20 things you will remember if you grew up in Tullamore

1 - When we nearly froze to death in the summer at the outdoor pool on the Church Road

2 - When teenagers used to flock to the Sacred Heart School Disco

3 - When you moved up from the Sacred Heart Disco and the highlight of the week was Saturday night in The Harriers

4 - When you had to go to mass somewhere else in town after the church burned down

5 -When the canal froze so hard, you didn't need a bridge to cross it

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6 - When the Record and Tape Centre was the only source of music

7 - When The Chariot in Market Square was the gaming centre of the town

8 - When Captain Zooms opened in Market Square and we suddenly all thought we were American

9 - When we bought our sweets by the bag in Talbots

10 - When Quinnsworth and Dunnes Stores were both on Patrick Street

11 - When the cinema was in Market Square and had one screen

12 - When there was a far greater choice of night clubs on the weekend... we make it there was seven at one stage

13 - When Pallas Lake and the Grotto were major attractions for teenagers

14 - When half the houses in Tullamore had a television, or if you were really lucky a video recorder, rented from Kilroys.

15 - When Collins Lane was just a load of fields

16 - When the Bridge Centre and Main Street was a place where farmers brought their crops

17 - When the town park had threes, swings, a slide, some sand, a roundabout and broken glass...... and was beside the canal

18 - When Hayes Hotel was a big hotel in the middle of the town... that's going back a bit.

19 - When the co-op corner actually had a co-op on the corner

20 - When the options for buying clothes shopping consisted of a couple of cramped drapery stores and Dunnes Stores