Things you miss in Waterford

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 3:01pm

The mince and onion pies and sausage rolls from the original Emerald Isle (Dunnes) on Patrick Street and the chips and burgers from the French Fryer on Parnell Street

Partizan · 08-02-2011 3:12pm

Joey leBlanc wrote: »

Breens/The Bridge Hotel Disco: Just for the early-to-mid 90s
Flow Motion (Fri nite club above Egans)
Egans itself for that matter.
The Olde Rogue (Wacky Apple is the complete opposite)
The Pulpit/Preachers (always thought they both had a cool interior)
Skippers chipper in Patrick Street
Waterford in the 1990s!

Let me add to that:

1. Hoffmans
2. Club LA
3. The Roxy
4. Harneys Blaas
5. ABC Radio for some 80s nostalgia.
6. Muldoons in its heyday

You are right there Joey, Waterford in the 90s was a hopping place.

Ledger · 08-02-2011 3:20pm

kfallon wrote: »

Wasn't he the one with the kinda handlebar 'tache or am I getting mixed up

Btw, FYP :pac:

He still has it too! Good auld Bob! I remember he used to play gigs in Ross and get the bus back to waterford on a sunday evening.

Professey Chin · 08-02-2011 3:20pm

Hungover breakfast in Sizzlers

kfallon · 08-02-2011 3:20pm

karencuddo wrote: »

yes that is him.. he did an elvis act too..

Big fan? Didn't he live up the road from The Mercy?
Were you one of the groupies always hanging around outside

Sosa · 08-02-2011 3:37pm

Fat Sams
Up in the attic in The Trap
Franks Arcade ( Kasbah now )
Davy Macs
Rib Burgers in Skippers
Mickey Wongs Chinese Chipper van ( parked at top of sunrise crescent,Lismore area )
drinking down in the reeds ( Tesco Poleberry site )
Rugby Club disco
Madigans off licence
Egans
The bull**** corner in the olde stand
Sullys, before city square was there
Can't Stop
Breens
The suppers in Snages
Long Vodkas in alfies on Lombard st (cannot remember what it used to be called )
Snooker Club where rubys is now
The video club over motor and sports (elverys shop now )
The old cinema
Patessirie Marie cake shop on barracks st
Greasy Neds on barrack st
The BBQ inn Barrack st ( dragon Inn chinese now )
Red Shop and Blue shop on barracks st ( fruit and veg and vets now )

kfallon · 08-02-2011 3:41pm

The Park Stores
Knacker drinking down in the 'small estate'

Chris P. Bacon · 08-02-2011 3:42pm

Sosa wrote: »

Fat Sams

Mickey Wongs Chinese Chipper van ( parked at top of sunrise cresent

I remember him well,i grew up in Larchville and he used to be in the middle green for a while but he got to much hassle so he moved to the top of Sunrise.That was many years ago and still to this day i remember the curry chips the nicest i ever tasted

scico rocks · 08-02-2011 4:22pm

I miss The Roxy, Skippers, Flowmotion and The Old Rogue. Like other posters, I miss the 90's. Great music and social scene.

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 4:32pm

Bridgie Walshes and the smell of parafin (was too young to nip in for a fag)

The Pulpit

Getting refused from the Bridge by the McGees when I was 24 cos they said I was too young!!

The Turkish lad selling the kebabs in the Apple Market - at 3am they tasted good

Algy's - I remember the father convincing me his real name was Algy Baa Baa

Funfair · 08-02-2011 5:00pm

jimbojazz wrote: »

Getting refused from the Bridge by the McGees when I was 24 cos they said I was too young!!

And every weekend watching some local scumbag having ago off the McGees

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 5:05pm

Funfair wrote: »

And every weekend watching some local scumbag having ago off the McGees

Or paying them and getting in for half price

Funfair · 08-02-2011 5:07pm

And getting that tripe they called chicken curry and thinking it was grand after you have 10 pints in ya

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 5:11pm

Funfair wrote: »

And getting that tripe they called chicken curry and thinking it was grand after you have 10 pints in ya

Yeah was horsing into the chicken and chips one night - turned it over and it was blood raw on the other side

BlaasForRafa · 08-02-2011 5:21pm

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I remember the cafe upstairs in Shaws,after a hard days shopping in town on a Saturday with me mammy we would always go there,id always get a coke or orange float and an auld club milk or something

Ah yeah, the orange floats in Shaws were deadly!

Other things I miss - Not Greasy neds! Horrible chips, although you could get them for free if you were quick enough

Chapmans on the Quay - all kinds of weird and wonderful (for that time) stuff you couldn't get in bog standard places like the hyper or Darrers

Phelans Tobacconist - Never smoked much but you could get a parker pen, lindt chocolate, swiss army knives and all kinds of stuff in there.

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 5:27pm

Getting a chase off Nancy and her sisters out of the Park stores

BlaasForRafa · 08-02-2011 5:37pm

Sosa wrote: »

Franks Arcade ( Kasbah now ) Didn't go in there much, used to be a bikers hangout didn't it. Spent many an afternoon ducking off school in "De Gloss" where Supermacs is now. Mad Ray Halligan in the change booth threatening to hit kids over the head with a club if they didn't shut up
Long Vodkas in alfies on Lombard st (cannot remember what it used to be called ) Was that called The Royal?
Snooker Club where rubys is now Pot Black, it used to be Winstons drapery shop before that
The old cinema The Regina? That big screen was HUUUUUGE!
Patessirie Marie cake shop on barracks st Aye they had nice stuff. It used to be Alfie Hales first sports shop before that
Greasy Neds on barrack st Greasy Indeed
The BBQ inn Barrack st ( dragon Inn chinese now ) Lovely chips!
Red Shop and Blue shop on barracks st ( fruit and veg and vets now )

The blue shop was Connollys sweetshop, can't remember what the red shop was called...that was about 3 doors up from it wasn't it? There was also hennebrys shop a bit up from that, then that was the Viking newsagents

kfallon · 08-02-2011 5:41pm

The ham blaas in Cullinanes on Mayor's Walk!

jimbojazz · 08-02-2011 5:49pm

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

The blue shop was Connollys sweetshop, can't remember what the red shop was called...that was about 3 doors up from it wasn't it? There was also hennebrys shop a bit up from that, then that was the Viking newsagents

The red shop was John O'Connells - my grandparents used live in between the Bookies (now a vets or was) and Connollys

inlikeflynn86 · 08-02-2011 6:19pm

kfallon wrote: »

The ham blaas in Cullinanes on Mayor's Walk!

They were the biz !!! and up to leahys for the vanilla Slices !!!

Also miss :

Chases off Shammy,
Going into shop with a pound, crisps, chocolate a drink, jellies and still having change,
The old swings in the park
Muldoons(looking back nw it wasnt the worst!!!)
Darrers!!!
Burgerland
The Drinking Fields!!!

dayshah · 08-02-2011 6:29pm

Dan133269 wrote: »

Quarter of sweets in the shop. Like cough drops, pear drops etc.

Still can
www.pennyjellies.com

Funfair · 08-02-2011 7:55pm

Glas Vegas having to get past 3 dog and Pat Keating, Smiley Houlihan (RIP) etc.. on the way in and out

Trick of the Tail · 08-02-2011 8:22pm

The L&N on the corner of Patrick St and Broad Street, the supermarket where bizarrely part of it was upstairs, you had to leave your trolley on the ground floor!

The Beefy King (Esp when Eddie Coady worked there);
Mork from Ork's;
Egans definitely, its such a shame thats gone;
The Chuck Wagon;
ABC Radio, of course;
When you could drive down Barronstrand Street;
The Renaissance Cafe opposite Egans, always fancied a girl called Bridget who worked there!

A.

seanybiker · 08-02-2011 8:33pm

The nettle camp and bollocky's used to be some laugh for the knacker drinking

SillyMcCarthy · 08-02-2011 8:52pm

Walsh's bread on Ballybricken. Buns & Blaa's!
Vanilla Slices from The Coffee Shop!
Chips & Mince & Onion Pies from The Emerald Isle, Patrick Street.
The Moylan Sisters Shop again on Patrick Street.
Leahy's again I suppose!
I loved the square cake with the coconut around the
side & the jam? in the middle. Divine!
Getting your hair cut from a real Barber!
Packie McCabe (RIP) & Tom O' Donohue (RIP)
Bringing the bike in to get fixed by Charlie (RIP)

Nolanger · 08-02-2011 9:52pm

kfallon wrote: »

Mods.

kfallon · 08-02-2011 9:55pm

Cans of pineapple smak sold in the shops!

tankbarry · 08-02-2011 10:07pm

the olde rouge...
take 5 chipper...
crazy prices much better then tesco....

niallo76 · 08-02-2011 10:54pm

Music Makers shop upstairs in shaws-
Coke floats(also upstairs in shaws)
Boyces toy shop
Nells bar on quay
Red Lead
Harneys crusty blaas(although Hickeys on Barrack St do em)
KG discs in Broad Street Center
Blue Haven Bar
Flowmotion
The Roxy
Wyleys shop
Orange(vintage clothes shop)
Damien Richards cutting hair and being 'da Fords' last remaining Punk
Fitzmaurices
People being polite

Junior · 08-02-2011 11:01pm

Doing the shopping in Darrers with the parents.

Things you miss in Waterford

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