The Dresser

Church Street Lower

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A Heaney Favourite

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Round the House and Mind the Dresser

Image and text from Monaghan Veteran and Vintage club

In a period between the old open dressers going out of fashion and built in kitchen units coming into fashion there was a type of dresser that dominated the period, and any modern house wife had to have one. Some different designs were available the one shown here had a fold down counter others had a shelf that slid out to act as a counter. They were available in most good hardware stores.

Looking at the picture it strikes me that the drawers are very high. I never remember drawers that were that high.

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Collins’ Bacon Store

Glin Historical Society shared this old Church Street photo on Facebook. It stirred this memory for Joe Harrington.

“During the mid 1960s when I attended the Listowel Technical School I had my lunch up there on the second floor every school day. It’s a long time ago now and I can’t remember if I brought a lunch with me and got a cup of tea there to go with it or if tea and a sandwich were provided. The entrance to the shop was through the door on the left and all I can remember about the shop was a counter on the right and a bench near the back facing the front door on which there always seemed to be a very big slab of bacon. At that time, the shop was ran by Mrs Collins and her daughter, Ena. They were extremely religious and Ena had me running down to the church to light candles on her behalf when I had finished my lunch. When Mrs Collins died, Ena went to England sometime later. I remember my mother, Julie, corresponding with her. I’d love to hear the memories of others who recall Mrs Collins and Ena and the old style shop.”

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A Fact

The average lifespan of a houseflyis 2 to 3 weeks.

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