things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

jmcc · 09-06-2009 7:46am

Sully wrote: »

Iv a poor memory for this.. A small few of the top of my head;
- Computer Store in Georges Court,

Teleport.

- Not sure if its still there but a small electronic store beside the Hyper.

Toners.

Regards...jmcc

baronflyguy · 09-06-2009 2:00pm

jmcc wrote: »

Teleport.

I still have an old PC game I got from there, Eye of the Beholder (on 3 1/2 inch disks). Great game back in its day.

Actually I have a whole load of old PC games at home somewhere in my old room in a press that I used to run on my Twinhead 286 PC with it's 1 Meg of RAM on a 40 Meg Harddrive.

I wish I kept my old Commodore 64

wellbutty · 09-06-2009 2:06pm

baronflyguy wrote: »

I wish I kept my old Commodore 64

Found my one recently, she even loaded up the old tapes!!! Turrican 2 and Paperboy, they just dont make 'em like that anymore

hongkongbutler · 09-06-2009 2:20pm

bit late!

Burtons
The Waterford Tramore railway
WElshs on the manor (the post office)

Professey Chin · 09-06-2009 2:26pm

Kahless wrote: »

The computer shop inside Georges Court was Teleport, not Compustore, which was the one beside Lifestyle. The Man Utd. shop was beside T&H Doolans rather than Egans and the pub eventually extended into where the shop was.

Feck I knew that. Why did I read upstairs in the book center...I musta been tired

gscully · 09-06-2009 3:43pm

baronflyguy wrote: »

I still have an old PC game I got from there, Eye of the Beholder (on 3 1/2 inch disks). Great game back in its day.

Actually I have a whole load of old PC games at home somewhere in my old room in a press that I used to run on my Twinhead 286 PC with it's 1 Meg of RAM on a 40 Meg Harddrive.

I wish I kept my old Commodore 64

If you're feeling nostalgic, you can download a C64 emulator on the internet. You can also download games for them.

My dad bought me an Oric Atmos in Strand Electric. Heap of sh*te, but still had fun with the games. Last year, I got an emulator and some of the games. Brought back some great memories I tell ya! The games even had similar 'load' screens for effect.

nkay1985 · 09-06-2009 4:10pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Oh and santa used to be rob stuff in shaws.

Fixed that for ya Seanie!

wfman · 09-06-2009 4:56pm

flyers roller skate disco in o'connel street.
does anyone remeber the carnival up the lawn in lisduggan.

Nolanger · 09-06-2009 8:38pm

It wasn't Strand Electric. There was a smaller video library on the left of John St after the Manor going up to Geoffs circa mid '80s. Upstairs in one of the buildings. It was before Heery's.

Quigs Snr · 09-06-2009 8:49pm

Wasnt it Soundwaves or something like that before it was strand electric (and originally down opposite egans in the early - mid 80's). You are not thinking of crosslane video are you ?

Nolanger · 09-06-2009 9:11pm

Naw - this was one of those small terraced buildings on the way up to Heerys and Strand Electric. It was upstairs and was one small room with VHS videos on the wall circa '85/'86. It's not Sinnotts either! There was another video library back down at the corner a few years later - different one again.

Professey Chin · 09-06-2009 9:23pm

I think that was Strand. (pretty sure since I think I still have turtles robbed from there with the sticker on it hehe)
Then they moved downstairs and an actual strand electronics part took the space upstairs

starlightp21 · 09-06-2009 11:06pm

yea,
flowmotion was the big one.
anyone remember the portlairge dredger down by scotch quay? (before the new adelphi quay was built)
or when bell lines were working over in ferrybank?
i could go on all day!

lucky-colm · 09-06-2009 11:10pm

did anyone mention waterford glass

or is that still a sore point?

starlightp21 · 09-06-2009 11:25pm

the glass was mentioned earlier, colm.
they didn't mention the glass when they went on strike.
does anyone remember that?

wfman · 09-06-2009 11:28pm

starlightp21 wrote: »

the glass was mentioned earlier, colm.
they didn't mention the glass when they went on strike.
does anyone remember that?

around the time of the world cup in 1990

Luckycharms_74 · 10-06-2009 11:01am

Nolanger wrote: »

It wasn't Strand Electric. There was a smaller video library on the left of John St after the Manor going up to Geoffs circa mid '80s. Upstairs in one of the buildings. It was before Heery's.

Think it was called Bernie's video shop.....

misnomer · 10-06-2009 6:46pm

any one remember drinking in the grannery on o'connell street, they had a christmas tree up nearly all year once. used to go in a friday night once i'd
finished watching zig and zag and completed my home work of course
also vanilla slices from harneys bakery yummy

Nolanger · 10-06-2009 6:55pm

What was the name of the video library on Barrack Street in the late '80s. Was also a taxi shop and was painted blue. Only opened in the evening.

whittler · 11-06-2009 12:19am

shots used to be pound on certain nights in the granary if i remember right....mondays i think

whittler · 11-06-2009 12:21am

is the mass path still across from the pres???, minnie hopper caught us many a time havin a quick smoke down there!!!

Nolanger · 02-07-2009 5:44pm

What was the name of the record shop after TH Doolans circa '83? Some guy who used to work in Sinnotts ran it. Very small place with mainly AOR vinyl on either side of the shop. Could barely get about 10 people into the place.

02-07-2009 6:01pm

Think the record shop was Patsy Ryan's cant remember if there was a name on it or not.

anplaya · 02-07-2009 10:32pm

viking river tours.
what was the name of the shop next door to the candy store in the 80s?
abbotts shop down by the sacred heart church.

anplaya · 02-07-2009 10:35pm

oh and ye what was the name of the grocery shop down where sinnfein is now,it was a shop in the 80s,also the shop opposite the de la salle centre,what was it called and why did the de la salle centre close down?any1 know?

Odats · 02-07-2009 10:47pm

anplaya wrote: »

oh and ye what was the name of the grocery shop down where sinnfein is now,it was a shop in the 80s,also the shop opposite the de la salle centre,what was it called and why did the de la salle centre close down?any1 know?

The De La Salle Centre sold the building to KRM for the Newgate Centre to fund their development in Gracedieu afaik or someone bought it in auction and then sold it on to make a quick buck.

The shop across from it was O'Briens.

anplaya · 03-07-2009 2:37pm

Odats wrote: »

The De La Salle Centre sold the building to KRM for the Newgate Centre to fund their development in Gracedieu afaik or someone bought it in auction and then sold it on to make a quick buck.

The shop across from it was O'Briens.

ye its strange its just been left to fall apart .i have vivid memories of going into obriens as a child,me great grandmother lived in the houses across the road ,opposite the school,by the hill(knocked down and new places built there years ago).always used t think that shop was scary as fcuk as it was so dark in there

Nolanger · 03-07-2009 2:49pm

The smartest guys in my class in DLS used to be in Waterford but they all left years ago.

ironclaw · 03-07-2009 2:52pm

Was it, Wacky Warriors paintball? Near the bridge and its apartments now if I ain't mistaken.

ART6 · 03-07-2009 3:21pm

Johnny Hearn's ironmongers on the quay, that closed in very sad circumstances a short while ago. Over the years that was the one place you could find real, traditional ironmongery that the DIY superstores never stock, and where you could always bargain with Johnny and get a good deal. I can remember going in there thirty years ago for some obscure item, and the answer was always "Don't have one of them things, but I'll have it tomorrow!"

things that used to be in waterford ya can remember

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