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Biker Pat
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Spot on 1967ππ
The greatest year for music. Yep, Derek stuck it out. 2am starts .....jaysus tough work. |
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Pogue Mahoney
I have no life! 68-71 Joined: 08-February-2006 Location: Islets of Langerheads Status: Offline Points: 5274 |
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Having a nostalgic morning here in Cleveland, looking at the Grove documentary. I know it sounds way too far-fetched but this looks a lot like me at the Grove, or else an identical twin with the same hairstyle and leather jacket. My wife is in 100% agreement for once in her life. Wonder if this was taken on the same night as the famous Cecil and Derek photo which would place it in the right time slot. Maybe someone on here can date it?
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Rahenyrhythm
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Cripes Poguey, someone else have to do the dating etc. But it can't actually be you - the dude in the picture way too good-looking and cool ... Jokin of course, it's kinda what I would expect you to look like back then,if that doesn't sound silly
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One of its legs is both the same
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Pogue Mahoney
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Ah -we all looked cool back then, before we turned into Willie Nelsons. The main reason I think it is me is that my next door neighbour (Frankie's sister) worked in some clothing factory and made those leather jackets on the cheap for the entire gang so they didn't fit great but looked a bit different than off the rack stuff. Derek would remember if he ever comes on here 'coz he didn't take his off for about 10 years.
If I'm right that is the jax door, near the stage in the old Grove so would be my spot. Of course someone who knows might disagree and say it's St pauls or something and not even the Old Grove. Edited by Pogue Mahoney - 16-February-2020 at 01:13 |
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monarch
I spend too much time here!!! Oldest Grover 67-72? Joined: 24-December-2006 Status: Offline Points: 7725 |
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When would have this photo been taken as someone in the photo might have been a grove girlfriend of mine . |
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There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in
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Pogue Mahoney
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Frank- if in fact that dude is me then it would have been early 1969, also the sleeveless v-neck cardigans and high waisted pants came into vogue around then. I think Cecil may have mentioned that poster of himself on the Grove Radio show (one of the ones that survived the fire?) If I'm right it was drawn by a girl named Margot somethingorother, lived around Seafield Road? Margo was as beautiful as her name. Not only was she a talented artist but you might remember her performing a few accoustic guitar songs at the Grove one night. Ahhh- I'm in love all over again.
I'm probably way wrong...as usual
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Pogue Mahoney
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...another thing that makes me think it is an early pic is that the door is not the jax as I said before (ladies toilet to the right) but was the original entrance before kids entered through the corner of the building. Faces to the left are sitting on the edge of the stage.
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joey the lips
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Is that the girl Pogue is eyeing up there Frank ..1969 i was 4 years old
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You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave
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monarch
I spend too much time here!!! Oldest Grover 67-72? Joined: 24-December-2006 Status: Offline Points: 7725 |
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Anyone remember buying 6d worth of sweets or a quarter of biccies ? .
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There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in
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Biker Pat
I spend too much time here!!! 72-75 Joined: 26-April-2005 Location: Swords, Co Dublin (ex Celti Status: Offline Points: 38077 |
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Sure do Frank on the few occasions I had 6D.πππ
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May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
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Pogue Mahoney
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You must have been rich Frank. I can remember Nancy Balls and Bull's Eyes being ten a penny and wrapped in a small cone of newspaper.... 6d? - that was three weeks wages
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Biker Pat
I spend too much time here!!! 72-75 Joined: 26-April-2005 Location: Swords, Co Dublin (ex Celti Status: Offline Points: 38077 |
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Nancy Balls and Bulls Eyes.
Now there's a memory. Add Bon Bons to that list. My favourites. |
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Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
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monarch
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There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in
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Pogue Mahoney
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Victor Mature was the best actor of all time
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monarch
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Victor Manure as her was known in our house . |
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Biker Pat
I spend too much time here!!! 72-75 Joined: 26-April-2005 Location: Swords, Co Dublin (ex Celti Status: Offline Points: 38077 |
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I remember in the summer of 1964 at 11 years of age when the summer Olympics were held in Tokyo. My father sent me to the shops for the paper and I clearly remember on my way back from the shops the headline read on the cover in big print "Mc Court Wins Bronze". James Vincent McCourt is a former Irish boxer from Northern Ireland. McCourt won a bronze medal for the Ireland in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the lightweight division. |
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May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
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Pogue Mahoney
I have no life! 68-71 Joined: 08-February-2006 Location: Islets of Langerheads Status: Offline Points: 5274 |
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I remember the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, mainly because we got our first telly for the event. We were probably the last house on the road to get a TV. It also added an extra hour onto our day - Instead of going to bed at 8.30 our new bedtime was 9.30 to allow us watch the end of Wagon Train and Gunsmoke and Rawhide
Not quite as important as above but the 1964 olympics was the first to broadcast live by satellite (almost live for anyone outside the USA)... was the first olympics, with some events, shown in color and the first olympics with a mixed race South African team. Can't believe I was sent to bed at 8.30 when I was eleven. I remember watching the lads playing soccer from my bedroom window
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Rahenyrhythm
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Good stories above lads. I have no idea when we got our first telly, but the first time I remember watching anything was when RTE started, the music at the start and I think Dev - maybe? - was on it? It would have been around that time we got the telly, so whenever that was. I have a terrible memory for events of my childhood - indeed, events of yesterday too! - which really bugs me, as I feel I'm missing out on reliving many eventful times and events that I witnessed (even on telly) or was around for over the years. But there you go, can't be helped I suppose...
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One of its legs is both the same
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Biker Pat
I spend too much time here!!! 72-75 Joined: 26-April-2005 Location: Swords, Co Dublin (ex Celti Status: Offline Points: 38077 |
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We didn't get our first telly till 1965.
We also got our first car in the same year. A Fiat registration number VZH 351. For some reason I always remember the registration of our first car. My own first car was a Fiat Uno bought in 1976. Registration UNI 833. |
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Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
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Pogue Mahoney
I have no life! 68-71 Joined: 08-February-2006 Location: Islets of Langerheads Status: Offline Points: 5274 |
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And who among us could ever forget this 1968 Olympic event? It was a real "How come I never thought of that?" moment.
The Fosbury Flop is a style used in the athletics event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City brought it to the world's attention.[1] Over the next few years, the flop became the dominant style of the event and remains such today.
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