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1974 Lete, Nicki, Leonie Fannig Glasnevin
(northampton 11)
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The grocery belonged to my grandparents Peter & Mary Agnew. My mother (1932-2015) Brigid (on right in photo) aka 'Bridie' was a great organiser and had a fantastic repore with the public. She was eighteen years old when the photo was taken. The other lady's name is Betty Lambert. The shop was located on Fitzroy Avenue. Though it catered for the local population it benefited immensely from being situated near to and along the route to the Croke Park GAA sports stadium. Match days were exceptionally busy times.
Notice the fully stocked shelves with well known contemporary brand names and products such as Bisto gravy, Bird's Tea Cakes, Fry's Cocoa, Glycerine, Robin Starch and Mrs Cullen's Powders.
A weighing scales is on shop counter, to the front left of the photo.
Fitzroy Avenue was typical of the Drumcondra of that period made up of rows of small two story red brick houses that were built during the late Victorian - Edwardian era.
My grandparents moved from Drumcondra in 1957 to Macken Street where they also owned a grocery business.
They were originally from Lattylanigan in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan. They and my parents returned to Carrickmacross in 1970.
Brendan Smith
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My mother Brigid (Bridie) Agnew aged 20 or 21 years of age in the back yard of her house on Fitzroy (Anglo-Norman = 'son of the king') Avenue Drumcondra (Irish = 'Droim Conrach' meaning "Conra's Ridge) Dublin city. Mom and her parents had a shop there from 1948/49 until they sold and bought a similar size grocery on Macken Street in 1957 after my mom got married.
The bicycle was very much the common mode of transport in Dublin during the 1940s and 1950s.
Fitzroy Avenue was typical of the Drumcondra of that period made up of rows of small two story red brick houses that were built during the late Victorian - Edwardian era.
-Brendan Smith
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