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things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

anplaya

dunno if a thread like this has been started up,but meself and the lads were talking about this the other day.what shops /retail outfits can ya remember as a kid in town but are no longer there. ill start off with some

darrers-shoppin centre where mcdonalds in town is now
burgerland-where sony centre in town is now
bescos-i think thats londis in ballybricken which is closed
wyleys sweet shop-revolution bar

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meldrew

Motor and Sport , Where Elverys is now
The Col , where the tower is now
The olympia Ballroom
Fad Browns on Barrack St
Cantwells on Michael St
The Blue Haven
The Ardree
Zhivago where love stories begin!
Afie hales sport shop on Barrack St
Crazy Prices
Five 0 in the shopping centre
Flanagans fish shop

bullpost

Falla Wall, McGarrett.

anplaya

shockwave wrote: »

The dingy old shop opposite mt sion school where you could get a single fag for 10p. Used to be packed at break time

think it was called connollys

merlante

SUNGOD wrote: »

muckel ryan drinking around the town

You mean the guy who wrote his name on everything? Always wondered who he was!

bullpost

anplaya wrote: »

shockwave wrote: »

The dingy old shop opposite mt sion school where you could get a single fag for 10p. Used to be packed at break time

think it was called connollys

Wasn't there a Connollys opposite Stephens Street at top of Alexander Street going way back?

shapez

m3llowship wrote: »

I'm yet to find a battered sausage as good as the Beefy King where Abra is now.

I really have to agree here. The Beefy King used to be in New Ross, before they moved Waterford. I remember as a kid coming from Inistioge getting chips & battered sausages in New Ross. I was distraught when they moved, it felt like a million miles away down they old New Ross - Waterford road!!

Them were the days!!

Must be 20 years ago now.

ToxicPaddy

Jeez some memories there.. Polberry before Tescos was there, The Infirmary when it was a hospital, The old New Ross road, The cranes on the north quays, The Roxy, The Pullpit when it was only the Pulpit and Preachers wasnt built then, The old bakers on John St which is now a pub that has changed hands a lot since then.. no idea what its called now, Burgerland..

What was the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

Outside of Waterford I know , but the Majestic Hotel in Tramore and the swimming pool before it went on fire..

Tox

old gregg

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

What was the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

'Finns' and he was grumpy for sure

JohnC.

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

Do you mean Finn's? Though I didn't find the guy to be grumpy. I bought a fair amount of stuff there (and after they moved) too.

lynchpin

As a 27 year old here are some of my memories from Waterford as a child.

I remember Alfie Hales Sport shop being located where Guinneys is now(Trinity House)
and on High Street opposite City Square and in George's court where the baby shop is now.
The one in George's court stands out as I remember the life sized poster of Michael Jordan inside the door.

I remember Fitzmaurices toy shop where Boots is now and the lego and games section was located upstairs
while the newsagents section was located where Carphone warehose is now. I'm pretty
confident that this was here up to around 1995

Shaws before it was done up and what seemed to be a huge furniture section upstairs.

The old cinema with it's wavy roof thing.

My first bike was purchased in some market that was held in the old Grannery.

The computer shop (Teleport) in Georges Court and the coffee shop in the centre of Georges Court

Strand Electric on Johns Street. It was Strand Electric right up to 1997/1998 as that was
where we bought our Nintendo 64. Then it became Strand Video.

Darrers and the wonky elevator out the back.
The Hyper Market's toy section upstairs where Heatons is now and the stand
alone newsagents where I think the Off License is now.

The car park and lane way behind the Cathedral where a Hotel is now.

The Broadsteet shopping centre. I think this was the only place in the city where
you could buy Slush puppies.

Was Fieldmasters located somewhere else before it set up on the quay?

A clothes shop opposite BPM records that sold Xworks and Eclipse jeans.
Was BPM located somewhere on Michaels Street?

more to follow...

lynchpin

Oh and as a kid thinking that MB Games was some magical place out of a
Roald Dahl book. That assumption was dashed when I worked there on my summer holidays during college.

deisemum

lynchpin wrote: »

I remember Fitzmaurices toy shop where Boots is now and the lego and games section was located upstairs
while the newsagents section was located where Carphone warehose is now. I'm pretty
confident that this was here up to around 1995

Shaws before it was done up and what seemed to be a huge furniture section upstairs.

Fitzmaurices was definitely still there in the late 90's. I only moved to Waterford in 1997 then had a baby and remember bringing him in there. It had the reputation of staff following you around the place and customer service left a lot to be desired.

Shaws had a bigger furniture section alright.

JohnC.

Shaws had a small restaurant upstairs too. Sometimes got a filled blaa in there.

shapez

lynchpin wrote: »

The computer shop (Teleport) in Georges Court and the coffee shop in the centre of Georges Court

A clothes shop opposite BPM records that sold Xworks and Eclipse jeans.
Was BPM located somewhere on Michaels Street?

more to follow...

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Wasn't BPM upstairs in that small shopping mall beside where H Samual is now?

lynchpin

shapez wrote: »

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Wasn't BPM upstairs in that small shopping mall beside where H Samual is now?

that's were we got our Amstrad. Around then my brother asked me to ask the salesman how much one of the computers were. The salesman laughed at me saying that I couldn't afford it. To his credit I only had 50p pocket money to my name.

BlaasForRafa

anplaya wrote: »

Fitzmaurices in Georges Court, where Boots is now. I spent a lot of time in there.

ah thanks for the reminder ,can just barely remember it lol:D[/QUOTE]

there was a fella in there would chase you out of the place if you dared to read one of the comics without paying. mr fitzmaurice would go mental if people were reading without paying as well.

Nolanger

Mods back in the '80s - clogging up the town with their Green/Grey parkas and blue/red/white target patches on their backs - scooters with twenty mirrors.
Sure most of their kids are now our teenage chavs.

dannydiamond

gscully wrote: »

Gaywear on Michael St (now Kavanaghs I think)

No way! Was this a nickname?

magick

cows and sheep on the quay being loaded into the ships, seems like it was back in the 1800s! :eek:

SUNGOD

dannydiamond wrote: »

No way! Was this a nickname?

no thats what it was called when it opened then it became Awear

"motor and sport" think it was where "strand electric" was which in turn became "strand video"

motor and sport was like deevys and alfie hales combined
always remember they used to restring squash rackets on a machine in the middle of the shop

for anyone living out by quinnsworth/waterford shopping center lisduggan
remember mickey wongs caravan selling curry/chips etc .
which was either in larchville or at the corner of sunrise cresent and larchville
mickey was a bit of legend..all 6 stone of him was often seen diving out in the guillameanes

wellbutty

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Same here

Remember Roches Street????? Now the De La Salle Secondary School's pitch (across from St. Declans)!

Elle Victorine

old gregg wrote: »

following on from Martin Hunt and Waterford characters, here's one that only folks of a certain vintage will remember .....
STAB THE RASHER

haha me da knows him:eek:

WMT

Suppers in the nite clubs.
T'was nearly always a cuury down in breens and chips beans and sausages in snags. God they were the buisness when you were in the horrors !!!

honeybadger

WMT wrote: »

Suppers in the nite clubs.
T'was nearly always a cuury down in breens and chips beans and sausages in snags. God they were the buisness when you were in the horrors !!!

lol this reminds me,dose anyone rember when they had the chipper and the offliscence open at the same time in club laaa lol a box of bulmers and a curry snackbox at closing time fecin happy days lol

wmpdd3

Kahless wrote: »

Do you mean Finn's? Though I didn't find the guy to be grumpy. I bought a fair amount of stuff there (and after they moved) too.

Got my Commodore 64 there too when I was 9. That man was a saint.
I was into him every day I was brought to town with another annoying question.

I think I got my come-up-ins when I worked in a mobile shop and had a string of 9 year olds comming in with endless questions!

And Streetwise in Georges court and Penny lane in Michael st, clothes shops.

kryogen

Patsy the conductor taking tickets!

honeybadger

notting rwong with patsy understanding legend that he is and the same for money bags legend also

Baby4

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j walsh

old gregg wrote: »

The sale in Peter France

All 26 years that that sale went on for.:D:D:D

WMT

j walsh wrote: »

All 26 years that that sale went on for.:D:D:D

Is that sale still on by the way ? :P