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1985

Almost News – 1985 Co Louth Mag

Many years after fanzines Too Late & the subsequent Jump hit the streets in Dundalk, our neighbours in Drogheda produced a ‘monthly magazine’ in 1985 called Almost News. I have issues […]

1977

Dublin’s Heat Fanzine – the first 5 issues 1977

Here is a photo I took today of 4 of […]

60s

Disc Jockey – Original Movie Poster 1951

This is post no 15 on the blog and every […]

1988

1st May 1988 – Dundalk win FAI Cup and Double.

I’ve seen Dundalk win 5 FAI Cup Finals. My […]

1978

More NRG in Hot Press – 1978

Wasn’t Liam Mackey clever the way he crossed out Energy and replaced it with NRG? This Hot Press cutting is from Spring/Summer 1978. I can’t believe we only had 5 original […]

1984

1984- More from Jump Fanzine

Two more page scans from Jump Fanzine 1984. 1. Review list of 1984 – Forget George Orwell, this was the year Woolworths & the Magnet cinema closed in Dundalk! This […]

1980

Dexys, Liverpool FC & Keith Allen all in 1 night

Wednesday 30th July, 1980, a busy night in Dundalk. Dexys […]

1978

The City of Rubber – 1978

I found an old Hot Press from Spring 1978 and it has a reference to NRG claiming we called Dundalk ‘the Irish city of Rubber’, a reference to Akron, Ohio (known as […]

1980

The Wonderland of Boogie – “Too Late” Issue 3 Autumn 1980

Twenty Four pages in this very well laid out issue, […]

1980

Happy Easter! Too Late fanzine, issue 2 – Easter 1980

Easter 1980 & the second issue of Too Late hits […]

1986

Bertie 1986 – Caption Competition

This is from the Dundalk Argus circa 1986 . Use the ‘leave a comment’ option below to submit your amusing caption or comment. Its funny as it is though, isn’t […]

1978

Confessions of a Teenybopper – from Too Late #1 1978

Another article from issue 1 of Too Late 1978 by Harry […]

1979

Down the Train Station at Midday – From Too Late Fanzine #1 1978

The first issue of Dundalk fanzine Too Late issued in […]

1984

Jump Fanzine 1984 Issue 1, 1984

Jump was the successor to Too Late Fanzine. This, one and only, issue came out in Nov 1984. Like Too Late it had no adverts at all and was sold […]

1978

Too Late Fanzine 1978 – 1982

“Christmas 1978 and the first ever edition of Too Late hits the streets of Dundalk. A further four issues were produced during the following four years and sold around pubs […]

1978

NRG – Say it fast!!

Nowadays Lucozade style drinks & > 130bpm bad dance music all use the term NRG. Back in 1978 we had problems with this name. People would look at you with […]

1964

Mid 60s photo from Butlins Mosney

As 6 kids we had a good few day trips & stays to Butlins in Mosney in the 60s & early 70s. I don’t know where the rest of us […]

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Almost News – 1985 Co Louth Mag

Dublin’s Heat Fanzine – the first 5 issues 1977

Disc Jockey – Original Movie Poster 1951

1st May 1988 – Dundalk win FAI Cup and Double.

More NRG in Hot Press – 1978

1984- More from Jump Fanzine

Dexys, Liverpool FC & Keith Allen all in 1 night

The City of Rubber – 1978

The Wonderland of Boogie – “Too Late” Issue 3 Autumn 1980

Happy Easter! Too Late fanzine, issue 2 – Easter 1980

Bertie 1986 – Caption Competition

Confessions of a Teenybopper – from Too Late #1 1978

Down the Train Station at Midday – From Too Late Fanzine #1 1978

Jump Fanzine 1984 Issue 1, 1984

Too Late Fanzine 1978 – 1982

NRG – Say it fast!!

Mid 60s photo from Butlins Mosney