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    #92
    DenMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭DenMan


    That's a good question as I have no idea what is was either. Anybody got a take on it?


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    #93
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    JIZZLORD wrote: »
    what was the bomb?
    DenMan wrote: »
    That's a good question as I have no idea what is was either. Anybody got a take on it?

    was unsure if this my self, but asked a few questions, apartently it was an unexploded WWII bomb, think it was found when the road was being dug up

    :confused:


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    #94
    DenMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭DenMan


    That's amazing. When I lived in Malta I went to Mosta and saw the mine that entered the church and did not explode.


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    #95
    TequilaMockingBird
    Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    Afaik, it was a round ball yoke for chucking coins into for charity, you see them in Airports etc.


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    #96
    TequilaMockingBird
    Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    irish-stew wrote: »
    was unsure if this my self, but asked a few questions, apartently it was an unexploded WWII bomb, think it was found when the road was being dug up

    :confused:

    I think someone's pulling your leg Stewie!


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    #97
    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    It was like a sputnik type thing. At the end of O'Connell Street.


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    #98
    il gatto
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭il gatto


    It was a sort of marine mine or bouy. It had short legs and a slot for change. It was there until 5-6 years ago. They should sand blast it, re-paint it and put it back when the street is re-paved.


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    #99
    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    There was a pic of it in the weekender a few months back, can't find it on the net though.


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    #100
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    sueme wrote: »
    I think someone's pulling your leg Stewie!

    or maybe i could be pulling yours

    :p

    dont think sligo were much of a threat to the germans in WWII


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    #101
    dardevle
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭dardevle


    "moby dicks" really brought back the memories,

    next door to the fca hall!


    how about some of the hotels that have
    passed into memory;
    grand hotel(envy)
    imperial hotel(toffs)
    kellys hotel(sligo weekender):(


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    #102
    Gillie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    sueme wrote: »
    Afaik, it was a round ball yoke for chucking coins into for charity, you see them in Airports etc.

    It was either a mine or a bouy.


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    #103
    Sulukie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Sulukie


    Gillie wrote: »
    It was either a mine or a bouy.


    I agree with Gillie, would be nice to see it back now O'Connell street is pedestrianised.


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    #104
    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    Where is it now though?
    Maybe someone nicked it.


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    #105
    sfhawke7w
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭sfhawke7w


    think i will email the sligo weekender and ask the question

    "where is the bomb"

    i do think it would be lovely to have on oconnell street, never seen anyone putting any coins in it though.


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    #106
    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    DenMan wrote: »
    Happy birthday Xiney. :)


    LOL

    Good thing you've never met me. If you'd met me and called me 31 I'd have to kick your ass.


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    #107
    Gillie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Xiney wrote: »
    LOL

    Good thing you've never met me. If you'd met me and called me 31 I'd have to kick your ass.

    We'll have to see pics Xiney coz you know DenMan's word is gold...


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    #108
    Hail 2 Da Chimp
    Registered Users Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    sueme wrote: »
    Afaik, it was a round ball yoke for chucking coins into for charity, you see them in Airports etc.

    Well people used to chuck coins into it but I don't think it was for charity or anything...


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    #109
    Gillie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »
    Well people used to chuck coins into it but I don't think it was for charity or anything...

    It was for the "Public Toilet" and "Pedertrianise Now" funds!


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    #110
    Hail 2 Da Chimp
    Registered Users Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    Well I suppose they could only afford enough to pedestrianise O'Connel St and not the toilet...


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    #111
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »
    Well I suppose they could only afford enough to pedestrianise O'Connel St and not the toilet...

    pedestrianising a toilet

    :confused:



























    only messing 'hail to da chimp', i know what you meant

    ;)


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    #112
    Dagon
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Dagon


    The Casual Corner in Sligo... ahh now that brings back great memories! Golden Axe, SFII, Shadow Dancer, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Fatal Fury II gobbled any 10p coins I could get my hands on back in those days :)

    Anyone remember Dragon Ninja and Pang?


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    #113
    Wester
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Wester


    The Pixi: a toy shop on Market St.; used to be mesmerised by all the toys filling this tiny space whenever I went in there as a child.

    The Savoy cinema: my first trip to the cinema, The Empire Strikes Back, in 1980 (God, I'm getting old).

    Best's where Dunnes Stores in Adelaide St. is now (there was a cafe in it too where my Mum alwayshad a white coffee on a Saturday and I can still remember the sound of the coffee machines as they let out steam).

    The rag and bone man calling at our estate for any old bits of scrap that people wanted rid of, and he even had a horse and cart!!

    I loved growing up in Sligo so much that I always knew I'd move back here. And even though it's changed almost beyond recognition I still wander around town thinking "that's where such and such was" and the memories are so sweet.


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    #114
    Konata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,164 ✭✭✭Konata


    I know it's only temporarily closed but I seriously miss the Strand. I live in Dublin during the college year so was looking forward to a Summer of days and nights spent in the Strand.

    Stupid fire :(

    Curious as to what it'll be like when it re-opens - they seem to be doing a lot of work on it.


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    #115
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Being brought to Gulivers Travels as a treat for dinner when I was a kid

    That place was cool!


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    #116
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    The Carlton. I liked the food, and it was the last of its kind in diner-style in the town.

    Also, I miss wood's. They had everything in there, and it was the kind of shop that really did have everything you needed. like if you were stuck for a particular obscure fixing or something you could be sure that they had it.


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    #117
    Truley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Truley


    The Ritz cafe on O'Connell Street - best cafe ever!


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    #118
    guinnessdrinker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭guinnessdrinker


    Dagon wrote: »
    The Casual Corner in Sligo... ahh now that brings back great memories! Golden Axe, SFII, Shadow Dancer, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Fatal Fury II gobbled any 10p coins I could get my hands on back in those days :)

    Anyone remember Dragon Ninja and Pang?

    Totally forgot about that place, used to play Supersprint in there which was a 3 player driving game. Then they replaced that with Badlands which was a 2 player drving game but still great.

    I think I remember Pang, is that the game where you started with a large ball and they kept getting smaller?


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    #119
    greengoddess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭greengoddess


    Truffles on the Mall... loved the pizzas there!!


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    #120
    Dagon
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Dagon


    guinnessdrinker wrote: »
    Totally forgot about that place, used to play Supersprint in there which was a 3 player driving game. Then they replaced that with Badlands which was a 2 player drving game but still great.

    I think I remember Pang, is that the game where you started with a large ball and they kept getting smaller?

    Yup, that would indeed be Pang! Great game, very addictive! Playing it in the Casual Corner was always better than the monochrome Spectrum version we had at home :)

    Yes, I remember Supersprint and Badlands as well. Those machines were always on the go! Anyone remember when they got Mortal Kombat? There was a big buzz around it at the time and people were queueing up to play!


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    #121
    ScallowayLass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭ScallowayLass


    Hennigans Bar as it used to be many moons ago!
    The whole of lower John Street! Whytes, Crummy's, Alfies, Sally Hartes (and Molly's I had forgotten about that!) Little bakery on the corner of O'connell street!

    Always used to go to The Cottage when the Clarkes had it at lunchtimes from school. The Sligo Arts festival when it was good, fireworks on the river and huge night time procession

    I find it strange whwn I go back to Sligo now, so much has changed and very little of the original old town centre business and shops left. A couple of pubs are as reliable as ever :)


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