Site.

[bugrock]

Brings back memories of shopping there for some building supplies.

[Strum]

Yep memories of most Saturday mornings with my old man picking up supplies and other bits and pieces in the IBS on the way back home.

[Micheál]

IBS still a great place to shop. Good stock, fair pricing, genuinely knowledgable and helpful staff.
Good tolerance of construction 'virgins' like me.
A bit of a pain parking but well worth the effort.

M.

[Strum]

There was another hardware shop, Gordon's I think it was. Was that where Totterdells was?

[Holla]

There was another hardware shop, Gordon's I think it was. Was that where Totterdells was?

Correct, and there was another hardware on the top of convent road was it Wright's.

[Sinead]

Pat Roche was the 'gofer' in Gordons, he was a most helpful man. Pat lived at the top of
Patrick's Street on the right hand side.
For a while Murdochs occupied the shop that had been Cooks and later became Easons.
Have no memory of Wrights. The only shop I remember at the top of Convent Road was
Furlongs - one of the sons Noel appeared on the rich list in the Indo on Sunday.


Sinéad

[Denis Cromie]

I remember Mr. Duffy working in Gordons. He lived in "The Farm" he had a large family, I played football with 2 of his sons, John and Mick, I also worked as a postman in Blackrock with Mick. Gordons was always a busy little shop and was very much a feature in the Town. I remember well Furlongs at the top of Convent Road,they use to sell great sweets,it seemed to me to be a little bit classier than Doyles and Farrells,it certainly seemed bigger. I always thought that Noel Furlong was the son of Frank Furlong who owned the snooker hall between Fields and Crokes. I think that Noel had a carpet shop in Brocks Lane, he also had a few good racehorses and was a well known big gambler.

[Strum]

Correct, and there was another hardware on the top of convent road was it Wright's.

I remember it well. The son was a friend. I vaguely remember the shop in the 70's specialising in bathrooms and fixtures only? Or hang on... was it always just plumbing materials?

[Holla]

Thanks strum,I remember the surname Wright's painted on the wall and Massey the undertaker had the shop for a short while.

[Sinead]

Love the Portal picture, I well remember buying these timetables.

Sinéad

[Rocker]

IBS still a great place to shop. Good stock, fair pricing, genuinely knowledgable and helpful staff.
Good tolerance of construction 'virgins' like me.
A bit of a pain parking but well worth the effort.

M.

Couldn´t agree more Micheal. For years they hav answered the thickest of questions from me and helped out with every problem. Cyril there is yur only man.

[Toss]

Cyril there is yur only man.

He's a living Dun Laoghaire legend there I think he was born there, he's there that long ...... IBS is a great place if you need something cut to size, top service.

I would also give a nod to Costello's Hardware on Patrick St, they have all sorts of bits and piece's in there, its an alladins cave of knick knacks.

Knick Knacks ..... where did that saying come from ?

[bugrock]

i'd love to hear more about Cyril. A good man. Got a memory or two from the sixties.

[Strum]

i'd love to hear more about Cyril. A good man. Got a memory or two from the sixties.

Cyril is a great character. "You go in and say Cyril, you know a thingymabob that fits into another thingamajiggy and..."Ah yeah we have them down on this aisle over here, and he'll go with you to find it" He just KNOWS what you're on about with a brief description.
He'll deffo be remembered as a Dunlaoghaireite legend.

[Micheál]

Great Portal Pic Strum

Gulliver - I see tickets were on sale at Miss Benson's Lending Library.

M.

[Strum]

Some price that for the large family ticket in 1866.

[Strum]

Remember the Treble Clef on the wall of Sloans? What was that all about?

[Holla]

I remember seeing it on the wall but to be honest didn't pay too much attention to it I thought it was a S as in logo for Sloan,is it still there ?.

[Strum]

I remember seeing it on the wall but to be honest didn't pay too much attention to it I thought it was a S as in logo for Sloan,is it still there ?.

Could be Holla. I notice the curve is drawn the opposite way to the music symbol as if it was hung up backwards?

[Toss]

What make is the Garda car outside Sloans ?.... the square headlights are confusing me. I originally thought it was a ford cortina, then I found this which looks like a chrysler alpine but the pointed nose grill put me off.

[jabra]

I think the garda car outside of Sloan's is a rover

[Holla]

It looks like a Vauxhall Victor to me.

[Strum]

I think Toss is right, the ford cortina was the motor of the day.

[Holla]

I think Toss is right, the ford cortina was the motor of the day.

No I'm sticking to the Vauxhall Victor, my brother had one look at an image of a 1970s model.

[Strum]

Yep you're right Holla.