Ballinacurra road car wash (formerly Texaco garage)

Hi, was driving out of Spearns (Spar) yesterday and spotted that the building in the old texaco garage had neon signs saying tea/coffee shop, budweiser and a few other signs on the window. Does anyone know whats actually in there? Hardly a café/bar. The place is dilapidated!

bazz26

It's a car wash/valeting place now afaik.

bazz26

bazz26 wrote: »

It's a car wash/valeting place now afaik.

Ya i know that, but is the building being used as something else?

Poxyshamrock

shaaane wrote: »

Hi, was driving out of Spearns (Spar) yesterday and spotted that the building in the old texaco garage had neon signs saying tea/coffee shop, budweiser and a few other signs on the window. Does anyone know whats actually in there? Hardly a café/bar. The place is dilapidated!

I noticed them too! One said pizza! Maybe they just sell those signs! :P

Kess73

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

I noticed them too! One said pizza! Maybe they just sell those signs! :P

Yep they do.

Kess73

shaaane wrote: »

Hi, was driving out of Spearns (Spar) yesterday and spotted that the building in the old texaco garage had neon signs saying tea/coffee shop, budweiser and a few other signs on the window. Does anyone know whats actually in there? Hardly a café/bar. The place is dilapidated!

Damn, have not heard it called Spearins in a while now. Think there has been two owners of the place since Dave went back to Adare. He set up a Service station /shop on Station road in Adare the bones of ten years ago.

Damn, have not heard it called Spearins in a while now. Think there has been two owners of the place since Dave went back to Adare. He set up a Service station /shop on Station road in Adare the bones of ten years ago.

It'll be always known as spearins to me I'm afraid. So the car wash sells neon signs. Odd combination but fair enough!

Kess73

shaaane wrote: »

It'll be always known as spearins to me I'm afraid. So the car wash sells neon signs. Odd combination but fair enough!

I'm a bit biased but it has never been run as well since Dave sold up as it was when he owned it. Very good hands on owner in terms of running a business well.

Mc Love

Yeah it certainly was the place to go when he owned it

I'm a bit biased but it has never been run as well since Dave sold up as it was when he owned it. Very good hands on owner in terms of running a business well.

I remember when I was a youngin and finding £20 (yes pounds) on the shop floor and handing it over to him and he said that if it wasn't claimed within a week that he'd give it to me. I was thinking "yeah right". Anyway I stopped in as usual on the way home from school a week or so later and he came over and handed me the money and said enjoy it. I was delighted with myself! Sound bloke

Simon Adebisi

Was in here the other day. Im in Raheen since 99 and i never knew there was a graveyard behind it next to Punches. Never saw it before. Scatterbrain.

Berty

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Was in here the other day. Im in Raheen since 99 and i never knew there was a graveyard behind it next to Punches. Never saw it before. Scatterbrain.

Its an "upright" graveyard whereby, as I understand, they are buried upright as oppossed to the traditional horizontal.

Its an "upright" graveyard whereby, as I understand, they are buried upright as oppossed to the traditional horizontal.

I heard that before alright. Haven't a clue how true it is. I know it's a Quakers grave yard anyway

Mc Love

I remember being told when I was a young un that it was where all the pets were buried

The Snipe

Bit of info on the Quakers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends