a bit of tlc, the race track is there as well but is in the same condition,,dont ya love fianna fail and all their investment into the local community!!! We still brought the kids around on their bikes and they had a ball,,,,i wonder whose respondibilty it is, the council i suppose


  • #8
    steveone
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    Redpunto wrote: »
    Brought me two midgets there a few weeks ago and its terrible, all that space and the facilities there and its completely overgrown, burnt out bits of motor bikes, broken glass,,,,, suprisingly was heartbreaking,, all it needs is a bit of tlc, the race track is there as well but is in the same condition,,dont ya love fianna fail and all their investment into the local community!!! We still brought the kids around on their bikes and they had a ball,,,,i wonder whose respondibilty it is, the council i suppose

    Now can anyone see a pattern forming....

    Gay Byrne is a big wig in the RSA...
    He lives in Howth..his journey home potentially takes him past this location every day..
    shouldn't the RSA get a form signed or whatever these government type bodies do when they change ownership and take on and educate the kids.....
    instead of leaving a fat sweaty two faced county councillor watch the weeds turn it into prime development land...
    thank god for the recession.
    maybe we can all get back to the business of living... and not selling everything we can get away with.....


  • #9
    punchdrunk
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    Bump cause I was a bit nostalgic about this place today :D

    did they fix it up?


  • #10
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    Reading this thread made me very sad.


    My father used to take me down there with my go kart at night and I would race it as fast as I could :)

    I know that's completely against the ethos of the place, but still :)


  • #11
    Floppybits
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    punchdrunk wrote: »
    Bump cause I was a bit nostalgic about this place today :D

    did they fix it up?

    Nope it is now gone and in its place are artificial full sized gaelic pitch, a full size football/rugby pitch and 3 or 4 5 a side football pitches and all floodlit. It looks really well and I hope that all the clubs in the area get a use out these facilities.


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