things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

Nolanger

Anyone remember The Beat Club in the Bridge hotel circa mid-80s?

kakak1

Revvy wrote: »

Chipper opposite St Johns Church ..... maybe the Golden Fryer or something
Alice and Philomena in the shop at the park

The French Friar actually, owned by Anna Jennings who had the cake shop "Annas" at the corner of Johns Lane opposite St Johns Church.

Philomena was the name of the guesthouse, the 3 sisters were Alice, Sheila & Peg (Margaret). Occasionally the 4th sister Siobhan used visit & do a stint in the shop.

Try & get it somewhat right Revvy........;)

kakak1

seanybiker wrote: »

Ah them two sisters where sound. I wonder if there still alive, wouldnt imagine so.

to my knowledge certainly 2 still alive

kakak1

What about Johnny Forty Coats (used feed the pidgeons at the clock tower) & Anklesocks (don't ask....)

Six League of Ireland titles in seven years, the era when every second Sunday approx 10,000 would be at a game in Kilcohan Park (was at a League of Ireland game against Shamrock Rovers in Milltown when there were 23,000 in attendance the first year Waterford won the league in 1966).

FAI Cup in 1937 & 1980

Waterford Athletic Stores in Peter St (now City Sq) owned by Peter Bryan one of Waterford's great full backs in the league winning seasons.

Arundel ballroom in same location.

Garda station at back of Tower Hotel opposite the Coloseum Cinema

Graves in Michael St (now AIB Bank) & also on the Park Road

Tedcastles coal Yard beside Park (Maritana House now)

jmcc

kakak1 wrote: »

Philomena was the name of the guesthouse, the 3 sisters were Alice, Sheila & Peg (Margaret). Occasionally the 4th sister Siobhan used visit & do a stint in the shop.

Try & get it somewhat right Revvy........;)

I thought it was Saint Philomena's rather than 'Philomena'.

Regards...jmcc

BlaasForRafa

kakak1 wrote: »

Arundel ballroom in same location.

I remember that when I was a kid there was a big hall in arundel square that held bring and buy sales, was that the same place? And did it go on to become Sullys massive snooker hall in the mid/late 80's?

thepcguy

The Ostman Pub, in Anne Street....Finest Flagons in town at the time (Early 80's),
Chuck Wagon Beside where Awear is now, Finest Burgers ever!!!!

Sally Tavern in Sally Park....Met some great space cadets there

Swaby's shop as it used to be up in Tycor....(70's, 80's)

Yer man who had the caravan in Ballybricken, selling crubeens & ribs, tasty after a stack of beer on a saturday night.

The Chinese Takeaway at the back of the Bridge Hotel, best spring roll in town during the 80's

The Roxy, Catch 22, Disco in Jury's. The old Barracks (as it was ) FCA..;)

That old cafe next to Dillons Jewllers, jaysus, am showing my age now.

Oh and The small sweet shop up the lane beside St Pauls CC on Paddy Browns road....Loved the Swizzle sticks.....:cool:

Revvy

Here's one for Kakak1 and the other auld fellas
The plots at the top of Hennesey's Road ...(The Ashe road end)
Where the green is now used to be a farm if I remember rightly.

giles lynchwood

Revvy wrote: »

Here's one for Kakak1 and the other auld fellas
The plots at the top of Hennesey's Road ...(The Ashe road end)
Where the green is now used to be a farm if I remember rightly.

Remember the plot's at the start of tramore rd,where sony center is now.
Fr.Meehan's choir what was their name.
Kiwi polish factory,(kazbar)
Coachmans bar (muldoons)
Gas Work's
John Hearne builder's (newell solictor's)
Fire Station,next to theater royal
Power's petrol station (munster bar)
Bishop Foy's school (where you pay parking fine's)
The Mud Boat
Smell from bonemeal factory across the river

soldering iron

Norris Minor bar, up over Norris bar.

I was in there one night many moons ago, me and the lack the only two in the bar, in come this guy with a guitar, happyman , ferryman,merryman was his name.He informed the bar-women that if he played we should pay to hear him, so we left and headed down to Dowlens (Applemarket) where all the nice people drank.

wellbutty

soldering iron wrote: »

Norris Minor bar, up over Norris bar.

happyman , ferryman,merryman was his name.

With a name like that, he'd already earned his money

Junior

The front being on The Stand, jesus it looks like sh1t since they just bricked it up.

Hoffmans

kakak1 wrote: »

Graves in Michael St (now AIB Bank)
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whos buried there
not more quackers?

vague recollection of the roxy theatre club..........

Hoffmans

kakak1 wrote: »

Graves in Michael St (now AIB Bank)
..........

whos buried there
not more quackers?

vague recollection of the roxy theatre club

trpsarge

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63544107&postcount=308

all of the above

jay.i.am

mayfair sweet shop-patrick st-apple drops and bon bons aplenty before the flicks.
emerald isle chip shop-patrick st-nice sausage rolls
mc cabes barbers also patrick st
johnny matthews sports shop where spookes is now.
burtons now a-wear,cassidys now dunnes-michael st.
and ill add the cycling track in the park as i was down thay way today.
i think it was called gough track but i could be wrong.surely a few bob spent to upgrade and maintain it woud have been money well spent.

next

Catch 22 in the Tower Hotel
St. Josephs Sunday disco
Sisters of Charity in Parnell St.
Anna's chippers and Delacatas ? in Johns town
the walk way over lady lane linking the convent to the school
the Royal Bar

seanybiker

next wrote: »

Catch 22 in the Tower Hotel
St. Josephs Sunday disco
Sisters of Charity in Parnell St.
Anna's chippers and Delacatas ? in Johns town
the walk way over lady lane linking the convent to the school
the Royal Bar

there was a disco in st josephs school?
Kg discs down the end of the street by de la salle primary, used to accidentally kick the ball down that street and about 10 of us would go down after it to get the disco fliers in kg discs he he.

Quigs Snr

jay.i.am wrote: »

mayfair sweet shop-patrick st-apple drops and bon bons aplenty before the flicks.
emerald isle chip shop-patrick st-nice sausage rolls
mc cabes barbers also patrick st
johnny matthews sports shop where spookes is now.
burtons now a-wear,cassidys now dunnes-michael st.
and ill add the cycling track in the park as i was down thay way today.
i think it was called gough track but i could be wrong.surely a few bob spent to upgrade and maintain it woud have been money well spent.

I think the track was called Goff track (I believe Mr Goff was a keen and wealthy cyclist who built it). It was state of the art when built in the late 1800's. I used to race on it as a kid.

next

seanybiker wrote: »

there was a disco in st josephs school.

St Josephs youth club it was on the Yellow Rd. maybe I have the name wrong

jay.i.am

Quigs Snr wrote: »

I think the track was called Goff track (I believe Mr Goff was a keen and wealthy cyclist who built it). It was state of the art when built in the late 1800's. I used to race on it as a kid.

Spot on i remember goin down st stephens day with my brand new racer a Raliegh Panther [no mudguards] :)if my memory serves me right.Purchased in Wrights probably around 85.

Rainbow_brite

Celtworld - died a quick death
Haricot Restaurant - O Connell Street
Global Cafe - Parnell Street
Credit Union on Lady Lane (around the corner from current location on Parnell street)
Sheffs - the manor - 2 vodkas and lucozade for a fiver

nkay1985

next wrote: »

St Josephs youth club it was on the Yellow Rd. maybe I have the name wrong

Nope, you're right. I'm pretty sure my parents first met at that disco.

trpsarge

the Royal Bar

The Queens, Sean Kings and the Hibernian,

Used to share a house in Mall lane. I could get to all four and into Brennans chipper and be home in minutes..on a tenner !

One night in '88 the lane flooded. as did the house..The 'Quay River' came in the front door. We slipped out the back onto the roof into the Kings and stayed until the tide went out. or we were to well oiled to notice it had come in. O'Mearas had it then.

seanyroche

Does anyone know the name of the pub that used to be beside the old pennys????:)

Professey Chin

seanyroche wrote: »

Does anyone know the name of the pub that used to be beside the old pennys????:)

Egans

BlaasForRafa

next wrote: »

St Josephs youth club it was on the Yellow Rd. maybe I have the name wrong

No, I remember that, I think it was converted to apartments or something, theres a pub next to it. They had an indoor soccer area as well and they used a weird green fuzzy football.

Guramoogah

Whatever happened to that cottage with the lovely murals in Rockenham, Ferrybank, across the road from the graveyard?

Simon Adebisi

Was in college in Waterford back in the late 90s. Is the Roxy nightclub still there? Had some great times in there listening to The Bock. Is he still around?

shockwave

Havent seen the Bok in a few years, he used to play in T&H's every week,had some great sessions there:)