History of Bookie shops.

[watty]

@Belker - thank you 

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

what's the biggest amount of lolly you saw someone winnin and losin ken.

[Belker]

what's the biggest amount of lolly you saw someone winnin and losin ken.

I have done all that before with you DMG, see page 3 and 4; http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=16128.0

[Belker]

To reminisce just fer the sake of reminiscing, as an 11 year old back in 1976 I was employed by my father whom was a bookie to microfilm the football coupon every Saturday afternoon, which involved an 11 year old me getting a bus in to town, jump in to any ABC Taxi on the Pana rank (whom we had an account with) and do a lap of the city collecting football coupons and any excess cash from all our city branches. And then microfilm all the football coupons in our Head office in a microfilmer that actually did not work (but nobody knew that). In 1976 getting a Tenner fer a few hours work as an 11 year old was like winning the Lotto, every Saturday !

[Belker]

I will add that the fella that done that Football coupon job before me had a mysterious football coupon through his hands which was £50 Irl punts @ 100/1 on 6 half time scores, the fact that he had Doncaster to be leading a high flying Liverpool at the time was his downfall and he was soon found out and fired.

It wasn't till 1994 that we finally got our act together and properly installled microfilm cameras (which actually worked) in all our shops, it only took us about 20 years and 5 found-out staff scams to do it though !

[Belker]

Back to my original point, in 1976 when I was collecting football coupons and cash from the inner city shops, Blarney street on the northside was always my Nemesis, I would have to  literally fight my way through the crowd, and Dave as the manager and his staff at 3pm would look like something that had just been through an MMA bout !

Fast forward the clock by about 38 years to 2024 and a good looking Dave (As in Robert Redford 'Good Looking') is the manager of Boylesports in Douglas, Cork. As I'm temporarily evicted from my apartment from 9am to 5pm fer a week in 2024 due to the Fookin painter, I take solace in the comfort of the Briar Rose bar in the afternoon's and having a wager in the almost empty Boylespoerts bookies next door during Royal Ascort week where Dave was the manager, I say to him one afternoon; "Remember the days back in Blarney street when I could not get in the door ?". He replied; "I Do Ken", and nothing further was mentioned.

[Rat Catcher]

Microfilm... FFS, the kids of today don't know what carbon paper is!

[silverbullet]

@Belker - thank you 

+1

You'll never see a bookie on a bike.

[silverbullet]

Microfilm... FFS, the kids of today don't know what carbon paper is!

In Switzers, we had https://www.microfichereader.co.uk/ in the accounts department.

[Rat Catcher]

Those were the days...

[silverbullet]

I'm crap at gambling, so I can't blame it on the

Sunshine...

I can't blame it on the

Moonlight...

I blame it on the bookie!!

[Punter]

An Uncle of mine had one of the first shops in Dublin in 50s--Mid Abbey subsequently Kilmartins-he used to pay commission to all the hotel porters who would bet for the visitors to their hotels --Wynns, Gresham ,Ormond .Jurys, Clarance,Trinity Intercontinental and Shelbourne,bets settled following day !

One of the great strokes with Kilmartins was on Irish racing on a Sat --Extel the PA system used at the time gave off/results but on Sat when it was busy broadcast would be delayed and RTE used to do Airs and Races with live commentaries, hence you could back a sure thing before Extels "off"

Limits were super 200/1 Doubles 300/1 Trebles 500/1 Accums  max anyone could win on the day was £500

[John m]

An Uncle of mine had one of the first shops in Dublin in 50s--Mid Abbey subsequently Kilmartins-he used to pay commission to all the hotel porters who would bet for the visitors to their hotels --Wynns, Gresham ,Ormond .Jurys, Clarance,Trinity Intercontinental and Shelbourne,bets settled following day !

One of the great strokes with Kilmartins was on Irish racing on a Sat --Extel the PA system used at the time gave off/results but on Sat when it was busy broadcast would be delayed and RTE used to do Airs and Races with live commentaries, hence you could back a sure thing before Extels "off"

Limits were super 200/1 Doubles 300/1 Trebles 500/1 Accums  max anyone could win on the day was £500

Bill Brady ? When the Busses went Conductor less he closed shop .Not unusual for Conductors to lose their Bag during their break and Bill would Loan it back to them .
Kilmarting expanded the Shope as in took over the opposition in places like Inchicore where they had 5 Shops when ESB and OXO won Grand Nationals all the old ones had their shilling each way on and a lot of one shop bookies could not pay out .

[Punter]

Anywhere near bus garages or terminus, hence Conquer Hill in Clontarf,Broadstone,Donnybrook Ringsend,like wise in docks Tavern, Campions and lower/upper Sherriff st etc

[John m]

Inchicore was the Bookies fav Spot 3000 men in the Works 700 in Spa Road building Busses 400 in Rowantrees near the Prison .Kilmartins had 45 shops ,PJ Maher had 2 Cecil Fines had one .Hannigans had one later joined by Second ever Paddy Power ,Mecca ,Two Ladbrokes Trackways .Three Pubs with in Shop Bookies .More like Vegas than dead end little estate .

Also Famous as the Dead Center of Dublin not Glasnevin ! Graveyards we had loads .Bullys Acre at lights in Kilmainhan ,Nuns had a Graveyard on Suir Road houses built on it now at back of Highbrasil .Goldenbridge first Catholic Graveyard in Ireland .Nuns had a Plot in Goldenbridge for themselves and Dead Orphand .Priests had a Plot in the Obolates Church .Prods had a Plot beside the Bank use to be a church another Graveyard on Inchicore road where the Church Spire is still standing and a graveyard in Bluebell .

 Bookies and Graveyards .There is a Novel in there somewhere .Two certainties losing to the Bookies and Death .