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Dublin 15 Historic Pictures Thread

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  • #152
    Guinness69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭Guinness69


    A great facebook page for any that are interested in Blanchardstown . https://www.facebook.com/groups/320676788135706/?fref=nf


  • #153
    chucknorris
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    Gone be the days ;)

    https://twitter.com/PhotosOfDublin/status/706796046073118720


  • #154
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,413 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    chucknorris wrote: »
    Gone be the days ;)

    https://twitter.com/PhotosOfDublin/status/706796046073118720

    Where was that?


  • #155
    chucknorris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    Zaph wrote: »
    Where was that?

    It was down the road toward the hospital, behind the Blanchardstown house.


  • #156
    miss misty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭miss misty


    Don't think so.... was where the Vincent de Paul shop is


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  • #157
    chucknorris
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    miss misty wrote: »
    Don't think so.... was where the Vincent de Paul shop is

    When was it knocked down?


  • #158
    dodzy
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    miss misty wrote: »
    Don't think so.... was where the Vincent de Paul shop is
    You sure ? They say on the replies that it was on the way to Waterville, just before the river (so I was guessing on the road that used to be the entrance road for the JCM hospital. Apparently knocked many years ago, but the bike outside would indicate that it's not that long ago !


  • #159
    chucknorris
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    dodzy wrote: »
    You sure ? They say on the replies that it was on the way to Waterville, just before the river (so I was guessing on the road that used to be the entrance road for the JCM hospital. Apparently knocked many years ago, but the bike outside would indicate that it's not that long ago !

    I have an aerial photo from 83 and that building is not where the SVP is and I was certain this post office was further back toward the hospital on the old road.


  • #160
    ThisRegard
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    One of the first single manned double deckers, the 38c, in this vid. Looks like it's driving through Blanchardstown Village in places, no idea where the end is.

    http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0309/773586-one-man-double-decker-buses/


  • #161
    oblivious
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    One of the first single manned double deckers, the 38c, in this vid. Looks like it's driving through Blanchardstown Village in places, no idea where the end is.

    http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0309/773586-one-man-double-decker-buses/

    Some passengers have concerns over passengers travelling with a pram without the assistance of a conductor.

    "It’s hoped that obliging male passengers will help out doing what the conductor has traditionally done as a courtesy, not part of his job."

    Different times


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  • #162
    chucknorris
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    One of the first single manned double deckers, the 38c, in this vid. Looks like it's driving through Blanchardstown Village in places, no idea where the end is.

    http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0309/773586-one-man-double-decker-buses/


    The last scene could be where WellView and Parslickstown maybe now.


  • #163
    dickwod1
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    The end of the clip looks like here ...

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3952052,-6.3756865,3a,75y,128.85h,73.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-BNpbbl7r_XFJetoFkkyFw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

    Corduff looking onto Snugborough Rd, The field on the far side of the road is where Waterville/Aquatic centre is now


  • #164
    beauf
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    I don't remember it even before then. Maybe it was the 60's.


  • #165
    dodzy
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    beauf wrote: »
    I don't remember it even before then. Maybe it was the 60's.
    Drop handlebars......in the 60s :eek:


  • #166
    chucknorris
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Drop handlebars......in the 60s :eek:

    :D


  • #167
    Gaspode
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    Drop handlebars date from between the two world wars (The Bicycle - Towards a Global History
    By P. Smethurst) so it's not impossible.
    (giving away my age here but I remember my neighbour having a 'racer' in the very early 70s and always wanted one)


  • #168
    chucknorris
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    https://twitter.com/PhotosOfDublin/status/708049216929734657


  • #169
    beauf
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    Remember when they were new they had an amazingly sparkly floor.


  • #170
    dodzy
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    Gaspode wrote: »
    Drop handlebars date from between the two world wars (The Bicycle - Towards a Global History
    By P. Smethurst) so it's not impossible.
    (giving away my age here but I remember my neighbour having a 'racer' in the very early 70s and always wanted one)

    I got a Viking 5 speed racer for my 12th birthday in 1981. Loved it!


  • #171
    amdublin
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    What year would that be approx?

    Anyone good on old reg plates?


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  • #172
    chucknorris
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    amdublin wrote: »
    What year would that be approx?

    Anyone good on old reg plates?

    I'd take a guess and go 88


  • #173
    Pat Dunne
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    amdublin wrote: »
    What year would that be approx?

    Anyone good on old reg plates?

    GSI 346, would be early 1980's, I'll hazard a guess at 1982.
    Drove a little blue Nissan around then and the reg was PSI.


  • #174
    Bruthal
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    1983 I think.


  • #175
    Pat Dunne
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    miss misty wrote: »
    Don't think so.... was where the Vincent de Paul shop is

    You are spot on, it used to be on the site of where the St. Vincent's shop is now. I went past it almost everyday on the 39 bus when I was going to school in Coolmine back in the 1970's. The colour photo dates from the mid 80's.
    Using the photo from chucknorris in http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95580332&postcount=141
    I've tried to highlight the location as best as possible. The large house to its right had been demolished when the photo with the racing bike outside was taken. Click on the photo below for a larger image.
    bRuwep.png


  • #176
    miss misty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭miss misty


    Was still there 83 / 84


  • #177
    beauf
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    I'm not sure I remember it. When you went in the door was there a long counter on the right with the post office right at the end facing you. Just a wall on the left. Maybe I'm imagining that.


  • #178
    mackerski
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    I'd take a guess and go 88

    Considering the year started appearing on plates in 1987, certainly not.


  • #179
    dodzy
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    I'd take a guess and go 88

    Jesus chuck, you're miles off :D

    Bruthal, take an apple from the box !

    380211.jpeg


  • #180
    ChannelNo5
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    Anybody remember the Twin Oaks? It was on the old Navan Road, where Bradys is now? It had long display windows with bottles and tankards etc displayed in. there never seemed to be anybody in it.it looked a bit like a Roadhouse?


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  • #181
    chucknorris
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Jesus chuck, you're miles off :D

    Bruthal, take an apple from the box !

    380211.jpeg

    I'm still holding out with 88 :-) the bus maybe from 83, but buses were used for many years and that bus doesn't look spanking new :D


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