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Meet you under the clock at Clery's

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • DannyM8 said:
    Post 9th July 1949 when the last tram left the Pillar on the Kingstown line No7
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Well , the trams are gone, so it's after 1949.

    DannyM8 Snap!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    DannyM8 Thanks Danny. So almost certainly 1950 (or a bit later).
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley DannyM8 Snap!
  • DannyM8 said:
    Great minds think alike, fools.........................................

Garda directing traffic, O'Connell Bridge, Dublin

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Swordscookie said:
    It does and it also gives you a glimpse of the THING, the infamous blot on O'Connell Bridge!!! The pointsmans boxes were introduced to speed up traffic by making the Garda more visible, one of a number of experiments including the one where the Garda wore the "ice-cream sellers" jacket you put up earlier. The problem with the boxes is that drivers did not always see the Garda and being able to walk about and give clear signals in the drivers line of sight was taken away from them. They were taken out again shortly after they were installed. Bachelors Walk looked so much more colourful and interesting in those days, didn't it?
  • Tadgh Ó Maoildearg said:
    love the colours on the buildings on the Walk!
  • murphman61 said:
    The stripes, obviously meant to make the box stand out, seem to make it, in this photo at least, blend in with the surroundings. The lights might have helped if bright enough to have been seen in the bright sunlight.
  • Angela Orlando said:
    Neat capture... they still had this in Switzerland in the 80's as my husband late at night got in one and started directing traffic... crazy Texan.. actually there was almost no cars so for that I was thankful... he did sort of stick out in his Texas cowboy hat, jeans, and boots!!!
  • instinctive mind said:
    Nice photo. Such a handsome gentleman in the center of it all. Nice City.

The Thing

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • Swordscookie said:
    This appears to be truck or bus disguised as a tram as part of the cigarette companies advertising programme. In the Irish Photographic Archive there are numerous examples of the tram and it was used in the St. Patricks Day parade over a number of years. The Lord Mayor happily posed on the tram at that time and thus demonstrates how times have changed! Here is a link to the Archive!
  • Paddywhack56 said:
    Don't think I've ever seen a tram with a reg plate before.
  • heady school said:
    The passengers are mannequins.
  • billh35 said:
    It's not a "model", it's a "replica".