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Old Greystones: donkey rides in 1915?

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  • 12-06-2013 3:41pm
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    Qualitymark
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    There are some family pictures of my mother and uncle getting rides on donkeys on a happy holiday in Greystones in 1915. Anyone know who was the local (?) entrepreneur who ran this business?


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    pixbyjohn
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    Wow 1915. In the 60s I had a donkey on the beach and often made 30 shillings on a good Saturday and Sunday I wish I had photos but unfortunately none.


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    Qualitymark
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    Well, it seems to have been prosperous and teeming in 1915. When you get the time machine right, you can make your fortune!


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    LEIN
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    pixbyjohn wrote: »
    Wow 1915. In the 60s I had a donkey on the beach and often made 30 shillings on a good Saturday and Sunday I wish I had photos but unfortunately none.

    This has to be the next headline in the Wicklow Times.

    pixbyjohn, for the first time ever is stuck for a photo!! :D


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    Taltos
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    Now you've done it.
    Figure he is going to rustle up a donkey and take some shots this weekend, hopefully though he won't fall afoul of the new bylaws, nothing there on donkeys....

    Though a few weeks ago did meet two horses on the South beach, my pair of dogs didn't know what to make of them, normally spotting them while in the car...


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    Qualitymark
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    If there's anyone who thinks their granddad or great-granddad ran these 1915 donkey rides, I can tell them where there might be photos...


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    The Durutti Column
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    Qualitymark wrote: »
    There are some family pictures of my mother and uncle getting rides on donkeys on a happy holiday in Greystones in 1915. Anyone know who was the local (?) entrepreneur who ran this business?

    Any chance of uploading the pix?


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    The Durutti Column wrote: »
    Any chance of uploading the pix?

    I don't own them; will ask if I may upload one.


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