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    #6002
    cms88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭cms88


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    That end of the town centre is starting to look pretty bleak. Its sad to see so many empty units. You are right in saying they are all pretty small units, apart from the Dunnes one. I don't know what is going to attract bigger named stores to the town centre. I would love to see some new stores open. Nothing more has been said since last year about all these big 'names' who were interested in opening according to Tralee chamber alliance!

    I know the timing is not good at the moment, but considering this was over a year ago since this was said in the Kerry's eye, you would think something would have progressed by now! I think Golden Disks was the only name that did open, and even then its hard to know if they will last. Abbey court will be the next area to look pretty bleak if nothing new starts to open!

    To be fair all the chamber alliance do is talk. Of all the big ideas they've had have any of them actually worked?

    I know they were making noise about the Dunnes units in the Mall but when they tried to put pressure on Dunnes they were pretty much laughed at. When i say they i'm sure you know the single person in question.


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    #6003
    kev_Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭kev_Makaveli


    Does anyone remember when dunnes in the Horan center was like a little shopping arcade . I remember going shopping there with my parents and there was a shop there with a Nintendo system on display . Loved playing that while they shipped .

    On another note who remembers the garage video game arcade . Was there the health food shop and offie are now . Many a weekend and a few Bob lost in there


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    #6004
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    For people with little babies: Johnson Baby Powder sales have discontinued in the USA and Canada, due to concerns over possible carcinogens in the talc.

    They, however, are continuing to sell the product here in Ireland.

    Sorry, I don't wish to be alarmist, but if the company thinks it's a problem in North America, should the same consideration not be applied here?


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    #6005
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    phater phagan wrote:
    For people with little babies: Johnson Baby Powder sales have discontinued in the USA and Canada, due to concerns over possible carcinogens in the talc.

    Their statement doesn't say that. They say it's due to declining demand and they actually go on to point out it is not a result of ongoing litigation


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    #6006
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,324 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    cms88 wrote: »
    To be fair all the chamber alliance do is talk. Of all the big ideas they've had have any of them actually worked?

    I know they were making noise about the Dunnes units in the Mall but when they tried to put pressure on Dunnes they were pretty much laughed at. When i say they i'm sure you know the single person in question.

    Yes, a lot of talk and no action with them! :rolleyes:


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    #6007
    ejmaztec
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    kev_Makaveli wrote: »
    Does anyone remember when dunnes in the Horan center was like a little shopping arcade . I remember going shopping there with my parents and there was a shop there with a Nintendo system on display . Loved playing that while they shipped .

    On another note who remembers the garage video game arcade . Was there the health food shop and offie are now . Many a weekend and a few Bob lost in there

    With a small H Williams supermarket taking up a large chunk of the property. I also seem to remember a Tesco in there at some stage, but it was years before Tesco bought out Quinnsworth.

    Tesco had a few stores around Ireland, and it wasn't economically viable to service them all, so they gave it up as a bad job and pulled out of Ireland altogether.


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    #6008
    bobdcow
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭bobdcow


    I think the garage moved across the road after a while next to the American Style chipper. It was lovely to have a place like the garage and the bowling alley in town with the arcade games, I miss places like that - great craic. The current bowling alley has a few games but nothing like the old bowling alley.

    Does anyone know why that bowing alley closed down? (across from the Doms)


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    #6009
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Their statement doesn't say that. They say it's due to declining demand and they actually go on to point out it is not a result of ongoing litigation

    They would say that, wouldn't they?
    Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the company.
    That's a lot of litigation.


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    #6010
    newman10
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭newman10


    kev_Makaveli wrote: »
    Does anyone remember when dunnes in the Horan center was like a little shopping arcade . I remember going shopping there with my parents and there was a shop there with a Nintendo system on display . Loved playing that while they shipped .

    On another note who remembers the garage video game arcade . Was there the health food shop and offie are now . Many a weekend and a few Bob lost in there

    There was a Man's Shop there


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    #6011
    g1983d
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭g1983d


    phater phagan wrote: »
    They would say that, wouldn't they?
    Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the company.
    That's a lot of litigation.

    The articles says the founght every case, any case the lost they appeal and won on appeal


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    #6012
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    g1983d wrote: »
    The articles says the founght every case, any case the lost they appeal and won on appeal

    They produce a cornstarch based baby powder that they're continuing to sell in the US and Canada - no problems with that one.
    The company said that it is distributing the existing stock of the talc to other countries until it runs out...
    Ireland is one of those other countries.


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    #6013
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,324 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Can we move the baby powder/talk discussion to a different forum please. Not relevant to Tralee. Thanks. MOD


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    #6014
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    Can we move the baby powder/talk discussion to a different forum please. Not relevant to Tralee. Thanks. MOD

    Apologies. Got carried away.


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    #6015
    Sully34
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sully34


    phater phagan wrote: »
    They produce a cornstarch based baby powder that they're continuing to sell in the US and Canada - no problems with that one.
    The company said that it is distributing the existing stock of the talc to other countries until it runs out...
    Ireland is one of those other countries.

    There must be a baby powder thread you can take this to. Cant see what this has to do with the town of Tralee.


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    #6016
    Sully34
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sully34


    Anyone remember the Leisure way?

    Good times!!


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    #6017
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,324 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Sully34 wrote: »
    Anyone remember the Leisure way?

    Good times!!

    that rings a bell, can't place where though??


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    #6018
    Sully34
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sully34


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    that rings a bell, can't place where though??

    It's where the CH chemist is now


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    #6019
    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,324 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    Sully34 wrote: »
    It's where the CH chemist is now

    I have a vague recollection of it. I am 43 and can't seem to remember anywhere before the 90's! :D


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    #6020
    bobdcow
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭bobdcow


    I remember that place, a neighbor worked there - loved to call in a visit her as a child when she was working there. I'd forgotten about that place!


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    #6021
    phormium
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭phormium


    I remember all those places, feck I'm old, how did that happen!

    The Leisure arcade, bright green front on it, newsagents in the front, there was a bookshop towards the back, Marion Hogan ran it I think, a hairdressers upstairs I'd say, got a very bad haircut there once! Was the closest thing to a bowl cut I had ever had!

    Can't remember what else was in there.

    Loved a corned beef roll from The Bakers Oven for lunch when I was at school.

    Has anyone been watching Mike O'Donnells lockdown videos, his Castle St/The Mall one was very interesting all about what shops were there.


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    #6022
    g1983d
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭g1983d


    Sully34 wrote: »
    Anyone remember the Leisure way?

    Good times!!

    Is that the place that was on oembroke street, used call it the snooker hall but had loads of arcade games and slot machines
    Used love going in there, closed some time in the 00s, had jungle Jim's there too


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    #6023
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Sully34 wrote: »
    Anyone remember the Leisure way?

    Good times!!

    The Leeeeeshure Way as those with notions liked to pronounce it!

    It was a bit of an Aladins cave that place .


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    #6024
    Sully34
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sully34


    g1983d wrote: »
    Is that the place that was on oembroke street, used call it the snooker hall but had loads of arcade games and slot machines
    Used love going in there, closed some time in the 00s, had jungle Jim's there too

    That was the snooker hall


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    #6025
    Sully34
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sully34


    Leisure way had newsagents out the front. Bakery in the centre. That Dublin lad who owns Ikon had a shop in there. There was also a pet shop. Upstairs had a hairdressers and a vegetarian restaurant


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    #6026
    bobdcow
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭bobdcow


    Is the snooker hall still up and running?


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    #6027
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    bobdcow wrote:
    Is the snooker hall still up and running?


    Haven't been there but pre covid they were open for snooker. No idea if they still have arcade games etc


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    #6028
    kn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭kn


    kev_Makaveli wrote: »
    Does anyone remember when dunnes in the Horan center was like a little shopping arcade . I remember going shopping there with my parents and there was a shop there with a Nintendo system on display . Loved playing that while they shipped .

    On another note who remembers the garage video game arcade . Was there the health food shop and offie are now . Many a weekend and a few Bob lost in there

    I only remember when it was H Williams - not as an arcade.


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    #6029
    kn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭kn


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    I have a vague recollection of it. I am 43 and can't seem to remember anywhere before the 90's! :D

    That's just the dementia setting in early!


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    #6030
    cms88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭cms88


    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    Yes, a lot of talk and no action with them! :rolleyes:

    I sometimes wonder why they're not called up on it. Anything that happens they take credit for it and if it doen't work it they just try to pretend like it never happened.


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    #6031
    E mac
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭E mac


    Saw pictures of Russell Arcade a while back on either Clerys or Kennelly's photo archive.


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