Books N'things closed down. (Lisdugan S.C.)

Finnbar01

Just passed thru' Waterford Shopping Centre this morning and see Books N'Things are closed down. I know we are going thru' a recession but that shop has being there for years and thought it was holding up well considering our current economic situation.

anplaya

has it really been there that long under that name?never called it that ,itll always be porters to me and many others.id say some one else will open it in the same vein of things

SUNGOD

not sure if your getting your shops mixed up ,its the shopping centre in lisduggan and its books ' N' things as long as i can remmeber. porter's is in city square

now maybe books 'n' things was called porters at some stage , im open to corection

ziedth

Ya I saw that last week.

I remember I used to always get my Premier League Stickers in books N' things (or whatever it might have been called) when I was about 11 or 12. I'm amazed it has closed down to be honest.

Sully

Cards'n'Things is in City Square, replaced Porters. Looks like it was doing fine anyway so I assume its not the one that closed?

ziedth

No AFAIK it's the shop in Lisduggan that has closed down.

Edit: does anyone know is the Rent in Lisduggen still sky high? I have been looking into it over the last year and last time I checked I couldn't believe how expensive it was.

MitchKoobski

Nearly got worried there for a second, then I realised it was the one in Lisduggan.

Anytime I've been in there it felt more like a bumper corner shop. Small selection of books, mainly had magazines. Anything you needed you could just walk across the hall to Tesco for tbh.

eiresandra

Used to buy my copy of Smash Hits there while my ma shopped in Crazy Prices on a Friday morning.

Finnbar01

anplaya wrote: »

has it really been there that long under that name?never called it that ,itll always be porters to me and many others.id say some one else will open it in the same vein of things

Apologies, I'm talking about WSC Lisduggan.

Finnbar01

ziedth wrote: »

No AFAIK it's the shop in Lisduggan that has closed down.

Edit: does anyone know is the Rent in Lisduggen still sky high? I have been looking into it over the last year and last time I checked I couldn't believe how expensive it was.

Blame the landlord's dole for that.

wmpdd3

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Blame the landlord's dole for that.

? Frisby is on the Dole?

Finnbar01

wmpdd3 wrote: »

? Frisby is on the Dole?

Silly me, I thought he was on about housing.


Anyways, from what I heard, the reason why it had to shut shop because the rent became ridiculously too high.

200motels

It used to be Porters back in the early 80's

ziedth

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Silly me, I thought he was on about housing.


Anyways, from what I heard, the reason why it had to shut shop because the rent became ridiculously too high.

From what I saw I'd believe it.

kfallon

Where am I gonna get my Roy Of The Rovers of a Friday morning now??

Sad to see it go, I was only in there (briefly) when home for The Tall Ships. Shopping Centre won't be the same without it tbh!

Kxiii

Spotted that myself last week. Is it only Claire's and the chemists left open now on that side of the centre?

Really makes the place look bad with all those empty units.

ex_infantry man

first johnny tierney dies! May he rip and now books n things jaysus the place is goin downhill and won,t be the same wsc like it was when i did security in there bout 8yrs ago

AdMMM

The shopping centre out there must be dying a slow death!

Dan133269

Always fond memories of that place, I remember it before they changed the layout. I used to love going in there buying paper for drawing. I got the Dinosaur weekly magazines in there when they were in fashion. Sign of the times I suppose.

SUNGOD

ex_infantry man wrote: »

first johnny tierney dies! May he rip and now books n things jaysus the place is goin downhill and won,t be the same wsc like it was when i did security in there bout 8yrs ago

ah when slic chic went it was all down hill from there

at least we still have kavanaghs kiosk speaking of kavanaghs kiosk can anyone remember when it was where lifestyle sports is now?

just thinking of old shops there..my favourite was always neville colbert menswear.
my uniforms were always bought there. he was also known as "neville next week" as if something was out of stock he always said without fail "i will have it in next week"

ex infantry man do you remember the security guard called "robocop" or maybe its before your time


edit: or maybe its you:D

calvin_zola

SUNGOD wrote: »

at least we still have kavanaghs kiosk speaking of kavanaghs kiosk can anyone remember when it was where lifestyle sports is now?

I remember that, it was tiny..... can anyone remember when tesco/quinnsworth owned the Unit where Heatons is now I think it was their homewear and one month they got a big consignment of Nike runners and where selling them for nothing. Lifestyle when apes*it over it... think it was around 1998....

As for books and things, serves him right for barring me for reading the top shelf editions when I was a kid.:D

ex_infantry man

SUNGOD wrote: »

ah when slic chic went it was all down hill from there

at least we still have kavanaghs kiosk speaking of kavanaghs kiosk can anyone remember when it was where lifestyle sports is now?

just thinking of old shops there..my favourite was always neville colbert menswear.
my uniforms were always bought there. he was also known as "neville next week" as if something was out of stock he always said without fail "i will have it in next week"

ex infantry man do you remember the security guard called "robocop" or maybe its before your time


edit: or maybe its you:D

ah robocop defo was before my time

Yes Boss

SUNGOD wrote: »

ah when slic chic went it was all down hill from there

at least we still have kavanaghs kiosk speaking of kavanaghs kiosk can anyone remember when it was where lifestyle sports is now?

just thinking of old shops there..my favourite was always neville colbert menswear.
my uniforms were always bought there. he was also known as "neville next week" as if something was out of stock he always said without fail "i will have it in next week"

ex infantry man do you remember the security guard called "robocop" or maybe its before your time


edit: or maybe its you:D

Ahh "neville colbert menswear" - You are showing your age there...:)

SUNGOD

Yes Boss wrote: »

Ahh "neville colbert menswear" - You are showing your age there...:)

sshh..i still never admitted i can remember when quinnsworth was londis

Yes Boss

SUNGOD wrote: »

sshh..i still never admitted i can remember when quinnsworth was londis

Or Crazy Prices and Yellow Pack:o

SUNGOD

ah yellow pack lager.. they made you sign a disclaimer form before you were allowed buy it

shinzon

wonder what Maurice pratt thinks of it all

Shin

SUNGOD

ah poor maurice stigmatised by a surname

longshanks

Remember getting the cream buns in hot Toms, and then into KG discs to see what tapes just came in?

Guramoogah

KG Discs? Jeez, I remember buying vinyl singles and albums in Five-O Records! It was on the corner where the travel agent is today.

Finnbar01

Guramoogah wrote: »

KG Discs? Jeez, I remember buying vinyl singles and albums in Five-O Records! It was on the corner where the travel agent is today.

I remember a shoe shop used to be there. I also remember a shop across from it called pins and needles. and I think Iceland used to be there as well but up a bit.

I used to work in Crazy Prices and used to get on great with Robocop. He was sound out.

Jesus is still there. Passed him the other day.

deisemum

Pity it's another place that's closed down.

I read that Ken McGrath's Sports in town is also closing - TCR's facebook page has it.