Brands we dont see around any more

Joe10000

Hitachi

Go on the pool

Sharp

Cnuts.

Burgerland, was there ever more then the one on Baggot Street ? They should have been huge, the burgers were delicious.

sparksfly

Lyons instant tea
Ki-ora
Orangina
Hubba Bubba
Garbage Pail Kids

im invisible

Anyone mentioned Kodak yet?

Saint_Mel

snubbleste wrote: »

Dunno if these are around anymore, it's just I haven't seen them

Canada Dry
Virgin Cola
Blueband margarine
Minitel
Opal Fruits
Jif
Entenmann's cakes
Diet Lilt
GoldenDiscs
Monarchy of France
Netscape navigator
Those big tins of meat from the EU meat mountain..does anyone remember those?

Opal Fruits - rebranded as Starbursts
Jif - rebranded as Cif
GoldenDiscs - just opened a new store in Athlone

Blazer

Joe10000 wrote: »

Hitachi



Burgerland, was there ever more then the one on Baggot Street ? They should have been huge, the burgers were delicious.

plus their wimmin were smoking hot....

token101

Deleted User wrote: »

Are sparkles and fat frogs still around

Fat frogs got rebranded from a ice cream to an sugary alcopop. But children still love them.

Haven't seen a Freaky Foot in years.

newmug

CliffHuxtabel wrote: »

"P.M.P.A."

(to the tune of YMCA)

They're Axa now.

iregk

Loadsamoney wrote: »

AIWA. Once a very popular Hi-Fi and Walkman clone maker.

AIWA made great products very cheap. Sadly what killed them is that Sony saw them as their biggest rival at one stage and so bought them out fully. They had already held a share and killed the company off. Shame.

As for Kodak well I'm afraid they killed themselves. Read an article in the business post (yes I know, insert joke here) that chronicled their demise. In the 70's they actually invented the first mass producible digital camera however as they were making so much money from film that they held it back. By the time the digital camera revolution started they hadn't kept up their R&D on the digital front and found themselves years behind. When they eventually did get a camera out the technology was way behind the curve that it just killed them and nobody bought any Kodak products anymore.

Nothingbetter2d

Max Power1 wrote: »

Lada

Lada still exist in Russia.... they are not sold in europe anymore because they failed to meet EU safety & emmissions regulations

But i haven't seen a packet of Tayto coloured popcorn in years.

Xworx jeans... not seen those since the late 90's

force eleven

Fiat Ritmo's, Mirafiori's and Hillman Hunters.

Not brands as such, but you don't see any of them anymore.;)

mikemac1

Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252

Hollywood Hayes, Dusty Rhodes and others, they had all the tunes
Everyone listened it though it has to be said the quality on LW wasn't the best

They'd annouce list of songs in advance and you'd get your tape recorder set to record off the radio.
No itunes, playlists or pirate bay back then I tell ya :pac:

Sadly this ended, it went to Talksport radio which was a disaster. I couldn't tell you what it is is now

My sister said pirate radio was broadcast off oil rigs since if you're in international waters then rules don't apply. I was madly impressed.

Then I discovered it was a station from rural Meath, the truth was a lot less interesting

iregk

demanufactured wrote: »

Datsun cars

Bought out by Nissan.

Here is one for you. Cica and Hi-Tech runners.

BillyMitchel

LighterGuy wrote: »

7/11 stores.

Now that's going back ...

Strange how brands chop and change in different countries. I can never remember them in Ireland but where I am now I cant walk 10 feet without seeing one!

Stripey Cat

What was that newspaper?
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(somewhat not suitable for work)

Democratic Right

Aztec bars
Marathon bars
Treets
Hillman
Rover

Pupito

LordSutch wrote: »

OMO

Washing powder.

Quite possibly an urban myth, but the story goes that married 'working girls' in Britain in the 50s/60s would put a box of that in the window when they were ready to accept punters for the day, the OMO standing for Old Man Out.

Didn't NASA jackets disappear quite quickly after the space NASA sued them? I don't think the claim that it stood for 'Nice And Safe Attitude' washed.

John Doe1

Does anyone remember manchester united brand crisps around 99, i think called 'red devils'?

Tombo2000

Havent seen Barry McGuigan crisps for a while.....they were tasty things.

On a more serious note; its been some years since I've spotted a packet of Rolo.

Have they been withdrawn? Would be a fuppin' outcry if they were, surely.

Panrich

Quix washing up liquid

44leto

Airfix models:(

Television test cards.

happypants

youtube! wrote: »

oh and tiffin bars.

Ah Tiffin bars they were my fave!!! What ever happened to them?!

Nothingbetter2d

44leto wrote: »

Airfix models:(

Television test cards.

both still exist

Airfix still make model kits and can be found in smyths toys and speciality model shops.

i did a new scan last night on my media centre pc (because the old drivers were fail and i had to update them) and saorview have about 7 new tv & 7 new radio channels called "Future use" setup with TV test cards

Man of Aran

Cheno Unction " t'is a quarrre name but greattt stuuuuff" for mastitis sores in dairy cows used to be on radio and tv a lot way back when.
Just Googled it, some Dublin outfit still sell it.
Was so appetizing to hear it around tea time ...:D

Malibu bars around same time as Aztecs were about. ( the bars I mean, not the tribe! )
CurlyWurly bars too! Serious ....

And further back ... Trigger bars when I was just a wee garsun.

44leto

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

both still exist

Airfix still make model kits and can be found in smyths toys and speciality model shops.

i did a new scan last night on my media centre pc (because the old drivers were fail and i had to update them) and saorview have about 7 new tv & 7 new radio channels called "Future use" setup with TV test cards

I am going to get one for old time sakes, I use to love putting them together, painting them, then eventually filling them with old lighter fuel and destroying them.

Jesus Wept

Chuck Stone wrote: »

PB petrol stations?

Black Jacks sweets?

Marathon (RIP) now Snickers.

Pretty sure you can get blackjacks in those retro sweets shops.

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

John Giles Sports

What was this?

mikemac1 wrote: »

Lucky Charms breakfast cereal

Haven't seen it in years

Did a course in Belfast and with my bogger culchie accent they kept asking me to do the "you'll never take me lucky charms" line, there was a leprechaun who did the ads

***** :mad:

My local spar had them in recently, can be found.

iregk

Democratic Right wrote: »

Aztec bars
Marathon bars
Treets
Hillman
Rover

Serious?

Lapin

Tombo2000 wrote: »

its been some years since I've spotted a packet of Rolo.

Have they been withdrawn?

Nope, I'm eating a pack of them right now. Bought them in my local Topaz shop earlier.

As for disappearing brands -

I can't remember the last time I saw Harp Lager in a pub south of the border? It used to be everywhere.

Nothingbetter2d

44leto wrote: »

I am going to get one for old time sakes, I use to love putting them together, painting them, then eventually filling them with old lighter fuel and destroying them.

lol you big kid

mikemac1

Lapin wrote: »

Nope, I'm eating a pack of them right now.

Can I have your last Rolo?

Wasn't that some rule, you had to give away your last Rolo

44leto

Democratic Right wrote: »

Aztec bars
Marathon bars
Treets
Hillman
Rover

They are called Snickers now which is the stupidest name for a choc bar ever.

davet82

NAFF jackets

Nothingbetter2d

davet82 wrote: »

NAFF jackets

already been mentioned

Nothingbetter2d

i haven't seen a quinnsworth yellow pack label item in 25 years lol

ste551

Has anyone seen Druids Forest Fruits alcolohic drinks anywhere.

My off licence stop selling them a few years and havent seen them since. They still sell the crappy Druids Cider Cans but cant find the Forest Fruits bottles anywhere.

Cardinal Richelieu

Pupito wrote: »

Quite possibly an urban myth, but the story goes that married 'working girls' in Britain in the 50s/60s would put a box of that in the window when they were ready to accept punters for the day, the OMO standing for Old Man Out.

.

Heard a similar story but it was ORMO(Or Man is Out) bread, the guy telling the story was from Belfast.

BraziliaNZ

mikemac1 wrote: »

Breo

A white/cream drink from Guinness

I never tried it, based on appearance I think it would have been nice.
Ok that might make no sense but I liked the colour and the marketing

Well it must have flopped as it didn't last long

It was like a Weiss beer. Wasn't bad actually, I'd say more people might drink it if it came out now, back then (was around '99) we weren't as open minded to new drinks in Ireland as we are now (not that we are much now judging by the beers on tap in 99% of pubs!).

CiaranMT

iregk wrote: »

Hi-Tech runners.

Still going.

The King of Moo

O'Neill's togs.

cartell_best

LA gear (anyone remember?)

mikemac1

cartell_best wrote: »

LA gear (anyone remember?)

Indeed we do

mikemac1 wrote: »

LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

First post, welcome to boards

DublinWriter

toexpress wrote: »

Do we all remember Findus French Bread Pizzas I used to love those. In fact I want one right now if anyone has one in the bottom of a freezer let me know (I dont care HOW out of date it is)

Proust had his seedcakes...I have my Findus French Bread pizzas.

Findus started making them smaller and smaller until they eventually disappeared.

Were they really as good as we remember them?

44leto

Decent cartoons, apparently they banned all our old favourites because they are seen as to violent.
So now you know why our generation is a bunch of thugs. But we can look forward to the next generation of angels because they never witnessed cartoon violence.

cartell_best

Many thanks Mikemac1...i've been on the sideline too long and i really had to start talking...thanks lad

some random drunk

JustAddWater wrote: »

Bebo

Its still online. Kinda funny you can stalk look up friends on it by looking at their facebook page, getting their email address and plugging it into the Bebo search function. In most cases their profile will still be there from 2007 or thereabouts, perfectly preserved.

Dyr

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

both still exist

Airfix still make model kits and can be found in smyths toys and speciality model shops.

i did a new scan last night on my media centre pc (because the old drivers were fail and i had to update them) and saorview have about 7 new tv & 7 new radio channels called "Future use" setup with TV test cards

I dont think they do..they went bust a few years back but their stock is still out there because hornby bought the name

Bad Panda

Cadet Cola! Thank f*ck!

davet82

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

already been mentioned

Ok i'll try again British Knights runners a.k.a BK dymacells?

xzanti

Loadsamoney wrote: »

Radion Washing Powder!

Any others?

You can get Radion in our local €1 shop..

genie_us

Woody's alco pop drinks! They were all the rage when I was about 16

xzanti

Sunkissed orange drink.. that was gorgeous.