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things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

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    #1142
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,306 ✭✭✭jmcc


    JohnC. wrote: »
    Other way around. Supermacs was the front of the Savoy and the front of The Book Centre was the Irish Independent place. Obviously, The Book Centre goes back into the Savoy now.

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    Don't think that the Book Centre was ever in the Irish Independent place. It used to be down where a sports shop is now (I think) and may then have expanded into the old Burgerland place. Interesting photo though.

    Regards...jmcc


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    #1143
    JohnC.
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    jmcc wrote: »
    Don't think that the Book Centre was ever in the Irish Independent place.

    It's there right now...


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    #1144
    buzzinfly83
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭buzzinfly83


    Burgerland and the Wimpy not 100% on locations and also KFC in O' Connell Street.

    I'm nearly sure I remember a shop called Teleport that sold computer games......


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,831 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    buzzinfly83 wrote: »
    Burgerland and the Wimpy not 100% on locations and also KFC in O' Connell Street.

    I'm nearly sure I remember a shop called Teleport that sold computer games......

    was burgerland where dealz is now on michael st?

    was it called teleporters?


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,306 ✭✭✭jmcc


    JohnC. wrote: »
    It's there right now...
    Yep. :) Must be a bit of a brainfreeze. Buy most of my books from Amazon now and haven't been in SuperMacs for decades. :)

    Regards...jmcc


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    mooseknunkle
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    was burgerland where dealz is now on michael st?

    was it called teleporters?

    Burgerland was where delalz is and sherwoods went in after burgerland i think,teleport was in george's court


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,306 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    was burgerland where dealz is now on michael st?

    was it called teleporters?
    Around there. Teleport was in George's Court. Richard Finn's photography/computer shop used to be on the other side of the street but farther on down towards the Apple Market.

    Regards...jmcc


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    Wailin
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    Lads, in the picture above it says cinema on the savoy. When did it stop being a cinema? I just remember an arcade there and the Regina was the only cinema i ever went to growing up in the 80s.


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    JohnC.
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    jmcc wrote: »
    Around there. Teleport was in George's Court. Richard Finn's photography/computer shop used to be on the other side of the street but farther on down towards the Apple Market.

    Regards...jmcc

    Can you remember where Finns were before? I can only vaguely recall the street and I think City Square was built on top of it. Maybe it was a street which ran roughly along the path of the walkway between the former Burger King entrance and the other entrance beside Dunnes.


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    shockwave
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    JohnC. wrote: »
    Can you remember where Finns were before? I can only vaguely recall the street and I think City Square was built on top of it. Maybe it was a street which ran roughly along the path of the walkway between the former Burger King entrance and the other entrance beside Dunnes.

    It was called Peter Street, Finns shop was about half way down and Sullys was next to it. When you go in the burger king entrance you're actually walking down Peter St.


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,306 ✭✭✭jmcc


    JohnC. wrote: »
    Can you remember where Finns were before? I can only vaguely recall the street and I think City Square was built on top of it. Maybe it was a street which ran roughly along the path of the walkway between the former Burger King entrance and the other entrance beside Dunnes.
    Yep. It was on that street where City Square is now. Think Wimpy and Sully's were around the corner from it. Can't remember the name of the street though. It was in the 1980s. It moved to the Micheal Street location after that. There was also another computer shop,The Chip Shop, on the High Street back in the early 1980s. Even the Book Centre got into selling computers back then.

    Regards...jmcc


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    Samsgirl
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    buzzinfly83 wrote: »
    The man that used to drive around housing estates selling cream buns and videos to rent from his van.

    Another man that used to sell bottles of lemonade from his van. Used to do a lovely pineapple flavoured one. Came in glass bottles that you had to return back to him the next time he was around.


    I think Al was the cream bun man.


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    Johnboy1951
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    Wailin wrote: »
    Lads, in the picture above it says cinema on the savoy. When did it stop being a cinema? I just remember an arcade there and the Regina was the only cinema i ever went to growing up in the 80s.

    Cinema closed in mid. 70s

    At that time there was
    Regina
    Savoy
    Regal
    cinemas.


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    Nite Klub
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    What about 'doing a Harry Worth' in Burtons window.


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    Finnbar01
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    buzzinfly83 wrote: »
    The man that used to drive around housing estates selling cream buns and videos to rent from his van.

    Another man that used to sell bottles of lemonade from his van. Used to do a lovely pineapple flavoured one. Came in glass bottles that you had to return back to him the next time he was around.

    I still think you can get that pineapple drink, maybe his son is keeping the thing up and running? I'll find out for sure if you like.


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