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Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

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    #62
    humberklog
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    See the old bin? There's one of them in the smoking section of The High Tide. It's painted yellow and white as was most things for when the Pope came. Is it O'connell st.? Where the NIB bank is now.


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    #63
    Rashers
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    humberklog wrote: »
    See the old bin? There's one of them in the smoking section of The High Tide. It's painted yellow and white as was most things for when the Pope came. Is it O'connell st.? Where the NIB bank is now.


    Those bins were yellow... but that was quite a few years before the pope visited.

    Nope, not O'Connell St.


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    #64
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I'm going to go with Talbot St.


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    #65
    Rashers
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    Mairt wrote: »
    I'm going to go with Talbot St.

    Nope.


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    #66
    spurious
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    Eden quay?


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    #67
    Rashers
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    spurious wrote: »
    Eden quay?

    Another nope.


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    #68
    Gaspode
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    spurious wrote: »
    The photographer's name was Tommy Ward. Here's one of Summerhill:
    Jeez, I remember summerhill when it was like that - I hated going through there as a kid, it was so dark and decrepid. I used to ask my dad to drive a different way into town.


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    #69
    humberklog
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Those bins were yellow... but that was quite a few years before the pope visited.

    Nope, not O'Connell St.
    Well they were more mustard than yellow. But for JP2 thay painted them bright yellow with a white stripe.
    Is pic Aston Q.?


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    #70
    Rashers
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    humberklog wrote: »
    Well they were more mustard than yellow. But for JP2 thay painted them bright yellow with a white stripe.

    I wonder did he notice. ;)
    Is pic Aston Q.?

    Nope.


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    #71
    flynnc8
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    Is it Abbey street....


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    #72
    Rashers
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    flynnc8 wrote: »
    Is it Abbey street....

    Nope.


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    #73
    Cocoon
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    Dorset Street ?


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    #74
    Rashers
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    Not Dorset Street.


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    #75
    Wishbone Ash
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    Henry Street?


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    #76
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Henry Street?

    No.

    I wonder is it time to give a clue.... a little one?


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    #77
    Stufinnegan
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    Would it happen to be D'olier St


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    #78
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Who remembers.... or even knows where it was?

    the-fun-palace.jpg

    It reminds me of the Arlington Hotel for some reason, but the 'Established 1840' is what really caught my interest.


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    #79
    spurious
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    Is it Burgh quay?


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    #80
    Stufinnegan
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    How about Westmoreland St


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    #81
    Rashers
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    spurious wrote: »
    Is it Burgh quay?

    Spot on. Well done!

    The pub with 1840 on it was the old Scotch House.

    I think that's the old Bray bus to the left.

    The Constable Sheehan memorial was in the middle of the road crossing just beyond the Scotch House. (junction of Hawkins St)

    I'm not sure what the Fun Palace is now.

    There were all kinds of amusements, as well as the old infamous fruit machines inside. And you could play roulette down in the basement... big money won and lost on that one.

    In the basement they had a rifle range with .22cal rifles. Imagine having something like that in the centre of Dublin now.

    They used to have an electric shock machine in there too. You dropped in your penny and drew these two metal bars together.... and as they came closer you received a progressive electric shock... the idea being to see how close you could draw the bars together before either letting go or presumably dropping dead.... I never saw anyone bring them completely together.

    For anyone that remembers, the photographer would have had his back to the public toilets.... now long gone too.

    Well spotted.... Burgh Quay it is.


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    #82
    Rashers
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    And here's a screen capture from the streaming webcam in my blog.

    FunPalace.jpg

    The arched windows to the extreme left is the site of the old Scotch House and the buildings beside it are the site of the old Fun Palace.


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    #83
    Rashers
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    The year is 1952.... and the street is?

    1952.jpg


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    #84
    Wishbone Ash
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    Rashers wrote: »
    The year is 1952.... and the street is?

    1952.jpg
    It appears to be a one way which would have been fairly unusual then.

    Nassau Street/Leinster Street South?


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    #85
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It appears to be a one way which would have been fairly unusual then.

    Even Grafton St was two way then... for buses too... hard to believe eh?
    Nassau Street/Leinster Street South?


    Nope


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    #86
    Punchbowl
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    Dame st?


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    #87
    humberklog
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    Westmoreland st.?


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    #88
    Punchbowl
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    spurious wrote: »
    I'm going to put them and the newer versions, taken by the kid on my site soon.

    QUOTE]


    Nice one, where can we see these pictures?


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    #89
    Rashers
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    Punchbowl wrote: »
    Dame st?

    On the money. Nice one!

    I thought by cropping the pic it would last longer. In the first one above it can be seen why Wishbone or anyone would think it was a one way street.

    Here's the original, taken from the bottom of Sth Gt George's St, looking towards Trinity.

    Seems like all of the men except those riding bicycles are wearing hats.... even the man in the car and on the bus. Ya don't see many bowler hatted men like the one in he foreground, nowadays.

    DameStreet1952-1.jpg

    Anyone got an oldie or anything?


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    #90
    humberklog
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    Guy with bowler looks like Steptoe. There's a lot of parcels under the arms too (sausages i bet, they loved sausages back then) but the best is the dude with the big box on's bike being followed by a boy racer(he's got dropped handle bars).
    Great pic by the way.
    Asit is that they're standing outside the central bank doesanyone knowwhat was there befor? I haven't a foggy.


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    #91
    Wishbone Ash
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    Dame Street would have been my initial guess but the 'one way' threw me!
    humberklog wrote: »
    Asit is that they're standing outside the central bank
    Not really. They are standing at the intersection with South Great Georges Street. The Central Bank would be a few hundred yards down from there.

    The gable end over the Inchicore bus must be Temple Lane. The next gable end over the 2nd bus must be Crow Street. If you look over the rear of the 2nd bus, there is an ornamental building. I presume that is the present day Citi Hotel at the junction of Fownes Street Upper. The present day Central Bank would be next.
    humberlog wrote:
    doesanyone knowwhat was there befor? I haven't a foggy.
    I'm open to correction on this but I think The Commercial Buildings occupied the site. I think it was taken down and rebuilt sideways where it still stands today on the eastern side of the bank plaza.

    Any historian, architect or knowledgeable person able to clarify?


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