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Old Adverts #44 – Pop Eye 1967

1969

Old Adverts #43 – Penneys Dublin, 1969

Women DJs in Ireland – 1966, 1973 & 1998!

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

Old Adverts #42 – Crown Topper, Dublin 1967

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

I love this photo.

1969

Retro Worries #6 – Garda – 1969

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

1969

Old Adverts #39 – Yamaha 50, 1969

Old Adverts #38 – Discatron, 1966

Irish Showbiz New Year Resolutions 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, Jan 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

Retro Worries #5 – Fashion Forum Red Marks

Scanned from Miss magazine, Feb, 1966.

Bord Failte – Ireland of the Welcomes – 1965

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

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

Scanned from Miss Magazine, 1966

60s

Show me the Mosney – More Irish Butlins 1960s to 1980s

All above photos by Elmar Ludwig except the skating rink […]

Harpers Bazaar 1965 – Ireland on the Move

I’ve scanned in some great photos taken by David Montgomery […]

Old Adverts #31 – Club Orange – 1966

An Gael Og – Irish Language Magazine – 1965

16 pages in this, all in Irish. No Adverts! All […]

Survival in a Nuclear War – Advice from Irish Civil Defence – 1965

This book reminds me of searching for something important like […]

Old Adverts #27 – Bolgers, Dublin – 1966

From Miss 1966

Retro Worries #3 – Bin Man

From Irish Magazine Miss, 1966.

Old Adverts #25 – Garelli Moped, 1966

Girl’s guide to Irish Office Men – 1966

Taken from Irish Magazine’ Miss’, January 1966, as featured in […]

Old Adverts #21 – Chapeaux, Grafton St, Dublin,1966

Dublin’s smartest and most inexpensive hat boutique.

Thelma Mansfield’s Male Call! – 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, Feb, 1966.

Retro Worries #2 – Petting

Gladys Waller, Miss Ireland 1965.

On Bull Island bridge, Dublin, this is Cavan lady, Gladys Waller, who was Miss Ireland 1965 and 2nd Runner Up in Miss World. The scan above is the cover of […]