Stirring Memories ~ Montage of Shops & Buildings in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

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Stop by Boland’s bakery for your bread. Perhaps visit Monument Creamery, where the worker behind the counter will cut to size and weight the amount of butter you want to purchase. Pop into Edward Lee’s for your drapery and watch your money fly along the mechanical ‘cash carrier’ to the cashier. The lack of large grocery stores or home fridges meant that a visit to your local shop was made several times a week, if not every day. However, far from describing the errand of daily shopping as a laborious task, interviewees deeply reminisce the local stores they often frequented, as well as other establishments such as cafés and cinemas across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. These stores were social hubs in the community, a place to connect with neighbours and get your daily dose of banter. A far cry from the self-checkout tills in large grocery stores today, you knew your local shop keeper and he or she knew you.

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It’s sad seeing how low Dun Laoghaire has sunk in modern times.