Yes and, of course, closed all day Sunday too! I’d guess Peats was not the only shop doing this. In my home town, Dundalk, shops would close on Thursday afternoon. Half Day Thursday it was called. This practise only stopped in the late 70s early 80s.
Earlier this year, I posted 10 ‘then and now’ photos from Temple Bar, Dublin. I used photographs from 1985. These were featured in the Irish Architectural Archive’s Temple Bar 15 […]
Joe Walsh, a Co Down native, founded Joe Walsh Tours (JWT) in 1961 in a tiny Nassau Street office in Dublin. JWT started with religious pilgrimages to the likes of […]
The metal shell of the Gasometer on South Lotts Rd, Ringsend, Dublin 4. Photo taken in 1988 by Maureen Devitt RIP. The Gasometer dates back to 1885. Now known as […]
In October 2006, the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and the Irish Architectural Archive produced an exhibiton and catalogue called Temple Bar 15 to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the architectural […]
From 30 years ago, here are 3 ads for 2 different alcopop brands sold in Ireland. These ads appeared in Irish style magazine d Side in 1996 and were digitised […]
Christmas in Ireland was published in 1985 by World Book Encyclopedia Inc. from Chicago, USA. We’ve digitised a selection of photos by Bob Willoughby, Fionnbar Callanan, Mary Rowley and a […]
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“CLOSED ALL DAY WED” – what a strange thing to do back then…
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Yes and, of course, closed all day Sunday too! I’d guess Peats was not the only shop doing this. In my home town, Dundalk, shops would close on Thursday afternoon. Half Day Thursday it was called. This practise only stopped in the late 70s early 80s.
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