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Well at least the lamp-posts have lasted, or have they been reproducing?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons That's the third Austin Cambridge you have posted recently! What's going on? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Cambridge#A55_Cambridge Anyone know what the car on the right is? FIAT?

beachcomber australia The lampp-posts are the originals so made of good stuff! The car just out of shot was a Ford Anglia with the sharp angle on the rear screen. The third car down (OIK-31) I am not too sure of, possibly a Simca? What I do remember is that back door which demonstrates that this was before the era of the hatchback!

I spent a lot of time working in this area and know it well! By the time I came there in 1968 this had changed somewhat, most of the old buildings on the right were gone and the place was more or less derelict! There's a lot of history attached to the area which was once part of Oxmanstown Green. Down towards the bottom of the street just after the junction with Blackhall Street is one of the last pawnbrokers in Dublin complete with three gold balls overhead as the sign of their trade!

St Catherine's Church, Thomas Street in the distance.

Streetview of Main Street, with the Garda Station on the left.

FI 9658: a Tipperary North reg from near the end of the series: FI 1 to FI 9999 (Dec 1903 - Jan 1958).

Niall McAuley So it is Main Street, thanks a million!

The street lighting looks pretty feeble, one lamp strung on a wire across the road. This was before the yellow Sodium lights, too, so there would have been one puddle of white light and a lot of shadow.

I owned a 1960 Ford Thames 100E van in the sixties. We use to put an old bus seat in the back for the passengers and had the two small rear windows enlarged. (you could buy a kit to do the job) In 1964 I drove the van from London to Donegal via Fishguard/Rosslare. 10 hours from London to Fishguard. Lifted on and off the ship in a net. Another 10 hours drive from Rosslare to Donegal. Not bad for a small van with three forward gears and a top speed of around 60mph.. flic.kr/p/6Ntg5H

Love it. Such a familiar shot from so many of our towns back in the day. Love the ciggy advertising. I notice that the, apparently very low, overbridge has no height warning, high trucks being a comparative rarity back then. The ageing Austin on the left and the general scarcity of cars recalls the pre-tiger era.

Changed beyond recognition since Mallow/Waterford line closed in March 1967. www.google.ie/maps/@52.145258,-8.277362,3a,75y,336.9h,86....

Reverse shot catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000306795

... and another Austin Cambridge - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Cambridge#A55_Cambridge

This is a lovely shot and what I love is the light on the second carriage!