Dublin Zoo 'Monkeys tea party'?

Pablo Sanchez · 03-04-2011 08:26AM #1

My mother thinks she remebers a daily event in Dublin Zoo called the 'Monkeys Tea Party' when she was a child (1950's) where they would dress the monkeys up and sit them at a table so they could have a tea party....

......naturally such a think wouldnt happen in a million years these days but she wanted to see if anyone else remembered such a thing or was it strictly a figment of her imagination??

ISDW · 03-04-2011 12:11PM

Nothing wrong with her memory:

http://www.seniortimes.ie/mysitecaddy/site3/history-zoo.htm

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/zoo-reels-in-the-years-with-longforgotten-footage-1456268.html

If you look at photo 3 in that second link, you can see a chimp having his/her tea:rolleyes:

joyce2009 · 03-04-2011 12:14PM

i have a photo somewhere of my brothers in the late fifties early sixties at dublin zoo and behind them are chimps sitting at a table having tea so no your mam is not imagining it, it did really happen...:D:D

star-pants · 03-04-2011 12:49PM

nope tis true! My dad always tells me about the monkeys being around, having tea etc. A lot more interactive eh? Lol

TooManyDogs · 03-04-2011 08:47PM

Yep my Mam remembers that too!

cbee20 · 12-05-2011 11:12PM

Saw a clip on RTE recently where the monkey's tea party was shown for a few seconds. I remember seeing one as a child. It was hilarious but would not be considered PC nowadays I suppose.

Cú Giobach · 13-05-2011 09:48AM

cbee20 wrote: »

Saw a clip on RTE recently where the monkey's tea party was shown for a few seconds. I remember seeing one as a child. It was hilarious but would not be considered PC nowadays I suppose.

Animal welfare is not political correctness.

13-05-2011 01:41PM

Its funny how times have changed. Now they have frappuccino's

Dublin Zoo 'Monkeys tea party'?

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