Old Greystones

rorymurphy · 21-11-2014 11:44pm

pixbyjohn wrote: »

I remember your grandfather in the shop too, a true gentleman like your dad. Are you the red headed young lad who last ran the shop?

I am that red headed chap. I had a ginger brother too-He still lives in Greystonesm but I was the youngest of the bunch.
Young lad no more though.
I will be in for a culture shock when I go back home next.

Zoo4m8 · 22-11-2014 8:36am

Very sorry to hear of the death of long time Greystones resident Ned Doyle last week, lots of fond memories of him.
In his younger days he was a postman in the town and helped behind the bar in Collie Deveraux's pub in the Willow Grove to which he used to walk from his home in Brigid's Park. We often would come across him near the 'Dogs Gates ' in Delgany and give him a lift the rest of the way, one way of making sure there was no wait at the bar for a pint!
A man with a strong opinion on just about everything, he loved to spent a fine evening with friends old and young at the old harbour....when it was a place for everyone..
But his real pride and joy was his immaculate house and garden, all and sundry were supplied with top class veg and he took particular pride in his ability to grow a 'decent spud' , way better than what's found in local supermarkets..
Another broken link with 'old Greystones' , May he rest in peace..

lewis everard · 21-12-2014 9:45pm

Hi i went to St Kevins School in Greystone around 1952. Anyone here remember me Lewis Everard??

pixbyjohn · 22-12-2014 12:39am

lewis everard wrote: »

Hi i went to St Kevins School in Greystone around 1952. Anyone here remember me Lewis Everard??

Can you remember names of any of your classmates, maybe I could check if some are still living in Greystones. They may not use Boards.

eigrod · 22-12-2014 11:32am

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Can you remember names of any of your classmates, maybe I could check if some are still living in Greystones. They may not use Boards.

Was '52 after your schooldays PBJ ?

pixbyjohn · 22-12-2014 3:22pm

eigrod wrote: »

Was '52 after your schooldays PBJ ?

I started in St. Kevin's in '58/'59 after spending 3 years in St. Brigids, Greystones. :eek: 1950 was a great year for Ireland

:D:P

pixbyjohn · 29-12-2014 3:57pm

lewis everard wrote: »

Hi i went to St Kevins School in Greystone around 1952. Anyone here remember me Lewis Everard??

CBS Band Photo in the 50s by pixbyjohn, on Flickr
Lewis, did you live in what was the old schoolhouse opposite the top of the Church Lane, There used to be a shop there after the school?
Do you recognise anyone in this photo above?
Do you remember Charlie O'Reilly?

eigrod · 08-01-2015 4:37pm

A very interesting piece on the John Murray show earlier this week about a Greystones/North Wicklow character that will be familiar to many people, not least commuters - Gordon Cochran. His sister, Ruth Chipperfield, has written a book about him.

Podcast here : http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_thejohnmurrayshow.xml

Book cover with his familiar face : http://wicklowvoice.ie/gordon-business-usual/

Didn't know much about him, only from seeing him around the train stations and on the DART over the years, until I heard the above piece.

pixbyjohn · 26-01-2015 11:04pm

Frank by pixbyjohn, on Flickr
The late Frank Doyle, Greystones

recedite · 29-01-2015 11:01pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

We often would come across him near the 'Dogs Gates ' in Delgany and give him a lift the rest of the way, one way of making sure there was no wait at the bar for a pint!

That was a long enough walk to the Grove Bar. Where is/was "the Dogs Gates" ?

pixbyjohn · 29-01-2015 11:51pm

The Dog's Gates is the entrance to Delgany Golf Club, rumour has it that it is a haunted place :eek:

Zoo4m8 · 30-01-2015 8:02am

The original entrance to the Latouche Bellevue estate. Presumably got the name 'Dogs gates' many years ago because of the lioness on each gate pillar, I suppose first impressions from a distance they would look like dogs and anyway 'Lioness's gates' is more of a mouthful !

recedite · 30-01-2015 1:00pm

They are panthers actually. Or leopards in modern parlance. The story goes that one of the la Touche family was doing a stint of military service out in India, and brought back a stuffed panther from his travels. Then for a prank, he mounted it in the Octagon tea house, on a spring behind a door, such that it jumped out at unwary guests. Then subsequently the panthers became a bit of a family emblem.
The golf club probably should have stuck with the same theme afterwards, instead of picking the goat emblem.

Huntthe · 24-03-2015 2:48pm

Can anyone remember what the name of the little shop was in Delgany just up from the Church of Ireland heading towards the centre of the village please ?

drag0n79 · 24-03-2015 2:57pm

Huntthe wrote: »

Can anyone remember what the name of the little shop was in Delgany just up from the Church of Ireland heading towards the centre of the village please ?

Ludlow (Post Office + shop)

Huntthe · 24-03-2015 3:53pm

That's the one thanks

poldebruin · 12-09-2015 4:53pm

A nice view looking up Church Road from 1980 on the RTE Online Stills Archive.

There's some nice ones of the Harbour from around 1979 there too, have a peruse.

RTE Online Stills Archive - Greystones.

Zoo4m8 · 13-09-2015 12:47pm

What a great pic... I Suppose turning the clock back is not an option?

pixbyjohn · 13-09-2015 3:57pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

What a great pic... I Suppose turning the clock back is not an option?

O yes, morning coffee in the Bonne Bouche and fill the Morris Minor at Watson & Johnstons.

Zoo4m8 · 13-09-2015 7:15pm

Wasn't it the Copper Kettle round then? And sure isn't 'morning coffee' a recent invention? I do remember sitting in there on a wet Sat afternoon over a coffee though, till we were told to get lost....

loyatemu · 14-09-2015 10:00am

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Wasn't it the Copper Kettle round then? And sure isn't 'morning coffee' a recent invention? I do remember sitting in there on a wet Sat afternoon over a coffee though, till we were told to get lost....

customer service 1980s style - also practised in La Touche (the shop) and Murphy's newsagent.

gizmo555 · 14-09-2015 10:21am

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Wasn't it the Copper Kettle round then?

I recall going into the Copper Kettle and being amused to see a sign offering a fixed price "3 Coarse" [sic] menu. Then, having eaten their grub, I concluded the spelling must have been deliberate . . .

pixbyjohn · 14-09-2015 10:32am

gizmo555 wrote: »

I recall going into the Copper Kettle and being amused to see a sign offering a fixed price "3 Coarse" [sic] menu. Then, having eaten their grub, I concluded the spelling must have been deliberate . . .

Aww that must have been when it was open to the "general public", would never have happened in Finnegan's time.

kellyjm21 · 01-10-2015 8:07pm

Does anyone know what happened to the Riddall family (Linda and mother) of Killincarrig area?

pixbyjohn · 02-10-2015 12:21am

kellyjm21 wrote: »

Does anyone know what happened to the Riddall family (Linda and mother) of Killincarrig area?

Could this be who you are looking for?
Linda Riddall
HR Manager at Duncan Lawrie (IoM) Limited
London, United KingdomFinancial Services
Current
Duncan Lawrie (IoM) Limited
Education
Wesley College, Dundrum, Ireland

kellyjm21 · 02-10-2015 4:44am

indeed , many thanks

Jd50 · 08-11-2015 5:39pm

pxbyjohn wrote: »

Darcys of Windgates were pig dealers really. They would go to athe markets and buy then hold them for a short time and sell them on again . I think they actually were buying to order for regular customers. Yes they sold cabbage plants too and had the locals pulling plants during season.
O I remember Joe Murphy very well and his sister Mary and brother Frank. Joe was often summoned to Bray court because his cattle caused some people annoyance by going in on their beautiful manicured gardens, if he was fined half a crown or 5 shillings he would always comment that he had the cheapest grazing in Ireland, cos as you say his cattle grazed on the sides of the roads around the area. The downside to that was during the season the milk would taste of garlic.

Anyone remember there being a clothes shop in the loft building up at darcys piggery in wind gates? Would love to hear more memories or see photos of that farm when it was Tom darcys.

pixbyjohn · 08-11-2015 6:24pm

Jd50 wrote: »

Anyone remember there being a clothes shop in the loft building up at darcys piggery in wind gates? Would love to hear more memories or see photos of that farm when it was Tom darcys.

Yes I remember that shop, I think it was run by a grand daughter of Tom & Helen Darcy if I remember correctly.

cavemeister · 17-12-2015 4:30pm

I remember pre-Lautrex drinks in The Den to the left to the main entrance to the la Touche.

I remember getting my hair "cut" by Frank Clarke for 5 Punts. (It didn't matter what you asked for, everyone got the same haircut)

I remember when the Delgany Inn used to be THE place to be

I remember Video World being one of the first outlets to rent video games - They used to do Sega Master System games for 2 pounds a night

And most importantly, I remember when the entire theme tune to "Cheers" also applied to Greystones.

Agent Smyth · 22-12-2015 11:22am

Moved to Greystones from Rathfarnham with my family in the summer of 79, I was 12 at the time so it was a huge change for me.
Reading through some of the other posts has brought back good memories and got me thinking about the good times I had during the 80s and the early 90s, I myself moved into Dublin in 91 but still have family there. don't visit much but when I do I am always amazed at how the place has changed.
The things I remember are
All shops closed at 6pm until the Shopping basket opened
The tennis club opposite the La Touche Hotel had a sign that said "Whites Only"
The summer festivals of the 80s especially the Caribbean steel drum band playing off the back of a truck trailer.
The Burnaby on a Sunday afternoon listening to the two guitar players (Woods was one if not both their names) doing covers of Pink Floyd.
The woodlands on Friday and Saturday night before Cabannas with Leo(I think) on Friday and the soul band on Saturday.
Cabannas nite club and the trip to Bray after to Henry n Roses.
I think it was Evans birthday parties on the South Beach during the summer
Somebody mentioned Dessie Redmond, I remember talking to him on that night and getting up the next day to hear the sad news.
I didn't go to school in Greystones so I had to catch the 7:30 or the 8:05, I think it was the 8:05 train that crashed between Killiney and Dalkey in 1980.

Old Greystones

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