What do you miss

DenMan · 01-07-2008 5:32pm

Things can't be that bad guys, can they? The outlook for the next 3-4 years in the West will not be good from what I have been reading, but I don't think there will be rationing......yet.....:eek:

magnumlady · 01-07-2008 5:36pm

DenMan wrote: »

Things can't be that bad guys, can they? The outlook for the next 3-4 years in the West will not be good from what I have been reading, but I don't think there will be rationing......yet.....:eek:

Please will you tell my mother that!!!
She's stock piling everything.
So far she's sorted as regards dog food, rice pudding and soup.
Got about 40 tins of each!!:rolleyes:

red bellied · 01-07-2008 5:39pm

lubie76 wrote: »

Does anyone remember the cafe and Bar in what is now Tesco fruit and veg section? The entrance was in the same place as the entrance is now. Was really dark place. Very vague memories but can remember being strung out from stealing slurps of parent's coffee (in the days when coffee was a luxury):)

The Ballymote.

TequilaMockingBird · 01-07-2008 5:42pm

red bellied wrote: »

The Ballymote.

Catchy name! Did they serve mandarin sandwiches aswell?! Mandarin sandwiches WTF...

DenMan · 01-07-2008 5:48pm

Does anybody remember the episode of Fair City at the end of 1999. The story was Charlie was preparing for the new millennium and he was worried, so he started stockpiling up on everything, perishables, tinned foods etc, anything and everything. Very good it was. He was really panicking. Surely that can't happen now!!!

TequilaMockingBird · 01-07-2008 5:53pm

DenMan wrote: »

Does anybody remember the episode of Fair City at the end of 1999. The story was Charlie was preparing for the new millennium and he was worried, so he started stockpiling up on everything, perishables, tinned foods etc, anything and everything. Very good it was. He was really panicking. Surely that can't happen now!!!

Lost me there Denman

guinnessdrinker · 01-07-2008 5:58pm

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Casual Corner, used to stick in 10p and play shinobi, Double Dragon, Street Fighter etc for ages. Plus the car game.

The car game was Supersprint, then they replaced it with Badlands. They were great games and used to get ultra competitive almost resulting in fights on a few occasions!

TequilaMockingBird · 01-07-2008 6:05pm

Where was Casual Corner?

JoeyJJ · 01-07-2008 6:57pm

sueme wrote: »

Where was Casual Corner?

Next to the cinema... was small place, prob closed early-mid nineties.

JoeyJJ · 01-07-2008 7:01pm

Remember the ballymoat alright, don't remember too much about it, but remember been in there with my granny after shopping.. ahh the memories.

DenMan · 01-07-2008 9:26pm

The real Monster Munch crisps, really spicy. Not the extra corny, no taste at all Mighty Munch by Walkers. They have renamed them back to their original name Monster Munch but sadly the taste is still the same!!!:( ...remember the Cyclops at the back of the packet....Awesome

snowdaze · 02-07-2008 1:13am

sueme wrote: »

Catchy name! Did they serve mandarin sandwiches aswell?! Mandarin sandwiches WTF...

I just remember it being a very dark place....soup and a sandwich type of place I think

not a mandarin in the place!!!

On a side note - does the Mandarin Court still exist?????? on Wine St. - first chinese restaurant I was ever at!!!

go-on then - tell me it isn't chinese or something!!!!

Jabby · 02-07-2008 1:33am

There was a really lively nightclub in the late seventies where the Sligo Supply Centre have just left (Blackwoods Yard.) I bet nobody remembers it. Everytime I hear 'Rat Trap' by the Boomtown Rats or 'Rasputin' by BoneyM, It reminds me of some great nights there.

The Coffee Bean on The Mall was way ahead of it's time serving very exotic stuff for it's time.

il gatto · 02-07-2008 4:31am

Mighty Munch are pretty close to the original Monster Munch, if a little hotter and less spicey, if that makes sense. Rough texture like the old ones too. I think what happened was as follows. Smiths Crisps left the Irish market and licenced Monster Munch to Tayto. For twenty odd years they continued to make the proper Monster Munch. In the meantime, Smiths were bought by Walkers (owned by Lays). Walkers (the fuppers) changed Monster Munch to the finer, tasteless, smaller Monster Munch. When Walkers entered the Irish market, the licence for Monster Munch reverted to them and the travesty against corn snacks we see today is the result. Part of the clause seems to have been that Tayto could continue to produce a very similar crisp which they named Mighty Munch, which although very similar to the old Monster Munch, is just not quite the same. Alot closer than the Walkers ones though. When I was sick as a kid, I used to crave Monster \Munch and Wine Gums. Odd.
I miss the old cinema too. New one is a great facility, but some of the magic is gone.

nicolaonfire · 02-07-2008 8:14am

The Bowling Alley...that's where I had all my childhood birthdays.
The old cinema
The 4 lights when it was up where McDonalds is now
When Tesco was Quinnsworth!
That fun fair that came here and had the big wheel down at the Quays.

Sligored · 02-07-2008 9:41am

conways pub on high street is what i miss most.
and the mandarin court is still the best chinese in town..although a bit expensive for takeaways

nicolaonfire · 02-07-2008 10:26am

The Trades Club

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 02-07-2008 10:33am

^ The T&C...

DenMan · 02-07-2008 12:20pm

Thanks for the info il gatto, I did wikipedia it yesterday. Does anyone remember the night shot of Gotham City from the first Batman movie (1989) in the old cinema, a huge painting on the wall. I remember it as a child, amazing isn't it. I wonder who has that image now, Warner Bros?

takola · 02-07-2008 1:57pm

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

^ The T&C...

The T&C is still there though isn't it?

starbelgrade · 02-07-2008 2:09pm

takola wrote: »

The T&C is still there though isn't it?

The building is, but the T&C has ceased trading.

Silver33 · 02-07-2008 4:09pm

Hi there
Lots of places I miss:-
The Ballymote pub/restaurant (used to be in Arcade of Tesco/Quinnsworth) now its the fruit and veg section! I was a child but remember it clearly.
Alfie Bree's on John Street - smell of cat urine but the sweet selection was great!
The Ritz on O'Connell street, The Wimpy, Grandma's, Step Inside Cafe - Market Cross, The Coffee Bean (The Mall), Gullivers (McHughs there now)
The Garavogue
I actually miss the old clarence in the 90's! (an age think I guess:o)
Woolworths on O'Connell street. Records for 99p
Hayleys fast food on O'connell street.
oh the memories!!!

Sulukie · 02-07-2008 4:16pm

God I'd forgotton Hayleys!
I miss the Ritz too, something slightly old fashioned about it but the best knickerbocker glories Yum!

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 02-07-2008 4:17pm

takola wrote: »

The T&C is still there though isn't it?

Yarr it be closed for an age tho!

Sulukie · 02-07-2008 4:19pm

I never thought when I started this thread but it really shows our ages - doesn't it!

magnumlady · 02-07-2008 4:22pm

Gullivers, that was a great place, I'd forgotten about that.

JoeyJJ · 02-07-2008 4:25pm

Alphie Brees how did I forget thee, the lucky bags were the best and all the other little toys you could get in there, they always had caps.

takola · 02-07-2008 4:29pm

takola wrote: »

The T&C is still there though isn't it?

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Yarr it be closed for an age tho!

What? When did this happen? One of my mates used to run the place.

Show's you how much I've been paying attention doesn't it?

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 02-07-2008 4:32pm

Basically I think it got raided too many times - the commitee seemed to blame the guy who was running it and I think there was a lot of other stuff surrounding it.

Basq · 03-07-2008 7:29pm

Miss King's Chinese in Wine Street Car Park..

.. they've the best Chop Suey in town (by far).

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