1970's & 80's Dublin , Switzers etc

NostalgicDublin

Hey folks , ive been wreckin my brain online lookin for any pics from back in the 70's and 80's dublin , anyone got any of their own , im talkin all the things that make us go awwwwwwww , especially Switzers ? remember the windows im sure ur all going awwww right now , anyone got any pics at all from back then , lets go all retro , lets see pics, remember the star wars displays in switzers , brown thomas and arrnotts ? santy in clearys , the dando market , come on guys lets open a huge album of nostalga and make us all feel young again

xanthor

NostalgicDublin wrote: »

.....and arrnotts ....

The yearly Lego thingy, and the days when department stores actually had a toy department at Xmas.

humberklog

I don't want to re-direct away from this excellent forum but the OP could do with throwing his eye over to the Dublin City forum where there is an excellent thread in the stickies called The Historic Dublin Video and Pic thread.
On a side note though: is the OP planning on putting a pic up just to get the ball rolling?

steveone

I remember being in Mcbuirneys on the quays during a bombscare, I'd say I was 5 y/o at the time, (thats the building that virgin later occupied)

Clodagh84

There is a Facebook page now for anyone who had an interest in the Switzers Department store on Grafton St. Anyone who used to work there, family, or customers with special memories of the establishment.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=155851809992&v=wall

cinnamon

I don't know if it's still there but I think it was called Burgerland(?) on O'Connell St. We used to go there as a treat. We got our burgers and then you could go on some kid's rides that were upstairs. In the 1980s.

I remember Dublin being very grey and dirty from that time though but we always had fun in Burgerland!

WindSock

There is a thread here on the Dublin City forum about Switzers

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055728398

Degsy

cinnamon wrote: »

I don't know if it's still there but I think it was called Burgerland(?) on O'Connell St. We used to go there as a treat. We got our burgers and then you could go on some kid's rides that were upstairs. In the 1980s.

I remember Dublin being very grey and dirty from that time though but we always had fun in Burgerland!

I remember going to see Star Wars in 1977 and we stopped off in burgerland first,the gimmick at the time was if you bought a coke or fanta for 39p(i think) you kept the glass.
There was abetter place than Burgerland called Old Kentucky which is where the small Macdonalds is on O'connel St.

admiralofthefleet

anyone remember the cafe upstairs in the ilac? and jonathons cafe in the middle

lord lucan

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

anyone remember the cafe upstairs in the ilac? and jonathons cafe in the middle

And KingBurger out the back(Parnell st. end).:)

steveone

lord lucan wrote: »

And KingBurger out the back(Parnell st. end).:)

yes the kingburger special was my favourite:)

admiralofthefleet

remember that now.

Degsy

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

anyone remember the cafe upstairs in the ilac? and jonathons cafe in the middle

Jonothans did a great fryup and had special giant sausages that were the size of a can of redbull.

viking

My first job was in Jonathan's in the Irish Life Mall... £16 for a full Saturday's work... thought I was great

rubadub

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

anyone remember the cafe upstairs in the ilac? and jonathons cafe in the middle

I remember getting coke floats in the middle bit, on the way up to the library.

WindSock

lord lucan wrote: »

And KingBurger out the back(Parnell st. end).:)

I knew about KingBurger before Burger King. Then I got awful confused when BK came out.