Mrs Robinson Goes For The Double D

Got wood…? 26SEPT17

t’s been a while since we caught up with all the shop-hopping around sunny Greystones, but, with a few landmarks getting major makeovers on the main street, we thought we should take fresh stock.

The two biggies are Mrs Robinson taking over the neighbour premises – formerly barbershop Short Cuts – and Waverly House just up the road being gutted for some new retail units.

Robinson’s new premises will effectively double their shopfront, and give the place a nice big busty presence on Church Road. Only, by the end of the week, they had to take it all back down again.

Whatever goes on inside Waverly House, the hope is, the outside will remain largely the same, and thus still match in with the immediate, private home neighbours.

Just around the corner, up Hillside Road, the ever-industrious Mary-Kate Hardy and a group of friends are putting the finishing touches on The Hillside Haunting in what was Georgia’s shoe shop. The idea is an immersive indoor fright night – more about which we’ll reveal tomorrow when we swing by for a much-delayed interview.

Heading on down past Mr Robinson, the cutest cottage in all of Christendom, Helena Cottage, is up for sale,again, and the hope would certainly be, given that one of the other few remaining private homes on the main street, Mount View, is going commercial, that this little gem will be preserved just as it is.

A few more steps down towards the station, past the blown-up-to-A3 warning letter in Joker’s window from Environment Enforcement Officer for Wicklow County Council, Corey Bateman, about cigarette butts outside, and you’ll find a farewell notice from the staff of Butler’s Pantry.

Their plans to move to another Greystones premises clearly having fallen through, the upmarket deli chain are moving their local operation to their Bray branch.

‘Thank you for supporting us during out time in Greystones; we look forward to seeing you soon,” says the note, signing off with ‘very best wishes’ from Angela, Deirdre, Jenny ‘and the team in Greystones‘.

Finally, just outside town, in the exclusive Charlesland area, former Chakra shining star Sunil Ghai is getting pretty close to opening up his Greystones outlet.

The cheeky pup.

We would say the award-winning Chakra will now be upping their game, but, we’re not sure they’ve any more up to conquer.