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Originally posted by Magic View Post
Seems to be a building on the middle of the bridge Magic , hardly built just to collect the entrance fee into the baths ?
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Originally posted by bojangles View PostSeems to be a building on the middle of the bridge Magic , hardly built just to collect the entrance fee into the baths ?Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Thanks Bojangles and Damn the Weather, great photos.
I was just reading that the Pier was run by a group called the Merrion Pier and Bath Company, and was 90 yards long. It had a short lifespan as such just under 30 years but in each of the years, according to their AGM’s returned a profit even during the years when the weather had been atrocious.
The baths were filled twice daily by means of gas driven pumps and in the evenings the Pier hosted firework displays as well providing entertainment with bands or wandering minstrels, the last to play there were the Seaside Serenades, a troupe of four men and two women. The Pier also advertised a fully licensed refreshment room, I wonder is that the room you pointed out in the photo Bojangles?, as well as stalls selling various foodstuffs including cockles and muscles.
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Originally posted by bojangles View PostAh , a shame , it looked like it could have been a nice feature but it wasnt that well constructed .We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by Magic View PostThanks Bojangles and Damn the Weather, great photos.
I was just reading that the Pier was run by a group called the Merrion Pier and Bath Company, and was 90 yards long. It had a short lifespan as such just under 30 years but in each of the years, according to their AGM’s returned a profit even during the years when the weather had been atrocious.
The baths were filled twice daily by means of gas driven pumps and in the evenings the Pier hosted firework displays as well providing entertainment with bands or wandering minstrels, the last to play there were the Seaside Serenades, a troupe of four men and two women. The Pier also advertised a fully licensed refreshment room, I wonder is that the room you pointed out in the photo Bojangles?, as well as stalls selling various foodstuffs including cockles and muscles.
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Old Sandymount Strand
My childhood days were spent on the strand,we had largest play ground other than the park...as I only lived about 500 feet from the sea wall we never put on shoes until Sunday and then only for the Church Times....every game was played and swiming was part of the day...we set fishing lines out as far as the tide went out and turned to come back in...and at times had to be up out of bed very early so as to catch the tide on the turn and pick the fish of the lines which were over 200 hooks...we always done very well but my mother always told us to give all the doors a knock and give the fish away..but people also gave us the odd tanner so we were happy.
That old baths was part of our play ground and we always said it was our ship when the tide was in....in did win the prize as the shortest pier in Ireland or England in 1902
Ahaaaa happy days:
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The Strand
Just come back from our walk along the Prom....that would be the nice clean bit of tar macadam which the DCC put down for us good folk to enjoy our walk on..Has anyone in the DCC ever had a look at work done in their name if so do would the ever just grab a level you know the thing with the bubble in it and pop it on the said walk it has to be the worst bit of promenade ...they put in some beautiful lights nice bit of grass trees but all is let down by a crap job on the tar macadam..come on lads lots of old folk like my wife and myself try to walk on this and don't need a trip to the A@E ..ok ok that's my rant for the day
Does anyone on the forum walk this walk....
Sandymount it self has not changed a lot TG, the shops have got new owners also the pubs but the village is still a village and people still stop for a chat in the green.
As a kid the green was not very well looked after...but the water fountain was working...on many a day men would play pitch and toss to try and win the price of a pint...times were hard for everyone and when people said they had no money...THEY had no money and the shop pawn shop was the bank ......
Ahaaa the good old days !!!!!!!!
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Sandymount folk
Hi everyone looking for somebody people from Sandymount...First person is Jim Byrne from Lea Road. part of our gang in the 50s along with Gerry Scally now lives in USA. The late Tony Keagan Strand Road...and many more ..any info do drop in SB
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Hiya SB, I had a good friend who lived in Sandymount in the 50s and 60s.His name is Phil Walsh, he would be in his 70s now. He was away at sea for some of the 50s.I think his family were in the plumbing business. He lived in Havelock Square for a while, cant remember his other address in Sandymount. We lost touch in the 60s I'm sorry to say,you may have come across him?
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