things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

kryogen · 11-03-2009 12:26am

old gregg wrote: »

following on from Martin Hunt and Waterford characters, here's one that only folks of a certain vintage will remember .....
STAB THE RASHER

that particular........human.......is still around

shockwave · 11-03-2009 12:27am

Ned Kellys pub where the exchange is now. As rough as the chicken ranch

The forum was a cinema called The Regal (I think that was the name)
The old rogue pub in the apple market.
The old guy who used to sell windmills outside darrers and moved to dunnes when it closed.
The dingy old shop opposite mt sion school where you could get a single fag for 10p. Used to be packed at break time.
The manky old arcade where The Kasbah is now.
The L&N supermarket where H Samual is now.
The taxi rank outside pennys.

kryogen · 11-03-2009 12:33am

this is a really good thread OP, i dont have the best memory but when other posters are recounting their memories i remember some of the same things and its good for the old nostalgia

the old man with the windmills!

Professey Chin · 11-03-2009 12:46am

Anyone got photos of all the old places you remember. Im having troublem picturing 95% of them

longshanks · 11-03-2009 1:05am

cashel and miller
the bok upstairs in the roxy

wmpdd3 · 11-03-2009 1:05am

Yes I remember the harvester was actually quite modern for the time it was open about 1992.

The dunlop factory was at the back of arundel square as far as I was told my gran worked there in the 60s.

I'm not this old but I was brought up with stories of the Olympic ballroom and roller disco it as beside the CTI where Olympic court is now.

Bewleys in the broad street centre and Trinity house.

Remember queing on the stairs to see santa in Shaws.

The pink paint on the toilets in the Roxy.

Drinking behind the cattlesheds on the quay.

kryogen · 11-03-2009 1:09am

I remember Neil (the Bok) very well, a legend on the waterford scene

i miss hearing Kipper play at candlelight sessions in phil grimes

Tony Sullivans shop in Lisduggan was always a great place to spend the pocket money getting ripped off but at least he did it with a smile

drinkin in the jim morrison as a teenager that haunted house in hillview

or the one where the witch lived lol

SUNGOD · 11-03-2009 10:42am

Duiske wrote: »

The Pineapple Grove bar in the Bridge hotel was a great hangout back in the day as well.

think it was called the peppermint grove....or the pepp ..to its locals

following on from the martin hunt, casahel ,miller posts..... a legend who is still around is "how do"
called so because it doesnt matter what you say to him he always responds..."how do"

SUNGOD · 11-03-2009 10:43am

muckel ryan drinking around the town

gscully · 11-03-2009 11:07am

Tom's Hot Bread Shop in Lisduggan...aah the smell! Harneys bakery too.

The Infirmary and Airmount when they were hospitals.

Fat Sams - sigh...great times...

Boyces shop on Michael St

Gaywear on Michael St (now Kavanaghs I think)

Motor & Sport on Michael St (with a video store upstairs)

meldrew · 11-03-2009 11:07am

Motor and Sport , Where Elverys is now
The Col , where the tower is now
The olympia Ballroom
Fad Browns on Barrack St
Cantwells on Michael St
The Blue Haven
The Ardree
Zhivago where love stories begin!
Afie hales sport shop on Barrack St
Crazy Prices
Five 0 in the shopping centre
Flanagans fish shop

bullpost · 11-03-2009 11:09am

Falla Wall, McGarrett.

anplaya · 11-03-2009 11:44am

shockwave wrote: »

The dingy old shop opposite mt sion school where you could get a single fag for 10p. Used to be packed at break time

think it was called connollys

merlante · 11-03-2009 1:07pm

SUNGOD wrote: »

muckel ryan drinking around the town

You mean the guy who wrote his name on everything? Always wondered who he was!

bullpost · 11-03-2009 1:09pm

anplaya wrote: »

shockwave wrote: »

The dingy old shop opposite mt sion school where you could get a single fag for 10p. Used to be packed at break time

think it was called connollys

Wasn't there a Connollys opposite Stephens Street at top of Alexander Street going way back?

shapez · 11-03-2009 1:28pm

m3llowship wrote: »

I'm yet to find a battered sausage as good as the Beefy King where Abra is now.

I really have to agree here. The Beefy King used to be in New Ross, before they moved Waterford. I remember as a kid coming from Inistioge getting chips & battered sausages in New Ross. I was distraught when they moved, it felt like a million miles away down they old New Ross - Waterford road!!

Them were the days!!

Must be 20 years ago now.

ToxicPaddy · 11-03-2009 1:59pm

Jeez some memories there.. Polberry before Tescos was there, The Infirmary when it was a hospital, The old New Ross road, The cranes on the north quays, The Roxy, The Pullpit when it was only the Pulpit and Preachers wasnt built then, The old bakers on John St which is now a pub that has changed hands a lot since then.. no idea what its called now, Burgerland..

What was the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

Outside of Waterford I know , but the Majestic Hotel in Tramore and the swimming pool before it went on fire..

Tox

old gregg · 11-03-2009 2:03pm

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

What was the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

'Finns' and he was grumpy for sure

JohnC. · 11-03-2009 2:07pm

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

the name of that computer/photography store that used to be in arundel square before city square was there? Grumpy aul git working there..
Bought my first "ahem" PC there, a sinclair spectrum +2

Do you mean Finn's? Though I didn't find the guy to be grumpy. I bought a fair amount of stuff there (and after they moved) too.

lynchpin · 11-03-2009 2:43pm

As a 27 year old here are some of my memories from Waterford as a child.

I remember Alfie Hales Sport shop being located where Guinneys is now(Trinity House)
and on High Street opposite City Square and in George's court where the baby shop is now.
The one in George's court stands out as I remember the life sized poster of Michael Jordan inside the door.

I remember Fitzmaurices toy shop where Boots is now and the lego and games section was located upstairs
while the newsagents section was located where Carphone warehose is now. I'm pretty
confident that this was here up to around 1995

Shaws before it was done up and what seemed to be a huge furniture section upstairs.

The old cinema with it's wavy roof thing.

My first bike was purchased in some market that was held in the old Grannery.

The computer shop (Teleport) in Georges Court and the coffee shop in the centre of Georges Court

Strand Electric on Johns Street. It was Strand Electric right up to 1997/1998 as that was
where we bought our Nintendo 64. Then it became Strand Video.

Darrers and the wonky elevator out the back.
The Hyper Market's toy section upstairs where Heatons is now and the stand
alone newsagents where I think the Off License is now.

The car park and lane way behind the Cathedral where a Hotel is now.

The Broadsteet shopping centre. I think this was the only place in the city where
you could buy Slush puppies.

Was Fieldmasters located somewhere else before it set up on the quay?

A clothes shop opposite BPM records that sold Xworks and Eclipse jeans.
Was BPM located somewhere on Michaels Street?

more to follow...

lynchpin · 11-03-2009 2:57pm

Oh and as a kid thinking that MB Games was some magical place out of a
Roald Dahl book. That assumption was dashed when I worked there on my summer holidays during college.

deisemum · 11-03-2009 3:25pm

lynchpin wrote: »

I remember Fitzmaurices toy shop where Boots is now and the lego and games section was located upstairs
while the newsagents section was located where Carphone warehose is now. I'm pretty
confident that this was here up to around 1995

Shaws before it was done up and what seemed to be a huge furniture section upstairs.

Fitzmaurices was definitely still there in the late 90's. I only moved to Waterford in 1997 then had a baby and remember bringing him in there. It had the reputation of staff following you around the place and customer service left a lot to be desired.

Shaws had a bigger furniture section alright.

JohnC. · 11-03-2009 3:39pm

Shaws had a small restaurant upstairs too. Sometimes got a filled blaa in there.

shapez · 11-03-2009 4:02pm

lynchpin wrote: »

The computer shop (Teleport) in Georges Court and the coffee shop in the centre of Georges Court

A clothes shop opposite BPM records that sold Xworks and Eclipse jeans.
Was BPM located somewhere on Michaels Street?

more to follow...

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Wasn't BPM upstairs in that small shopping mall beside where H Samual is now?

lynchpin · 11-03-2009 4:09pm

shapez wrote: »

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Wasn't BPM upstairs in that small shopping mall beside where H Samual is now?

that's were we got our Amstrad. Around then my brother asked me to ask the salesman how much one of the computers were. The salesman laughed at me saying that I couldn't afford it. To his credit I only had 50p pocket money to my name.

BlaasForRafa · 11-03-2009 6:13pm

anplaya wrote: »

Fitzmaurices in Georges Court, where Boots is now. I spent a lot of time in there.

ah thanks for the reminder ,can just barely remember it lol:D[/QUOTE]

there was a fella in there would chase you out of the place if you dared to read one of the comics without paying. mr fitzmaurice would go mental if people were reading without paying as well.

Nolanger · 11-03-2009 6:31pm

Mods back in the '80s - clogging up the town with their Green/Grey parkas and blue/red/white target patches on their backs - scooters with twenty mirrors.
Sure most of their kids are now our teenage chavs.

dannydiamond · 11-03-2009 7:12pm

gscully wrote: »

Gaywear on Michael St (now Kavanaghs I think)

No way! Was this a nickname?

magick · 11-03-2009 7:25pm

cows and sheep on the quay being loaded into the ships, seems like it was back in the 1800s! :eek:

SUNGOD · 11-03-2009 7:43pm

dannydiamond wrote: »

No way! Was this a nickname?

no thats what it was called when it opened then it became Awear

"motor and sport" think it was where "strand electric" was which in turn became "strand video"

motor and sport was like deevys and alfie hales combined
always remember they used to restring squash rackets on a machine in the middle of the shop

for anyone living out by quinnsworth/waterford shopping center lisduggan
remember mickey wongs caravan selling curry/chips etc .
which was either in larchville or at the corner of sunrise cresent and larchville
mickey was a bit of legend..all 6 stone of him was often seen diving out in the guillameanes

wellbutty · 11-03-2009 7:55pm

I remember Teleport as well. My Mam got my Commodore 64 in there!!

Same here

Remember Roches Street????? Now the De La Salle Secondary School's pitch (across from St. Declans)!

Elle Victorine · 11-03-2009 8:56pm

old gregg wrote: »

following on from Martin Hunt and Waterford characters, here's one that only folks of a certain vintage will remember .....
STAB THE RASHER

haha me da knows him:eek:

WMT · 12-03-2009 12:30am

Suppers in the nite clubs.
T'was nearly always a cuury down in breens and chips beans and sausages in snags. God they were the buisness when you were in the horrors !!!

honeybadger · 12-03-2009 12:54am

WMT wrote: »

Suppers in the nite clubs.
T'was nearly always a cuury down in breens and chips beans and sausages in snags. God they were the buisness when you were in the horrors !!!

lol this reminds me,dose anyone rember when they had the chipper and the offliscence open at the same time in club laaa lol a box of bulmers and a curry snackbox at closing time fecin happy days lol

wmpdd3 · 12-03-2009 2:02am

Kahless wrote: »

Do you mean Finn's? Though I didn't find the guy to be grumpy. I bought a fair amount of stuff there (and after they moved) too.

Got my Commodore 64 there too when I was 9. That man was a saint.
I was into him every day I was brought to town with another annoying question.

I think I got my come-up-ins when I worked in a mobile shop and had a string of 9 year olds comming in with endless questions!

And Streetwise in Georges court and Penny lane in Michael st, clothes shops.

kryogen · 12-03-2009 2:25am

Patsy the conductor taking tickets!

honeybadger · 12-03-2009 2:36am

notting rwong with patsy understanding legend that he is and the same for money bags legend also

Baby4 · 12-03-2009 9:54am

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j walsh · 12-03-2009 12:09pm

old gregg wrote: »

The sale in Peter France

All 26 years that that sale went on for.:D:D:D

WMT · 12-03-2009 12:11pm

j walsh wrote: »

All 26 years that that sale went on for.:D:D:D

Is that sale still on by the way ? :P

j walsh · 12-03-2009 12:13pm

WMT wrote: »

Is that sale still on by the way ? :P

That's what Nelson Mandela said when he got out of jail!!:D

WMT · 12-03-2009 12:16pm

The carnival that used to be in the manor st john in lisduggan back in the late seventies and early 80's

abouttobebanned · 12-03-2009 12:22pm

Great thread. I'm probably repeating a few here but here are my memories of old Waterford.

Buying Pencil Cases and stuff in Woolworths (where the brasserie is now)

Winning a big ass teddy bear in a christmas raffle in the wimpy (where the brasserie is now haha)

The old cinema and the absolutely massive Screen One where there was a big walk way at the back of the room where the toilets where...not to mention the largest bin in the world over the balcony in front of the screen. What an amazing cinema that was.

Playing Paperboy in the Savoy arcades

Oh the thrill on the hill in ballybricken...why can't we bring that back?!

The pic n mix in darrers

The tiny shop across the road from mount sion primary (next to the barracks) we used to get whatever the little fad item of the time was (I remember one time it was these streamer type things that made us look like majorettes running around the yard)

Connolly's down the road owned by the lovely husband and wife whose faces have unfortunately vacated my memory.

The two sinnots video shops....Christ remember video shops years ago....the first one was upstairs from the music shop down by muldoons there...you had to walk up a tiny spiral staircase to walk into a VHS wonderland...Rocky II in a big huge plastic box...and then the second sinnots up at Electric Avenue there with the big steps up into the main Video section.

Teleport computers and Finns is obviously another one...4.59 for a new Commodore game or a tenner for the ones in the bigger box (that was supposed to be a better game lol) Wasn't finns down by where apache pizza is now as well?

I could go on all day!

old gregg · 12-03-2009 12:38pm

ok here's one that may ring a few bells among those of us who dabbled in a life of crime as schoolboys in the early '70s ... anyone remember 'Gimme Gimme'?

.. back when you'd 'borrow' a bottle of coke/cider/babycham/beer from the drink trucks parked outside Sullivans Drinks in high street and suddenly a guy would appear from the upstairs window and start shouting Gimme Gimme to try and get you to bring it back. ... yea that one worked for sure

j walsh · 12-03-2009 12:56pm

Anyone remember the cattle up on ballybricken or the Fanning house where the government buildings are in the glen now.

WMT · 12-03-2009 1:04pm

What about The Lark In The Park
This was like a mini festival in the peoples park with mostly local bands of the time (eg Navarone (Now Avalon), the Succession (Now the Butterfly band) , Soul Reazon, etc....)
It was held over 2 days Saturday and Sunday, but can't rember what time of the year it was .

WMT · 12-03-2009 1:20pm

Or the Roller Disco on 'o Connell Street across from The Bridge Hotel,
they also held a disco there on monday night's for over 16's , think it was called "Bubble's Disco".

j walsh · 12-03-2009 1:22pm

ducking off school and hiding on Mockey Dower (the truant inspector) on the way to the Gloss!!

tonc76 · 12-03-2009 2:21pm

SUNGOD wrote: »

for anyone living out by quinnsworth/waterford shopping center lisduggan
remember mickey wongs caravan selling curry/chips etc .
which was either in larchville or at the corner of sunrise cresent and larchville
mickey was a bit of legend..

mmmmmmm mini specials for £1 were amazing

topazkk · 12-03-2009 3:18pm

Then:

Jobs,
Vibrant town centre,
People, loads of people.

Now:

Fewer jobs,
Dead town centre,
People are scarce,
and we have a new
phenomenon "The Serial Objector"

I wonder what happened?

things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

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