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The Stop & Rest
My dad was a regular in the Stop & Rest from the late 40's to the late 70's and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, he'd stroll over there to enjoy a few pints with his mates. From the late 60's onwards, I would go along with him quite regularly and spend many a happy evening standing in the "deep end" enjoying the craic with him and his cronies, along with mein hosts, Jim & Barbara Lucas.
Not been in there for knocking on 30 years now, so I was thinking of dropping in for a few beers one Saturday afternoon in the close season, purely to revisit old memories and to stand in the "deep end" again and raise a glass to the old fella. Anyway, to get to the point of this rambling diatribe, is the place still the same as it was? Will my memories be shattered by discovering that it's now a converted restaurant or a plastic and chrome theme pub? Or is it still the same old Stop? Could anybody tell me?
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