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Newly moved to Balbriggan - what goss should I know!

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    #92
    Chopperdog
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    Are you shipping out D-arke??
    Jeez, the original stock are moving out and the new stock are moving in...
    Wherever you are off to, best of luck!:)


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    #93
    Bluetonic
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    Chopperdog wrote:
    Are you shipping out D-arke??
    Jeez, the original stock are moving out and the new stock are moving in...
    Wherever you are off to, best of luck!:)

    Ah sure he's only a blow-in to begin with!


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    #94
    Chopperdog
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    True enough..... You need to be able to trace your lineage back to the Vikings for the die-hard Balbrigganers to be bettered :rolleyes:


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    #95
    d-arke
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    I may be a blow-in, but this is my 20th year in the town now.
    I've seen my fair share of changes in the town.................. ahhh the old bmx track, memories!!


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    #96
    Moonbeam
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    Is the nearest cinema really Santry?


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    #97
    meditraitor
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    Moonbeam wrote:
    Is the nearest cinema really Santry?
    Drogheda might be nearer


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    #98
    d-arke
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    Or Drogheda. Though I think there making a 5 screen out in Bettystown in the new development called Bettystown Town Centre (which doesnt sound right). But there was talk of a two screen in Balbriggan, though I'm not sure if thats still going ahead, a certain Bluetonic might know


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    #99
    Rockee
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    Noticed this Balbriggan thread...whats Home nightclub like these days? I heard de Brun(where Ennis' used to be) has a lot of posers???


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    #100
    meditraitor
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    d-arke wrote:
    I may be a blow-in, but this is my 20th year in the town now.
    I've seen my fair share of changes in the town.................. ahhh the old bmx track, memories!!


    Ah, the memories, dreams of mag wheels and raleigh burners


    Check it out
    http://www.balbriggan.net/balbriggan1983.htm


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    #101
    Rockee
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    meditraitor wrote:
    Ah, the memories, dreams of mag wheels and raleigh burners


    Check it out
    http://www.balbriggan.net/balbriggan1983.htm

    OH MY GOD!!! Sh1t, yeah! Im 24 and I can remember my dad taking me there when I was around 3. Totally forgotten bout the BMX track.


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    #102
    d-arke
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    Rockee wrote:
    Noticed this Balbriggan thread...whats Home nightclub like these days? I heard de Brun(where Ennis' used to be) has a lot of posers???


    Home isnt what it used to be if it was anything before. They've closed of the upstairs balcony area for what I can only imagine is because its not getting the punters in so they cram everyone in like a hard.

    De Brun's is definitely full of posers. Upstairs tends to be the late 20's, early 30s/40s posers who still think they have it, whilst downstairs is the 18-25's who are still trying to find it.

    Nice place all the same


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    #103
    meditraitor
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    d-arke wrote:
    Home isnt what it used to be if it was anything before. They've closed of the upstairs balcony area for what I can only imagine is because its not getting the punters in so they cram everyone in like a hard.

    De Brun's is definitely full of posers. Upstairs tends to be the late 20's, early 30s/40s posers who still think they have it, whilst downstairs is the 18-25's who are still trying to find it.

    Nice place all the same

    Home is still a cattle market, but a good laugh sometimes

    De-Bruns is a disaster, bring back Ennis's


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    #104
    d-arke
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    meditraitor wrote:
    Ah, the memories, dreams of mag wheels and raleigh burners


    Check it out
    http://www.balbriggan.net/balbriggan1983.htm


    wayhay!!! thats the stuff. i should send in some photos to that website of me zipping around on that track. Hey Rockee, I probably raced ya once or twice no doubt.


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    #105
    Rockee
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    Im hardly old but the 'music' in Home did my head in. Boyracer stuff! Of course after god knows how many drinks the idea of going to Home nightclub or your real home crops up...AfterDark is good craic though for the Retro tunes and chasing 'the older woman' :p


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    #106
    d-arke
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    meditraitor wrote:
    Home is still a cattle market, but a good laugh sometimes

    De-Bruns is a disaster, bring back Ennis's


    Couldn't agree more. Afterdark is far better anyway.

    Had some great memories of Ennis's, but always got too much stick in there so kinda glad its De Bruns now


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    #107
    meditraitor
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    Rockee wrote:
    OH MY GOD!!! Sh1t, yeah! Im 24 and I can remember my dad taking me there when I was around 3. Totally forgotten bout the BMX track.

    Great memories, Im lucky enough to have been old enough to have had a BMX around that time :D (not old enough to get around without busting myself up though)


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    #108
    Rockee
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    d-arke wrote:
    wayhay!!! thats the stuff. i should send in some photos to that website of me zipping around on that track. Hey Rockee, I probably raced ya once or twice no doubt.

    Aw, I was only a dot, was only 3. Was 1984/85. Could barely master stabilisers on my bike back then, let alone BMXing!:D


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    #109
    d-arke
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    When I moved here when I was four, used to go down to the track and there was always one hill near the end that I had push the bike up, I was hopeless. You can imagine what i was like going down it


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    #110
    Rockee
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    d arke.....is that doug???


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    #111
    meditraitor
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    Rockee wrote:
    Im hardly old but the 'music' in Home did my head in. Boyracer stuff! Of course after god knows how many drinks the idea of going to Home nightclub or your real home crops up...AfterDark is good craic though for the Retro tunes and chasing 'the older woman' :p
    :D


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    #112
    d-arke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭d-arke


    Rockee wrote:
    d arke.....is that doug???

    Tis indeed man!! Thought I recognised the name. Look at the post count for the two of us.............FREAKY!!!!


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    #113
    Rockee
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    A few years back we'ed get a minibus from the harbour in Rush to Life (as it was then) There was more fun on the way to the Life than there was inside the place! Then, we'ed get off the bus and try and act sober enough for Roxy to let us in! Remember Roxy?


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    #114
    Rockee
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    Yahay...its Ross here bro! Yep,we're neck and neck! Any plans for the weekend...I know lets go to Home/After Dark! All this talk is getting me going!:D


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    #115
    d-arke
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    Rockee wrote:
    A few years back we'ed get a minibus from the harbour in Rush to Life (as it was then) There was more fun on the way to the Life than there was inside the place! Then, we'ed get off the bus and try and act sober enough for Roxy to let us in! Remember Roxy?

    Ah yeah Roxy, remember him alright. It was around the time that he was head doorman, that one of the bouncers asked if I was I over 18, a local etc, so I produced my driving license, nationality: Scottish. So from then on, was always know as the scottish fella and always got in, even when drunk. Twas great!! :D

    Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well. And there was about 6-10 of us throwing a small football at each other :D


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    #116
    Bluetonic
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    I say bring back the Cardy Marina Lesiure Centre.


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    #117
    d-arke
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    Rockee wrote:
    Yahay...its Ross here bro! Yep,we're neck and neck! Any plans for the weekend...I know lets go to Home/After Dark! All this talk is getting me going!

    Get in touch with Kev. Planning on heading down to O'Shea's for the band on Friday night and then upstairs into Afterdark for €3 drinks. We had some night last Sat dancing with a couple of 40year olds :D Too many vodka and cokes


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    #118
    Rockee
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    d-arke wrote:
    Ah yeah Roxy, remember him alright. It was around the time that he was head doorman, that one of the bouncers asked if I was I over 18, a local etc, so I produced my driving license, nationality: Scottish. So from then on, was always know as the scottish fella and always got in, even when drunk. Twas great!! :D

    Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well. And there was about 6-10 of us throwing a small football at each other :D

    Yeah, the sexual frustration on those buses on the way home eh? Unless of course we got 'LUCKY':D Roxy always remindedme of a stocky Freddie Mercury...oh, and the chipper built into the nightclub needs to reappear!


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    #119
    Bluetonic
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    d-arke wrote:
    Remember one time coming back from Skerries in said bus, and a certain Bluetonic was in the bus as well.

    :o


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    #120
    Rockee
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    d-arke wrote:
    Get in touch with Kev. Planning on heading down to O'Shea's for the band on Friday night and then upstairs into Afterdark for €3 drinks. We had some night last Sat dancing with a couple of 40year olds :D Too many vodka and cokes

    Now thats a plan! Was stuck in Rush last Saturday:( Yeah, Ill give Kev a shout!


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    #121
    d-arke
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    Rockee wrote:
    Yeah, the sexual frustration on those buses on the way home eh? Unless of course we got 'LUCKY':D Roxy always remindedme of a stocky Freddie Mercury...oh, and the chipper built into the nightclub needs to reappear!

    OH MAN!!! Completely forgot about that chipper!!! :D We should start a petition.:rolleyes: Either that, or hire out a "Chuck Wagon" style van and set up business....ummmmmm!!!:rolleyes:


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