New Look for Aer Lingus Girls 1970
by dubdoug
Scanned from Woman’s Way, March 1970
Categories: 70s, Fashion, Travel & Tourism • Tags: 1970
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1967 Magazine Advert with BP Fallon at Nelson’s Pillar, Dublin
by dubdoug
Advert for Top Ten magazine scanned from Miss Magazine, February, 1967. (Almost a year after the Pillar was blown up.)
Categories: 60s & earlier • Tags: 1967, Dublin, top ten
House of the Month 1967 – Glenbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
by dubdoug
From Woman’s Way – April 1967 View Glenbrook today on Google maps
Categories: 60s & earlier • Tags: 1967, Dublin, house and home, rathfarnham
Self Aid Concert, Dublin 1986 – 1. AIB Advert 2.The Protest Gigs
by dubdoug
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
Depeche Mode, Dublin 1983 – NME
by dubdoug
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
Advert for Easons Newsagents 1968
by dubdoug
from Dublin Welcomes You – Events of the Week Booklet – September 1968
Categories: 60s & earlier, Adverts • Tags: 1968
Atari Games Advert – Sunday World, 1982
by dubdoug
Categories: 80s, Adverts, TV, Radio & Technology • Tags: 1982, computer games
Irish Fashion Photographer Tony Higgins – Ads & Article -1966
by dubdoug
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
Retro Worries #32 – Dance Hall 1968
by dubdoug
View previous Retro Worries
Categories: 60s & earlier, Retro Worries • Tags: 1968, AGONY AUNT
Woman’s Choice, July 1970 – Edna O’Brien on Cover
by dubdoug
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
2 Mid Sixties Adverts for Irish made Nylons
by dubdoug
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
New Spotlight June 1967- Review of Sgt. Pepper
by dubdoug
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
Liam Brady PFA Player of the Year – 1979 Awards Ceremony.
by dubdoug
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
Housewife of the Year – 1969
by dubdoug
Scanned from Woman’s Way November 1969
Categories: 60s & earlier • Tags: 1969, ballyfermot, womans
Win an Original Retro Irish Magazine – Our 2nd Birthday Competition
by dubdoug
**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
Artist’s Impressions – 6 New Buildings 1967-69
by dubdoug
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
The Stag’s Head Pub, Dublin – 1969
by dubdoug
Scanned from ’Publin’ a 1969 book of Dublin Pub reviews
Categories: 60s & earlier, Clubs & Pubs • Tags: 1969, Dublin, publin, pubs
1967 Irish Fashion Advert – Photo from top of Busaras, Dublin
by dubdoug
Scanned from Miss Magazine, 1967
Categories: 60s & earlier, Adverts, Fashion • Tags: 1967, bear brand, bus aras, Dublin
1969 Irish Fashion Brochure – Wool is Wild
by dubdoug
Categories: 60s & earlier, Fashion
Honda Motorbikes – 5 Irish Adverts – 1968/69/70
by dubdoug
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
Retro Worries #31 – Sick of Mini Skirts – 1968
by dubdoug
Categories: 60s & earlier, Retro Worries • Tags: AGONY AUNT, woman's way
Madness Nutty Boys in Madigans Pub, Dublin 1 – 1985
by dubdoug
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
