Old Photos Of Where You Live

[Joey66]

Allerton Road, 1905 and 2021 -​

 

[Joey66]

The Jolly Miller bomb Damage -

 

[Joey66]

Lister Drive power station. The 4 chimneys were known as Mathew, Mark, Luke and John, the very same names bestowed upon the 4 bells outside the Metropolitan cathedral.

 

[Bluerover]

Living in Kilkenny since 1990

So...

 

[Bluerover]

I was born in Dún Laoghaire though..


Town Hall and railway station - the oldest line in Ireland. I remember swimming in these open air seawater baths as a nipper.

 

[Eggs]

….1954, West Derby Village;

 

[Eggs]

Living in Kilkenny since 1990

So...

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….i imagine the buildings in lots of those towns hasn’t changed significantly. I remember travelling from Dublin to Listowel with my mates in a mini-bus. It was early morning but we asked the driver to stop so we could have a pint.

He stopped at a place called ‘Newmarket’ which was ironic because we were going the races. He told us to go in the butchers, walk behind the counter and through the doorway. We did just that and straight into a bar drinking Guinness at 09.00am. There’s a reason we went to Ireland for over20 years.

 

[jondel]

….1897, construction of St Vincent’s Blind School, Yew Tree Lane. My daughter worked in the kitchens cleaning pans when she was a student;

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[jondel]

….1897, construction of St Vincent’s Blind School, Yew Tree Lane. My daughter worked in the kitchens cleaning pans when she was a student;

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[jondel]

….1897, construction of St Vincent’s Blind School, Yew Tree Lane. My daughter worked in the kitchens cleaning pans when she was a student;

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….1897, construction of St Vincent’s Blind School, Yew Tree Lane. My daughter worked in the kitchens cleaning pans when she was a student;

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When I left school I worked on the asphalt and we put a roof onto an extension on this School. It would have been about 1972 or 73.

 

[jondel]

When I left school I worked on the asphalt and we put a roof onto an extension on this School. It would have been about 1972 or 73.

I've made a bit of a balls up there.

 

[jondel]

….1967, Garden Lane;

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My old street. Where the lady is standing is Where our house would have been. My school is on the right. Where the car is used to be Roden St.The houses were demolished in 1963 64. I think they have built houses there again but I don't think it's called Garden Lane anymore.

 

[Eggs]

My old street. Where the lady is standing is Where our house would have been. My school is on the right. Where the car is used to be Roden St.The houses were demolished in 1963 64. I think they have built houses there again but I don't think it's called Garden Lane anymore.

….brilliant, lovely it brings back some memories.

 

[jondel]

….brilliant, lovely it brings back some memories.

Thanks mate it really does bring back happy memories. Cheers for that.

 

[Joey66]

Garston 1950s now and then -