1968 - what was it like at the Grove?

Another thing you mentioned Bren was the "students" arriving in the summer. The place would be infested with them and they could "Jive "

They seemed to take up the whole centre of the hall

The uniform seemed to be jeans with a navy jumper which they all seamed to wear.

The girls were gorgeous and tanned ( Spanish Holidays were usual in those days ) so the foreigners stood out

hi to all out there this is my first outing here.... first off i'd like to say a big hello to Brendan Carroll and all the carroll brothers . All very talented guys and all with a great sense of humour . Brendan  a brillant artist, Paddy talented but a little  lazy ( hope he's not reading this ) Sean  magnificent and Tony superb   a knockout and a great imagination . 

                Brendan if you would like a copy of the Grove doc. i'll drop it into your mother's house or else your sister in edenmore   i'll need the address ... soon the Grove paintings full story   

      

 

SUNSTORM wrote:

Sunstorm,

A really warm welcome on board.

As said already a guy from the 'old' or 'real' Grove, no offence to St Paul's Grovers.

hope you'll love the site, meet old friends and new, share some of your stories etc...

All on this forum are real cool and Cecil is alive and well and still taking the mike at reunions.

Pat 

Welcome Sunstorm.

As already said it's good to have some of the "Origionals " on the site.

Can't wait for your stories

Cecil will be delighted your on ---Sunstorm.

Makes me feel good not to be one of the "Oldest" anymore he he he 

Altought I think i still am 

Aries...will pretend you're still THE OLDEST.

ARIES WROTE  -      Anybody else feel ancient at 19 at The Grove?

 

l was still going to the Grove at 19,used the girlfriend as my excuse,

as stated ,my mates started going to the Cricket,and l slowly followed suit,the only appeal that place had for me was the bar..

soon moved on to Bruxelles ( downstairs ) McGonagles,and Fibber McGees,and Charlies bar sometimes,and Foggy Dew on occasion

not quite the Grove,but some great nights,and l felt "right" in those places,like l did at the Grove,probably it was the music they played, and the clientele they attracted

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Welcome to the site SUNSTORM and yes Gary is the oldest flasher on the site. Good to have another real Mt Prospect grover on here.

SUNSTORM,welcome to the site,its weird to be calling you new,when you consider l was only a year old when you stopped going in '74,l felt weird seeing newbie under my user name,because l've been going so long,have only missed 1 or 2 reunions/tribute nights in the past 6 years,have you ever been back since '74 ? well enjoy the site,lots of sound people with great stories here

Hi again  and thanks for the warm welcome.... Just a few words to Brendan Carroll......... Brendan sorry to hear about your mam passing away i didn't know.. it comes to us all, in the words of Ronnie Lane  " life -its a short movie "and the irony is that the longer you live the closer you are to dying.

       Just to let you know Brendan i dropped the Grove doc. dvd and some other dvds to your sisters house tonight ,also the same ones for Sean........if there's anyone looking for the Grove doc. dvd and they live in the artane /raheny /clontarf area i'll drop one in your letter box  providing you dont live to far out  of the way,i'm always out and about.....but i'm not going to any lighthouses or rowing over to any islands .....   Ok