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Work going on at Texaco Behind Bishopstown Bar

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    #62
    TheChizler
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    Cape Clear wrote: »
    Rocksavage was where Ramen and the 2 other units are now. You can still see the mark on the concrete where the pumps were situated at the edge of the footpath.
    Thanks! :mad: That just set me off on an hour of following the West Cork Railway on Google Maps.

    :D


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    #63
    boardsuser1
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    AwaitYourReply wrote: »
    Yep, Tedcastles used their green colour TOP brand logo on that forecourt up to it's demise to make way for the Clarion Hotel on Lapps Quay. (I believe "TOP" was an abbreviation for Tedcastle Oil Products)

    Other Service Filling Stations to closedown include the following:
    *Burmah station on Lavitt's Quay near vehicle entrance to Paul Street Multi-Story Car Park. *Shell pumps within Cork City Centre Car Park (between Grand Parade and South Main Street) * Shell garage in Capwell near Lankford Row * Shell garage on Carrigrohane Straight Road * Top/Amber Garage in the suburb of Togher * Esso Garage formerly RockSavage outside CUH Hospital in Wilton * Topaz/Statoil/BP in Wilton just beyond High Street shop units * Statoil/BP garage where Centra Store is now located at Victoria Cross * Statoil in Grange now an ALDI Supermarket * Shell Garage Forecourt on Curraheen Road opposite former Viscount Bar * Texaco pumps (Sean Hanley's) by SuperValu on Togher Road *Texaco Garage in Tivoli near Silversprings * Esso Garage on Western Road, Cork * Esso fuel pumps @ former Dennehy's Cross Garage (outside Cork Farm Centre opposite former Post Office premises)

    Other Service Filling Stations taken over by new brands/owners include:
    Carrigrohane Straight Road: JET > Statoil > Topaz
    Bandon Road, Ardnarostig, Bishopstown: JET > Statoil > Topaz
    South City Link Road: Burmah > Emo > Great Gas > Esso
    Tivoli near Silversprings: BP > Statoil > Topaz
    Model Farm Road towards Dennehy's Cross end: Shell > Independent

    Anyone remember O'Reilly's in Blackpool in previous carnations,

    BP > Statoil > Maxol


    Also the now defunct Steeple garage on Mulgrave road, now Knapps Square apartments.


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