things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

anplaya

dunno if a thread like this has been started up,but meself and the lads were talking about this the other day.what shops /retail outfits can ya remember as a kid in town but are no longer there. ill start off with some

darrers-shoppin centre where mcdonalds in town is now
burgerland-where sony centre in town is now
bescos-i think thats londis in ballybricken which is closed
wyleys sweet shop-revolution bar

seanybiker

martin hunt ha ha legend.
I remember going to the circus where ashley court is now.

anplaya

seanybiker wrote: »

martin hunt ha ha legend.

ziedth

The Old Cinema
Quinnsworth
Chess Mensware
Sullys snooker hall
Baker Street Pub

God, I remember burgerland. used to love it there as a boy.

bullpost

Shop down by the park with the two wacky sisters.
Brenners butchers shop with the German lad.
The Glass
The Savoy cinema

seanybiker

anplaya wrote: »

seanybiker wrote: »

martin hunt ha ha legend.

He used to go around with a hurley and sliotar and had his o neils shorts on the outside of his tracksuit. Ok fair enough I know technically he isnt ashop or anything but he was funny. Put the sliotar through the back window of a squad car once or twice. Nice chap.

I know its not years and years ago but it did used to be fun going across the red iron bridge and scabbing the coca cola factory lol.
Or if you went away fromt he red iron bridge on the tracks, a little bit down you would come to the mummy bridge, where some wino supposedly lived under it. Never seen him felt his presence as a child lol.

Professey Chin

seanybiker wrote: »

you would come to the mummy bridge, where some wino supposedly lived under it. Never seen him felt his presence as a child lol.

Thats called molestation :pac:

anplaya

egans bar-soon to be made into pennys
roches stores- debenhams
porters-books and things
the book centre used to be further up the road if i remember right?up by where the 2 euro shop is now?

seanybiker

bullpost wrote: »

Shop down by the park with the two wacky sisters.
Brenners butchers shop with the German lad.
The Glass
The Savoy cinema

Ah them two sisters where sound. I wonder if there still alive, wouldnt imagine so.
the galss lol low blow.


em just outta curiosity why didnt you mention the pub the bull post????

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Thats called molestation :pac:

I called him uncle bob.

mike65

Redmond Bridge - Gawd bless 'er!

The Showboat (duck!)

Soundwaves - best record shop Waterford ever had.

trishw78

Now I'm going to show my age

The Metroland
Breens Nightclub
Stones - The Roxy I think it was called Cheers at sometime or other
Flowmotion
I think it was called the wagon wheel it was up by the old cinema

EDIT: I swear I'm not an alcoholic

old gregg

The sale in Peter France

JohnC.

The big cranes and working container port on the North Quays.

When Arundle Square was a square. With Wimpy and Woolworths. I'm not imagining the latter, am I? My memory of it is a bit hazy, but I think there was one.

L&N in the city centre and the "Hyper."

Fitzmaurices in Georges Court, where Boots is now. I spent a lot of time in there.

shapez

Not from Waterford but I do remember these over the years...

- Dusty carpark where City Square stands now
- Quinnsworth
- 2 way traffic from clock tower up through red square, down by Wacky Apple and onto Cork Rd.
- Old road to Waterford from New Ross before existing one was built
- Roxy
- The Metroland
- B&L on the docks
- The Befey King (Where Abracadabra is now)
- The Infirmary when it was used for patients
- The old bridge with two way traffic
- Going out by Sally Pk. hoping the rocks didn't tumble down on top of the car before new road was built


I'll add more as I think of them...

SUNGOD

jobs

mike65

shapez wrote: »

- Old road to Waterford from New Ross before existing one was built

I had cause to take the whole of it about 18 months ago, it was a startling experience, I'd forgotton just what a nasty, narrow road that is.

bullpost

seanybiker wrote: »

em just outta curiosity why didnt you mention the pub the bull post????

Graces was the only pub I knew up that direction - now that was an experience!

anplaya

Fitzmaurices in Georges Court, where Boots is now. I spent a lot of time in there.[/quote]

ah thanks for the reminder ,can just barely remember it lol:D

shapez

mike65 wrote: »

I had cause to take the whole of it about 18 months ago, it was a startling experience, I'd forgotton just what a nasty, narrow road that is.

Absolutely frightening!! I think the only straight stretch is along by the Pink Rock. I used to think as a kid that Waterford was a million miles away from Inistioge and traveling the whole South coast of Ireland in the process!!

greatgoal

The City Arms

anplaya

remember those houses that used to be opposite the train station that they knocked down when making the new road?werent they crooked or something?

Paige Turner

KFC by O' Connells Street
The Card Market - Red Square
Brannocks Cafe- City Square

shapez

This is going way back I would say.

Do any of you remember the Dunlop factory and then it was that dusty car park, before City Sq. was built. I don't remember it myself, but I'm curious to find out what year was that about?

anplaya

book centre/supermacs used to be a gamin arcade,cant rem name tho and before that was the savoy
sherwoods used to be pound city and before that burgerland and even before that harneys bakery
a wear was a place called mr hipps
sam mc cauleys was dl
supermarket pennys was woolworths

Professey Chin

Darrers Stores where McDonalds & Argos are

wellbutty

Great topic this!

martin hunt ha ha legend.

Well said

Remember the city bypass was to go up Crescent Drive green in Hillview?!

Also:
The Chipboard Factory
The tiny dirty sweet shop across from Farmleigh (now Londis)
Davy Macs (where Masons is)
The carpark where half the Tower Hotel now stands
The car garage at the back of Railway Square
Hartes Petrol Station at the junction of Tramore and Cork Roads
The "undrainable" Kilbarry Bogs (McDonalds, Superquinn, Outer Ring Road, PC World, RSC, Kingfisher, Lidl!!!)
The Bowling Alley (where PC World is)
Articulated trucks scraping shop fronts in Michael Street to pass each other

ec18

Egans
The old Stand

anplaya

winstons drapery was upstairs where rubys is now
the temple bar

dunlop was in new rath i think not by city square

merlante

Some people are really young on here... wait a minute.

I'll add a few. John's st.:
Jackpot, Pot Black, Karate Gym (name?), Fat Sams, Sinnotts, Harney's bakery, Delacatos, Kervicks, the C&C? shop by John's bridge. This street used to a scumbags paradise. "Got teppence for a faheeg boy..." It had snooker and fighting on one side, pool, video games and late night drinking on the other.

Johnstown: Twomey's shop, Rex's game's shop.

Photi

Knick Knack Discount Store

tonc76

Stripes chipper in red square
Bobby McGee's
ABC Radio in Arundel Square
Winston's where Ruby's is now
Fat Sam's where Muldoon's is now
The Trap where Muldoon's is now
Davy Mac's then Trumps where Mason's is now
KK Discount Store where Kavanaghs Electrical on Michael St is now
Chuck Wagon chipper on Michael St
Morris's on Manor St before the houses were built