There were aound 10 nightclubs in Salthill. There were only about 100 taxis to serve the whole city There were double decker buses everywhere. Knocnacarra was a posh place. Doughishka was a field. Supermacs has a little shop beside OBriens Bridge. Snakebite was a cool drink. Fights were fought with fists, not knives nor guns. Students wore frumpy jumpers. Bands played in Leisureland (U2, Smiths, Pogues, Lizzy etc) Rollerskating in the Savoy was all the rage. NUIG was UCG & GMIT was RTC. The road to Dublin was a boreen, The journey to Dublin took less than 3 hours as there were less cars. You could park anywhere at anytime, even Shop Street. Terryland Park had no seats or floodlights. Contraception was a criminal offence. Galway Airport was a farmyard. Hang on, it still is. Winters were cold and summers were warm. Oranmore was a country village. Aran Islanders were considered foreigners. Public toilets were free. There was a Garda station on Eglinton Street. Everbody wore grey. Spanish arch was a carpark jurys was a derelict mill arch motors was were bazaar is now easons was called ogormans toy shop town hall theatre was a cinema with holes in must of the seats headford rd shopping centre had no roof there was no quincintenial bridge claddagh palace behind roches was a big carpark, carpark behind boi at bottom of the square, carpark behind corbett court, radisson/bus station was also a carpark, apartments on merchants road was also a car park massive dome type thingy down the docks for coal, main road went around that way also, now it cuts through past the harbour hotel. man with monkies in eyre square near imperial hotel blind accordian player outside treasure chest news at ten were monsoon is now o connors was were river island is, upstairs was video rental place with mirrors on each side as you walked up the stairs! omniplex/woodies was a field rahoon flats were the skyscrapers of galway Cuba nightclub was called The bentley Elderly man used to feed the pigeons in eyre square (Galway character) Elderly man who was able put his lip over half his face (another galway character) Salthill was the center of all night life car park behind corbett court before the expansion Televisions were very expensive so it was best to rent them from o connors
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