‘The Hard Man’ is ‘carelessly dressed, untidy’
‘The Office Wolf’ is ‘often sloppy dresser’
‘The nice guy’ is ‘often a casual dresser’
‘The career Machine’ is ‘well dressed, impeccably groomed’
and ‘The Earnest Bod’ is a ‘ dull dresser’
Eh…. they’re all the same guy, dressed exactly the same with the same hair!
Excellent blog BTW. A bit of a hoarder are you? I particularly like the 80s band stuff. I played in a band in the 80s a little down the road from Dundalk.
Christmas in Ireland was published in 1985 by World Book Encyclopedia Inc. from Chicago, USA. We’ve digitised a selection of photos by Bob Willoughby, Fionnbar Callanan, Mary Rowley and a […]
The Brand New Retro book is 10 years old this week — which means it’s officially vintage too. 😎 brandnewretro.ie10m The Brand New Retro book turns 10 this week! Back […]
Back in 1986, the German magazine Geo Special dedicated a full issue to Ireland. Here are four photos taken in Dublin city centre. Unable to establish name of Photographers
My Kind of Town Short promo video for the My Kind of Town exhibition My Kind of Town is my new exhibition that celebrates life in an industrial border town […]
Ten dog photos, all taken on one day in Ireland in 1988. Always ‘Paws’ Before Crossing10.30am: College Green, Dublin On May 7, 1988, thousands of people took photographs of moments […]
When Stocktons Wing released New Clare Revival in 1986 its solid groove caught my attention, and its a track I still like to play. I’ve mixed it up here with […]
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Great blog. This article is brilliant. Love the little contemporary details… the leather telephone book and the racing news.
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thanks! Happy to have come upon Sibling of Daedalus blog too.
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thanks 🙂
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I love the descriptions:
‘The Hard Man’ is ‘carelessly dressed, untidy’
‘The Office Wolf’ is ‘often sloppy dresser’
‘The nice guy’ is ‘often a casual dresser’
‘The career Machine’ is ‘well dressed, impeccably groomed’
and ‘The Earnest Bod’ is a ‘ dull dresser’
Eh…. they’re all the same guy, dressed exactly the same with the same hair!
Excellent blog BTW. A bit of a hoarder are you? I particularly like the 80s band stuff. I played in a band in the 80s a little down the road from Dundalk.
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Thanks action man. What was your 80s group?
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… and maybe you know this already, but there is plenty more on Irish 80s groups over on the fanning session blog
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