Butlins

Mimikyu · 09-04-2009 01:02PM

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Mr.Lizard · 09-04-2009 01:06PM

Biggins wrote: »

Maybe this is what your thinking of in relation to Mosney?

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4299/0cd58b00.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7647/0d458b80.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8473/0db58b20.jpg

Flashback overload! I had forgotten completely but now I remember being in that place. That tube thing down the far end of Pic#1 of the pool had a big dip in it before it spat you out into the pool iirc. Plenty of chlorinated water straight up the nose.

When were those pix taken?

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:09PM

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Flashback overload! I had forgotten completely but now I remember being in that place. That tube thing down the far end of Pic#1 of the pool had a big dip in it before it spat you out into the pool iirc. Plenty of chlorinated water straight up the nose.

When were those pix taken?

That design was done to the pool around 1986 originally.
So the pics were taken within a year or two since then. Later on there was one or two additional features added.
I worked in Mosney for two years as a teenager.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ndIrQAl9Hs

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=00e32b3caeb099639259c0c64dabc22c&gid=12565120594&ref=search

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=00e32b3caeb099639259c0c64dabc22c&gid=13102223513&ref=search

Terry · 09-04-2009 01:12PM

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Isn't there a place in Cork or Kerry?
Can't think of the name of it.

Caco · 09-04-2009 01:15PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

The band explodes, killing you instantly

Battle Royale ftw!

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

Suppose we'l never know now 'cause the fordeiners took away our mosney. now were am I supposed to take little Rita and little Deano for their holiers?!

Courtown!

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:16PM

Terry wrote: »

Isn't there a place in Cork or Kerry?
Can't think of the name of it.

Trabollgan (spelling not quite correct)
Smaller in scale and at the time when Mosney was going, way more expensive.

All the postcards in the youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ndIrQAl9Hs) I own as well.
I have for years been collecting Money items. Has built up to quite a memorable collection.

AnonoBoy · 09-04-2009 01:21PM

Mosney is where they used to have the community games. Great weekend at the end of every summer!

Now it's where they put DE IMMIGRANTS!!!!

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:27PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Mosney is where they used to have the community games. Great weekend at the end of every summer!

Now it's where they put DE IMMIGRANTS!!!!

...and Homelands for two short years. Mad stuff.
I got to see a certain famous singer/DJ high as a kite in a VIP section, collapsed on the floor.
He was never able to do a set he was booked for lol.

09-04-2009 01:28PM

I have a confession...I used to be one of the guys who ran the Swan Pedalos in Mosney.

Quint · 09-04-2009 01:33PM

Biggins wrote: »

I worked in Mosney for two years as a teenager.

Me to. Poxy wages, but you got your food and board, so all your wages went of drink. Happy days

09-04-2009 01:34PM

Quint wrote: »

Me to. Poxy wages, but you got your food and board, so all your wages went of drink. Happy days

When were you there? I was there for the last few years it was open.

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:49PM

I was there 86/87 and start of 88.

Yep, showing my age. LOL

Had an absolute ball. The staff disco after we got paid that day was a riot!

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:51PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I have a confession...I used to be one of the guys who ran the Swan Pedalos in Mosney.

Your face is familiar! lol

Anyone remember the staff room over beside the post office?
4 white walls - a table tennis table and feck all else!

09-04-2009 01:53PM

Biggins wrote: »

Your face is familiar! lol

I was there in the late 90's so you must have brought your kids down Biggins.

Biggins · 09-04-2009 01:54PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I was there in the late 90's so you must have brought your kids down Biggins.

Went back a few times to visit. lol.
I miss the craic.

09-04-2009 02:00PM

I don't remember the arm band thing, I remember you used to have to go to swimming pool reception and get a coloured raffle ticket and then you came back and swam at the time relating to that colour and then after an hour the whistle blew and it was time to get out and then the next colour got in so everyone had to be out of the pool before the next group got in.

Do you remember the gravity? I never went on that, I wanted to but I only ever went with my mam and dad and my mam was too scared to let me on it

Did anyone ever stay in mosney? I only ever went for the day!

Biggins · 09-04-2009 02:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

...Did anyone ever stay in mosney? I only ever went for the day!

Two blooming full seasons while I worked there.
The chalets then were as near to closets as you could get! lol

BaZmO* · 09-04-2009 02:09PM

Biggins wrote: »

Correct. Butlins/Mosney never had armbands as such to distinguish swimmers.
There was armbands for locker keys.
Once you put your clothes in a locker and locked it, you had the ability with a attached thick rubber band to your key, to keep it on your arm or leg.

Maybe this is what your thinking of in relation to Mosney?

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4299/0cd58b00.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7647/0d458b80.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8473/0db58b20.jpg

Biggins wrote: »

That design was done to the pool around 1976 originally.
So the pics were taken within a year or two since then. Later on there was one or two additional features added.
I worked in Mosney for two years as a teenager.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ndIrQAl9Hs

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=00e32b3caeb099639259c0c64dabc22c&gid=12565120594&ref=search

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=00e32b3caeb099639259c0c64dabc22c&gid=13102223513&ref=search

I think those changes were done much much later than 1976. I went to Mosney quite a few times when I was a kid in the 80's so I remember that the water used to come right up to the edge were the guy is sitting (on the left in the first picture) and above the windows. I remember it well because I jump into the 10 foot, as it was at the time, and nearly drowned. Those windows looked out onto the little street beside the place that had the slot machines & amusements.

09-04-2009 02:10PM

what a cool job to have as a teenager though. I worked in Graham O'Sullivans. Not quite the same.

ejmaztec · 09-04-2009 02:25PM

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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No, definitely Butlins - "Arbeit macht frei - for two weeks full board and fun-packed fun". I distinctly remember the ads.

barbie princess · 09-04-2009 03:07PM

I was actually refering to the butlins in whales and ye they were thick bands that you put around your wrist with your key on it... did anyone ever work as lifeguard in any them places?

09-04-2009 03:17PM

Deleted User wrote: »

what a cool job to have as a teenager though. I worked in Graham O'Sullivans. Not quite the same.

Best job I can imagine a teen having. Although I worked in the Lake/Amusement Park so obviously I had a WAY better job than Kosy Kitchen staff or litter bugs.

BaZmO* · 09-04-2009 03:17PM

barbie princess wrote: »

I was actually refering to the butlins in whales and ye they were thick bands that you put around your wrist with your key on it... did anyone ever work as lifeguard in any them places?

Abodybody wanna take this one?

Pinocchio and Jonah jokes optional.

Biggins · 09-04-2009 05:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Best job I can imagine a teen having. Although I worked in the Lake/Amusement Park so obviously I had a WAY better job than Kosy Kitchen staff or litter bugs.

Worst job of all, a wellie boy!
Gawd I felt sorry for them!

Ann22 · 09-04-2009 06:48PM

Ah yeah...back in the day. Remember the radio ad- 'Mosney! Holiday centre...Mosney by the sea!'. We too called it Butlins though I don't think I was ever in it before it changed to Mosney. We loved it...remember the Space Round Up...the big yellow thing you stood up in, the gravity force used to pin you back...the Tempest that everyone puked on....and the big red bumpy slide...then the bit under the roof with the Tilt-a-Whirl (usually those are called Waltzers) and all the rides for the young ones.
The amusement arcade and the skating part and the lake with the boats:).

Mr.Lizard · 09-04-2009 07:09PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Abodybody wanna take this one?

Ok, I will. There should be a capital letter there when you're referring to a country by name. Show a bit of respect to the people of 'Whales' barbie!!! :rolleyes::mad::D

Biggins · 09-04-2009 08:56PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

I think those changes were done much much later than 1976. I went to Mosney quite a few times when I was a kid in the 80's so I remember that the water used to come right up to the edge were the guy is sitting (on the left in the first picture) and above the windows. I remember it well because I jump into the 10 foot, as it was at the time, and nearly drowned. Those windows looked out onto the little street beside the place that had the slot machines & amusements.

My mistake. I meant to say '86, not '76.

09-04-2009 09:05PM

Ann22 wrote: »

We loved it...remember the Space Round Up...the big yellow thing you stood up in, the gravity force used to pin you back...the Tempest that everyone puked on....and the big red bumpy slide...then the bit under the roof with the Tilt-a-Whirl (usually those are called Waltzers) and all the rides for the young ones.
The amusement arcade and the skating part and the lake with the boats:).

Space Round Up: End of every week we took a ladder up onto the galvo roof of the amusement park to collect all the stuff that flew out of peoples pockets while they were on it. Weirdest thing we ever found up there was a pair of womens underwear.

The Tempest: I operated this in my first year. Had a big metal pole with a bit of black insulating tape on it that you had to be taller than (the tape part obv) and one day the guy who was helping me (chap called Noddy) on the Tempest accidentally put it next to a midget while he was talking to me and said, without looking at the midget, "Sorry kid, maybe when you are a tiny bit taller". What happened after was more or less what you can imagine.

The Lake: Best job in Mosney. If it rained we just sat in the shed taking turns to go and get tea and scones. When the sun shone (it seemed to shine more those summers) you got a great tan, met every girl who set foot in Mosney and got super fit from walking around in water all day. I loved it.

Terry · 09-04-2009 09:26PM

barbie princess wrote: »

I was actually refering to the butlins in whales and ye they were thick bands that you put around your wrist with your key on it... did anyone ever work as lifeguard in any them places?

I don't think you will find many people here who would have been to Butlin's in Wales.
This is generally Irish based. Very few people would have had the money to take the ferry back in the 80's.
We do have a few British people here, so some may be able to answer your question.

BaZmO* wrote: »

Abodybody wanna take this one?

Pinocchio and Jonah jokes optional.

Leaving out your own spelling mistakes, I'm just going to tell you to take it easy on the newbies.

January · 09-04-2009 09:47PM

Anyone ever take the train to Mosney??

Butlins

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