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Digitises lost vintage Irish pop culture

1982

Focus On Tony Grealish (RIP), Ireland and Brighton – 1982

Focus on Tony Grealish (RIP) scanned from Shoot Magazine 1982

1966

2 Mid Sixties Adverts for Irish made Nylons

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

1967

New Spotlight June 1967- Review of Sgt. Pepper

Scanned from New Spotlight, June 1967. Side 1 only. Reviewed […]

1979

Liam Brady PFA Player of the Year – 1979 Awards Ceremony.

Aged 23, Liam Brady won the English PFA player of […]

1971

Irish Beachwear Brochure 1971 – Photos taken in Caherdaniel, Co Kerry

1969

Housewife of the Year – 1969

Scanned from Woman’s Way November 1969

2000 onwards

Win an Original Retro Irish Magazine – Our 2nd Birthday Competition

**Update 25th April 2013 ** Here are the answers to […]

1967

Artist’s Impressions – 6 New Buildings 1967-69

Above is Curzon Cinema, later to be the Lighthouse Cinema, […]

1969

The Stag’s Head Pub, Dublin – 1969

Scanned from ‘Publin’ a 1969 book of Dublin Pub reviews

1967

1967 Irish Fashion Advert – Photo from top of Busaras, Dublin

Scanned from Miss Magazine, 1967

1987

Focus on Kevin Moran – Shoot 1987

1969

1969 Irish Fashion Brochure – Wool is Wild

1968

Honda Motorbikes – 5 Irish Adverts – 1968/69/70

Honda cut the cost of loving in Ireland in the […]

1968

Retro Worries #31 – Sick of Mini Skirts – 1968

1985

Madness Nutty Boys in Madigans Pub, Dublin 1 – 1985

Photos scanned from Melody Maker, and snapped by Paul Rider […]

1981

Jackie Healy-Rae & The In Dublin Hall of Fame Awards 1981

1971

12 Hairdressers – Dublin 1971

All of the above worked with Tony Rodgers at the Witches Hut Salons in Dublin in 1971. Scanned from Woman’s Way July, 1971.

1970

Ten More Irish Rave Girls from 1970

All the above scans are from the Where it’s at page by Pat Egan from various issues of New Spotlight magazine in 1970. In that column, Pat had a Rave […]

1982

Focus On – Clare Grogan – 1982

Happy Birthday, Clare Grogan, born St Patricks day 1962. May your gift be a Bilko box set. scanned from Look In magazine May 1982

1967

Weekend – 1967 Advert for Mackintosh Box of Sweets

From Woman’s Choice 1968

1967

Retro Worries #30 – Four Affairs – 1967

1967

Ireland’s First Shopping Centre- Stillorgan 1966

The Stillorgan Shopping Centre was opened in late 1966 by […]

1970

Another Valspar Paint Advert – 1970

1990

The City that Time Forgot – Dublin Hippies – The Face 1990

“…the endemic mistrust of dance music that makes it a […]

1972

Philips Philishave Advert 1972

1969

Lipsticks by Melina, Cork – 1969

1971

Pure New Wool & Opel Cars – Irish Fashion Catalogue 1971

All these scans are from a mini 8 page colour […]

1996

The Event Guide – February 1996

From exactly 17 years ago, this is a copy of the Event Guide, previously known as the Dublin Event Guide. Fortnightly, FREE and although lacking in design and visuals, it […]

1978

Previous Post Update Alert (Strange Movements, 1978)

We’ve just added 6 new photos to our previous post […]

1971

Hibernian Insurance Advert 1971

1969

Retro Worries #29 – Social Know How – Jan 1969

Booklets

Irish Rules of the Road Booklet- 1957

Issued in 1957 by Ireland’s Minister for Local Government, this appears to be our first Rules of the Road booklet. It is a neatly designed, pocket sized, 32 page book […]

1977

Ireland V England, Rugby International Match Programme – 5 Feb, 1977

1970

Belvedere Bond Advert 1970

2000 onwards

The Slate #23 – Dublin, April 2003

Previous Slate Posts:

1970

Retro Worries #28 – Duty or Interference? – 1970

View previous Retro Worries

1979

Scoop Comic – 1979 with Pat Jennings & Tony Ward

Scoop was a weekly comic from the UK in the […]

1967

Religious LP Cover Art 1967/70 – Cor Klaasen & John Skelton

These fantastic LP covers belong to a range of religious […]

1977

Old Adverts #110 – Savage Smyth Cadet – 1977

From Sunday World Sep 1977

1984

Focus on: Liam Brady, Sampdoria & Ireland, Shoot, 1984

Previous Focus On: Frank Stapleton, Dave O’Leary, Gerry Daly, Ossie […]

60s

Old Adverts #109 – Various Irish Lingerie & Underwear

Below we have a selection of retro Irish underwear and […]

Fashion

Vogue Magazine – Spotlight on Ireland, 1959

All these photos are by Eugene Vernier and scanned from […]

1968

The 17 Club, Live Artists & DJ Larry Gogan, RTE Radio, Mid 60’s

From New Spotlight, January 1968

1966

Old Adverts #108 – Asbestos Cement Ltd, 1966 & 1971

Top – Abbey Theatre from programme for One for the […]

1977

Retro Worries #27 – It Is Not Normal! – 1977

From Sunday World, July 1977 View previous Retro Worries

1962

Old Adverts #107 – Consul Classic from Ford Ireland, 1962

From RTE Guide, December 1962

1971

Discos – the New Trend of Sophistication in Irish Entertainment -1971

In September last year we posted this advert from 1971 […]

1973

Irish Householder & Gardener Magazine – August 1973

Featuring plenty of adverts for Carpets & Barna sheds, this […]

2000 onwards

Is Your Neighbourhood on Brand New Retro?

We’ve geo tagged over 200 of the 1500 scans within the archives of Brand New Retro and set up a new map page. **Update 11/1/13 Map now split in 2, Dublin […]

1961