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mike65 wrote: Cliques my dear! Mike.
Dan133269 wrote: it has to be said that O' Connell street is now somewhat of a dingy underbelly for Waterford, sex shops, run down buildings etc. Will the whole of Londis be turned into a pub? it's an awfully big place
Ballybrickenman wrote: I find it hard to believe that Londis is ever going to be a pub at a time when pubs are closing down all over the place. Anyway as a person living near this building, I would be against it becoming a pub. There are 10 pubs in the area already and at the moment there is no supermarket, bearing in mind that there is a large number of older people with no cars living around Ballybricken who find going up and down the hills hard. Ballybricken should be developed as an urban village not a meeting place for drunken students and hen nights from Tallaght, which is what would happen if Londis were turned into a late night bar. One area like John’s St is enough for the city, turning Ballybricken into another would just damage what is one of the countries nicest urban areas.
Ballybrickenman wrote: Aldi is hardly a supermarket like Londis was and nobody does there daily food shopping in Aldi, especially not older people.
merlante wrote: Why not? It's cheap? At the moment Ballybricken is crap. Waterford needs a rejuvinated Ballybricken. At the moment there's nothing up there. A late opening pub would be very handy there I think. Maybe it could be a better class of place than you think? Ballybricken could do with a few cafes or something. It's a shame, because there used to be 10,000 people living in the parish of Ballybricken at one time. Now it has the feel of a deserted car park... What do you think they should put there?
Ballybrickenman wrote: I would agree that a few cafés and/or restaurants would be a great advantage to Ballybricken but another pub of any kind will not make much of an improvement or make it any less “crap” as you put it. I would like to see some speciality food shops such as bakers, confectioners, butchers etc return to the area or even a farmers market.
merlante wrote: Well if the pub was something like Geoffs, which is more like a cafe during the day, that wouldn't be so bad would it? I'd go up the hill for that. I think the days of dragging cows, etc., on to Ballybricken are long gone at this stage. Yeah, those traditional businesses are great, unfortunately the population is not what it was, and also, people are voting for supermarkets with their feet. Look at Harney's bakery in Johnstown, one of the biggest losses to the inner city in recent years, imho. Calling the pub that replaced it 'Baker St.' was a lame insult. In light of the way things are going, how long will Greers of Michael St. last? Best vanilla slices anywhere!
Ballybrickenman wrote: I never wrote anything about cows, I was writing about a food market along the lines of the French market that has visited in the pasted or the English market in Cork. There are many producers in the southeast and they should be given a nice place to trade not up some alleyway. There is a large passing trade in Ballybricken on foot and in cars, enough to make this work.
Ballybrickenman wrote: There are 10 pubs in the area already and at the moment there is no supermarket, bearing in mind that there is a large number of older people with no cars living around Ballybricken who find going up and down the hills hard.
Roen wrote: So what's the story, will it be a boozer? It'll be a great pity to see it go, the clock was never right, but hey, that's Waterford.
merlante wrote: Since the clock in the clocktower is often broken, and indeed is rarely working, it is correct that other clocks around the town also be stopped.
merlante wrote: By Waterford bylaws, the local time is defined to be exactly equivalent to that given by the clock tower. This is true since 1861. Since the clock in the clocktower is often broken, and indeed is rarely working, it is correct that other clocks around the town also be stopped.
Roen wrote: Myles from Dublin.....
Ronnette wrote: » Morgan Power bought the shop, dunno who owns it now! Tweedy was never in d picture 2 buy it!
robtri wrote: » Seven years later Wtf
