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Dublin 1961

  • 16-01-2010 2:15am
    #1
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭


    Dublin 1961

    This is pretty sweet, was linked to it today. Might be of interest to some here.

    Apoligies if already posted, I glance in here only once a day usually just lurking so I may have missed it.


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  • #2
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,404 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Looks nice and signpost free (more or less), I only see one traffic light


  • #3
    Masada
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Masada


    Theres a whole thread on old dublin over in the Dublin Forum., a very good read., :)

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055264714


  • #4
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    holy load times batman !


  • #5
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,307 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    image029.jpg
    Nice picture of Nelson Pillar, about 5 years before it got blown up. Would've been great if something like that was built in todays times, instead of the monstrosity that is the Spike.


  • #6
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    the_syco wrote: »
    Nice picture of Nelson Pillar, about 5 years before it got blown up. Would've been great if something like that was built in todays times, instead of the monstrosity that is the Spike.

    Ugh, don't get me started. That spire will symbolise the thorn in the side of the Irish people that was Fianna Fail for the remainder of its days.


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  • #7
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    Not quite '61, but not too far off it :)

    6518139226F440BCBE0B21A3F607A815.jpg

    BTW - that's me on the right :D


  • #8
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    I didn't know Dublin was so duuuurrty :rolleyes:

    image035.jpg

    shop on the left in case you don't get it

    Network with your people: https://www.builtinireland.ie/



  • #9
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    Great link BTW.
    Reminds me of my aunt (she lived in Pimlico I think), she used to say, "...sure where wud ya be goin, with no bell on yer bike, an yer knickers ringin " :D


  • #10
    lukeod
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭lukeod


    the_syco wrote: »
    Nice picture of Nelson Pillar, about 5 years before it got blown up. Would've been great if something like that was built in todays times, instead of the monstrosity that is the Spike.

    Can't agree there. I think the Spire filled the gap nicely, and still does. O'Connell St didn't need another stone monument in my opinion.


  • #11
    DK32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭DK32


    It looks like very little has changed, less neon signs and funky lights and obviously less traffic. I love the old buses, they should still have them on the roads today :)


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  • #12
    The Davestator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    Love the pics - love to see places look very similiar as today but different vehicles etc.

    Personally, love the Spire, modern, clean and different to all the other historical statues already dotted all over the place but I do realise it has become 'cool' to hate it.


  • #13
    ISOT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭ISOT


    Nice collection, conveyed the 60s very well , except the young lad on the bicycle , middle of the frame (third last picture), obviously stuck on a mobile phone, ah well, some things never change ;)


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