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Vinyl Junkie
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Cool, Mins. I had a vague memory alright of a similar thread (or threads) in the past but ya know how it is, pondering 'new' topics to talk about, especially for some of the newer members, who may have missed the boat first time around. Thanks for bumping some of the older "Grove" threads too, they're always worth a return visit. Mel. x |
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joey the lips
I spend too much time here!!! 1979 -1983 Joined: 30-October-2007 Status: Offline Points: 9532 |
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great stories
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You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave
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Rolo
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Earliest memories as a 16 year old........ only allowed go on a Sat night at first.........most of the people I knocked around with weren't from my area so meself and the John Daly fella would mosey down early enough to check out the albums,strongest memory is hearing the Bass Drum from " You're All I've got Tonight " from the Cars first album as we went into the corridor. Used bring down the odd album and remember trying for weeks on end to get Cecil to play but he took a lot of persuading,quite rightly predicting that it wouldn't go down too well with the rockers. Eventually one saturday he relented and was proved 100% correct...........but feck the begrudgers, I loved it. Saturday night was spent hanging around with various different groups of people,one of my favourite things about the Grove............just meeting people that you knew would be there,stopping for a chat,maybe a bit of headbanging and then moving on. Met herself one saturday night in late 1981 ( yeah, nearly 30 years ago ) and the rest is history .No drink in those days 'cos we always had a match early Sunday morning. After leaving school and going to College,the Grove Sunday Night became a reality. Every Sunday ( in the playing season ) was spent in the same way............up early for a match,home for the dinner,down to the Park for the afternoon to hold hands,home for the ablutions about half six and then the bus into Barney's Pub on Eden Quay to hook up with the lads off the team for a few pints of Harpic before getting the bus up to Sybil Hill and the altogether different Grove experience. Less people,older crowd,more chatting than headbanging.......... In the Summer when there was no match,just stayed in the scratcher until dinner time. Fantastic days and ones I really wish my own 17 year old could experience. |
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Pogue Mahoney
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I had six nice shirts and four pairs of shoes that I saved mostly for the
Grove. It was vexing when our servant girl Mary did not have them shined and ironed. Often I would tell my mother and she would make her call a taxi for me to get there when I was running late. |
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Rolo
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No trousers then Sean, bet you were popular with the ladies . |
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Mins
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Commando Rolo, Commando - Best way
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Vinyl Junkie
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Probably just wore them really, really long Grandfather shirts... Can picture Pogue coming along to a reunion in one of them shirts, a pair of slippers and a nightcap on his head.
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DONDON
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Grover from 73(old Grove)
In the year of the bankers and developers When recession raged across the land there were many driven by the hopelessness to set sail for the Americas and Australia |
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Rolo
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Wouldn't know Miss Mins, but you know, I'll take your word for it. |
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Mins
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The old Threads..nothing like them for a laugh..
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Vinyl Junkie
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They really are, aren't they? Pity we dont get more new members on here to discuss their own memories. Far more on FB that havent (or dont seemed to have) registered (or post) here.
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Mins
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Maybe its worthwhile as Moderator that u send an email to grove@nearfm.ie for Pete to read out and ask all the listeners to please log into the official site and register more importantly - that raises awareness for this, the reunions and now the radio show..if there is more interest then more interest will be shown in keeping the show going on longer..also there should be a slot for some of the Grove couples..the ones that were interviewd in the paper there 2 years ago..we can think of a few..anyhow BR might already have that in the pipeline but just thought to mention it..maybe also we can dig into the archives and suggest ONE funni topic to brush on to chat about in studio - like the Grove Fashion, Grove Modes of Transport, Grove Time Capsule, Slow Sets and all the other stuff we used to laugh about that can jog the newbies memories and maybe get everyone posting here afresh and anew..just ideas but u know the way...no harm in mentioning it here...look forward to listening in on Friday..Mins..
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Biker Pat
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Great ideas there Mins
Edited by Biker Pat - 08-August-2012 at 22:21 |
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May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
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Vinyl Junkie
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Good ideas there Mins. Peter might have already seen your message above but I'll PM him to announce the existence of the grovesocialclub.com website, give its web address, discuss it's contents etc., on a regular basis. Some newbies in here would be very welcome.
Edit: Message sent although Peter has mentioned that this weeks show was pre-recorded when Lesley was over from Oz so he wont be able to get the word out this Friday I presume. Edited by Vinyl Junkie - 09-August-2012 at 10:41 |
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Black Russian
I spend too much time here!!! 86-92 and Still going Joined: 25-February-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8444 |
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Hey
I need a few researchers here so.... I am up to my eyeballs with the course inpending exams and the radio show... If anyone has a bit of time to look through some of teh threads or post maybe copy the link of the page or even some of the stories put them on a Word document and email them to me ??? I will try and mention the Grove website a bit more... With just 90mins trying to chat put cd in and cue up the right song chat again and waffle We do forget things... |
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Vinyl Junkie
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Peter,
If it would make things easier I could post a weekly topic for "discussion" (taken from our large "archive" on this site) on the FB Radio Page while the show is running (referencing that further discussion can be taken up on this website after the show is over) and see if people want to throw their comments in.
e.g Show topic for discussion tonight: "What did YOU do every Saturday night before going down to the Grove?? - Any comments?"
(If you're also interested in commenting on this topic after the show has finished, a similar thread, and many more interesting Grove-related threads, may be found at www.thegrovesocialclub.com).
Do sign up to the site and share your memories.
How about something like that as a template each week, and I'll dig out a different thread from here for people to comment on every Friday. Maybe it'll draw in extra members to here?
If you're happy enough with that, I'll do the honours, if you're cool with it?
Mel.
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Black Russian
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Yeah Mel go for it.... Thats your job.... Put it in the Grove radio page and not the Event page...
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Vinyl Junkie
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No problem. I'll maybe post something around the time the show starts to try as many as I can (i.e. everyone listening in). On the "Grove Radio" page - no worries!
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DONDON
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Great Idea Mel
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Grover from 73(old Grove)
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finno
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Seem to recall spending some Saturday nights in town Bruxelles..also the flowing tide but some of that overlapped with the GroveOh yeah a winebar under pizzaland on O'Connell Street called Hijax(?) |
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