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Both from the Evening Herald, May 16, 1986. See Also – Previous post – Record Mirror review of Self Aid
Categories: 80s, Music - Alternative, Music - Mainstream • Tags: 1986, Dublin, Paul Cleary
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From 30 years ago, this is Depeche Mode in Dublin at the time of the Eight Amendment to the Irish Constitution Referendum. Read more about this in the interview by X Moore scanned below from NME, September, 1983. Photos by Adrian Booth. Anyone recognise the pub? Link to page 3 of this article
Categories: 80s, Uncategorized
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from Dublin Welcomes You – Events of the Week Booklet – September 1968
Categories: 60s & earlier, Adverts • Tags: 1968
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Categories: 80s, Adverts, TV, Radio & Technology • Tags: 1982, computer games
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The 3 fashion adverts for Bolger’s in this post were shot in New York by Irish photographer Tony Higgins and scanned from Miss Magazine, December 1966. The feature on Tony is also from Miss magazine from June of the same year.
Categories: 60s & earlier, Fashion • Tags: 1966, fashion photography
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View previous Retro Worries
Categories: 60s & earlier, Retro Worries • Tags: 1968, AGONY AUNT
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Another Irish weekly from the late 60′s/70′s was Woman’s Choice. We’ve posted a few adverts from it in recent months but this is the first time we’ve published a cover and content. Published from Dublin, its layout, style and content (fashion, photo story, fiction, agony aunt etc) was very similar to that of other main Irish weekly Woman’s Way. RTE’s Mick Murphy wrote a weekly column for it for a while. Here are some selected page scans from the 7th […]
Categories: 70s, Fashion, Featured Magazines with Front Cover • Tags: edna o'brien, guinness, woman's choice
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Two adverts for Irish made Bear Brand Nylons from 1966 & 1967 (bottom colour ad). Both scanned from Miss magazine. Similar Previous Post: Glen Abbey Tights
Categories: 60s & earlier, Fashion • Tags: 1966, 1967, bear brand, nylons
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Scanned from New Spotlight, June 1967. Side 1 only. Reviewed by Norman Barry who was also editor of another Irish 60′s magazine, Young Woman (to be featured here shortly)
Categories: 60s & earlier, Music - Mainstream • Tags: beatles, new spotlight
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Aged 23, Liam Brady won the English PFA player of the year award in 1979. All photos above were taken at the English Professional Footballers Association sixth annual awards dinner at the London Hilton. All scanned from Shoot magazine, April 1979. The other page scans below are all also from various issues of Shoot from 1979. The bottom picture of Ireland features Tony Grealish (RIP) between Brady and Giles. Previous Posts on Liam Brady
Categories: 70s, Sport • Tags: 1979, awards, gordon banks, pfa, soccer
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Scanned from Woman’s Way November 1969
Categories: 60s & earlier • Tags: 1969, ballyfermot, womans
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**Update 25th April 2013 ** Here are the answers to our 2nd Birthday Competition… Here are the 5 winners… 1. Kathryn Curry 2. Martin Kelly 3. Jenny P 4. John Herbert 5. David O’Mahony Congratulations, you each win one of our retro Irish magazines. No 1 was out of the hat first so they get the first choice of magazine, No 2 second choice etc. (I actually had 2 Woman’s Way magazines to give away, so we have 5 winners!) […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: birthday
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Above is Curzon Cinema, later to be the Lighthouse Cinema, 106 Abbey St., Dublin 1 All Above scanned from various issues of Irish Magazine, Showcase dating from 1967-69. Hover over image for related year.
Categories: 60s & earlier • Tags: 1967, 1968, 1969, Belfast, cork, Dublin, Plaza Cinema Dublin, Sean Kenny
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Scanned from ’Publin’ a 1969 book of Dublin Pub reviews
Categories: 60s & earlier, Clubs & Pubs • Tags: 1969, Dublin, publin, pubs
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Scanned from Miss Magazine, 1967
Categories: 60s & earlier, Adverts, Fashion • Tags: 1967, bear brand, bus aras, Dublin
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Categories: 60s & earlier, Fashion
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Honda cut the cost of loving in Ireland in the late 1960s and for a long time after with their ubiquitous Honda 50 and Honda 125. All above adverts scanned from various New Spotlight magazines. From the top… 1. Honda 125 – 1969 2. Honda 50 – 1970 3. Honda 50 – 1968 4. Honda 50 – 1968 5. Honda 125 – 1970
Categories: 60s & earlier, 70s, Travel & Tourism • Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, Dublin, honda 50, motorbikes
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Categories: 60s & earlier, Retro Worries • Tags: AGONY AUNT, woman's way
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Photos scanned from Melody Maker, and snapped by Paul Rider at Madigans Pub, North Earl St, Dublin 1, on Monday 28th October. It was a Bank Holiday and Marathon day in the city. Madness were playing that night at the nearby Saint Francis Xavier (SFX) hall, described in the article by Barry McIlheney as “the city’s premier venue for visiting pop stars”. Previous Posts you might like:
Categories: 80s, Clubs & Pubs, Music, Music - Alternative, Popular • Tags: 1985, Chas, Dublin, pubs, Suggs
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Categories: 80s • Tags: 1981, brylcreme, In Dublin, jackie-healy-rae
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All of the above worked with Tony Rodgers at the Witches Hut Salons in Dublin in 1971. Scanned from Woman’s Way July, 1971.
Categories: 70s, Fashion • Tags: Dublin, hairdressing, robert chambers, Tony Rodgers
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All the above scans are from the Where it’s at page by Pat Egan from various issues of New Spotlight magazine in 1970. In that column, Pat had a Rave Girls weekly feature – which ran for about a year. More on our previous post on Irish Rave Girls 1970
Categories: 70s, Clubs & Pubs, Fashion
