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1 hour ago, Dirk Diggler said:

Locally famous abandoned Fiat garage (Pratt's of Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow) I pass from time to time, chock full of Uno's, Punto s, a Tempra and a few random Alfa 155/156. Apologies for the poor photos

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When did the place shut down, and who owns it now?

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10 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

When did the place shut down, and who owns it now?

Norman Pratt was the owner, dead around 10 years, his wife still has a b and b nearby. Garage closed around 2000. His sons would be well known and regarded in the trade; they run a body shop and dealership (was Renault, unsure now) in Carlow town. Apparently there's a 127 round the back

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8 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

Have a picture of the water tank for the closed train line opposite the garage; much of the track bed has been turned to a Greenway and many of the station buildings are now houses

Loads of redundant rail routes are becoming Greenways now. It all started with the oul line between Westport and Achill.

There are moves to turn Rosslare to Waterford, and the remainder of the Western Rail Corridor north of Claremorris, into Greenways. Once that happens, rail will never make a comeback. 

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Many moons ago I worked for a guy who owned an old station on that branch line; he'd bought all the station buildings and approximately 15 acres in 1971. For £800. He used it for his business until he retired and has left it idle since; it's on the edge of an expanding town and he knows well the payday that's coming

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35 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

Many moons ago I worked for a guy who owned an old station on that branch line; he'd bought all the station buildings and approximately 15 acres in 1971. For £800. He used it for his business until he retired and has left it idle since; it's on the edge of an expanding town and he knows well the payday that's coming

Hopefully yer man will live long enough to cash in.....

 

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30 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Hopefully yer man will live long enough to cash in.....

 

He's around 70 now and fighting fit; I'd say it's likely to be developed soon, there literally is thousands of houses being built in 15 square miles around here; in rural Wicklow. Arklow, Rathdrum and Wicklow town are growing more now than during the 00s boom. We're thinking about moving elsewhere tbh

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14 minutes ago, Dirk Diggler said:

He's around 70 now and fighting fit; I'd say it's likely to be developed soon, there literally is thousands of houses being built in 15 square miles around here; in rural Wicklow. Arklow, Rathdrum and Wicklow town are growing more now than during the 00s boom. We're thinking about moving elsewhere tbh

Sounds like it's going to the dogs.

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On 10/2/2020 at 4:06 PM, MikeR said:

 

a golden oldie rotting away , knowing here ,prob has less that 60k on the clock and only been to the shops around the corner , and a FSH !!

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and around the corner is the porker , looks like it has not moved in 5 years !!porker.png.a7aec6d54293127a6f2b6938fe31f6d0.png

 

 

Mike do you mind me asking on what street that Allegro is on? - I spotted it last year but forgot to note exactly where it was!

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Yesterday when I popped into my mates garage a customer drove this in asking for some paintwork, i asked if I could take some pictures for a group of nutters who would appreciate this in its lowly Popular glory, I'm a sucker for small commercial vehicles as I spent decades bombing around in them, a lists of the modified bits, wheels, sticker on boot and seats from a popular plus with head rests as his wife wouldn't travel in it with the standard seats, enjoy 🙂

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Went to a customer's today in the Avensis.  It looks shit rocking up in a 21 year old Asian Taxi - so I tend to park around the corner.  Apart from the client saw me and drove over in his £72,000 70 Plate Mercedes GLS.  Classic.  Felt a bit embarassing tbh.

Anyway - saw this on the way home and it made me smile.  Although thanks to these and XR3’s - no boy at my school ever got even a kiss off of a girl because they were all hanging out with the 18 year olds.  Bastards.

 

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52 minutes ago, L fallax said:

E11DB739-6590-4E43-91B5-15CAE3BA1509.thumb.jpeg.ca396e75f97788595e581e76c5c767d5.jpeg4CYL RWD van that hasn’t seen tarmac for many many decades, no clue what it could be so if you see any resemblance to a make or model leave a reply!

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No obvious way to identify it as there is no logo or VIN, interesting nevertheless

Bedford CA ?

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