Things you miss in Waterford

Funfair · 11-02-2011 4:54pm

shockwave wrote: »

Decent blaas, the quality of blaas is terrible nowadays, i suppose its because most of the local bakerys have closed down.

I get blaa's everyday and nothing wrong with em

seanybiker · 11-02-2011 5:02pm

shockwave wrote: »

Decent blaas, the quality of blaas is terrible nowadays, i suppose its because most of the local bakerys have closed down.

The ones I had today where fecking savage. Dunno where they where bought though.

Joey leBlanc · 11-02-2011 5:33pm

seanybiker wrote: »

The ones I had today where fecking savage. Dunno where they where bought though.

Hard & Crusty -or- soft & floury; that is the question??
Can never seem to get the hard'n'crusty wan's anymore,
anyone know where I can get a few for ol' times sake??

BlaasForRafa · 11-02-2011 6:44pm

babystrawberry wrote: »

Anyone remember 'Jimmys shop' ...for the life of me i cant remember the name of the raod but it is the back entrance to the Presentation Secondary School .... it was a shop more or less in his front room??!

Thats on Cannon Street. It only closed in the last year or two iirc, I sometimes got something in there on the walk home from work up till about 2007/08. He'd close about 6pm though so I suppose he mostly made his money from the school trade.

BlaasForRafa · 11-02-2011 6:45pm

Funfair wrote: »

I get blaa's everyday and nothing wrong with em

Hickeys blaas are alright but they're not a patch on Walshs crusty blaas tbh, they're a terrible loss.

Vanilla slices from Leahy's were great too.

dayshah · 11-02-2011 6:54pm

There was a shop on Barrack St that sold nice jam tart things with strips of pastry on the top.

I think it was Belgians that ran it.

Funfair · 11-02-2011 8:21pm

Joey leBlanc wrote: »

Hard & Crusty -or- soft & floury; that is the question??
Can never seem to get the hard'n'crusty wan's anymore,
anyone know where I can get a few for ol' times sake??

Hickey's Bakery or Spar on Barrack Street also Centra in Pierce Park/John's Park have them.

Funfair · 11-02-2011 8:22pm

dayshah wrote: »

There was a shop on Barrack St that sold nice jam tart things with strips of pastry on the top.

I think it was Belgians that ran it.

la tisseera Maria or something like that I think it was called

cocoshovel · 11-02-2011 10:58pm

I'm only 18 (19 April) But I miss the days of exploring and biking around the woods in Abbey Park. Infact, I miss almost everything about Abbey Park. I wouldn't know the place if I went up there now.

Teebor15 · 12-02-2011 5:16pm

UhOh wrote: »

what was it called, an Siopa Beag? the stuff they had to put up with ( but were oblivious to) was unreal

anyone remember Kitty Gores on Wilkins Street? Selling single fags, a match & a bit of sand paper to light it off to the teenagers in De La Salle....jaysus the 80s were great

Yeah Siopa Beag..what went on in there was mental..pure riot with the two old ladies behind the counter trying to contain it..fellas robbin stuff, spittin in over the counter till it got too much then one of them used to come running out from behind the counter with the sweepin brush and everyone scattered. All the sweets and chocs used to be out of date.

Remember Kittys too..she used to stand beside you in her dressing gown and slippers when you were at the counter and hold yer arm in case ye ran without paying..as if she had any hope off holding you!...while her husband would serve you behind the bars on the counter. Never any problem handing out 20 major to a 12 year old!..ye gotta love the 80's!

Funfair · 12-02-2011 8:00pm

UhOh wrote: »

what was it called, an Siopa Beag? the stuff they had to put up with ( but were oblivious to) was unreal

anyone remember Kitty Gores on Wilkins Street? Selling single fags, a match & a bit of sand paper to light it off to the teenagers in De La Salle....jaysus the 80s were great

yeah and Seanies shop in Roaches st and the little Post office on the corner of Water street with an oul one handing out penny jellies in her dressing gown

Nolanger · 12-02-2011 8:43pm

Cantwells selling vinyl records and the music instruments at the back.

chelloveks · 13-02-2011 1:30am

Wimpy's Burgers

tankbarry · 13-02-2011 12:10pm

I just miss Waterford being fun too much doom and gloom around

Nolanger · 13-02-2011 6:57pm

What was the name of the video library between John's Lane and John's Street?

Junior · 13-02-2011 7:02pm

Strand Video ?

Funfair · 13-02-2011 7:05pm

Nolanger wrote: »

What was the name of the video library between John's Lane and John's Street?

Bernie's ?

STIG83 · 13-02-2011 7:24pm

Sinnotts Discs

seanybiker · 13-02-2011 7:32pm

The little shop in lisduggan where lifestyle is now. You could see all the sweet jars as ya entered the place. Nomnom nom

STIG83 · 13-02-2011 7:40pm

chelloveks wrote: »

Wimpy's Burgers

Where was this in Waterford?

Nolanger · 13-02-2011 7:50pm

Right in the city centre on the right hand side as you walked towards the quay.

Rainbow_brite · 13-02-2011 8:04pm

STIG83 wrote: »

Where was this in Waterford?

Where The Brasserie is now up from Alfie Hales Sports Shop.

STIG83 · 13-02-2011 8:06pm

Rainbow_brite wrote: »

Where The Brasserie is now up from Alfie Hales Sports Shop.

Cheers didnt know where it was

Cake Man · 13-02-2011 10:34pm

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

seanybiker · 13-02-2011 10:46pm

Cake Man wrote: »

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

ah I forgot about crystalvision. The birmigham chap that worked there was sound.

Cake Man · 14-02-2011 12:08am

seanybiker wrote: »

ah I forgot about crystalvision. The birmigham chap that worked there was sound.

Yeah himself and another lad owned the place, many moons ago that was!

chelloveks · 14-02-2011 12:19am

I miss the Urinals in Ballybricken and the pens for the fairs. Lovely aroma off of them both....

nkay1985 · 14-02-2011 1:01am

Cake Man wrote: »

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

Yeah I remember you could get children's videos for like 50p or something!

And I used to often have to run into Mattie's Hill Stores (I think) on the way to school in the morning. Either there, The Corner Shop or White's on Keane's Road.

THall04 · 14-02-2011 2:47am

chelloveks wrote: »

Wimpy's Burgers

STIG83 wrote: »

Where was this in Waterford?

Nolanger wrote: »

Right in the city centre on the right hand side as you walked towards the quay.

Rainbow_brite wrote: »

Where The Brasserie is now up from Alfie Hales Sports Shop.

A tale of two Wimpy's.......
In the Eighties it was in Arundal Square(The Brasserie)
In the Seventies it was in Broad St, near here........

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.260278,-7.111824&spn=0,0.019205&z=16&layer=c&cbll=52.26019,-7.111818&panoid=uDq3HUxUyolMN4dUL5ui9w&cbp=12,50.7,,0,17.03

dayshah · 14-02-2011 8:18am

Cake Man wrote: »

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

The hill is called Mattie's Hill. The owners had a different name.

nkay1985 · 14-02-2011 8:32am

dayshah wrote: »

The hill is called Mattie's Hill. The owners had a different name.

Yeah but it was called Mattie's Hill Stores in the late nineties, I'm almost sure.

kfallon · 14-02-2011 10:51am

seanybiker wrote: »

ah I forgot about crystalvision. The birmigham chap that worked there was sound.

Enjoy your bank holiday! He used to always say that every time you'd rent a video on a BH weekend, nice chap alright who would talk for hours about football given the chance!

Also Doc's before it became the Post Office and The Butchers before that became Ladbrokes!

And of course when The Cleaboy pub had pool tables!

jimbojazz · 14-02-2011 10:52am

STIG83 wrote: »

Cheers didnt know where it was

The original Wimpy was around where Conway Briscoe Jewellers (Dillons) are now.

Can still taste those knickerbocker glories.

Rainbow_brite · 14-02-2011 10:58am

Cake Man wrote: »

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

I remember a green grocers being in that spot before crystal vision. The Green Grocers started renting videos as well for a while.

sparkling sea · 14-02-2011 11:31am

The cream buns and sallies from Walshes Bakery - lovely with a cup of tea on a cold morning;)

STIG83 · 14-02-2011 12:14pm

This is a not really place I miss but wondering what happened to the Internet cafe place across from the people's park? It was a couple of rows down from Dominos, it was upstairs

cococoady · 14-02-2011 1:42pm

Foam Parties in Club LA.
They were this biz.
I remember the frist one where they didn't dilute the foam properly and everyone got a rash off it.

Was still the best night i ever had in their.

Nuphor · 14-02-2011 1:59pm

STIG83 wrote: »

This is a not really place I miss but wondering what happened to the Internet cafe place across from the people's park? It was a couple of rows down from Dominos, it was upstairs

They moved here to Gladstone street: http://www.ctcentre.net/

Dan133269 · 14-02-2011 3:04pm

cococoady wrote: »

Foam Parties in Club LA.
They were this biz.
I remember the frist one where they didn't dilute the foam properly and everyone got a rash off it.
Was still the best night i ever had in their.

People catching a rash after antics in Club LA and blaming it on "undiluted foam." Poor excuse my friend

I'm actually too young to remember it. It was Masons by the time I started going out. Or was it called something in between Club LA and Masons?

Dan133269 · 14-02-2011 3:19pm

seanybiker wrote: »

ah I forgot about crystalvision. The birmigham chap that worked there was sound.

kfallon wrote: »

Enjoy your bank holiday! He used to always say that every time you'd rent a video on a BH weekend, nice chap alright who would talk for hours about football given the chance!

Rainbow_brite wrote: »

I remember a green grocers being in that spot before crystal vision. The Green Grocers started renting videos as well for a while.

Haha Waterford is too small. I remember all these things. Yeah the green grocers started with the videos and thats how it turned into the video shop if I remember correctly. John, the Aston Villa supporter, he used to run a fantasy football competition for all the lads in the area, we would put a fiver in for the prize. I never won

We would listen to the football commentary on BBC radio in his van outside and shout into him whenever someone scored.

kfallon wrote: »

And of course when The Cleaboy pub had pool tables!

I spent many a Sunday playing pool all day long in there as a child

nkay1985 wrote: »

Yeah but it was called Mattie's Hill Stores in the late nineties, I'm almost sure.

Yes, you're right.

seanybiker · 14-02-2011 3:48pm

Lol i remember people always out at his van alright. He was sound though ya pop in for a video and still be there an hour later talking ****e.

JPA · 14-02-2011 4:41pm

Dan133269 wrote: »

People catching a rash after antics in Club LA and blaming it on "undiluted foam." Poor excuse my friend
I'm actually too young to remember it. It was Masons by the time I started going out. Or was it called something in between Club LA and Masons?

Ya, the Rhythm Room.

STIG83 · 14-02-2011 4:51pm

Nuphor wrote: »

They moved here to Gladstone street: http://www.ctcentre.net/

Cheers i didnt know where it was gone.

jimbojazz · 14-02-2011 4:57pm

Davey Mac's

O'Regans at the end of Bunker's Hill
Wyleys

Wasn't the Book Centre where Elverys is now originally?

The Grand Central on Ballybricken - the inventors of the potato scallops and the best ever tbh - went to school with Colin "Scallop" Whelan

The hump back bridge in Bath Street - what a nighmare in the mornings

Twamleys in Ballytruckle

The Marteen in Ballytruckle - owned by Willie Tubritt I think - emptiest shop I was ever in in my life but Willie was a gent

jmcc · 14-02-2011 6:32pm

jimbojazz wrote: »

Wasn't the Book Centre where Elverys is now originally?

Think so. It was a few doors away from Burgerland.

The Grand Central on Ballybricken - the inventors of the potato scallops and the best ever tbh - went to school with Colin "Scallop" Whelan

Haven't seen Scallop in years.

Furlong's TV shop on Gladstone Street and Heusen on O'Connell Street.

Sages Barbers in O'Connell Street. The shop on the corner of Vulcan Street and O'Connell Street that was there before the Arts shop used to have a genuine buffalo head from the old West on the wall.

Suirside Radio, WLR and ABC when Pirate Radio was cool. They played music then (a bit like MTV in the early days). Crosslane Video. The Big W CB radio club and the Urbs Intacta one (?). (Used to meet in different pubs and on different nights.) CB radio - the Instant Messenger of its day. The computer shops (Chipshop on High Street, Finn's Camera Shop and a few others). The slots/gaming arcade where the Book Centre is now. Mods/Rockers/Punks.

Watching the battle scenes for the Kubrick movie "Barry Lyndon" being filmed down the Island lane.

Ardkeen stores when it was a small shop. The Cove shop.

Voyager internet cafe when it was down on the Mall. (First internet cafe in Waterford, I think.)

Regards...jmcc

dayshah · 14-02-2011 6:35pm

nkay1985 wrote: »

Yeah but it was called Mattie's Hill Stores in the late nineties, I'm almost sure.

That's right. Before that it was Butler's.

brendansmith · 14-02-2011 8:32pm

Cake Man wrote: »

Probably more around my area but Crystalvision where the Silver Star chinese is and the little shop in where the post office both at Cleaboy. Also, that shop (Matties I think?) on the hill where the City Vets is, the fella in there was sound!

seanybiker wrote: »

ah I forgot about crystalvision. The birmigham chap that worked there was sound.

Cake Man wrote: »

Yeah himself and another lad owned the place, many moons ago that was!

nkay1985 wrote: »

Yeah I remember you could get children's videos for like 50p or something!

And I used to often have to run into Mattie's Hill Stores (I think) on the way to school in the morning. Either there, The Corner Shop or White's on Keane's Road.

Are you lot talking about the crystal vision that used to be where the Ardkeen quality food store is now or was there another one?

jmcc · 14-02-2011 8:36pm

brendansmith wrote: »

Are you lot talking about the crystal vision that used to be where the Ardkeen quality food store is now or was there another one?

There was a Crystalvision in the Ardkeen stores place when the Ardkeen stores were down where Supermacs etc is now. There was another video rentals shop in the same place before it (late eighties). The Crystalvision one was very early nineties but I think it only lasted there for a few years.

Regards...jmcc

seanybiker · 14-02-2011 8:50pm

brendansmith wrote: »

Are you lot talking about the crystal vision that used to be where the Ardkeen quality food store is now or was there another one?

Were on about the one that was up byte cleaboy where silver star is now.

ArtVandelay76 · 14-02-2011 9:41pm

The auction galleries on o Connell street.
Browsing around all the junk in there.

Things you miss in Waterford

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