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Even Steven was situated at 150 Capel St, Dublin. Anybody got a colour pic of the building with this mural? Almost 40 years later, Celebrity Chef, Gary Rhodes opened a restaurant […]

1970

Old Adverts #46 – Terrific New Single from Kelley, 1970

60s

Old Adverts #45 – Various Cork Ads, 1950

1970

Retro Worries #8 – Desperate – 1970

1980

100 Reasons to be Cheerful – In Dublin, April 1980

One of this weekend’s English newspaper supplements had a main […]

1967

Old Adverts #44 – Pop Eye 1967

Booklets

Dublin Excursions Handbook – 1957

Above photos are from a book I received as a Christmas gift last month. Its an excursion booklet for the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which took place […]

1969

Old Adverts #43 – Penneys Dublin, 1969

1966

Women DJs in Ireland – 1966, 1973 & 1998!

First page of above article enlarged below… Above from Irish […]

1970

George Best – Home in Manchester & at Penney’s Dublin, 1970

Above scans are from an article from New Spotlight Jan, […]

1967

Old Adverts #42 – Crown Topper, Dublin 1967

1985

Teenage Auto Rampage, Dublin 1985 – The Face #67

Scans from a seven page article from the November, 1985 […]

1967

Old Adverts #41 – The Golden Disc, Dublin, 1967

I love this photo.

1970

Retro Worries #7 – Pants

From New Spotlight, April 1970

1971

9 Denim Jean Adverts , Ireland, 1971-73

Jeans only became widespread in Ireland in the 1970s. If you look through any Irish pop or entertainment magazine from 40 years ago, you’ll find at least one full colour […]

1971

Eamonn Dunphy tells it like it really is – 1971

Scanned from New Spotlight September, 1971. see also: Eamon Dunphy […]

1969

Retro Worries #6 – Garda – 1969

Scanned from “You & Your Problems” Spotlight Magazine, 1969

1969

Old Adverts #39 – Yamaha 50, 1969

1972

Phil Lynott – Dublin, Summer,1972

Scanned from New Spotlight Magazine, August 1972. Pix by Roy Esmonde See also: Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther, Feb, 1980 Phil Lynott in Dublin Wimpy Advert Phil Lynott Fashion Freak […]

1966

Old Adverts #38 – Discatron, 1966

2000 onwards

New Years Eve 2000, Dublin – The Slate

The page scans above are from Issue 2 of the Slate depicting night life in Dublin on New Year’s Eve, 2000. These “social pages” became a consistent feature right through […]

1966

Irish Showbiz New Year Resolutions 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, Jan 1966

Adverts

Old Adverts #37 – Tour Ireland by Car – 1957

1966

Christmas Ditching 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, Jan 1966

1964

Happy Christmas – The Wrong Trousers, 1964.

Every Christmas, the residents association organised a visit from Santa. […]

1980

Christmas Madness

1979

Peter Murphy’s Quiz Annual 1979

1966

Retro Worries #5 – Fashion Forum Red Marks

Scanned from Miss magazine, Feb, 1966.

1980

Vox – Irish Music Fanzine, Issue 4, December 1980

I’ve scanned in issue 4 of renowned Dublin music Fanzine, […]

1979

In Dublin – Christmas 1979

All pages scanned from issue 92 of In Dublin. Cover emrodiery by Susanne Linde. McGonagles open on Christmas Eve until 2 in the morning!!

1972

Old Adverts #36 – Time Machine 1972

Yes, it is an advert, see the contact information for Time Machine in the bottom right corner. (enlarged below) Taken from Gun Magazine #4 with thanks to Ed Butler.

1982

Old Adverts #35 – Integrated Bus & Rail Ticket – Dublin 1980’s

Top one from 1982, next two from 1985.

1965

Bord Failte – Ireland of the Welcomes – 1965

Above, a 15th century style banquet from Bunratty Castle, complete […]

1966

Retro Worries #4 – Sweet 18 and a Boy of 45 – 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, 1966

1982

Old Adverts #33 – Gaywear 1982

scanned from U magazine, June 1982

1972

Gun – Irish Music Mag #4 – 1972

I’m very grateful to Ed Butler who provided these scans for BrandNewRetro. I had never heard of this magazine until now. This is issue 4 and Ed reckons it may […]

1976

Office Procedure & Business Knowledge – Ireland 1976

I never knew! This is AIB upper Baggot St. http://goo.gl/vcHCV

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