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my grandfather did bikes, prams and radiograms in donnybrook. first t.v. shop there too. coulda been an empire but he died in '56.
What was the name of the shop do you know?
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my grandfather did bikes, prams and radiograms in donnybrook. first t.v. shop there too. coulda been an empire but he died in '56.
my grandfather did bikes, prams and radiograms in donnybrook. first t.v. shop there too. coulda been an empire but he died in '56.
I think it was the fact that they were never-never items
Not exactly sure
Very likely.Any idea what year that photo was taken? mid-80s?
Very likely.
That car reg is from 84, so it definitely can't be from before that.
j.c. parkinson a.k.a. parkinson's of donnybrook. opposite eddie rocket's.What was the name of the shop do you know?
I hadn't realised Eddie Rockets had been there so long.j.c. parkinson a.k.a. parkinson's of donnybrook. opposite eddie rocket's.
molloy's? my grandmother (on the other side) was a regular there for decades.I hadn't realised Eddie Rockets had been there so long.
My father in law runs the fish shop in Donnybrook. His dad set it up so probably would have been around the same time.
Yeah, Molloy's. As a lover of seafood, I married well.molloy's? my grandmother (on the other side) was a regular there for decades.
lover of seafood
j.c. parkinson a.k.a. parkinson's of donnybrook. opposite eddie rocket's.
I found a few wee ads in the newspaper archive and his obituary.
He died fierce young.
have a few photos of the old shop front which i can dig out if you're curious.
and his wife a year later. sad times. he scraped into the 1911 census.
Yeah I'd love to see the shop.
Boom
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