title Fire and Water: The Burning of the Blackrock Centre, County Dublin, Ireland - 12th August 2017 intro We're roaming around the Frascati Centre in Blackrock when clouds of smoke are spotted billowing from the top of the Blackrock Centre, over the road. It's not, as the car-park security dude suggests just some standard blowing off of fumes or air conditioning or something, but turns out to be an actual fire on the roof of the building which, at one point, looks like it's getting pretty serious. By the time Nosher gets there, the shopping centre is being evacuated and there are five or six units of the Dublin fire brigade in attendance. Later on we meet up with Wayne and Caro down in Dun Laoghaire and go out for dinner in the evening with Evelyn and Jen Mac. The next day, it's time for a swim down at Seafort Parade and then tea at Mao's in Dun Laoghaire. imgc7687 The boys head up to the playground imgc7689 Harry's on the bus in Deansgrange imgc7690 Harry and Isobel in Blackrock imgc7691 Fred walks ahead imgc7693 Blackrock DART station imgc7694 Harry's on the path to the park imgc7695 New graffiti down by the DART station imgc7696 The path from Blackrock DART station imgc7697 Some Liverpool ironwork imgc7698 The Blackrock Park band stand imgc7701 Harry and Fred on the recently-restored band stand imgc7703 Isobel roams around imgc7704 There's a plant growing out of an old signpost imgc7705 On the steps back up to the High Street imgc7707 There's an old shelter or hut in the park imgc7708 The Frascati Centre is being redeveloped imgc7709 The Frascati car park is now a hole in the ground imgc7710 A poster has been screwed on awkwardly imgc7711 Fred finds something hilarious in Marks and Spencer imgc7712 We're tragically in MacDonald's imgc7715 Smoke billows from the roof of the Blackrock Centre imgc7716 More smoke piles off the roof imgc7720 The fire brigade is on the scene imgc7723 A fireman sticks a head out of the window imgc7726 There's a queue of fire engines on the street imgc7728 People are evacuated from the building imgc7730 People stream out onto the street imgc7732 Somebody leaves a hairdresser's in a hurry imgc7733 The Dublin Fire Brigade mills around imgc7734 People watch the action unfold imgc7737 Hoses are hauled up to the second floor imgc7738 The fire chief is on the phone imgc7739 Firemen mill around imgc7740 A hose is hauled up to an upstairs office imgc7744 Hoses are unreeled imgc7746 Water leaks onto the street imgc7747 Isobel bumps into an old friend from school imgc7748 Blackrock High Street returns to normality imgc7750 Graffiti on the remains of the swimming pool imgc7752 Graffiti close up imgc7754 The winkies and the Blackrock swimming pool wall imgc7755 "Keep the pavement dry" in Dun Laoghaire imgc7757 Someone reads a book on the clifftop imgc7758 The Harrington's outside bar imgc7759 Wayne chats about stuff imgc7760 A flotilla of little boats sets sail imgc7761 Caro and Isobel outside the Harrington imgc7762 Wayne takes the boys down to the sea imgc7764 Finn, Harry and Fred down by the waterline imgc7767 Harry sits on a rock imgc7768 We explore around the concrete of the shore imgc7769 Finn and Fred imgc7770 The old changing area is now locked up imgc7771 Fred scales a cannon imgc7774 Harry, Finn and Fred on a canon imgc7775 Victorian people imgc7776 Wayne gets the boys ice cream imgc7780 Derelict house in Monkstown imgc7781 More dereliction imgc7782 Flowers lead up to the Scary Mary imgc7783 The "scary Mary" on Oliver Plunkett Avenue imgc7784 Evelyn and Isobel head into Dun Laoghaire imgc7787 Isobel peers out of the window of the café imgc7789 Jan and Isobel chat imgc7791 The sun goes down imgc7796 The first faint noise of gently moving water imgc7797 More derelict swimming pools imgc7798 The derelict swimming pools of Dun Laoghaire imgc7800 Swimming pool dereliction imgc7806 The Promenade Bistro imgc7809 Jen Mac, Isobel and Evelyn in the Promenade Bistro imgc7811 We walk back into the centre of Dun Laoghaire imgc7812 We end up in a bar looking for Jake's leaving party imgc7813 Harry hangs on a fence imgc7814 Isobel and the boys in Blackrock Park imgc7817 Harry chases the ball imgc7818 Fred contemplates the sea imgc7820 The gang head down to the water imgc7824 Evelyn helps Fred imgc7825 Fred gets out because it's freezing imgc7837 Jamie and Isobel swim around imgc7839 James bobs about in Dublin Bay imgc7842 Harry clings to a wall imgc7844 Fred on the DART wall imgc7846 Harry looks up the tracks imgc7849 Ever-changing graffiti imgc7851 Someone sits on the sea wall imgc7852 James has got grass on his head for some reason imgc7855 Harry tries the grass wig out imgc7856 Fred has a go with the grass/moss hairpiece imgc7858 A colonial building in Dun Laoghaire imgc7859 Inspecting the menu in Mao's imgc7861 A reflective photo imgc7863 Fred's got straws for antennae imgc7864 Outside Mao's in Dun Laoghaire imgc7866 Evelyn gives Harry a shoulder ride imgc7867 Dun Laoghaire town hall imgc7868 Waiting to cross outside the Forty Foot imgc7869 Hanging baskets on the town hall imgc7871 There's some kind of hen night in town