Old Cork Photos

[Heraldo]

Anyone out there remember Reidy’s - it used be on the corner of Sheares’ Street opposite St Francis Hall - long since knocked to make way for the extension at the rear of the Mercy Hospital.
She used to run that for a while prior to opening Reidy’s Wine Vault opposite Jury’s Hotel.

Wine Vault was a gorgeous place when it first opened. Very classy and big crowds initially. Seemed to lose trade relatively quickly and just went out of business. Nearby Millwheel was another that used be mobbed but just went out of business too

My dad used to bartend the Millwheel back in the 70s

Didn’t that become the Thirsty Scholar?

 

[Yermon]

My dad used to bartend the Millwheel back in the 70s

Didn’t that become the Thirsty Scholar?

Yeah. It used be part of Cork City Pool League as The Millwheel

 

[nelly sham]

Yup Cork's first (un)official Gay Bar when I think homosexuality was still on the books as a criminal offence. One of the Reidy's was an "effeminate man". It was unkindly said "He's not half the man his sister is".

Then Slicks kinda took over with a younger generation - blackboard and chalk in the jacks and all.

Excuse the ignorance/youthfulness/innocence but what's the reference to blackboard and chalk?

 

[Yermon]

Excuse the ignorance/youthfulness/innocence but what's the reference to blackboard and chalk?

If you were free and looking to meet up you could put your name and contact number up on the blackboard. Or as happened anytime we were in there we'd put up the name and number of someone we knew and didn't like much

 

[nelly sham]

If you were free and looking to meet up you could put your name and contact number up on the blackboard. Or as happened anytime we were in there we'd put up the name and number of someone we knew and didn't like much

Excellent!

 

[The High King]

Just for the record, homosexuality was on the books as a criminal offence in Ireland until 1993.

 

[Heraldo]

If you were free and looking to meet up you could put your name and contact number up on the blackboard. Or as happened anytime we were in there we'd put up the name and number of someone we knew and didn't like much

Yourself and Jimmy were regular users of said blackboard so?

 

[Dinger]

Thomas Davis (Wellington) Bridge

 

[Yermon]

Thomas Davis (Wellington) Bridge

Beautiful - and it shows a lot of this was indeed fields