16 thoughts on “Sorcery”

      1. Slightly Bemused

        The Renault 4 van was called the Fourgonette or something, was it not? I know that Citroen called their 2CV van a Fourgonette, but I think it was a generic French term for a small van.

        Fiat called their 127 van the Fiorino, a name later passed on to the Panda and later Uno versions. I think it was a trend to separate them from the passenger models.

        On another note, the first McDonalds drive through I ever used was the one at the end of the Kylemore Road. The job I had at the time had me on the road a bit, and it was handy when returning home to get a quick bite. Of course, those were the days before expanding waistlines and more energy than I could really use up meant excess calories were not really something I worried about.
        Besides, the Big Macdid have lettuce and pickles, so my veg was covered :-)

  4. Paulus

    A useful feature was a hinged flap above the rear door which could be opened upwards to allow access to the entire height of the cargo area for loading.

    1. Slightly Bemused

      I once transported an industrial fridge (on its side, which cannot have been good) from Roscommon town to Clifden in Galway. We had to leave that flap up, and strap the door to the fridge and hope it was well strapped in.

      The route we took was via Tuam, so naturally we ended up singing at the top of our voices that wonderful Saw Doctors song N17. Of course,t hey had a red Cortina…

    1. dav

      Their was a nightclub in Galway called the GPO that had the front of 1 used as the DJ booth

  8. Rosette of Sirius

    Was there on the day Nutgrove opened. Was only a chizzler. Grand opening ceremony was carried out by none other than the ‘boul Gaybo. They had this draw that my dad along with four other won. Top prize a Mini Metro. We won the second prize of £2000 of MFI furniture. Remember MFI?! Needless to say our house was not the kind of house to be furnished by MFI. Too old school and lots of lovely old antique-ey stuff. But with that said, my recently married sister made out like a bandit.

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