Category Archives: 50s/60s

Old Adverts #74 – Peats for Hi-Fi, Dublin, 1969

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Englebert Humperdink, Dublin Style, 1967

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

From 45 years ago this week, this is a fashion shoot from New Spotlight magazine, 25th May, 1967 with Engelbert and Irish model, Betty Whelan. ( Photographer not credited). Sandie Shaw was no. 3 in the Irish charts that week, with … Continue reading →

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Sunday Review – Irish Sunday Weekly – April 1961

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

This long defunct weekly Irish Sunday tabloid newspaper was printed and published by the Irish Times in Westmoreland St, Dublin.  Wikipedia simply states that the paper ran from 1957 to 1963.  My mother remembers it and says it was quite popular. … Continue reading →

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Old Adverts #69 – Joe Walsh Tours 1969

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Sunday Review Newspaper – TV Contest, 1961 with Brenda Fricker

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Scanned from the Sunday Review, April 9, 1961 (click here for post on Sunday Review)

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Old Adverts #68 – Even Steven, Capel St, Dublin 1, 1968

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Related Posts: Even Steven/ Jimmy Saville

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Old Adverts #67 – Air-Camping 1965

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from RTV Guide, April, 1965

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Retro Worries #18 – Impossible – 1968

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

scanned from New Spotlight 1968 see also: Previous Retro Worries

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Old Adverts #66 – Goodalls Sauces, 1961

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Old Adverts #64 – Batchelors 1975

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