Old abandonded building near the Sugar Loaf

Sure it will be grand

Does anyone know the history of this building?

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Judgement Day

It was an old filling station - I always knew it as Calary Filling Station as it is close by to Calary Bog.

Alun

I'm pretty sure it's an old petrol station.

EDIT: Beaten to it!

Mothman

Yes and even the old brain cells remember it as such....

Sure it will be grand

Judgement Day wrote: »

It was an old filling station - I always knew it as Calary Filling Station as it is close by to Calary Bog.

Great, thanks for that. Any idea when it was closed?

Judgement Day

Before the flood? I seem to remember buying ice cream and Taylor Keith lemonade there back in the late 1960s before making the assault on the Sugar Loaf and it didn't look much different then. Same sheep too.

Sure it will be grand

Judgement Day wrote: »

Before the flood? I seem to remember buying ice cream and Taylor Keith lemonade there back in the late 1960s before making the assault on the Sugar Loaf and it didn't look much different then. Same sheep too.

Are you referring to the Dargle flood down in Bray or another flood before my time?! Interested to know.

Judgement Day

Sure it will be grand wrote: »

Are you referring to the Dargle flood down in Bray or another flood before my time?! Interested to know.

Before the Flood is an old saying meaning a very long time ago. It refers to the Biblical Flood that God sent to cleanse the Earth - Noah's Ark etc....:D

Sure it will be grand

Judgement Day wrote: »

Before the Flood is an old saying meaning a very long time ago. It refers to the Biblical Flood that God sent to cleanse the Earth - Noah's Ark etc....:D

Oh right

foxy06

Love that building. Don't know why though? My dad has a huge photo of it on the wall at home. Nice to know a bit of history about it.

joeybloggs

Anybody know what this is, just south of the old filling station in a field.....

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wicklow&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=6.4347,23.972168&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=County+Wicklow&t=h&ll=53.142394,-6.164006&spn=0.003018,0.009645&z=17

I always see it after climbing Everest the Sugerloaf :cool:

recedite

joeybloggs wrote: »

Anybody know what this is, just south of the old filling station in a field.....

Those are 2 water filled excavations, one each side of the track.Probably a by product of earth moving machinery when planting the forest, or else for attracting wildfowl.

Rasmus

Super pic!

Muller_1

I remember this building was in an ad back in the 80's on RTE, it was being used as a old US filling station.

JJJJNR

The auld lad used to bring us up there to get us out of the house on sundays, while the mother used to work her magic after dinner, choc ices for us and the newspaper for him.

RosieJoe

Judgement Day wrote: »

Before the flood? I seem to remember buying ice cream and Taylor Keith lemonade there back in the late 1960s before making the assault on the Sugar Loaf and it didn't look much different then. Same sheep too.

JJJJNR wrote: »

The auld lad used to bring us up there to get us out of the house on sundays, while the mother used to work her magic after dinner, choc ices for us and the newspaper for him.

Thank you both, for once I feel young

Franb64

I remember my late father stopping there to get us an ice cream in the early seventies.We were all loaded into the old anglia estate on the way to glendalough.Ufortunatly there has been a demolision notice put on it..it has to be demolished within the next two months.
I think it is an awful shame,so on monday i will start my fight to save it..wish me luck:-)

Judgement Day

Franb64 wrote: »

I remember my late father stopping there to get us an ice cream in the early seventies.We were all loaded into the old anglia estate on the way to glendalough.Ufortunatly there has been a demolision notice put on it..it has to be demolished within the next two months.
I think it is an awful shame,so on monday i will start my fight to save it..wish me luck:-)

Save your breath for cooling your porridge.

Alun

Franb64 wrote: »

I remember my late father stopping there to get us an ice cream in the early seventies.We were all loaded into the old anglia estate on the way to glendalough.Ufortunatly there has been a demolision notice put on it..it has to be demolished within the next two months.
I think it is an awful shame,so on monday i will start my fight to save it..wish me luck:-)

The whole place is an awful eyesore, good riddance I say.

Rinker

I drive by this building at least twice everyday and have seen countless photographers taking pictures of it. There was a photo of it with the Sugarloaf in the background on the rte weather for a while last year. I recently saw a guy in underwear standing in the window of the building while being snapped by a photo crew. It obviously has aesthetic appeal to a large number of people.

Judgement Day

Rinker wrote: »

I drive by this building at least twice everyday and have seen countless photographers taking pictures of it. There was a photo of it with the Sugarloaf in the background on the rte weather for a while last year. I recently saw a guy in underwear standing in the window of the building while being snapped by a photo crew. It obviously has aesthetic appeal to a large number of people.

The mind boggles.

LEIN

recedite

It is an eyesore........and yet there is a fascinating incongruity about the whole setting, its like Father Ted's house on Craggy Island.

Judgement Day

Yes, it does seem a pity to see it swept away after all this time. It really was like base camp before the assault on Great Sugar Loaf. Nice pic too brings it all back.

2.8trooper

soon there will be nothing old left in ireland what harms it doing and it does attract people taking pictures one day it may have been a little tea rooms or something dont the fortunes of roundwood own this now?

ashmac

i really remember the ad on tv in the 80;s we thought we were in hollywood cause somewhere we knew near us was on "the telly"!! wonder if anyone can find the ad on u tube? i am up for the fight to see it stay btw.!! who owns it?

Judgement Day

ashmac wrote: »

i really remember the ad on tv in the 80;s we thought we were in hollywood cause somewhere we knew near us was on "the telly"!! wonder if anyone can find the ad on u tube? i am up for the fight to see it stay btw.!! who owns it?

What was the Ad for?

Rinker

recedite wrote: »

It is an eyesore........and yet there is a fascinating incongruity about the whole setting, its like Father Ted's house on Craggy Island.

I really disagree that the building itself is an eyesore. It is simply derelict. The leylandii trees planted around the site are so out of place in such a naturalistic landscape and look terrible. It is also really inappropriate for this site to be used for storing heaps of gravel. Remove the trees and gravel and the site goes back to being a beauty spot-the type of place where tourists could pull in to take photos and appreciate the surroundings.

Muas Tenek

Rinker wrote: »

I really disagree that the building itself is an eyesore. It is simply derelict. The leylandii trees planted around the site are so out of place in such a naturalistic landscape and look terrible. It is also really inappropriate for this site to be used for storing heaps of gravel. Remove the trees and gravel and the site goes back to being a beauty spot-the type of place where tourists could pull in to take photos and appreciate the surroundings.

I agree 100% we Irish seem to be very quick to dislodge our heritage. We should be protecting those things that our forefathers worked for. Myself I remember going to that garage with my father and the man there was so nice to us kids.

Rinker

Muas Tenek wrote: »

we Irish seem to be very quick to dislodge our heritage. We should be protecting those things that our forefathers worked for. .

Right you are! I've just sent an email to the heritage officer in Wicklow County Council suggesting that the building itself is an intrinsic part of the character of the area and it has long been a landmark there. Also that it is fondly remembered by many people and that it is a part of our heritage that deserves to be protected from unnecessary destruction. If anything the site should be cleaned up and the building left alone.
Most likely this will have no effect but at least I said something and these issues should get some consideration before the building is knocked (and most probably left on site with the other crap for the next 20 years).:)

.243

joeybloggs wrote: »

Anybody know what this is, just south of the old filling station in a field.....

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wicklow&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=6.4347,23.972168&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=County+Wicklow&t=h&ll=53.142394,-6.164006&spn=0.003018,0.009645&z=17

I always see it after climbing Everest the Sugerloaf :cool:

a gunclub put that there when they cut the forestry down a good few years ago to attract duck back into the bog surrounding it

.243

2.8trooper wrote: »

soon there will be nothing old left in ireland what harms it doing and it does attract people taking pictures one day it may have been a little tea rooms or something dont the fortunes of roundwood own this now?

they've always owned it

aidodo

Judgement Day wrote: »

What was the Ad for?

I think it was for Coke. I remember buying half penny sweets in this place.

Rinker

There's been a clean up happening at this site over the past few days. Looks like there has been an agreement between the owners and the council to tidy up and make safe the site rather than knock the old petrol station. Looks much better already.

Muas Tenek

Rinker wrote: »

There's been a clean up happening at this site over the past few days. Looks like there has been an agreement between the owners and the council to tidy up and make safe the site rather than knock the old petrol station. Looks much better already.

Great news - Thanks for that

.243

Rinker wrote: »

There's been a clean up happening at this site over the past few days. Looks like there has been an agreement between the owners and the council to tidy up and make safe the site rather than knock the old petrol station. Looks much better already.

its a bit two faced from the council ordering a demolition on that site but yet they want to store their loose chippings there for the roads

thecommander

It was used in an ad for 2FM in the 80s. They converted into a garage and a guy was fixing a car, and knocked over a can of coke or something along those lines.

Muller_1

thecommander wrote: »

It was used in an ad for 2FM in the 80s. They converted into a garage and a guy was fixing a car, and knocked over a can of coke or something along those lines.

I remember that ad as well. I think the music was "Night Shift"

Judgement Day

Muller_1 wrote: »

I remember that ad as well. I think the music was "Night Shift"

Any chance that it's on You Tube? I've looked but without luck.:)

Antrim_Man

Rinker wrote: »

I drive by this building at least twice everyday and have seen countless photographers taking pictures of it. There was a photo of it with the Sugarloaf in the background on the rte weather for a while last year. I recently saw a guy in underwear standing in the window of the building while being snapped by a photo crew. It obviously has aesthetic appeal to a large number of people.

No luck, I passed there once and it was all female models being photographed

Mothman

Had a look at planning today for this site, and planning was granted back in 07 for tea room / coffee shop

bearh72

as far as i know they were knocking that building down last week

Rinker

bearh72 wrote: »

as far as i know they were knocking that building down last week

Nope. They've taken the roof off but the rest of the building is still standing as of 9.30 this morning. This is probably to make it safe. The rest of the site has been given a good clean up.

Mothman

I heard the roof is being repaired, so if this is the case, the roof removal is probably to faciliate the new roof.

bearh72

ah thats good, it would have been a shame to see it go

.243

they are putting a new roof and windows into it,appenently it is now a preserved bulding

Cookie_Monster

all the trees along the front have been chopped down now

Rinker

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

all the trees along the front have been chopped down now

I was so glad to see these leylandii trees removed. They were totally out of place in this landscape. They were a like a crappy piece of suburbia plonked into a natural beauty spot. If only they'd remove the ones at the back of the site now. We have such beautiful native trees in this country which would really improve the scenic beauty of the area rather than detract from it. Hopefully some replanting will occur.:)

Cookie_Monster

I'm not, the trees were the only thing on that site worth keeping.

That a crappy old shack like that can be considered a preserved building baffles me.

PseudoFamous

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I'm not, the trees were the only thing on that site worth keeping.

That a crappy old shack like that can be considered a preserved building baffles me.

I agree completely. The building serves no purpose anymore, and there are plenty of the same design around the country which are better maintained. Country should get it's act together and stop wasting it's money on such derelict sites and invest in healthcare or infrastructure instead.

Judgement Day

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I'm not, the trees were the only thing on that site worth keeping.

That a crappy old shack like that can be considered a preserved building baffles me.

You've no soul man!