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New Old Fashioned Sweetie Shop

  • 25-02-2011 9:04am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭


    There's a new old fashioned sweetie shop opening on O Briens Bridge (could be opened by now) selling the old fashioned sweets in the old fashioned jars with weighing scales, etc. Nostalgia alert. :D


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Luckily there are a few dentists close by.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Nice, I'll have a look.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    If its anything like the one in limerick it should be yummy, got lovely bonbons and sherbert in the limerick one! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Retro sweets eh? Yes please


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Which bridge is O Briens Bridge?
    The one near Kellys pub?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭meg3178


    If its a Mr Simms like the franchise in Limerick, it will have all the old sweets like rhubarb and custards, chocolate bananas, slab toffee and just walking in there will bring back so many memories, they even have the old pick n mix behind glass with the paper bags and you tell the staff what you want ( Anyone remember saying "I'll have one of those, two of them?"). Yum Yum :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭drum!


    They have Dip-Dabs!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,205 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Best of luck to them hope it goes well!

    Will pop in this evening for a *nyom* if I get the chance. Here's hoping prices aren't *too* crazy...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭moonflower


    hamsterboy wrote: »
    Which bridge is O Briens Bridge?
    The one near Kellys pub?

    Yeah, the sweet shop is right beside Kellys.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    drum! wrote: »
    They have Dip-Dabs!

    Dib-Dabs seem to actually be back normally again, have seen them in a lot of "normal" shops recently. Saw them on Maloney's corner shop on Eglington St/ Mary's Street the other day.

    They also had refreshers and stingers. :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭bobbytables


    Fruit Salads & Apple Jacks.

    One of my favorite childhood memories was going in to Keneghans shop in Salthill to get a bag full of the above and then on to the Claddagh Palace cinema.

    The opening of this shop is a great idea and I wish them the best of luck ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭rivalius13


    Remember when a pound meant you would eat like a king for AGES (Like, an hour!)? Wonder what a euro gets you nowadays...


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Why didn't I read this before I went into town today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    is it a mr simms??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,205 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    100g / €1.50

    Not sure how that compares to Pick n' Mix at other shops.

    It's not fair to go on the basis of how much 1 sweet costs, as the cola bottles/fruit salads etc. are way bigger than penny sweets


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭barryd09


    is this where macisaacs is/was?

    apple jacks and postman pats,please someone confirm QUICK if they have these in stock?????:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,434 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    barryd09 wrote: »
    is this where macisaacs is/was?

    No. The other side of Kellys. Shop was dis-used for as long as I've been there.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Where exactly is this bridge? I tried to look for O' Briens Bridge on Google maps but it couldn't find it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭TheCosmicFrog


    Nice place. A bit small (was wedged in there yesterday with only four other people), but not their fault I suppose. It seemed a bit expensive at the time - €1.50 per 100g as mentioned by JohnCleary - but I suppose comparing it to Pick n' Mix it's not that bad. Really sound staff too.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,722 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Are they giving any samples?


    I miss Woolworths :-(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭seriouslysweet


    Opening this at night would be an uber fab idea, just a thought!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Does anyone know what time they stay open till in the evening? I hope they have white mice, the nice milky ones not the horrible chalky kind :) They used to cost half a penny each in Coyne's shop, Briarhill when I was a kid. Then they got rid of the half penny and they doubled in price :mad: Cruel world.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,105 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Does anyone know what time they stay open till in the evening? I hope they have white mice, the nice milky ones not the horrible chalky kind :) They used to cost half a penny each in Coyne's shop, Briarhill when I was a kid. Then they got rid of the half penny and they doubled in price :mad: Cruel world.

    That place deserves a thread of it's own!!!
    Can anyone clarify if this new place is just a Mr Simms franchise or a new venture?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭TheCosmicFrog


    Can anyone clarify if this new place is just a Mr Simms franchise or a new venture?

    New venture. I think it's called "Sweet Dreams".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    Yeah I walked past yesterday. Cant believe it but they have Black Jacks. They were my favorite sweet ever!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    100g / €1.50

    Not sure how that compares to Pick n' Mix at other shops.

    It's not fair to go on the basis of how much 1 sweet costs, as the cola bottles/fruit salads etc. are way bigger than penny sweets

    generally see pick and mix advertised at about 12.50/kg so its a bit over that. Depends on the place of course.

    I think I saw a sign saying they do coffee too, would be nice to have place to get different beans.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,205 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 332 ✭✭emptybladder


    They do a decent discount to old men in overcoats


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 madeinireland


    i am a huge fan of sweets and i loved my local pik-a-mix until i tasted the sweets from <snip, mod> in mullingar, they taste the exact same as when i was a kid,even the bon bons look and taste the same..... i think their sweets sell for €1.50 per 100g so they are a bit dearer than my pix-a-mix but the taste and memories are def worth it!!!!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Thanks for that info, they're so good you'd nearly want to run the place eh... :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    i am a huge fan of sweets and i loved my local pik-a-mix until i tasted the sweets from <snip, mod> in mullingar, they taste the exact same as when i was a kid,even the bon bons look and taste the same..... i think their sweets sell for €1.50 per 100g so they are a bit dearer than my pix-a-mix but the taste and memories are def worth it!!!!!!!
    Since regging onto boards to support or advertise a business isn't allowed I have removed the name of the shop. Also this is the Galway City forum, not Mullingar forum.
    You can send me a private message if you have questions, click my username to do this.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 madeinireland


    dont have a problem with that


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