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Stores Closing in Sligo **mod warning post #720**

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    #1712
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    Vlove wrote: »
    Knox seem to be always closed, it was nice little cafe :/

    It still is a nice little cafe, was in it on Sunday. I think it is closed on Mondays though.


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    #1713
    Geuze
    Registered Users Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Vlove wrote: »
    Knox seem to be always closed, it was nice little cafe :/

    Be assured that Knox on OCS is open and trading.

    http://www.knoxsligo.ie/#home

    "We are Knox - a small independent owner-run all day eatery on Sligo's O'Connell Street (no.32).

    We are open Tues & Wed (9am - 5pm), Thurs - Sat (9am - 5pm & 6pm - 10pm) & Sunday (10am - 5pm) We close on a Monday (we need sleep too!!)."


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    #1714
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    It still is a nice little cafe, was in it on Sunday. I think it is closed on Mondays though.

    ooh its like being transported back to the 90's Sligo town when quite a few places closed their doors on a Monday - wouldnt expect it in this day and age though, but there you go you cant tell people how to run their own business :)

    Anyone remember A.H. Woods - great little DIY place where Heatons is now. - I think though that used to shut all day Monday.


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    #1715
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Yeah. And I remember their prices too


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    #1716
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    sligojoek wrote:
    Yeah. And I remember their prices too


    I don't...


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    #1717
    prodsc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭prodsc


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    ooh its like being transported back to the 90's Sligo town when quite a few places closed their doors on a Monday - wouldnt expect it in this day and age though, but there you go you cant tell people how to run their own business :)

    Anyone remember A.H. Woods - great little DIY place where Heatons is now. - I think though that used to shut all day Monday.


    Was it not Wednesday?


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    #1718
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    prodsc wrote: »


    Was it not Wednesday?

    it might have been - me mind is foggy ... someone/some places used to close Monday though, was it moffits or blackrock or some place(s) like that


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    #1719
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    I don't...
    One example.

    One day I went to measure up a job and committed the mortal sin of forgetting my measuring tape. Time was tight so I ran in to Woods' nd grabbed the cheapest 25 foot one on the shelf for £12. A few days later I saw the exact same tape in NCF for £7. Shudda gone to Mary's of China but I was new in town at the time and thought they just sold ornaments and tat.


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    #1720
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    i bought some marble self adhesive effect contact / fablon from woodsies (as I used to call it) £1.50 a yard and put it on some hardwood around a disused fireplace and people used to say "oh I love your marble fireplace!" it really looked to real deal ..... until you touched it.

    That shop though like most other shops, some things dearer than they should have been but some stuff same price or cheaper - handy shop though, and where it was situated.

    Went for an interview once with the old man that owned it when i first moved to Ireland- didn't get the job though LOL


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    #1721
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,251 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    sligojoek wrote: »
    One example.

    One day I went to measure up a job and committed the mortal sin of forgetting my measuring tape. Time was tight so I ran in to Woods' nd grabbed the cheapest 25 foot one on the shelf for £12. A few days later I saw the exact same tape in NCF for £7. Shudda gone to Mary's of China but I was new in town at the time and thought they just sold ornaments and tat.

    Nothing new there then. Though, I wouldn't expect accuracy in measurement from marys


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    #1722
    prodsc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭prodsc


    Vitto's hasn't been open for the last few evenings....


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    #1723
    mewe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭mewe


    prodsc wrote: »
    Vitto's hasn't been open for the last few evenings....

    They'd be no loss if they were gone. Ate there once and it was awful. We ended up laughing about it it was so bad.


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    #1724
    Bebo stunnah
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    mewe wrote: »
    They'd be no loss if they were gone. Ate there once and it was awful. We ended up laughing about it it was so bad.

    If it's gone, would that not make it the 3rd business to close at that premises in a year?


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    #1725
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Bebo stunnah wrote: »
    If it's gone, would that not make it the 3rd business to close at that premises in a year?

    any suspicious people out there think certain buildings hold certain bad vibes? :D - pity the next person to take on the place if Vitto's are going


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    #1726
    tomhenryford
    Registered Users Posts: 421 ✭✭tomhenryford


    The hairdressers in where Wallis used to be hasn't been open all week.


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    #1727
    the_wabbitt
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭the_wabbitt


    Rumours abound that HOMEBASE is been taking over by an Australian Hardware Giant called BOWENS, what reflection it will have on the jobs / store remains to be seen, but initial reports are that all are safe.

    W


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    #1728
    worlds goodest teecher
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    the_wabbitt wrote: »
    Rumours abound that HOMEBASE is been taking over by an Australian Hardware Giant called BOWENS, what reflection it will have on the jobs / store remains to be seen, but initial reports are that all are safe.

    W
    No loss anyway, Homebase is too expensive. However if Homebase does I hope someone does take over, Bowens or someone else. Last thing the town needs is another 20-30 job losses.


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    #1729
    Basq
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    the_wabbitt wrote: »
    Rumours abound that HOMEBASE is been taking over by an Australian Hardware Giant called BOWENS, what reflection it will have on the jobs / store remains to be seen, but initial reports are that all are safe.

    W
    They've been under ownership of Wesfarmers for the past 6 months... this is just rebranding as Bunnings.


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    #1730
    Slideways
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Slideways


    The rumour in Aus was that homebase would take over Masters which was Bunnings only real competition here but is going out of business here this month


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    #1731
    TheKBizzle
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 507 Mod ✭✭✭✭TheKBizzle


    Polish shop off o Connell street green forest seems to be gone too:(


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    #1732
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭loki7777


    Bank wanted to sell this property so they put rent up.


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    #1733
    tomhenryford
    Registered Users Posts: 421 ✭✭tomhenryford


    loki7777 wrote: »
    Bank wanted to sell this property so they put rent up.

    Which property?


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    #1734
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭loki7777


    The one that polish shop was in.


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    #1735
    Vlove
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭Vlove


    The Ballisodare clothing store is gone, it has "To-Let" signs all over the windows!


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    #1736
    Bebo stunnah
    Registered Users Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Bebo stunnah


    tomhenryford wrote: »
    Which property?

    I presume it's tobergal lane. There are 6 streets off O'Connell street but that's the only one I know that has a polish shop
    Vlove wrote: »
    The Ballisodare clothing store is gone, it has "To-Let" signs all over the windows!

    Is that Clancy's old shop on main street that had a cafe at the back?


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    #1737
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭loki7777


    Bebo stunnah wrote: »
    I presume it's tobergal lane. There are 6 streets off O'Connell street but that's the only one I know that has a polish shop

    Exactly this one https://www.google.pl/maps/place/The+Polish+Shop+Green+Forest,+Tobergal+Ln,+Abbeyquarter+North,+Sligo,+Irlandia/@54.271127,-8.475058,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x485ee83465320799:0xc32d6968f90e6159


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    #1738
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    the_wabbitt wrote: »
    Rumours abound that HOMEBASE is been taking over by an Australian Hardware Giant called BOWENS, what reflection it will have on the jobs / store remains to be seen, but initial reports are that all are safe.

    W

    Wow, was in homebase sligo yesterday, some of the offers are phenomenal, just to name a few things, pine interior doors for a tenner, touch lamps under 6quid and outdoor halogens (with pir I think) 2.50eur. Massive knock downs at the moment on loads of stuff. I dont work for then, I just thought I would mention it on here if anyone looking for a bargain at the moment seeing as I have just read this on boards that they have been taken over.


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    #1739
    prodsc
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    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    any suspicious people out there think certain buildings hold certain bad vibes? :D - pity the next person to take on the place if Vitto's are going

    All Vitto's signage now gone....there is a note on the door saying that it is reopening under new management and there are people in doing work in the kitchen!!


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    #1740
    tomhenryford
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    prodsc wrote: »
    All Vitto's signage now gone....there is a note on the door saying that it is reopening under new management and there are people in doing work in the kitchen!!

    It and RB hair gone off O'Connell Street in one week. This town has gone to s***😡


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    #1741
    Geuze
    Registered Users Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    prodsc wrote: »
    All Vitto's signage now gone....there is a note on the door saying that it is reopening under new management and there are people in doing work in the kitchen!!

    Given that Vittos rent is 57,000 pa, or 1,100 approx per week, I am not surprised they face difficulties.

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

    Rents are way too high


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