Comment: In the 1970s and 1980s there was a great second-hand record shop in the Merrion Market (underneath the Merrion Centre) called Gerol's (or Gerrol's - can't quite remember). Does anyone remember this?
Name: Martin Handley
Comment: I remember it well. It was close to the Merrion Market exit, outside of which was the entrance to the Merrion Hotel. I bought endless singles and albums from Gerol's. He seemed to know his stuff in terms of what was valuable and what was 'tat'. He seemed always to have a younger mate in the store with him on my Saturday morning visits. I was a regular at the nearby bowling alley at the time and couldn't forgo a visit to Gerol's to see if anything new of interest had found its way onto the racks.
(29 February 2015)
Name: Peter Higginbotham
Comment: Gerol's was run by two guys (brothers?) Gerald and Roland. I got some great stuff from there including a white-label demo pressing of The Beatles' Please Please Me for a quid! Happy days.
(27 April 2017)
Name: Gerald North
Comment: Gerol's Records, that's me. I opened the shop with my brother Roland, so we came up with the name... Gerol's Records - both our names are in there.
Happy hunting - now living in Cornwall.
(2017)
Name: John Hardman
Comment: That was a great place, I bought a lot of quality reggae and punk from Gerol's, a guy with curly hair, always knew his stuff. A great record stall/shop.
(2019)
Probably every Saturday lunchtime from 1982 to 1986 (?). Gerol's, Jumbo, and the one in the 'street' back of the Merrion Centre (just up from Morrisons)
I once went in and couldn't find a single thing I wanted so in desperation I bought a compilation album of unsigned synth acts. It was called Subtle Hints and is now worth a pretty penny. I still have it.
Thank you Gerald & Roland for many happy memeories.