Brand New Retro

The Price of Pop – 50p for a 7″ 45rpm in 1970

10 shillings or 10 bob equates to 50p sterling following […]

Old Adverts #59 – Valspar Paint 1970

Retro Worries #15 – Social Know How 1970

scanned from Womans Way, May 1970

Sloopy’s Night Club – Fleet St, Dublin,1970s

A number of people posted comments on our previous post […]

1977

The Clash – Trinity College, October 21st, 1977.

The Clash played 2 gigs on this Friday night. First […]

Retro Worries #12 – Sceptical

scanned from New Spotlight, 1971

Old Adverts #54 – The River Club, Dublin -1972

located at 4 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1. See it now […]

Old Adverts #53 – Silvermints – 1974

scanned from Willwood Tailteann Athletic games, Dublin, July 1974

Old Adverts #50 – Mens Suits -1974/75/76

The BOI photo with thanks to Ciaran Vernon

1973

Sunday World Cover – Issue 1 – March 1973

First issue of Sunday World with Jeananne Crowley on the […]

Irish Bystander – October 1970 – Nixon in Ireland

with thanks to Ciaran Vernon

Old Adverts #49 – Opel Manta 1974

From Man Alive, August 1974

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

Retro Worries #8 – Desperate – 1970

1966

Women DJs in Ireland – 1966, 1973 & 1998!

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

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

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

Retro Worries #7 – Pants

From New Spotlight, April 1970

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 […]

Eamonn Dunphy tells it like it really is – 1971

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

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 […]

Peter Murphy’s Quiz Annual 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!!

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.

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 […]

Office Procedure & Business Knowledge – Ireland 1976

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

60s

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

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

Starlight – Irish Entertainment Magazine – April, 1976

This 40 page weekly mag could easily have been called, […]

Old Adverts #32 – Cork Nightclubs, 1976

These 2 adverts appeared in 2 different Irish “showbiz” magazines in late April, 1976. Krojaks is from “Starlight” magazine whilst the Swingers advert, and the piece below, is taken from […]

Imprint issue 6 – Dublin Fanzine, October 1979

This 16 page pocket size (7″ by 8″) Dublin fanzine […]

70s

Ice Pop Culture – Part 2 – HB, The Soft Ones

I remember one thing about Prince Charles. His favourite group […]

Man Alive – Ireland’s first magazine for men – 1974

Here is issue 3 of Man Alive, the self-proclaimed “Ireland’s […]

Ice Pop Culture – Part 1 – HB – early 1970s

Or for just one half penny more…. Above images scanned […]

Old Adverts #30 – Talbot Hotel – The Pulse of Wexford – 1976

Old Adverts #29 – Burmah & Castrol Duet- 1976

Old Adverts #28 – Bord Na Gaeilge – 1979

Old Adverts #26 – Engraved Medallions – 1976 – Sligo

From Scene Magazine, 1976

1980

RTE Youngline Annual -1980

I have a soft spot for RTE’s late 70s/80s kids programme “Youngline” if only because they gave a group of unknown teenage musicians from Dundalk (who had no manager or […]