Throwback Thursday (435)
This week we go back forty years to 1984 and to D 277 parked on Hawkins Street.
This Leyland Atlantean was new to CIE in 1969. It was withdrawn and sold for scrap in 1985.
The bus is parked between duties, and is therefore showing no route number. The destination display is showing the Irish for Carrickmines (Carraig Mhaighin), which in 1984 was served by routes 63 and 86.
The New Metropole Cinema in the background opened in 1972. In 1984 it became the Screen Cinema. It closed in 2016 and was subsequently demolished. A new office complex built on the site is due to be completed in 2024 or 2025. The cinema appears to be showing "The World According to Garp", a 1982 film starring Robin Williams.
24/05/1984
Throwback Thursday (435)
This week we go back forty years to 1984 and to D 277 parked on Hawkins Street.
This Leyland Atlantean was new to CIE in 1969. It was withdrawn and sold for scrap in 1985.
The bus is parked between duties, and is therefore showing no route number. The destination display is showing the Irish for Carrickmines (Carraig Mhaighin), which in 1984 was served by routes 63 and 86.
The New Metropole Cinema in the background opened in 1972. In 1984 it became the Screen Cinema. It closed in 2016 and was subsequently demolished. A new office complex built on the site is due to be completed in 2024 or 2025. The cinema appears to be showing "The World According to Garp", a 1982 film starring Robin Williams.
24/05/1984