Old Skool Carlow Shops

stick-dan · 10-07-2008 01:45PM

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Wasnt there a sweet shop there? Or was that the other side?

yeah there was on the cinema side, i miss that place lol

SpitfireIV · 10-07-2008 01:50PM

Does anyone remember a shop that used to be in Tullow street house, in the walkway now belong to the Foundry, approx opposite where the ATM machine is now there used to be a shop in around the corner, something similar to 'Star Save', it sold toys, but lots of bits and bobs too. I remember I got my ever so cool microphone that transmitted onto fm radio (ie The Simpsons, Timmy O'Toole trapped down the well

)

Nightshiftguy · 15-07-2008 10:17AM

Wow.. This thread has bought back some great memories.. the fun times of the fountain in hadden carpark.. ( where the beer garden is)

Only one place i can think of that hasn't already been mentioned..

Mimes Night club at the 7 oaks... remember.. god thats all carlow had at the time.

As mentioned earlier in the thread.. The owl.. Formally known as The Little OWL.. lol.. cobblers down the back (god what a place) remember the dj box ( the truck) me and another guy put that in one good friday.. good memories.. oh and the bar in the middle.. z's bar.

wheres me jumpa · 15-07-2008 12:58PM

Wasnt there a fountain downstairs inside the Haddens building? At the base of the escalators?

Nightshiftguy · 15-07-2008 01:08PM

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Wasnt there a fountain downstairs inside the Haddens building? At the base of the escalators?

yeap sure was... and the toilets u had to pay 20p for ..

ShayK1 · 15-07-2008 01:50PM

oh yeah... at the back of the stairs. forgot about that

lotdpd · 15-07-2008 04:33PM

the last night of the fountain at haddens car park where the beer garden of the dinn ri is now... myself and a mate dance and sang in it about 4 in the morning (very drunk) and there was no water in it haha so cops drove by laughing at us, memory is right was the night of the fresher ball in the foundry your man had only brought out that song Maniac (mark mc cabe)

anyone else remember the swing that use to be in the field where xtra vision is now, use to swing out of the rope attached to the tree.....

lotdpd · 15-07-2008 04:35PM

and that shop that use to be in the arcade where dinn ri is now, was in fact star save.... o the joys of going in there and getttin toys and bargains... water pistols and water balloons.

aynon · 16-07-2008 12:30AM

star save is half dinn rí?

patrickc · 16-07-2008 01:56AM

lotdpd wrote: »

and that shop that use to be in the arcade where dinn ri is now, was in fact star save.... o the joys of going in there and getttin toys and bargains... water pistols and water balloons.

is that not still there?

SpitfireIV · 16-07-2008 02:25AM

Star Save is out on Tullow street now, didnt realise that shop back there was Star Save. Great shop alright for the cheap toys, slimey mosters to stick on the roof at home (and leave stains

), caps, foam card airplanes and all manner of 10 or 20p delights :pac:

lotdpd · 16-07-2008 01:03PM

ye it was owned by the same person....

What about the sweet shop that use to be on the numbers in graiguecullen, opposite the old school.

foggy_lad · 17-07-2008 12:28AM

anyone remember the sweet shop that used to be up near monacurrah maybe 20+ years ago?

SpitfireIV · 17-07-2008 03:39PM

Just been thinking at the swing that was mentioned, and yes, I do remember it now, on some ground behind, what was then, Gillespies (spelling?) hardware. Wasnt it just a rope at one time also? I think I remember youngster trying to swing from one side of the river to the other.

I remember that shop in Graigue also, I believe the building is still there, at least it was the last time I over that way. I went to the old school until I was 7, then we were shifted over to the 'new' school.

What about the 'hole in the wall' shop in Graigue?

lotdpd · 17-07-2008 03:50PM

hole in the wall shop in graigue????

remind me .....

SpitfireIV · 17-07-2008 04:49PM

lotdpd wrote: »

hole in the wall shop in graigue????

remind me .....

At the corner of Morrins lanes (lane around the corner from Peadar Doyles), coming out onto Chapel Street. The shop used to be on the very corner of the street. Its still there, but its flats now I believe.

lotdpd · 17-07-2008 05:22PM

where did ya get hole in the wall do?

It use to be called haughneys shop if memory serves me right....

SpitfireIV · 17-07-2008 05:40PM

It was known as the 'hole in the wall' shop a long time before the both of us were born

, I believe the name came from the fact that the original shop had a small window through which the goods would be dispenced, hence 'hole in the wall'.

Haughneys used to own it alright, but locally it was always referred to as the 'Hole in the wall'.

carlowboy · 17-07-2008 07:56PM

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Wasnt there a sweet shop there? Or was that the other side?

Aye, all I remember is calling it "Mrs Dooley's"

Milktrolley · 24-07-2008 07:32PM

lotdpd wrote: »

Anyone else remember when supermacs use to be NEW YORK NEW YORK

Ate in Supermac's there the other day (don't ask!) and was thinking aboot the New York New York days alright. Pretty much the exact same layout today, just the decor's different. Remember eating in there when I would've been maybe five or six, the nuggets were sh!te if I remember correctly hehe... But yeah, the blue and yellow sign outside looked pretty classy.

Anyone remember the toy/gift shop that used to be inbetween Billy Bunters and Hegarty's back in the mid 90s when they used to be the one long building?

Bought a novelty Pepsi can in the toy shop that opened into a car, we went in Hegarty's afterwards and the cashier tried to charge us for them

SpitfireIV · 09-09-2008 04:52AM

For anyone interested I have another vid now to follow on from the one posted on page 2.

Enjoy.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hSfa4xZOWI

aynon · 09-09-2008 08:45AM

that was beautiful man.... :tear: i never knew that there was a building at that side of the cross in craig (dan's forge?) you learn a little everyday!

+1 respect to croppyboy1798!

wheres me jumpa · 09-09-2008 12:40PM

Hats off again CroppyBoy.

The Post Office building is easily the ugliest building in Carlow! Haymarket hasnt actually changed that much. Remeber Olivers factory down there?

iamhunted · 09-09-2008 02:40PM

there was a cafe in there too (in dinn ri) opposite where blakes was.

did i miss it, or has no-one mentioned greasy micks yet?

mickos · 09-09-2008 02:55PM

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Hats off again CroppyBoy.

Haymarket hasnt actually changed that much. Remeber Olivers factory down there?

Was there a nackers yard or something down there. I remember going to the market down there as a kid and there used to be a terrible smell from some place down there

iamhunted · 09-09-2008 04:16PM

there was a tannery just opposite where that steak house is (well opposite and down a bit - opposite the flats that always need evacuating in the floods)

iamhunted · 09-09-2008 04:20PM

lets not forget most of corcorans as well - most of thats gone

SpitfireIV · 09-09-2008 05:53PM

Cheers guys

Yeah, the Post Office is a bit of an eye sore alright, but I guess in the 60's it was 'cool' and 'funky' :P. Its a bit like all these new 'modern' style apartment buildings and tax relief apartments/shop units, they look ok now (personally I think they look dire and cheap as hell!) but in a few years they too will be eye sores and outdated.

See how cool it was back in the day? :P (take note of the almost cloudless blue skies and summer clothing - those were the days!)

Olivers could create a bit of a stink alright, must be a special type of person that works in such a place, guess its just a matter of getting used to it. My grandad used to work in the tannery in Milford, never asked how he dealth with the stench. There used to be a few deralict houses (suppose it wasnt an ideal location to live in!) along that way if I remember correrctly as well, just after you passed the pub and also some electronics/engineering place? Bloody hell, how things have changed in so short a time!

wheres me jumpa · 10-09-2008 12:26PM

Who's your grandad? My Da was just telling a story about the Milford tannery a few weeks back, I had never heard of it.

road_high · 12-09-2008 01:21PM

That was brilliant Croppyboy, a neighbouring cat that spends a lot of time in Carlow so know nmost of the places. Carlow has really changed in the last 10 years in partic. Remember there was a big mart in the Fairgreen, had to credit now.

Will be interesting to se what they do with the Quinnsworth/Penneys site. More nostalgia...

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