Would you care to solve a Dublin mystery???

[Bridget x]

Hi Dara,  Thank's for that.    Bridget

[Quaxer]

Bridget,
Dara is perfectly right. It is like an up turned teacup and for many years I have found the bendy bit most useful to decipher ancient scrall.
I put mine to the computer screen and could clearly see plenty of writing including the roundel. I promise I had my glasses on then. Work on it  literally one square inch at a time .The roundel may have a date.
This will not beat us. Its great to have such photos.
Do not write on it again and if you must use a soft pencil on the REAR.
Come back and let us make progress.

Regards       Quaxer

[Oaks and Acorns]

Thank you Quaxer for your clarification.

Dara.

[Marc Mc Namara]

is this it?

[Bridget x]

Marc,  If I did not think it was already long gone due to ite condition and age I would say it sure looks like it with the addition of new windows!!  Where did you find that? Its weird!
Bridget

[Bridget x]

Although not seen in the old photo  I think, as does Quaxer there were  two floors above the shop. A lot of the shops in parnell St. had these type of windows when I was a youngster growing up there.

[Marc Mc Namara]

Hi Bridget - I posted the picture on a Dublin forum and one of the Chaps come up with this picture on Parnell street, the only thing missing is the the down pipe but that may be due to modernisation.

there is alo on on Capel street that looks very similar

Here is a link http://www.dublin.ie/forums/album.php?albumid=375

Marc

[Quaxer]

Bridget
Marc's photo is possible. I well remember those types os shop and premises  some 50 years ago. They were quite common  in the north end of Capel Street for example.
Will Marc please state the origins and all details of the premises (i.e.address) so that we can work on a process of elimination.Am I correct in the the pavement slopes in Marc's photo from right to left and does it in your old photo. Not only have the windows been changed but note all the exposed brickwork has been rendered by cement. The old photo showed the urgent need for brickwork repair .Also the metal overhang above the shop door and windows is prominent in both phots.I thought that it was more prominent than usual (someone- a builder comment) Further the downspout has gone but where doe s the rainwater now drain to- it must have been rainwater  and not sanitary as the old photo shows the T junction open and Sir Charles Cameron would not have approved

Regards to all                Quaxer.

[Marc Mc Namara]

Quaxer - i admire your atention to detail! good points well made.
The photos can be seen at the link
http://www.dublin.ie/forums/album.php?albumid=375
Interestingly there are photos of Capel St there but the one shown is Parnell Streer (As Is)

Slan go foill

Marc