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All the World's a Village

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Interesting.
    "1881: Universal Postal Union agreement
    The international parcel service, which allowed the orderly shipment of mailed packages and parcels from one country to another according to predetermined rates, was established by the Universal Postal Union on 1 October 1881 (Great Britain, India, The Netherlands and Persia, 1 April 1882), following the agreement of 1880 in Paris during a three-week conference on the subject. ..."
    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcel_post#1881:_Universal_Postal_...
  • Architecture of Dublin said:
  • John Spooner said:
    First press mention of J Hinshelwood of Miller St, Glasgow, I could find, as an agent for the Crimean Army Parcels Agency. Glasgow Herald - Friday 27 April 1855
    Glasgow Herald - Friday 27 April 1855
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Architecture of Dublin They were in 5 Eden Quay before that. I wonder was it expansion that moved them along to no. 8 by 1883?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Spotted at No. 8 - see megazoom - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000337978
    Someone might find a better one. Several railway company offices nearby.

Whiskey has an E in it, no matter what the Scots might say

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Evidently the distillery closed in 1929, according to Wikipedia -
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon_Distillery
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Whiskeyview - maps.app.goo.gl/vBeq6dNtAr8VbmBC7
  • John Spooner said:
    I can't find any rules about attacking the foreman maltster with a shovel. Southern Star (Skibbereen) - Saturday 24 February 1917
    Southern Star (Skibbereen) - Saturday 24 February 1917

    BTW Welsh whisky doesn't have an E, whether it's in English like the bottle on my shelf, or in Welsh - wisgi
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Trove in 1888, from an article about "Irish Wit" -

    ... In Bandon the distillery of Messrs. Allman and Co. is known by the name "Al-co-Hall" ...

    See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169705916?searchTerm=B...
  • Mike Grimes said:
    John Spooner The current P.J. O'Driscoll lives up the road from my parents house. Obviously a name they kept in the family. Every now and again his peacocks would visit our garden and he'd have to come collect them. We still have some tail feathers in a vase in the hall.

    www.pjodriscoll.ie/history-of-pj-o-driscoll_s

Imitations are disappointing

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Hadji Bey cropped up in this photo a few years ago -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    See also via TG4 the 1902+ shop in Cork - ... and the Great Man -
  • Carol Maddock said:
    €10.45 in our local fancy schmancy food shop!
  • DannyM8 said:
    Send me some now!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    'Made at 7 Parnell Place, Cork" seems to be a bus station now. Not such a Turkish Delightful view - maps.app.goo.gl/vYPKPJeLkbhorxdg6