Happy 90th Birthday to Percy Lovegrove, VULGO's favourite Cockle Picker!

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Today, April 1st, is the inspirational Percy Lovegrove’s 90th Birthday. Lucky for us, his entertaining memoir, An Auld Cockle Picker, the autobiography of a well-traveled man, is available from our diarist at Sweny’s Joycean Chemist, 1 Lincoln Place, where Percy is ‘writer in residence’.

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Snow was general all over Ireland

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“Snow was general all over Ireland” – This was the message that went out from SWENYS – the worst pharmacy in Dublin – in December as the volunteers battled to keep going. It was very pretty but bad for business generally…

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Sweny’s Pharmacy Corner

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‘The worst pharmacy in the city!” – a tardis in its own space that will transport you back to simpler times – not a bad plan at the moment.

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