Dublin Car Parking

[seafoid]

I thought this was going to be about the swarm defence and "parking the bus" style systems at the back ..

[Denn Forever]

 Are the "Lock hard"s still on the go?

[Shamrock Shore]

Lock Hards have more or less died out.

I haven't seen one in years. Maybe they only hang around Croke Park environs on big match day I don't know as I used DORT it in.

They were a right pain in the hole and manys a time I was tempted to run them over.

Just for the uninitiated.

Up to about 20 years ago, Dublin centre city thoroughfares and side streets had an army of 'Lock Hards' - self-appointed parking 'supervisors' whose only instruction to a driver trying to get into a difficult or tight space was, you've guessed it, "lock hard" !

They invariably carried a rolled-up newspaper (originally the Evening Press and then The Evening Herrild) to help them direct the driver and wore a shiny black hat. The service was performed for a small fee and drivers felt their car was relatively safe during their absence from the vehicle. Unless, you declined to pay, of course.

With the advent of multi-storey car parks dotted around the city, the need for "Lock Hards" seems to have disappeared.

[Hardy]

The have them (or used to - for all I know they've gone the way of the Dublin parking consultants) in some US cities too, especially in the South - Charlotte, NC was one. They were/are known as "moan backs".

As in their only instruction, for reversing driyers - "'mon back ... 'mon back."

[seafoid]

Lock Hards have more or less died out.

I haven't seen one in years. Maybe they only hang around Croke Park environs on big match day I don't know as I used DORT it in.

They were a right pain in the hole and manys a time I was tempted to run them over.

Just for the uninitiated.

Up to about 20 years ago, Dublin centre city thoroughfares and side streets had an army of 'Lock Hards' - self-appointed parking 'supervisors' whose only instruction to a driver trying to get into a difficult or tight space was, you've guessed it, "lock hard" !

They invariably carried a rolled-up newspaper (originally the Evening Press and then The Evening Herrild) to help them direct the driver and wore a shiny black hat. The service was performed for a small fee and drivers felt their car was relatively safe during their absence from the vehicle. Unless, you declined to pay, of course.

With the advent of multi-storey car parks dotted around the city, the need for "Lock Hards" seems to have disappeared.

There was one fella who controlled one of the streets off the north Circular who claimed to have been a trialist at WBA.

[5 Sams]

Mebbe not a "LockHard" but  yiz all know the story about the young fella who says..."Mind yer car fora fiver Bud". Driver says "Yer grand I have an Alsatian in the back". AJH says..."Can he put out fires??"

[Lar Naparka]

It was €10 a couple of weeks ago Lar.  I'm spending a few days a week in Ballsbridge and I've headed up to IKEA a few times, under orders. I think it's €10 leaving the city at rush hour, until 7pm, and then it reverts to €3. The opposite applies coming into the city (€10 in the morning, €3 after the morning rush hour)

Heading into town, it's €10 from 6am to 10am, Monday to Friday, and €3 at all other times, weekends included.
Heading out, it's €10 from 4 to 7 pm, again Monday to Friday, and €3 at all other times

[AZOffaly]

That's what I said

[Lar Naparka]

That's what I said

Not quite...
"Rush hour" for the uninitiated means four hours in the morning and only three in the afternoon and nobody is in a rush anywhere at the weekend.
So there!