Past shops of Cork!

magentis

Block (8 wrote: »

Wow that brings back memories!

I remember having a speccy and seeing a printer for it behind the shop window thinking "if I had that I can print any words I type on my spectrum amazing"

One of those Sinclair thermal printers with the silver paper?

There was another shop on pembroke street that was great for the speccy games.

Roar

Hills Newsagents on Pana - they had three shops at one time, next to HMV, in the Savoy and on Winthrop Street under the old cinema.

Dbu

Noddys Toys in Queens Old Castle

Pizza Pomodoro (excuse the spelling if incorrect) Upstairs over where Tiger is now. Deep pan pizzas to die for, and a queue down the stairs

Sonics2k

Going back a long, long time.

Does anyone else remember when the Savoy had that massive arcade in the back of it? I vaguely remember being able to use a slide to get down to it. Eventually the place got cropped massively and was just a room with a few machines, and then it was gone.

magentis

magentis wrote: »

Two computer shops I remember frequenting,there was one on Washington st and another on Lavitts quay(owned by Sean beausang).The names of them escapes me.I remember getting my speccy and commodore 64 fixed in them!

Also the Philip's depot up further repairing my Philip's g7000 console!

Was the one on Washington Street called PF or P&F?

Brussels Sprout

Pisces Fish and Aquarium shop on Maylor street next door to Smyths

magentis

Deleted User wrote: »

Was the one on Washington Street called PF or P&F?

Just came to me now! Digilog!!!

the beer revolu

Sonics2k wrote: »

Going back a long, long time.

Does anyone else remember when the Savoy had that massive arcade in the back of it? I vaguely remember being able to use a slide to get down to it. Eventually the place got cropped massively and was just a room with a few machines, and then it was gone.

Yup. Big slide down to a ball pit!
That had a big gyroscopic flight simulator game too.

magentis

McDonalds used to be mandys wasn't it?Not sure it was ever a burgerland now.Think it was the Patrick st one and Wilton too.

magentis

the beer revolu wrote: »

Yup. Big slide down to a ball pit!
That had a big gyroscopic flight simulator game too.

Remember that alright.There was an arcade/snooker hall in that lane opposite the back of the Savoy too wasn't there?

The arcades I remember was that one,pot black where the kino was,the tudor(is it still there?I'm in Dublin now)The one down the side of the queens old castle and the one on Mac Curtain street where the palace used to be.

SeaFields

The Tackle Shop on the Coal Quay. If anyone was into fishing they'll remember this place. It used also (frequently I believe) win awards for the shop front as it was a lovely traditional style.

the beer revolu

magentis wrote: »

McDonalds used to be mandys wasn't it?Not sure it was ever a burgerland now.Think it was the Patrick st one and Wilton too.

Daunt's Square Mcd was both Mandy's and Burgerland at different times.

freshpopcorn

Not a shop but the I remember a machine I used call the monkey in Dunnes Ballyvolane!

Nigel Fairservice

Sonics2k wrote: »

Going back a long, long time.

Does anyone else remember when the Savoy had that massive arcade in the back of it? I vaguely remember being able to use a slide to get down to it. Eventually the place got cropped massively and was just a room with a few machines, and then it was gone.

I remember the place and the big slide. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the place!

Oafley Jones

the beer revolu wrote: »

That had a big gyroscopic flight simulator game too.

That’d been the R360.

the beer revolu

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I remember the place and the big slide. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the place!

Think it was just called the Savoy

Anyone remember Top Pool and Pot Black?

magentis

the beer revolu wrote: »

Think it was just called the Savoy

Anyone remember Top Pool and Pot Black?

I remember it as the Savoy too.It may well have had a name though.


The one on mac Curtain street was"the gaff" wasn't it?

Oafley Jones

Oafley Jones wrote: »

That’d been the R360.

Had one go on it and game over in no time! They also had one of those big simulator machines that about 10 or 12 people could sit in. Think it simulated a roller-coaster. Only vague memories of it and Google fails me!

Stratvs

For food, who remembers Halpins. The first curry I ever had.

whatever76

Cassidys on Patrick st ( used to be woolworths before that - now a bank i think )
Red Square - paul st
Gypsies - think paul street
Bennetts ( Waterstones now)
Molloys shoes on north main street
Mirror Mirror ( now oasis)
FM store ( front of old queens old castle)

Be right back

The sandwich cafe, Natural(?)

BionicRasher

the beer revolu wrote: »

Daunt's Square Mcd was both Mandy's and Burgerland at different times.

Found some old photos at home recently of my 7th birthday party in Mandy's. 1978.
Paper red and white hats for all the guests and the staff put some chips in a balloon for me and we thought it was the bee's knees!

Upforthematch

Ah lads has no one mentioned Liam Ruiséal's on Oliver Plunkett Street?

Really missed by book lovers when they closed - I always went out of my way to call in when in Cork!

Nigel Fairservice

Oafley Jones wrote: »

That’d been the R360.

I remember that too. Looked like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxLdszUJIWw

the beer revolu

Be right back wrote: »

The sandwich cafe, Natural(?)

Naturel or Naturale or something.
There was a couple of them.
I remember one on Daunt's Square where the phone shop is now

Brussels Sprout

Upforthematch wrote: »

Ah lads has no one mentioned Liam Ruiséal's on Oliver Plunkett Street?

Really missed by book lovers when they closed - I always went out of my way to call in when in Cork!

I walked past this last week. The inside of the shop is completely empty now. There was a sticker on the front of the locked front door that read:

"Support local businesses"

Oafley Jones

Stratvs wrote: »

For food, who remembers Halpins. The first curry I ever had.

What happened to that place in the end? We used to go there when I was in primary school. I remember there being a counter that seemed to be constantly busy and every visit revealed it had burrowed like a rabbits warren into another extension.

What has become of the store that was NODDY'S ? Had extensive range of Airfix kits etc before Marks Models set up in Cork.

Stratvs

Oafley Jones wrote: »

What happened to that place in the end? We used to go there when I was in primary school. I remember there being a counter that seemed to be constantly busy and every visit revealed it had burrowed like a rabbits warren into another extension.

That’s as I remember it too. Think there were few other eateries over the years but not sure what’s on the site now.

Oasis1974

SeaFields wrote: »

The Tackle Shop on the Coal Quay. If anyone was into fishing they'll remember this place. It used also (frequently I believe) win awards for the shop front as it was a lovely traditional style.

There was a fishing shop on Lavitts Quay and Murrays in Patrick Street had fishing gear all gone now I suppose shame. Really miss how shops back in the day sold items for different needs now all just phone shops and coffee shops or vacant.