Focus on: Liam Brady, Sampdoria & Ireland, Shoot, 1984
Previous Focus On: Frank Stapleton, Dave O’Leary, Gerry Daly, Ossie Ardiles, See also Liam Brady at Inter Milan. Filed under: 80s, Sport
View ArticleOld Adverts #110 – Savage Smyth Cadet – 1977
From Sunday World Sep 1977 Filed under: 70s, Fashion, Food, Drink & Cigs
View ArticleReligious LP Cover Art 1967/70 – Cor Klaasen & John Skelton
Cor Klaasen 1969 back cover of “God Loves Us” These fantastic LP covers belong to a range of religious records issued from the Mercier Press in Cork. All covers by Cor Klaasen, except the last one...
View ArticleOld Adverts #111 – Pond’s Fresh Start, Skin Cream – 1970
This is the second Tina advert we’ve featured. This one is interesting in that its a bloke who needs Tina’s help and, unlike the other Tina adverts, this one contains some Irish pop references. In the...
View ArticleScoop Comic – 1979 with Pat Jennings & Tony Ward
Scoop was a weekly comic from the UK in the late 70s/80s. It was like a mixture of Shoot (photos and articles) and Tiger (comic stories – not all soccer – see the Goalie’s got guts example below). This...
View ArticleRetro Worries #28 – Duty or Interference, 1970
From New Spotlight 1970 View previous Retro Worries Filed under: 70s, Retro Worries
View ArticleThe Slate #23 – Dublin, April 2003
Previous Slate Posts: Filed under: 90s & later, Clubs & Pubs, Front Cover
View ArticleIreland V England, Rugby International Match Programme – 5 Feb, 1977
Filed under: 70s, Adverts, Sport
View ArticleIrish Rules of the Road Booklet- 1957
Issued in 1957 by Ireland’s Minister for Local Government, this appears to be our first Rules of the Road booklet. It is a neatly designed, pocket sized, 32 page book which cost 2d. Some of its...
View ArticleRetro Worries #29 – Social Know How – Jan 1969
Woman’s Way 1969 View Previous Retro Worries Filed under: 60s & earlier, Retro Worries
View ArticlePrevious Post Update Alert (Strange Movements, 1978)
Turlough Hill being told Strange Movements can’t go on stage! We’ve just added 6 new photos to our previous post on The Skank Mooks Punk Party in Dublin, 1978. featuring Virgin Prunes, Skank Mooks,...
View ArticleThe Event Guide – February 1996
From exactly 17 years ago, this is a copy of the Event Guide, previously known as the Dublin Event Guide. Fortnightly, FREE and although lacking in design and visuals, it was more than just a mere...
View ArticlePure New Wool & Opel Cars – Irish Fashion Catalogue 1971
Delgany Golf Club All these scans are from a mini 8 page colour catalogue advertising Pure New Wool and Opel cars from 1971. All photos taken in and around Dublin & Wicklow from 1971. Cloghran...
View ArticleLipsticks by Melina, Cork – 1969
from Woman’s Choice 1969 Filed under: 60s & earlier, Adverts, Fashion
View ArticleThe City that Time Forgot – Dublin Hippies – The Face 1990
“…the endemic mistrust of dance music that makes it a rock and roll island also means that the new noises of the Eighties – hip hop, house, techno et al – have been, at best ignored, at worst...
View ArticleIreland’s First Shopping Centre- Stillorgan 1966
The Stillorgan Shopping Centre was opened in late 1966 by Dickie Rock. This feature is scanned from Woman’s Way, March 1967. See also previous post – Golden Discs Advert 1967 Filed under: 60s &...
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