Mick O’Connell, Kerry – Questionnaire, 1974
From Our Boys, Jan 1974 Filed under: 70s, Football/Sport
View ArticleOld Adverts #103 – National Savings, 1973
From Our Boys, January 1973 Filed under: 70s, Adverts, Public Interest
View ArticleRetro Worries #25 – Will He Come Back?
New Spotlight, Sep 1969 See previous Retro Worries Filed under: 50s/60s, Retro Worries
View ArticleIn Dublin – December, 1988 – Smog, Gavin Friday, Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan 1/3 neil-jordan 2/3 neil-jordan-3/3 Gavin Friday 1/1 88 presents 1/2 88 presents 2/2 Smog 1/2 smog 2/2 index-credits Filed under: 80s, Dublin, Front Cover, Post Punk/Ska/Disco/Indie
View ArticleGrogans, Dublin 2 – Pub Spy, Sunday World, 1978
Sunday World, 8th October, 1978 Filed under: 70s, Dublin, Nightclubs & Pubs
View ArticleModel Housekeeping – Ireland’s national women’s magazine, 1961
Printed and published by Grafton Publications, NCR, Dublin 7, Model Housekeeping was a monthly A4 glossy magazine which, I believe, ran until 1969. This is from 1961 and, with it being the December...
View ArticleRetro Worries #26 – Pretty Talk, Christmas 1968
From New Spotlight 1968 see previous Retro Worries Filed under: 50s/60s, Retro Worries
View ArticleOld Adverts #104 – Christmas 1968
All from New Spotlight, December, 1968 Filed under: 50s/60s, Adverts
View ArticleA Day in Dublin – Lilliput Magazine, 1947
An unusual foray into content from before 1960 for Brand New Retro, these are scans from a recent gift I got of UK magazine, Lilliput , August, 1947. Photos by Bill Brandt. First photo above is St...
View ArticleOld Adverts #105 – Switzers, Dublin, Christmas 1978
From Sunday Press, December, 1978 Filed under: 70s, Adverts, Dublin, Fashion
View ArticleOld Adverts #106 – Christmas 1961 & 1968
McBirneys (New Spotlight 1968) – National Brand (RTE guide, 1961) – Burns (Model Housekeeping 1961) Filed under: 50s/60s, Dublin, Fashion
View ArticleIs Your Neighbourhood on Brand New Retro?
We’ve geo tagged over 200 of the 1500 scans within the archives of Brand New Retro and set up a new ‘Map’ page. Thank you for dropping by and for your support in 2012, we wish you a Happy Brand New...
View ArticleIrish Householder & Gardener Magazine – August 1973
Featuring plenty of adverts for Carpets & Barna sheds, this is Ireland’s first home improvement and DIY Magazine. It had 52 pages, its editor was John Coughlan and HQ was in Botanic Road,...
View ArticleDiscos – the New Trend of Sophistication in Irish Entertainment -1971
In September last year we posted this advert from 1971 for Europe’s largest mobile Discotheque ‘Star Trek’. Over Christmas the owner of Star Trek, Hans Lignell, posted a comment on Brand New Retro....
View ArticleOld Adverts #107 – Consul Classic from Ford Ireland, 1962
From RTE Guide, December 1962 Filed under: 60s & earlier, Adverts, Travel
View ArticleRetro Worries #27 – It Is Not Normal! – 1977
From Sunday World, July 1977 View previous Retro Worries Filed under: 70s, Retro Worries
View ArticleOld Adverts #108 – Asbestos Cement Ltd, 1966 & 1971
Top – Abbey Theatre from programme for One for the Grave, 1966- Bottom ad from Architectural Survey, 1971 Filed under: 60s & earlier, 70s
View Article17 Club, Live Artists & DJ Larry Gogan, RTE Radio, Mid 60′s
From New Spotlight, January 1968 Filed under: 60s & earlier, Music - Mainstream
View ArticleVogue Magazine – Spotlight on Ireland, 1959
Dunluce Castle Co Antrim Mulroy Bay Donegal Killarney Lakes Ashford Castle, Cong, Co Mayo Desmond Castle, Adare, Co Limerick Sybill Connolly’s House Merrion Sq, Dublin Killybegs, Co Donegal Derrymore...
View ArticleOld Adverts #109 – Various Irish Lingerie & Underwear
Below we have a selection of retro Irish underwear and lingerie adverts from the 1950′s to 90′s. All garments manufactured in Ireland, except for those in the last advert below. It’s Ireland’s largest...
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