Growing up in dundalk

louthguy25

The same as the drogheda one but for all us dundalk people. I grew up in 80s/90s so thats were my memories start.

All the teenagers hung around the top of old shopping acting cool
Everyone walking around wearing xworks jeans
Running up the town to be first into either the isle the france or the beautiful cafe the paris
Mitching in clarkes forest before it turned into the marshes
Going shifting up the fair green
Going into handy stores for loads of sweets
Going to adelphi ciema and thinking it was brilliant
The st patricks parade was always great
People watching in the imperial bar
Going to the roma was a treat you always looked forward to
My mates going to smyths shop on batcherlors walk for their single fags
Lads climbing up the stones of the fountain

Duncelt

Buying single Cigarettes in Smyths shop
Bag of Chips and can of coke on a sat in Malocca's (for a quid)
Meeting in the square after Lacies/Ceasers
Going to Tivilies (spelling) or the Ark (pound a drink)
Drinking on the tracks
Branigans was the place to be

OH AND MY FAVOURITE - ABRAKEBABRA chip butties and kebabs were actually NICE - que always out the door

(Ok I see I'm not making a good impression of myself here)

Ann22

When there was no St Patrick's Day parade, just the Maytime Festival one...where you'd get vouchers for free Mullens burgers.

Images with the video juke box and that wee nook round the corner from the bar with the ultra violet lights. Tivolies free for ladies before 11.30 I think where you'd get a ticket for a meal..Jokers (beach party:)) and the Earl Inn. When the Fairways was the Glendevlin Hotel. The nite club there for a while was Evitas then Studio 8.

I can remember when the bus office was at the square with the scruffy little waiting room with the little row of shops facing the courthouse, Donal McArdle's was the end one.

Barry Evans the down and out man with the patch over his eye with the shopping trolley...and poor (Mad) Benny, Rip to both.

The Shopping centre on a Saturday with the pains in the a*se security men who half the time wouldn't let you in and when you were in, woudn't let you stop to hand across the railings upstairs:o.

sillyputty

louthguy25 wrote: »

The same as the drogheda one but for all us dundalk people. I grew up in 80s/90s so thats were my memories start.

All the teenagers hung around the top of old shopping acting cool
Everyone walking around wearing xworks jeans
Running up the town to be first into either the isle the france or the beautiful cafe the paris
Mitching in clarkes forest before it turned into the marshes
Going shifting up the fair green
Going into handy stores for loads of sweets
Going to adelphi ciema and thinking it was brilliant
The st patricks parade was always great
People watching in the imperial bar
Going to the roma was a treat you always looked forward to
My mates going to smyths shop on batcherlors walk for their single fags
Lads climbing up the stones of the fountain

Did you live my childhood?

Seriously remember all of this. Especially the bit about The Fair Green having gone to the Marist for secondary school!

Also remember hanging around Ice House Hill before it was turned into a fancy park.

DundalkDuffman

All sounds highly familiar! Add in the preschool trips to Mahons newsagents/sweet shop for "by the quarter" sweets. Its a hairdressers now :-(

louthguy25

sillyputty wrote: »

Did you live my childhood?

Seriously remember all of this. Especially the bit about The Fair Green having gone to the Marist for secondary school!

Also remember hanging around Ice House Hill before it was turned into a fancy park.

I was at the marist myself the old fairgreen was great to sort out any differences too but i see its all fenced in now

Aw i just remembered mad benny (rip) i used be terrified of him

I remember queueing for around 2 hours the day mcdonalds opened and now id wouldnt go near ther place

Going into xtravision to rent dvds thinks its a leather goods shop

The battering ram at the back of the old shopping centre i used to be amazed by it as a child and hating the inconvenience of it as i got older

Charlies ice cream when it used be charlie himself

When all we ever needed was the old shopping centre it had it all

Oh i never had any trouble hanging around the shopping centre my uncle was security man in it and my friends dad was head security man (think he still there)

qwertplaywert

louthguy25 wrote: »

Going into xtravision to rent dvds thinks its a leather goods shop

Was that not Supervision? I remember it used to be a few stores up, think its a furniture store; from what I remember of the layout, it was like a video store version of the shop from black books

louthguy25

qwertplaywert wrote: »

Was that not Supervision? I remember it used to be a few stores up, think its a furniture store; from what I remember of the layout, it was like a video store version of the shop from black books

yea supervision thats what i meant was great place at the time

Duncelt

I was also at the Marist

Charlies ice-cream - seriously the best Ice-cream in town

The old cinema where the adelphi jade is now

The Curry House and the Sunhouse being the only two curry houses I remember

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The Oriel Cinema; throwing the lead "Charlies" on a string from the customs at the railway; Dullaghan at the Post Office with the new potatoes; Brandy Balls in the Handy Stores; Ice House Hill before the park; Joes Field; the Athletic Gorunds and the Corpus Christi procession.

Ann22

Duncelt wrote: »

The Curry House and the Sunhouse being the only two curry houses I remember

Remember Sing Li at the square? Owen and Gerry took over, are they still there? There was a place in Dublin st before Cheungs - The Golden something or other I think.
The Golden Fry in Bridge St..lovely food in there.
Remember before Supermacs was there? Phil Lynch's, Mirror Mirror, B&M foodstore and away back when it was Quinns(or Quinnsworth?). Backhouses when they'd deliver the groceries. We'd be round the box like vultures to see if there was anything nice in it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ann22 wrote: »

Remember before Supermacs was there? Phil Lynch's, Mirror Mirror, B&M foodstore and away back when it was Quinns(or Quinnsworth?). .

It was Quinns (later Superquinn). Lipton was next door and it became Baxter and Noonan.
Remember Donnollys Greengrocers and McArdles Newsagents in the little huts at the square?

Summer evenings at the China Bridge and bucking into the De La Salle field at the back of PJ Carrolls.

Smokecloak

Don,t forget the Market House,it was there long enough. And Tempests in Crowe St, where I used to buy old Vinyl records. You can guess everyones age here by their memories.......

Ann22

I don't remember Tempests but I do remember there was a pokey little secondhand shop in Dublin st across from Grants in the early 80s. They sold records and books and stuff, something like Pennywise that used to be in Church St.

jesus_thats_gre

Ann22 wrote: »

When the Fairways was the Glendevlin Hotel.

You remember the Glendevlin being the Fairways beforehand, yeah?

sillyputty

Ann22 wrote: »

I don't remember Tempests but I do remember there was a pokey little secondhand shop in Dublin st across from Grants in the early 80s. They sold records and books and stuff, something like Pennywise that used to be in Church St.

I just had a flashback of the second-hand book shop in Ann Street - Whitmarshes was it?
Anyway i always hated going into the shop as a kid because i thought it smelled funny.

Funglegunk

Anybody remember MegaZone? Used to love that place.

You could book time on consoles in the shop if you didn't have one of your own.

TripHazard

Hangin round fields
Hangin round parks
Hangin round town
Walkin round town
Drinkin
Smokin fags
Going to the louis
Smokin more fags

that about sums up my 7 years in dundalk!

in fact, i'm here right now doin nuttin, drinkin tea, smokin a fag, bored outta my mind.


Nothing changes!! hahaha

Dan_B

Pa's.
The CBS when it was a boys school.
The CBS when it was the CBS.
Fra Cooney kicking my arse.
The redemptorist bridge.
Going to St Leonards garden for a straightener after school.
The 4 lanterns (might still be there?).
Park Videos (now we're going backin time).
MJ's for underage drinking.

Ann22

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

You remember the Glendevlin being the Fairways beforehand, yeah?

I do, my father worked in it as a waiter. He brought home left overs:). Wasn't Evitas the nite club that time? Then Studio 8 when it was the 'Glen'.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ann22 wrote: »

Wasn't Evitas the nite club that time?

Wasn't it just the Fairways Ballroom before that?

Lord, you all seem to be very young!

Smokecloak

I remember that pokey little shop in Dublin St. Bought tapes there in 1984. Very small place, all sorts of junk in it, like Pennywise. You could get some really good stuff in these shops somethings.

PKH

Anyone remember Melvilles ?? It was opposite the ulster bank and payments for purchases were whizzed up to an upstairs cashier on a sort of cable device. When the cashier was finished, the change and receipt was whizzed back down to the relevant counter. Amazing- I have never seen that system anywhere else

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

PKH wrote: »

Anyone remember Melvilles ?? It was opposite the ulster bank and payments for purchases were whizzed up to an upstairs cashier on a sort of cable device. When the cashier was finished, the change and receipt was whizzed back down to the relevant counter. Amazing- I have never seen that system anywhere else

Tempests in Crowe Street had it as well. Common in many draperies around the country. They were called rapid wire carriers.

patrickc

ah the memories.

used to climb the oil tanks down the quay also.
I was a barman in the arc/imperial as a student great days and when you were off and went in the drink was even cheaper;)
the shopvan that went round he took butter vouchers for anything!!

the bus from the quay to the tech us all smoking down the back and nothing said about it.
Clarks forest too that place used to scare the bejaisis outa me.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

patrickc wrote: »

ah the memories.

used to climb the oil tanks down the quay also.
I was a barman in the arc/imperial as a student great days and when you were off and went in the drink was even cheaper;)
the shopvan that went round he took butter vouchers for anything!!

the bus from the quay to the tech us all smoking down the back and nothing said about it.
Clarks forest too that place used to scare the bejaisis outa me.

You make sound like it was 40 years ago! LOL

Irishmale0399

Christ this brings back memories......

Going into Baxters shop on the Point Rd. only to be kicked out before the door was full openen.
Shifting down the Navy Bank where the old pipes lay for years behind the Sean OMahonys pitch
Charlies ice cream van was the hit....
B. Shaws slaps on the ar*e as he lifted you by the ear whilst running your short legs down the CBS corridor
Milk when it came in bottles from the Coes Rd.
Getting food in the Arc so that Quinns could keep it open longer (i loved working late in the kitchen)
Going to the CBS/Colaiste Ris musicals just to get a morning off school

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Milk from Bishops dairy behind the Ulster Bank - straight to a jug from the cans on the cart. The sound of the horse and cart coming so slowly along the street. The Fish man travelling around the houses on Thursday evening shouting "fresh fish! Fresh fish" and the mothers all going to him with a plate in hand to carry the fish back - no wasted packaging then.
The row of wee shops at the square with Donnellys greengrocer at the end. The smell of sawdust from the floor of Melbers or Gunnes. Ice-cream in the Central.
The Adelphi restaurant for very special occasions.

M.A.G

Anyone remember the cinema in the old shopping centre,there was bubbles going around the walls before the film started.
Used to head to Gullivers every friday after school for a treat.
Ah and then the good old teenage years of Rock the planet followed by a chip butty in LA Rock.....those were the days!!!!!!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

M.A.G wrote: »

Anyone remember the cinema in the old shopping centre,there was bubbles going around the walls before the film started.
Used to head to Gullivers every friday after school for a treat.
Ah and then the good old teenage years of Rock the planet followed by a chip butty in LA Rock.....those were the days!!!!!!

The Casino Maxi and Casino Mini.The mini must have been the smallest in the country at the time. Go to the cinema and then the disco in the Ashley Arms upstairs.

What about Park Street cinema, the Oriel Picture House, and St. Nicholas' Hall? Add the Magnet and Adelphi and Dundalk had a great range of cinemas at one time.

rugbyman

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

You remember the Glendevlin being the Fairways beforehand, yeah?

Do I wha'? Tuesday and Thurs nights it was the centre of the world!

LOTTOWINNER

Enjoying a pint whilst selecting a video in the wine tavern (and I was only 13 years old at the time:))

PKH

Anyone remember the graffiti on the wall on the long walk ??
"The sweat is hopping off Dot " enigmatic to say the least, and also three names " Kia
Shaner and Jacko".
The above gems were spray painted on a wall close to the back entrance to McCourts arcade.

Did anyone ever steal stuff from McCourts?
Maybe I should ask did anyone NOT steal stuff from McCourts ???? That list of people would be shorter. Lol

Jake The Fat Ma

"The sweat is hopping off Dot " is still there in Cullhain street

PKH

Jake The Fat Ma wrote: »

"The sweat is hopping off Dot " is still there in Cullhain street

So it was written in two places ????
I wonder what on earth it meant