Bray

[Holla]

That looks like a good read thanks rocker.

[Denis Cromie]

Good reading there Rocker.

[Rocker]

We don't know the marvellous work that is going on right under our noses.
I watched Nationwide last evening and they did a report on Bray Lakers. I was moved to tears. If you get a chance watch it on the RTE player.
Here is the website for the lakers,

http://lakers.ie/

[Rocker]

Just tumbled on this today was looking through rootschat and they gave a link to SWilson...wonderful photos of Bray from bygone days.

http://www.swilson.info/wp/?p=555

[Sinead]

Don't know how you find these gems Rocker, thanks.

Sinéad

[Rocker]

Sinead,

I love looking at a site rootschat.org and the other day one of the helpful researchers referred a query to this site swilson. I don't know who he is but there are gems on his site and I hope he doesn't mind me sharing...here is an ad from the site of the Royal Marine Hotel

http://www.swilson.info/wp/?p=1392

[jabra]

What a lovely ad for the Royal Marine. It was I believe the first building in Dunlaoghaire/Kingstown to have electricity.

[Strum]

Posting for Rocker.

[keeper]

Great photo ! Knew the Vance family well.

[Denis Cromie]

Absolutely great photo,played a good few games with Jackie and a few less with Pat. All good people.

[skins]

Absolutely great photo,played a good few games with Jackie and a few less with Pat. All good people.

I take it Jackie still lives in Bray? Do you ever run into him, Denis?

[Denis Cromie]

On and off. He plays golf in Bray, he was captain there a couple of years back. I met his brother Pat a couple of weeks ago and I was asking about him. He said that he was recovering from an illness but was doing fine. That's about as much as I know, if I hear anymore I'll let you know. I posted the photo on to me daughter, who knows Pat, so maybe I'll hear something back

[skins]

Great, thanks Denis.

[Rocker]

The air show is going to be great. I have been watching planes doing manoeuvres all week. Roll on the Red arrows

If you find Bray too busy go to Killiney beach where you will see quite a lot with no queues and pushing and shoving.

[Sinead]

I showed the photo of the Bray football team to a friend who lives in Killester, two of her uncles are on that
team! How small is Ireland.


Sinéad

[Rocker]

you will all probably have seen the EIRE sign which was exposed on Bray Head following the recent fires. Four local lads started to restore the sign yesterday and it is looking great at the moment.

Bit of historical background " The signs were built by the Coast Watching Service by the summer of 1944 to warn "belligerent" aircraft that they were flying over a neutral country. Up to 150 tons of stone were used in some of the 83 signs dotted around the coast of Ireland. At the request of the United States air force the number of the nearby lookout post was added, turning the signs into air navigation aids. This assisted American bomber pilots in navigating across the Atlantic."
Ref Michael Kennedy - Guarding Neutral Ireland."


The one at Bray is number 8 and the lads will paint this next.


The four lads are Michael Larkin, Declan Carroll, Aidan O'Toole and Declan Hogan

[Sinead]

Recently I had lunch in Hibernia in Bray, now you are all probably saying where is that? Well you go over the railway track and it is on your left and there is parking space in the grounds.
For years I have passed this establishment and never went into it. On this occasion I was in the company of some Bray people. The food was fantastic, we sat in the conservatory and had a great view of the sea and Bray Head. Great food, great company and a good place. The pints must be good, there were several men drinking at the bar.
I will definitely go back.

Sinéad

p.s. Can't comment on the price as I was a guest, the company eat there occasionally so it must be reasonable.

[jabra]

The Hibernia in Bray is owned by the Ryan family who owned Cheerio's bar in Dunlaoghaire for many years . the premises is now a small supermarket
or at least it was up until recently . Can't keep up with changes in Dunlaoghaire in the last few years.

[Sinead]

When I was in the Hibernia I met a friend from Ballybrack who introduced me to her sister, as with all such intros I didn't catch her surname - it turns out her husband owns the establishment. I hope they make a go of it, they deserve to.

Sinéad