JJ Kelso...anybody know them

[eskerman]

No I dont mean the Kelso Laundry..!

Main street Ballinasloe.....JJ Kelso.

Seems to be left in a time warp, does anybody know about this old company that seems to have ceased trading back in the 60s/70s. Surprising to see the shop window remains untouched from that period.

A little Gem in my world..

[C. Flower]

Lovely.

[moss]

Do they buy second hand gold ?

[eskerman]

Lovely.

Hey Cactus, how about a separate forum called Hidden (and forgotten) Ireland, old pubs, garages, buildings, small towns, anything that we can look back at with some fondness...I think there are many of us would prefer to be back in those older times..!!!! The Celtic Tiger screwed this place up big time in my view...the rest is history

[Roland The Gunslinger]

Hey Cactus, how about a separate forum called Hidden (and forgotten) Ireland, old pubs, garages, buildings, small towns, anything that we can look back at with some fondness...I think there are many of us would prefer to be back in those older times..!!!! The Celtic Tiger screwed this place up big time in my view...the rest is history

That is an absolutely brilliant idea,good call Eskerman

[Ah Well]

That is an absolutely brilliant idea,good call Eskerman

Tis indeed and lots of fab pics to accompany it hopefully

[C. Flower]

Sub - forum of Irish History ?

[Ah Well]

Sub - forum of Irish History ?

Sounds good to me

[Ah Well]

Sub - forum of Irish History ?

Just wondering is a sub-forum being set up for this?

"This" being

Originally Posted by eskerman
Hey Cactus, how about a separate forum called Hidden (and forgotten) Ireland, old pubs, garages, buildings, small towns, anything that we can look back at with some fondness...I think there are many of us would prefer to be back in those older times..!!!! The Celtic Tiger screwed this place up big time in my view...the rest is history

[eskerman]

Edited in HDR to give a slightly more interesting effect..

[eskerman]

Anybody remember Lees department store ( not in this wonderful old image)..?

Hey Cactus, can you open a separate section called Hidden/Old Ireland for this sort of contribution..? Thanks..EM

[C. Flower]

Ooops - really sorry not to have done this yet!

Just a minute...

[Fraxinus]

Kileens of Shannonbridge, not too far away from Ballinasloe. Real old style pub and shop. When the bar is packed people then sit on stools in the shop.

[5intheface]

Bustards in Donegal Town



Stopped and chatted with the oul fella a few years back, I asked him how business was and he told me nothing was for sale, just for viewing.

Reminded me on the line from Josey Whales

'All I got's this piece of hard-rock candy...but it ain't for eatin...it's just fir lookin through'

Not sure how much the PVC windows and doors does for the ambience mind you.

[Dublin Dilettante]

Don't have a pic to hand, but there's a decrepit, ramshackle house on Washerwoman's Hill in Glasnevin from which wizened old faces could periodically be seen staring. As a kid, I thought it was haunted. I learned a couple of years ago that it was a former sweetshop inhabited by two sisters who had stubbornly refused to move out after their parents (the proprietors) died. You can still see some of the old signage if you look closely enough. Although last time I passed, it was boarded up, so perhaps they died or finally left.