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Growing up in Drogheda
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Wow, i was really born in the wrong era
I think a lot of these unfortunate things that has happened is pretty widespread and the only ones to blame are the ones who thought giving the go ahead to SH was a good idea.
They thought it would expand the town, but instead it has just relocated the CBD.
Its a shame because on a social level, SH has nothing to offer.
Where as in the day (from reading this thread and not from personal experience, the place to be was the back of the town center?0 -
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Where as in the day (from reading this thread and not from personal experience, the place to be was the back of the town center?
It was great :cool: A whole lazy Saturday afternoon could be spent trekking around the town
Start with Whitworth hall for game of street fighter and my favourite- Strider.
Then maybe browse shops on one half of the town on your way over to Gisty's for pool. A bite in Hollywood west, and then some more browsing.
Ahhhh the days... I feel sorry for the kids today with only the Americanised Mall to socialise in 0 -
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Speaking of Gistie's and Whitworth, does anyone remember care's? (spelling?)
It was down the lane at hollywood west opposite abbey tavern, there used to be a video library in the 80's, then got pool tables and a few games in in later years, 92 / 93 maybe? think its a hair dressers now.
You were really slumming it and brave if you ventured in there
Another thing that came to me over the last few days, the subway!!!!
when they had the odd night in the old star and crescent.
And more !!!! on the star and crescent does anyone remember getting dragged to the annual trade fair (think that was it) as a kid there ? They would have been mid 80's id say.1 -
The whole feel of down town has changed maybe thats a part of growing up how many parents and grandparents have started stories with "in my day..."
That would be it.
Heres one that might make everyone feel even older.
Me and a mate were talking about how EVERYONE has sky now, tv on demand, whatever you want, its there. Same with internet and mobiles, direct communication whenever its needed.
We being only 20 and 21 were shocked at the amount of little brothers, sisters and nephews that wouldnt go home, stick on the den and be watching that until 6, then to get out of feeling bored would go off for a wander and call for the neighbour or someone down the road.
Everyone had to be in at half four to watch Pokemon.
I guess it just changes as you grow up in life.
But drogheda has it bad.
Scotch hall is a hole.
I work there and sometimes cant think how anyone spends time in it when they dont have money.
I could end up being in HMV or gamestop when i have been paid and want some entertainment, but were talking like once a month!0 -
Speaking of Gistie's and Whitworth, does anyone remember care's? (spelling?)
It was down the lane at hollywood west opposite abbey tavern, there used to be a video library in the 80's, then got pool tables and a few games in in later years, 92 / 93 maybe? think its a hair dressers now.
You were really slumming it and brave if you ventured in there
Another thing that came to me over the last few days, the subway!!!!
when they had the odd night in the old star and crescent.
And more !!!! on the star and crescent does anyone remember getting dragged to the annual trade fair (think that was it) as a kid there ? They would have been mid 80's id say.
Yeah classic memory that trade fair, end up coming home with loads of brochures for double glazing windows, lawnmowers and new fitten kitchens, i was only a kid:D:D1 -
andrew1977 wrote: »Yeah classic memory that trade fair, end up coming home with loads of brochuers for double glazing windows, lawnmowers and new fitten kitchens, i was only a kid:D:D
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Yeah I remember the Trade Fair in the Star & Crescent...we would all head down and come back with brochures, those weird paper hats they also used to hand out during the parade, and of course stickers (probably for some bathroom shop or something!) I remember Rhino records as well, the guy who owned it initially had the shop over Joe Thomas I think but it moved to the back of the shopping centre, I remember he was a very hairy man..
Totally agree with Famous 45, there is another thread on Boards somewhere called: "What is your favourite year in the 80's?" mine would be 1986, my estate was full of kids out playing,full of life, jumpers for goalposts etc...I just cant imagine a young person now growing up on some estate enjoying the same things, it seems more cold and sterile now, maybe I'm wrong but thats just my impression. Same goes for Scotch Hall, I think thats the focal point now for young people, theres not much there though, I cant imagine them in 10 or 15 years going "anyone remember the Bag Shop in Scotch Hall?" !!0 -
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ah man i'd totally lost all memory of those hats till you mentioned them.
They came flat but they folded out to a baseball hat style in a swirl shape, bring them back I say !!!!! Used to get one every year at the parade from some local business or other and being very pleased with myself on the way home :pac:
I remember there being some other sort of parade thing in town durring the 80's????? Other than St. Patricks day, what was it ?
Oh don't think it was mentioned but who could forget the annual pram race
I have memories of Shanks Godfrey taking part in it
Edit: took a bit but here is the hat's im sthinking of http://www.4imprint.co.uk/Spiral-Paper-Hat-4-Col-Process/EXEC/DETAIL/FROMPRODUCTGROUP/~SKU500695/~CA500695P.htm0 -
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LOL at the pic of the Spiral Flat Hat above...love it...I think there was a parade called the Bonanza parade in the early 80's as well..?
I also remember going up to Lucianos in a taxi and badgering the driver for concessions!0 -
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Trafford Lad wrote: »LOL at the pic of the Spiral Flat Hat above...love it...I think there was a parade called the Bonanza parade in the early 80's as well..?
I also remember going up to Lucianos in a taxi and badgering the driver for concessions!
Yeah the bonanza ,it used to come down the dublin road, for some mad reason i remember Gay Byrne being driven along in some posh car waving at everyone
And a load of strange characters from the muppet show appeared in it also one year.
As for Lucianos.. DJ Dave.. brought the rave scene to the place:D0 -
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Not strictly drogheda but still fitting with the growing up theme , and speaking of shanks, did anyone ever have the privilege of visiting his country cottage on the way out to donore? Think it burned down mysteriously ....... TWICE
He had all sorts of cool memorabilia, including an godfather esq horsed haed mounted on the wall we must have been 5 at most at the time, and my brother was scared ****less of the head was roaring crying all the way home, did help that i was like waaaaaaaaaaaa woooooooo horsey's head to him
Remember another time me and a friend where in looking at oliver plunket's head just after they got it back when they thought there was hair growing on it, and a nun giving us a whole history lesson on him and taking us to the kylemore for buns and tea afterwards bless her.0 -
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I have a hazy memory of buying a brick of the Linen Hall and signing it one night i was there. They never sent it on to me when they bulldozed the place to make way for the Haymarket though.
Joe Thomas's shop was great.
Had my first pint in the White Horse.
Spent some quality time mitching around the glen, 101 steps and what we used to call sh1t alley. (the lane at the back of the CBS)
Remember 'Higans and O'Riordan' beating the crap out of us in St. Marys. Probably warranted
I remember hitching into Drogheda every weekend for years and always getting lifts. You wouldn't do it nowadays.
The takeaway in Narrow West Street? They had a great video game called Tempest.
Callan's, The Coffee Garden ........
O'Shea's back when it was an awl fellas pub, forget the name. Reds when it first opened. The Weavers.
Good memories
O'Sheas back when it was an oul fellas pub was called "Dicey Reillys" and it looked like a dump, was never in it but can vaguely remember it, it was called "Squires" after that.When it was "Squires" it was class.0 -
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Does anyone remember the toy shop on the corner of West St and Peter st. Schwears (sp??) Was it a newsagents or a bookshop upstairs ?? and downstairs was packed with toys. Going back to the 70's here!
And has no one mentioned Bubbles disco in The Star and Cresent yet?? Anyone remember that?!! 0 -
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garrincha62 wrote: »Really enjoying this thread!
Anyone remember Phillips newsagents on Scarlet Street and the Newfield Stores shop?
That NewsBeat specialised in army men and model aeroplanes if memory serves.
And what of Campbells Newsagents near the Joeys Primary school? Think it is a butchers now...
Yip remember newfield stores alright, manys a happy lunchbreak i spent from the Joeys smoking down there.
Also Campbells shop, into loughgrans for chips and any spare cash left over to campbells for sweets, they had a big glass counter covering the penny sweet and jawbreakers:D
An odd time we would venture down the town and into Mckeons newsagents to read the magazines, mckeons is where the shop is now directly across from Tesco.
I can recall the sweet shop where Mcdonnells in Hardmans gardmens is now
And going back even further , where the golden bowl is and before La Mirage was there , there was a sweet shop owned by Eugene Cunningham0 -
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Does anyone remember the toy shop on the corner of West St and Peter st. Schwears (sp??) Was it a newsagents or a bookshop upstairs ?? and downstairs was packed with toys. Going back to the 70's here!
And has no one mentioned Bubbles disco in The Star and Cresent yet?? Anyone remember that?!!
Wow - Scherws (or however the hell you spell it) - thta was my favourite shop growing up - all the Hornby train stuff was in the basement. I spent a fortune in there on Hornby - and I'm female!!!
Still have most of it too0 -
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We usto play handball in millmount at lunchtime, we were the only 4/5 lads allowed to leave the school when Eugene first came to the mary's, thank god I was only there for his first year we didn't get on, lol! Wonder does anyone still play there?
What about the thatch pub, a few of us lived in cederfield for a while in our 20's usto go in for a few pints and have a laugh, an old fella' pub I know but we loved going in, such an old fashioned place!
Used to by can's and an icepop from the fridge / counter there
It's closed now, theres a new place in behind it.
Ah Eugene, lol we called him 'Schvinters' in the ollies, we didn't get along either.
I would imagine if i was working with him or something today we would not get along either.0 -
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Glydeside white wrote: »And the memorys of winning everything around us in soccer, oh no wait sorry that was us
Thats not like a Dundalk fan to be living in the past
Anyone remember post Boxing Club and before Man Fridays when the "disco" was held out in the Village Hotel near Bettystown? It may have only been for a few months (1993 maybe?)...but it used to be a good buzz...drinking down in the Sunshine bar and then getting the buses out the the Village over where Eddie Rockets is. Then coming back when it was bright, getting a breakfast roll in that little take away that was where Black Tie is at the bottom of Shop St...cant remember the name.0 -
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Trafford Lad wrote: »Thats not like a Dundalk fan to be living in the past
Anyone remember post Boxing Club and before Man Fridays when the "disco" was held out in the Village Hotel near Bettystown? It may have only been for a few months (1993 maybe?)...but it used to be a good buzz...drinking down in the Sunshine bar and then getting the buses out the the Village over where Eddie Rockets is. Then coming back when it was bright, getting a breakfast roll in that little take away that was where Black Tie is at the bottom of Shop St...cant remember the name.
That little chipper was called the newyorker ! manky food but bloody lovely when you were hammerd As far the craptown fan livin in the past :rolleyes: less said the better . 0 -
Brilliant memories on here.... I spent sooo much of my time in the Witty but my parents never new. We used to sneak in and then send out one of the lads to make sure the coast was clear before coming out...! Gisty's too.. And there was another small arcade across the road from the green man barbers down that little lane. Cant remember the name of it. They used to have a jukebox that I reckon was pretty much stuck on that orgasm song... what was it called... I think it was banned, hence it being put on all the time... it and Leila K Open Sesame...! Hahaha. Spent a lot of time in with Paddy Connor. He was a genius at sourcing hard to get stuff for me. Great guy. Poor fella had a stroke a few years back and stopped selling music. Feck its all coming back. That garden and pond down Scholes Lane. I wonder are the goldfish still in the pond...? A few friends and me where some of the first MTB'ers in the town and used to have great crack jumping off steps in around there. Freeschool lane is another recent victim of recent bad planning. I remember being chased by a Ban Garda on the beat for having no lights on my bike and cycling against the traffic and skipped down free school lane, across Laurence Street and down the steps beside the franciscan church. I hid in 'The band room' (in Drogheda Workspace) for a few hours before leaving my bike there and walking home .
I'm 33 now and all of these things only seem like yesterday. Drogheda has changed immensely but I think everywhere has..! In 15-20 years time the youth of today will be reminiscing as we are... I wonder what they will chat about...??? What will change that much that it'll be worth a conversation...????
Brilliant thread... has kept me occupied for the last hour..!
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Brilliant memories on here.... I spent sooo much of my time in the Witty but my parents never new. We used to sneak in and then send out one of the lads to make sure the coast was clear before coming out...! Gisty's too.. And there was another small arcade across the road from the green man barbers down that little lane. Cant remember the name of it. They used to have a jukebox that I reckon was pretty much stuck on that orgasm song... what was it called... I think it was banned, hence it being put on all the time... it and Leila K Open Sesame...! Hahaha. Spent a lot of time in with Paddy Connor. He was a genius at sourcing hard to get stuff for me. Great guy. Poor fella had a stroke a few years back and stopped selling music. Feck its all coming back. That garden and pond down Scholes Lane. I wonder are the goldfish still in the pond...? A few friends and me where some of the first MTB'ers in the town and used to have great crack jumping off steps in around there. Freeschool lane is another recent victim of recent bad planning. I remember being chased by a Ban Garda on the beat for having no lights on my bike and cycling against the traffic and skipped down free school lane, across Laurence Street and down the steps beside the franciscan church. I hid in 'The band room' (in Drogheda Workspace) for a few hours before leaving my bike there and walking home .
I'm 33 now and all of these things only seem like yesterday. Drogheda has changed immensely but I think everywhere has..! In 15-20 years time the youth of today will be reminiscing as we are... I wonder what they will chat about...??? What will change that much that it'll be worth a conversation...????
Brilliant thread... has kept me occupied for the last hour..!
Rats
Ah that's sad to hear about Paddy Connor, he is indeed a gentleman. Was great at getting harder to find stuff in frrom Dublin or where ever in the days before mp3's, itunes and amazon. You'd go in to his tiny shop and nit would take an hour to leave with all the chat he'd have and quality cd's to listen to. Was great for kids into dance music too as it was one of the only places you could get vinyl . And he used run buses to all the gigs up in Dublin.
@Trafford Lad , i think I was in the village once but later than 93 maybe? I remember seeing a band called the pale there.0 -
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