Dirty Buggane Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 No waverly was next to the old bus garages, now DBC sheltered housing. I think it had the name Uncle Tom's Cabin for a short while in the 70's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Waverley? The Waverley was in Waverley Terrace, just off Broadway and behind York Road bus depot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Gladys said: I think so. The one opposite the Bowler was seasonal, the other one was all year round. May have got the street names wrong, but that is what I remember. The one opposite the Bowler became a Chinese take away. The chippy on Melbourne street was operated by my ould Auntie, Molly Bridson, later on it was Henry Cambell's chippy, for the last maybe 20 years it has been a private dwelling. Henry had the chippy in Falcon st prior, this became the City cottage, ending as James Wong.s, both fine takeaways, miss them much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Happier diner said: As it self proclaimed aficionados of fish and chips, I have to say, the chippy is on the wrong side of just about mediocre. Can't understand why Ramsey is blessed with the finest with Peel just behind. Douglas is bottom of the pile IMO Totally disagree, Port Jack have improved immensely. They iffy” at best but recently have been the chippy of choice for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Totally disagree, Port Jack have improved immensely. They iffy” at best but recently have been the chippy of choice for me. You need to get out and about more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Gladys said: .. would pretend to pick his nose with a missing finger. His wife was also just as nice. Great times, no internet and everyone was just so simple... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Happier diner said: Where is the good food on the terrace? The Terrace Chippy clearly given that I was comparing chippy’s that are close by. You can’t fault the Terrace and no irritating over friendly nosiness when all you’re wanting is some chips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwhite Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 8 hours ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: The Terrace Chippy clearly given that I was comparing chippy’s that are close by. You can’t fault the Terrace and no irritating over friendly nosiness when all you’re wanting is some chips. How dare he be friendly! How do you know he’s nosy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 9 hours ago, HiVibes said: 12 hours ago, Gladys said: .. would pretend to pick his nose with a missing finger. His wife was also just as nice. Great times, no internet and everyone was just so simple... We had to make our own entertainment in them days… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 8 hours ago, HiVibes said: Great times, no internet and everyone was just so simple... Theres a lot to be said for bygone days when people weren't expected to carry a phone and be contactable 24/7. When the internet and social media didn't dominate people's social lives. When disinformation and conspiracy theories weren't available at the touch of a button that you carry with you everywhere. The other day someone said they were posting from a pub while watching sports and having fun with a few friends. I wondered how this could be so when he was busy arguing with someone here. Doesn't sound like a fun time to me and either he was neglecting his friends, or they were ignoring him and so he may as well argue on here. You see this behaviour everywhere. People limiting their face-to-face interaction with others because they're too busy arguing with an anonymous stranger on an internet platform. Even the way old school TV is being taken over by on-demand streaming will have a detrimental effect on social interaction. It used to be that at work or school, people would discuss the latest popular TV series the morning after it aired. Today you get asked not to, as some are saving it for the weekend and don't want to hear spoilers. A small thing perhaps, but the internet is encroaching on face-to-face human social interactions in a myriad of small ways and they add up. As we are social animals, I can't see the increasing drive to live our lives online ending well. Maybe younger people don't see what's happening because they've grown up in the digital age. For clarity, this doesn't make me angry, it just makes me sad that younger generations are seemingly welcoming increasing social isolation with open arms. Is it really any wonder why depression, anxiety, and polarisation is increasing in today's society? TLDR: pushing people to utilise the internet in every aspect of their lives is a recipe for social disaster. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 its a pity some of you youngsters didn't get the opportunity to eat some decent fish and chips , Cunnliffes in Hope street used to be packed out to the doors every night and also a whole host of other small chip shops up lanes and back streets in Douglas , chips were cooked in lard then and the peas in sacks and had to be soaked for a few days before boiling , the Fish (Cod)arrived in full fillets and had to be cut up and battered before cooking but the gastronomic experience was amazing proper salt and malt vinegar not a sodium substitute and you could phone a taxi and he would order pay for and deliver your supper when he had a passenger going near your home , pre dates the pizza delivery by 70 years , life was much more straight forward then , 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majkul Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Zarley said: The other day someone said they were posting from a pub while watching sports and having fun with a few friends. I wondered how this could be so when he was busy arguing with someone here. Doesn't sound like a fun time to me and either he was neglecting his friends, or they were ignoring him and so he may as well argue on here. No such thing as "multitasking". It's just not giving anything 100%, because you're doing too many things at once, rather than one thing at a time, and doing them well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 14 hours ago, Gladys said: No, thanks for dredging up a memory for me. Just to de-rail the thread completely (sorry). Here’s one of Henry’s sons pulling rock in Gores. One of seven sons, so yeah, they made their own entertainment in those days 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Thank you CP. Loved going to watch the rock being made, from the boiling sugar to the lengthening rolls of rock with the 3 legs. And the smell!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwhite Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 14 hours ago, Gladys said: I remember Henry. He had two chippies one in Falcon Street and another round the corner that was just open during the summer. He used to give me a free potato scallop while I waited for the order to be cooked and wrapped and would pretend to pick his nose with a missing finger. His wife was also just as nice. Glad to have been reminded. So Henry was also friendly and 'nosey'?😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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