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Limerick retro thread
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18-11-2010 1:00pm#1
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I remember the pink elephant on bedford row - went to my first concert there - status quo
The crescent too in the beginning - had a couple of the builders of it staying in ours - initially there used to be a square pool with a fountain in the middle of the centre too - that used to be fun!
woolworths on o'connell street with the pic -n- mix just inside the door0 -
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And on another note the lazy long days of summer when it was always sunny, diving in to the outdoor Ennis Road swimming pool, What fun, picnics, ghetto Blasters, bits of breakdancing, the freedom of being able to do whatever you wanted in the swimming pool, before they brought in the urine colouring :pac: lol, (joking, or am I) then the walk home skinning apples from the Ardhu Ryan and behind Clifton House. Happy days man Happy days
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I remember the pink elephant on bedford row - went to my first concert there - status quo
The crescent too in the beginning - had a couple of the builders of it staying in ours - initially there used to be a square pool with a fountain in the middle of the centre too - that used to be fun!
woolworths on o'connell street with the pic -n- mix just inside the door
Totally forgot about Woolworths. I tend to think more of the O'Connell Mall that was built in it's place when I think of what that area used to look like.
The Pink Elephant is a good shout as well.
I can remember the water display in the Crescent as well. I think it lasted up until the start of the 90's and maybe a bit later than that.
Throw in the bowling alley with all the arcade machines when it first opened in the Savoy until it became a tracksuit hang out in it's later years
The toy section upsatirs in Roches stores was cool as a kid, and then it got moved to a seperate building on Sarsfield street.
The driving range in Dooradoyle is another spot that now has no signs that it ever existed as it is now part of the shopping centre car park.0 -
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15 posts and not a mention of Burgerland on William street. Or the original Kranks Korner. I remember if we were really well behaved as kids, we could get a burger in Kranks.
Remember the old Crescent too, remember when there was nothing on Cruises St. Remember when Roches had a seperate toy shop where there are now vacant units.
Quinns was the first place where I saw 2 girls kiss
The High Stool, the original Termights... So many good memories.
Bowling in the city centre, before it became knack-central. Seeing Jurassic Park in the Savoy. I know I'm not going back very far, but Limerick has changed so much!!0 -
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Who remembers Spaights (where dunnes stores, Harveys Quay is) ?
It was a Hardware shop...nothing exciting about that, but when you paid for something the assistant would put the money and an invoice into a little metal jar which was then attached to a wire cable.
This cable (each department had one) was suspended above the shop and the jar was sent whizzing along it to the cash office.
The cashier would take out the cash and invoice, replace them with your change and a receipt and send the jar flying back over to the assistant.
When you're 7 years old you could spend hours watching this.
I also remember when Tayto's had the price printed on the bag. They stayed at the same price for ages so it was a big deal if there was an increase. I can remember the riots when they went from 2p to 3p.
Also the shops...Tots-To-Teens, Powers Small Profit Store (glorified pound shop ahead of it's time), Junior Explosion (in the Crescent).
Does anybody else remember the shop on Bedford row that sold toys and (i think) sweets. It was on the right as you go up and was owned by a total nutter who drove a green vw beetle.
God we're getting old
.I remember all those. Im not from Limerick but I remember going in on Dec 8th for the Christmas outing..magical. Do you remember Ormistons??? Now Im really showing my age!! 0 -
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the bmx track over in pa healeys was savage
st marys old rugby clubhouse would be in the middle of a main road now
indoor soccer in the complex in corbally
when the sibin (downstairs in the royal george) used to be called "the glory hole", we used to show the bouncers our RSI cards to get in. most times we got into the george at about 7:55 because we knew the bouncers started at 8:00.
remember when you could head out for a night in town and actually walk home on your own without fear of getting mugged
playing pool in the vic
renting a megadrive from the video shop on johns st to play mortal combat
gigging in the royal george bar on friday nights0 -
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harrys!!! in dunnes by sarsfield bridge the food was sooo good
Ah I loved the Kiddies Corner :P I'd go in on a Friday evening with my mother after the shopping.
The Cake shop on little Gearld Griffin St... loved those pink & brown cakes. dunno what the name of them was.
Getting all your goodies in Mulannys shop before going to the Savoy cinema
The Upper Crust restaurant in Williams Court mall (only if you were very good mind
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I remembered Arthurs Quay park not existing. They actually reclaimed that land to build the park. It was a car park and the road was two way.
I remember when the Tax office on Charlottes quay was also a large car park and you could actually see the graveyard. Its hard to believe there is still a graveyard buried(excuse the pun) between all those buildings.
I remember when the Shannon was clean enough to swim in and the pink path was still pink. :rolleyes:
I remember when the only way to get from Corbally to Castletroy(to work) was down through Old Park Road, along the Canal and over the hump backed bridge because the Kings Island link road didnt exist, Nicholas Street was two way and the only way across the river was at Balls Bridge.
Remember when Docs was Docs and WE WERE THE CROWD. Now we are old and the new crowd dress weird and annoy us. :rolleyes:
I remember Friday Night 80's night in the George and the many other names it had during the late 90's and early 00's.
You could stand on Roches Street Lower(whatever its called) and tell Francis you were waiting 40 minutes for a Taxi and he would give you the next one even though you just arrived.
There used to be a tiny shop next to the rant and you could grab some fags for £4 or so and some crisps at 4 in the morning full of cheap booze.
I remember when the Henry Cecil fell down. That was hilarious. Apparently they were digging the foundations in the wrong place. My mother was evacuated from the shop just across the street.
I remember the bomb that was placed outside the Post office on Henry Street. Weird. There was a Garda/Army tape holding everybody back around 150 mtrs from the "bomb". SAFE!!!
I remember Cruises Hotel and even being in there. Looking back at the old pictures it was nearly black and white and the road was two way/
Actually I remember the bus's to "The Island" and Corbally used to stop outside Pennys and when they hissed everybody jump.
I remember when there was a shoe shop called Saxone where Keanes is now. There was also a shoe shop(shoezone) where Burger king is now.
Not so long ago there was "The Buzz" where the Vodafone shop is now. Oddly enough if you manage to get into the back stairs/emergency stairs of the building you will see the old Eircell Signs and some Buzz signs.
Awear used to be where the Old Dunnes on O'Connel Street was across from Brown Thomas with an upstairs.
I remember the O'Connel Court Mall with a restaurant and a Leonidas chocolate place and a shop inside the door on the left.
There was a place called "Shape" upstairs with the Jasmine. Curry and Diet all at the same time.
I even remember when you could let your children walk all those 5 mtrs to school without breaking out the SUV. :rolleyes:
I know somebody mentioned Spaights but I remember the Spaights multistorey car park out the back and a chipper called Sticky Fingers. There was a semi health food store at the corner where the (eats of Eden) traffic lights are now. I remember working in a kitchen and the chef sent me there for some fuppin sesame seeds.
I remember the look on my mothers in laws face when she spotted herself in the book "Down Memory Lane". WOW, you know your old when you are in a historical photo book. :eek:
I remember the bus when the seats were green and actually comfortable but then again people used to break them off so when you were sitting on the seat and the bus went around the corner you would slide off the seat away from the frame and crash to the ground.
Also eating O'Connel Grill chips on the bus was fun.
Drinking in Quinns till 4pm, getting a taxi home. Changing and getting the 6:40 bus from Shannon banks back into town to drink the night away.
I even remember some cars didnt even have a passenger side mirror.
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You used to be able to park out the back of Roches Stores and there was a little room where your shopping was stored in MASSIVE brown bags.
There was also a side entrance into Pennys where the fire exit is now.
I remember the basement of Roches as a supermarket that was weird. I even remember how crap shopping was that my mother would buy stuff in Roches Stores, stuff in Crazy prices and then more stuff in Dunnes Parkway.
Also in the Parkway there was a HUGE shed where Burger King is now where you got your trolley from. You gave the guy 50p or something for your trolley. Long before the days of trolley coin thingys.
I remember when Childers road met the Dublin road with traffic lights on a T Junction and you could enter the Dunnes Car park where the green post box is now.
I remember my father was working in Wang and you were allowed in to the building to visit him. They were all happily sitting in their cubicile offices all smoking away like mad. 0 -
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Jebus Im having flashbacks now again! I remember my father getting a 'seat' into town once a month or so to go to the barber. He'd then buy a box of 'slussy' buns in the Dainty Dairy,before heading to The Hogan Stand for a few pints. The box of eclairs and cream cakes always got home in one piece!! God Im feeling very nostalgic here Great thread 0
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