Does anyone remember Billy Rainey who owned the barber shop beside Eastwoods pub which I seemed to think was previously run by a family called Heaneys or similar.
Also I seemed to recall a fish and chip shop called Lilleys (I think) further up on the other side next to a pub called The Horseshoe.

Billy,
in the late 50 / early 60s the barber shop was owned by Eddie Logue from Tullynacross, assisted by Patsy Dornan from Hilden. They were specialists for teddy boy haircuts.

hi remember eddie logue in bridge st i always got my hair cut with him,then billy rainey took it over so i went to jimmy collins the craic was better there.
patsy dornan married sally mcgreavy and lived in gregg st as did billy rainey,s mother always had a pekinese dog boy my memory still works after 70 years

Hi! Countydowner you obviously didnt come into Billy Raineys when I worked there as a "Soap Boy" as I was well known for my craic (have not used that word for 50 years). I use to work there after school as in those days nearly everyone depended on the barber for shaving as I seemed to recall the Rolls razor had just come out which was in a tin box and you moved it back and forward over a strap. I also remember there was a chap who lived in a house just above the Tavern (I think it was for the "down and outs)and he use to come in for a shave once a week. He had a beard like steel wire and I can remember my fingers tips use to bleeding after I rubbed his beard. Ah! the young ones to-day dont know their born today!!