overandout
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Post by overandout on Jul 3, 2008 13:03:14 GMT
The pace of building development in Jersey is fast - probably a little too fast for most. Which experiences of yesteryear that you cannot enjoy anymore do you miss most?
Personally, I think going on the cable cars from Snow Hill to the Fort had a certain unique charm.
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Post by crappogre on Jul 3, 2008 13:16:28 GMT
Amusements at the Fort, and the Quasar.
Funland and the Commodore chipshop, and Broadway restaurant opposite.. and Central Park perhaps.
Picnics by the car on the dunes, and numerous other places we used to be able to drive (Les Landes, Portelet common, a nice spot by Devil's Hole, etc).
Strangely enough, depsite my moaning about change often enough, I can't think of anything else at the moment that's actually 'ruined' Jersey by having gone. Plenty of new stuff has ruined Jersey by appearing, but that's another thread!
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Post by crappogre on Jul 3, 2008 13:22:48 GMT
More that I miss : Living in a thriving tourist resort, full of life and the hustle and bustle of visitors. People actually used to be around in the streets on summer evenings - the place is a ghost town now in comparison. Being able to drive around town without pathetic bumps, and actually park at the side of the road. That's fast dissappearing into the mists of history, thanks a bunch Mr Constable! And Spangles  |
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Post by Jersey Forum Admin on Jul 3, 2008 13:38:24 GMT
I think the Fort is probably high on my list. When I was about 3 foot shorter, that was the place for kids to hang out. You had to have a Fort membership card, otherwise life just wasn't worth living! Still, even then we knew it was a bit tired and past its sell-by date....what with those talking rubbish bins which encouraged kids to fill them with stones rather the rubbish, and the wild west shooting stall where half the targets didn't react to a hit....and as for the ghost train....  We used to spend more of our time poking around looking for minor mischief to get up to rather than using the facilities....but even that was pretty innocent stuff compared to what some kids today would get up to. The cable cars.....how I hated them! Not because I dislike cable cars, but because one of my best mates at the time had a nasty enjoyment of making the thing swing from side to side as hard as possible, just when you got half way across. |
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Post by Jersey Forum Admin on Jul 3, 2008 13:42:20 GMT
Living in a thriving tourist resort, full of life and the hustle and bustle of visitors. People actually used to be around in the streets on summer evenings - the place is a ghost town now in comparison. That's a very good point. Every summer a definite holiday vibe would descend upon the island, a buzz of sorts. And that's now completely gone. |
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overandout
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Post by overandout on Jul 3, 2008 14:35:23 GMT
Here's one for you - Fantastic Tropical Gardens - now that was great, especially the pick'n'mix shack, and the 'passport' you had to get stamped in each region.
Was it because we were young, or was the island actually more fun back then?
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Post by Bea on Jul 4, 2008 16:34:25 GMT
Swansons,and the other cabaret nights .Felt like you were on holiday.
Maybe because I was younger then,but rarely had a night in .Went out straight from work ,and took in the holiday vibe.
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Post by gagged on Jul 6, 2008 16:23:08 GMT
being able to spend hours on a bus for 5p going around what seemed to be the whole island.
Nicking the empty Soda Syphon bottles out of the back of the shop, taking them in the front of the shop and getting 25p each for them.
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onecheesey
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Post by onecheesey on Jul 6, 2008 22:55:40 GMT
Getting driven up and down King Street/Queen Street, Briggs, Laurents, Gaudins for a plate of cakes with mum on a Saturday, Red Triangle Stores for Dinky/Corgi/Matchbox cars. Seeing the Watersplash with its working waterfall and lights. The viewing decks at the airport watching the DC3s start up. Crowded beaches in the summer.Panicos toy shop at Les Quennevais. The Strawberry Farm. Jersey cream teas. Picking spider crabs out of the sand at Gorey and selling them to the visitors on the pier. Watching my old relatives sand-eeling and draw-netting.The snake and mini-golf at the Fort. Being brought up and playing in an un-flooded Queen's Valley. Riding in the front seat of a car as a kid without seatbelts. Battles with Action Men. Hornby, Meccano, Airfix, Mousetrap, Lego. St.Helier Boy's school. And that holiday buzz from March to October. The quiet winters with snow, freezing rain and frosty mornings. My Yamaha DT50. Sherbet, Barrett's Sweet Tobacco, Cresta, Corona Lemonade. Coke in glass bottles with a straw. Randall's Boxer Ales and Mary-Ann. The Welcome Inn at Gorey with my grandad on a sunday. My Grandad and Gran. My uncles and aunties. Jersey characters all gone now  My island: stolen from me and never to be returned! |
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Post by Jersey Forum Admin on Jul 7, 2008 2:22:25 GMT
There was a waterfall at the Watersplash?
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onecheesey
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Post by onecheesey on Jul 7, 2008 5:30:38 GMT
Yup.
It used to run down the stepped front of the premises, the bit that runs alondside the road. There is actually a German bunker beneath that frontage! The whole thing was lit so at night, during the summer, it was quite spectacular. Hence the name 'The Watersplash'.
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overandout
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Post by overandout on Jul 7, 2008 11:40:35 GMT
Panicos and Briggs! I was only little, but I remember.
Father Christmas at Briggs, down the end on the ground floor - happy days.
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Post by the13th parish on Jul 11, 2008 20:55:42 GMT
double decker buses,or how about the Yankee catastrophe jerseys first real burger joint,or maybe lady Jayne records
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Post by the13th parish on Jul 11, 2008 21:00:46 GMT
sorry i fogot West Park Pavillion & of course Thackereys
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onecheesey
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Post by onecheesey on Jul 11, 2008 21:17:04 GMT
Double decker buses from the old Weighbridge with Queen Victoria's statue looking on. I used to take the 3a back home on a saturday with mum and in those days it used to go over Mount Bingham and up Green Street: no tunnel back then!
BTW where was the Yankee Catastrophe, the name rings a bell but can't place it?
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Post by the13th parish on Jul 11, 2008 21:25:57 GMT
Yankee Catastrophe was on corner of bath street opp what is now rb of scotland just down the road from min :)den street carpark
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Post by davroslesueur on Jul 15, 2008 9:34:42 GMT
I was just writing the new blog and remembered "King Size Quencher" made by AE Smith, sadly no more  |
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Post by crappogre on Jul 15, 2008 10:35:23 GMT
And Corona, and taking bottles back to the shop for a deposit refund - happy days!
And Smiths crisps used to have a Savoury Vinegar flavour, mmmmmmm
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onecheesey
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Post by onecheesey on Jul 15, 2008 22:03:20 GMT
Yes, Quencher came in really heavy dimples bottles.
Just a thought. When I was a kid riding my bike around the east of the island, there seemed to be loads of little local shops scattered about the place. I remember Renoufs at Faldouet and one along La Rue de la Hougue Bie between La Hougue Bie and St.Saviour's Hospital. Mojos, fruit cocktail, sherbet flying saucers and pear drops ;D
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Post by crappogre on Jul 16, 2008 9:16:01 GMT
There are so many ex-shops around that I remember.
by St.Saviour's church,
by Grouville Ch,
down Grands Vaux,
Les Buttes stores by St.Martin's catholic church,
College Hill,
Portinfer near Plemont,
the Don Rd side of Howard D Park,
Charles St,
Pickwicks at St.Luke's Parade at Greve d'Azette & The Esplanade & Mulcaster St,
Conway St,
Cleveland Road,
New St,
Tickners (St.Mark's Rd)
- all readily spring to mind.
No idea where the one was near La Hougue Bie... could you give us a clue please?
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