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killawearbill
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i lived at 183 dollman street the shop one the corner was called almans and mr alman used to have a lump on his forehead we used to get penny glasses of pop from there my name was phillips
I can't add anything of first hand knowledge but after looking for 18th and 19th century Vauxhall gardens...the area here is exactly the spot. With Erskine Street, Vauxhall Road, Newdegate Street, Alma Crescent and the Rea being the perimeter. I wondered why Alma was a crescent and read that originally it was to have fine houses built on it but the area was overtaken by industry and railroads. I wonder if any fine houses were actually built. Inkerman, Dollman, Scot and Spooner were laid out across the old gardens and it would seem that everything that was there disappeared. Including the old manor house.
Re: 52 Dollman Street (KIRWANS)
The Parkes
We lived at 110 Dollman St from the early 60's up till they demolished the houses in the 70's ... I remember the toppings . cusacks ... I also remember the Robinsons ( Jimmy and Carl) .swifts Elizabeth-Mary- Kathleen) kellys ..Bedfords... Gunns (Michael) (they lived in the back houses) and trumans ( big family lived by the fellows out door )