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Things you miss about Dublin the most

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  • 06-05-2010 12:06pm
    #1
    Spiritoftheseventies
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    1. The old granny buses
    2. The Adelphi Cinema.

    Keep going folks


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    gamgsam
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    Cars going fast


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    4. The Diceman
    5. Bad Bobs


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    LoanShark
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    Staff who speak english in pubs,shops,cafes,buses,hospitals...etc,etc,etc


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    John_Rambo
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    Supercans.

    Bus conductors.

    Dogs strolling around and knowing how to behave.

    That's about it, the city is improving in my opinion, cheaper, easier to get around, more choice and it still has that atmosphere that people love and come back to all the time.

    (good one on the diceman)


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    Old Croke Park. In the old days It didnt take you three days to get to your seat if you were in the upper stand :D


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    stovelid
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    McGonagles :)


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    John_Rambo
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    stovelid wrote: »
    McGonagles :)

    A fook.. yeah. Good one.

    Sides.


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    Most definitely. So many brilliant memories of that place.


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    Dyr
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    McGonagles=good times/badtimes.

    I miss Halloween being an event.

    Actually does anyone remember they ran this samhainfest thing for a few years and one year they had giant straw animals like wickermen floating on the liffey which were set alight at night? I've never found any pictures of that online :confused:


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    cosmic
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    Street parties.

    The estate I grew up in had one every Summer when I was a kid. Everyone had bunting up in their garden and there was music, and people brought out tables and food, and everyone had fun!


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    stimpson
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    The Grove/ The Olympic Ballroom/Bartley Dunnes


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    spurious
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    Downstairs in Roches Stores - all sorts of interesting things for sale.


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    WindSock
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    Moore St.


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    Bill2673
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    The Winding Stair


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    deelite
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    The army coming out when the buses were on strike.


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    Bill2673
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    Bewleys on Grafton St.

    Late night coffees in Sufis.


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    John_Rambo
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    deelite wrote: »
    The army coming out when the buses were on strike.

    What's wrong with me, these are really good... OK, army picking up the bins when the bin men were on strike.


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    deelite
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    The old man who used to stand outside the Savoy cinema taking your photograph with his polaroid camera.


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    stimpson
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    Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you.


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    Bill2673
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    Parka jackets
    Cureheads
    Greasy spoons


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    stimpson
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    And a pint of Harp.


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    trad
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    The last bus at half eleven.


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    deelite
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    The "go ahead" on buses....


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    #25
    Bill2673
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    Dunkin donuts on O'Connell st.

    Short lived but glorious while it lasted.


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    Fairview Snooker hall.


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    #27
    Zascar
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    People who can write thread titles that make sense


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    Zascar wrote: »
    People who can write thread titles that make sense
    Done sweetcheeks ;)


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    #29
    Bill2673
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    the Dublin cynic......still with us thank God.

    not to be confused with the Dublin wit....which is in danger of going the way of the dodo and the Adelphi.


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    Zascar
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    :D


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    Lux23
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    Bus Conductors
    The mad woman mute singing on O'Connell Street
    The floozie in the jacuzzi
    A restaurant that I think may have been called 'The River Bank' on the quays (My dad used to get a mixed grill there every time we went)
    Those fellas that used to hang around Parnell Square, Molesworth Street who looked after the cars. I used to think they were employed by the corporation but they just hung around there of their own accord, some even had uniforms.


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