The Liberties

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

The Peggy Dell was rotten to say the least

Jaze it was fierce esp mixed with the guinns mash mix.

[Vico2]

Quite a few people kept a pig or two in those days. But pigs are clean by nature and the smell was due to the fact that they were not fed the correct food and the pens were not cleaned out. They were left there in their own excrement.

It is interesting how town and country came together a lot then. No sign of that now.

[avcah]

guinness and the rotten smell of brewing and the hops .....now that was rotten

[Vico2]

guinness and the rotten smell of brewing and the hops .....now that was rotten

I remember that one too. Sometimes my mother and I would go shopping in Thomas Street. We went down the back of the pipes(for anybody old enough to remember it) and eventually into I think Forbes Street, and finally Crane Lane. I can remember that overpowering smell and the little Guinness trains crossing the tracks from one building to another

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

I'll never forget when the wind blew in the wrong direction the mixed smell of Guinness's and Keefe the Knackers as they were boiling up at the same time....an overwhelming repulsive pungent smell that'd clear even the the most robust of Bowman glands

Try again

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

I remember that one too. Sometimes my mother and I would go shopping in Thomas Street. We went down the back of the pipes(for anybody old enough to remember it) and eventually into I think Forbes Street, and finally Crane Lane. I can remember that overpowering smell and the little Guinness trains crossing the tracks from one building to another

Like this one. And a safety number walked in front waving a flag ?.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Like this one. And a safety number walked in front waving a flag ?.

Flag man. Think was a red flag.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Wonder how many miss all the horse nd cow shyte splattered all over the streets.
And smell of city farmyards ....one family in Cork Street let out part of a pig yard to an ice cream maker ffs...Such was the Liberties.

[Vico2]

Like this one. And a safety number walked in front waving a flag ?.

That's it DT thanks for posting it

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

That's it DT thanks for posting it

welcome V2

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Wonder how many miss all the horse nd cow shyte splattered all over the streets.
And smell of city farmyards ....one family in Cork Street let out part of a pig yard to an ice cream maker ffs...Such was the Liberties.

And streets littered with "nanny goats currants" left by sheep on their way to market.....

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

And streets littered with "nanny goats currants" left by sheep on their way to market.....

As a chiseler...couldnt work out how sheep produced goat shyte :-)

[Vico2]

As a chiseler...couldnt work out how sheep produced goat shyte :-)

Or even if they were nannies or billies

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Or even if they were nannies or billies

I tried te eat dem "currants" but the first one wasnt very sweet

[Vico2]

I tried te eat dem "currants" but the first one wasnt very sweet

My mother never used currants for baking, she claimed they were dirty fruit, so she only used raisins and sultanas. Maybe she knew something you didn't DT