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   Who were those guys ? bACK DURING '76 - '79
No one has talked about the vetting procedure carried out by these mini hitlers in order to get a membeship card. It was as bad as trying to get out of the USSR.

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Hogo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active Member 1975 - 1979 Joined: 28-August-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hogo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BOUNCERS Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:01
	Who were those guys ? bACK DURING '76 - '79 No one has talked about the vetting procedure carried out by these mini hitlers in order to get a membeship card. It was as bad as trying to get out of the USSR.

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eejit91 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Grove Years 1979-1983-84ish Joined: 12-October-2005 Location: Sometimes here and sometime Status: Offline Points: 8180	Post Options Post Reply Quote eejit91 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:02
	Denny was one, Sean McGuinness is another that I know of... I asked a friend of mine if he was going to any of the reunions and he said the only people he would be able to have a reunion with was the bouncers as he was never able to get past the door!!
	"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better."

Rolo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group �79 - �85 Joined: 08-July-2005 Status: Offline Points: 9282	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rolo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:04
	Ah T, I know John McGuiness, he's still running around the roads of Raheny. Barry was the blonde one in the sheepskin coat, and Aidan was another............80 - 85 ish. Rolo.

Hogo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active Member 1975 - 1979 Joined: 28-August-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hogo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:04
	Mick Diggin was another - not a bad guy. Who was the one with the beard - wore a brown duffle.

Vinyl Junkie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group 79-86 (roughly) Joined: 18-August-2006 Location: Skerries, Dublin Status: Offline Points: 14121	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vinyl Junkie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:08
	Aidan is my cousin actually
	TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick).

Hogo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active Member 1975 - 1979 Joined: 28-August-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hogo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:10
	Lucky you B. No months of being refused like some people !!

Rolo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group �79 - �85 Joined: 08-July-2005 Status: Offline Points: 9282	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rolo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:13
	You're joking Mel. See him regularly, our office is close to where he lives and I see him going in and out of the shop next door. Also met him at a few parties over the years, think his wife is related some way to a friend of mine or something. Rolo.

eejit91 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Grove Years 1979-1983-84ish Joined: 12-October-2005 Location: Sometimes here and sometime Status: Offline Points: 8180	Post Options Post Reply Quote eejit91 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:13
	First night we went down we were refused but got my friends Dad to bring us back down and got the membership that night.. done and dusted... I think some of those guys were x police men - I know Sean McGuinness is - see him all the time when I go home - nice guy. Edited by eejit91
	"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better."

Rolo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group �79 - �85 Joined: 08-July-2005 Status: Offline Points: 9282	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rolo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:15
	..............and to what Station was he attached, Teresa ? Your friend's Dad, not John McGuiness. Rolo. Edited by Rolo

eejit91 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Grove Years 1979-1983-84ish Joined: 12-October-2005 Location: Sometimes here and sometime Status: Offline Points: 8180	Post Options Post Reply Quote eejit91 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:16
	ehhhhhh don't know - perhaps Raheny No just a regular lad! Edited by eejit91
	"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better."

Vinyl Junkie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group 79-86 (roughly) Joined: 18-August-2006 Location: Skerries, Dublin Status: Offline Points: 14121	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vinyl Junkie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 14:46
	Yeah! Aidan was sound, used to say "He's ok" to the guys at the cash desk on occasion and I got in free - happy days
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fairy queen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14-July-2006 Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote fairy queen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:01
	who was the guy who used to run the cloakroom?
	I wanted to be loved but just got laughed at instead

Bluebell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List I have no life! 1981 to 1984 Joined: 07-February-2006 Location: In my kitchen Status: Offline Points: 5054	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bluebell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:07
	The first night we went to the grove we also got refused and we had travelled all the way over from the Navan Road...it was a long journey home on the bus....but then we pleaded our case with the bouncers and after about 4 weeks of giving them big doe eyes....they gave us a membership. Myself and 3 friends felt like queens for the night.
	You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter

Hogo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active Member 1975 - 1979 Joined: 28-August-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hogo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:12
	See what I mean - what was the procedure anyway - It took me about 6 visits to get in.

Hayseed Dixie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Really Senior Member �79 - �84 (approx) Joined: 20-September-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 1722	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hayseed Dixie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:16
	I seem to remember there being certain bouncers that were better than others for letting ya in... I remember yer man Barry okay..in the sheepskin... think I remember praying I wouldn't get him before I got my membership cos he always refused me.... Also remember them raiding the girls toilets quite a lot... and coming out with loads of empty vodka naggins...hehe!!..no area was safe from their investigations...cept maybe the very far corner of the stage area...
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RoundaboutToo! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Die Hard Grover! �75-�79 and �06 - present Joined: 17-August-2006 Location: Artane Status: Offline Points: 2034	Post Options Post Reply Quote RoundaboutToo! Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:37
	Welcome Hayseed, Welcome Hogo Yes it took a few visits before you got in, then you had to sign a book for a while before you got your grovecard! Well worth it though! Didn't take long before bringing a bottle or 2 to St Annes, and a packet of mints! I only remember being refused 2 or 3 times, and had no drink taken! CP

Hogo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active Member 1975 - 1979 Joined: 28-August-2006 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hogo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 15:45
	It was the company you kept !!

RoundaboutToo! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Die Hard Grover! �75-�79 and �06 - present Joined: 17-August-2006 Location: Artane Status: Offline Points: 2034	Post Options Post Reply Quote RoundaboutToo! Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 16:11
	Think you're right! remember we used to go in 1 or 2 at a time? and if we'd had a sip or 2 beforehand, we'd meet in the loo and have a giddy giggling session at having gotten past the bouncers! CP.

ARD 257 DJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20-September-2006 Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote ARD 257 DJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 17:01
	I think the bouncer you are talking about was not attached to raheny stn. He was in the minesterial pool of drivers. I still see one of the other bouncers (retired garda) walking the roads a lot. I suspect he has had a nervous problem judging by his appearence. I think he was the one wearing the brown duffle. They were always fair and took no sh*t from anyone. I now have an 18 year old daughter and wish the places she goes to have as good doormen as the grove had.
	I never kissed anything that could lick it's own balls.

Breda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 29-March-2005 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote Breda Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-September-2006 at 17:15
	One of the bouncers works in a cafe off Talbot Street (well he used to up to a few years ago). He always reminded me about the time I got sick over some poor bloke in the compound And he believed me when I told him it was cos I wasn't used to smoking major! Ha ha, nothing to do with the cans of Ritz consumed before hand (does anyone actually drink that stuff anymore)