Grove Documentary on TV

just got a text:
The Grove Documentary will be shown on Tuesday September 19th @ 10:10pm on RTE1

Would the Neptune show it? *LOL*

Hi all, I just met Paddy, ex barman/manager of the Nep - he hasn't changed a bit in 20 years!! He remembers everyone talking about the Grove & says hi to all. He'd put it on the telly if he still worked there!
CP.

No I don't think their was any footage from the Grove days but their was laods of photographs from the Grove...
You are in for a treat...

Bluey see if you can get a lend of the out take DVD and we copy it

I've seen the ad on TV tonight - just after this weeks True Lives.
Reminder has been put into my mobie as these days I'm likely forget it and if I don't, I won't have a video set ready to go.
I haven't got a dvd recorder just yet.

I just saw the ad now.
Im getting excited!

there's a piece about the Grove Doc in this edition of the RTE guide

Saw some of the trailer a short while ago (was in other room but heard 'more than a feeling' playing on TV), cant wait to see it now...

TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick).

TRUE LIVES

Series Archive Prog. 1 Prog. 2 Prog. 3 RT� One, Tuesday 10.15pm

This Week

'The Grove: More than a Feeling' looks back at the 30 years of a northside Dublin institution - The Grove disco - which ran from 1967 to 1997.

From its inception in Belgrove Football Club, through the fire which razed it to the ground and on to the 'New Grove' in St. Paul's, Raheny; this disco was central to the lives of local teenagers for three decades.

'The Grove: More than a feeling' explores - through the retrospective accounts of the former teenagers who went there - the changes that took place over three decades, fuelled by a soundtrack of the music that shaped those memories.

The Grove was more than a disco; it was a rite of passage - a place that marked a point of maturity in the life of a teenager of the area; where many had their first kiss, found their first love or perhaps experienced their first heartbreak.

Told through the eyes of 'Grovers' from different generations, from those who attended the original Grove in Belgrove in the 60's to those who frequented St. Paul's in the 90's. Some well known faces such as RT� 2 FM's Marty Whelan, News presenter Eileen Dunne and comedian Brendan Bourke recall their personal experiences and describe why the Grove was so special to them. We also hear from a couple who met first met at the Grove and went on to marry and from other Grovers who candidly recall their memories of the famous disco, from the drinking beforehand to what happened when couples went to 'the compound' outside. But one man is acknowledged by all the Grovers as the unifying force- DJ, Cecil Nolan. Described as 'our John Peel', Cecil is revered and respected by all who went there for three decades.

While others were dancing to Abba or Bros, Cecil was introducing Northside teenagers to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Deep Purple and The Cure. This environment provided a place where teenagers could freely express themselves, whether it was as Cureheads, Goths, Mods or Rockers and has had a lasting influence on those who went there.

In this programme Cecil also recalls his memories of 'The Grove' from the vantage point of the DJ box and why his love of music drove him to preside over the disco for thrity years.

GROVE SNOGGERS I wonder who these 2 are

DJ CECIL NOLAN And we all know who this is

Taken from RTE website http://www.rte.ie/tv/truelives/

Edited by Sharon

All I wanted was chips!!

Hey....finally got to see the ad on RTE....it looks great. Screamed at the tv when the camera went into the hall in St Paul's....can't wait for Tuesday night. Pat which one are you....the guy with the beard or is it stuiped to ask...eh the guy with the motor bike behind him ?

You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter