The Great Kerry Retro Thread!!

carchaeologist

This was proposed by a few posters lately following some chat on a few threads and its definatly a good idea.
Everyone likes Retro stuff, particularly if its stuff you can remember personally.
I suppose the basic rules here would be, keep it retro and no modern chat as much as is possible.
And post as much scans and pictures as possible, like these..:)

Kerryman May 21 1991


Kerryman May 21 1991

Motors section, possibly the Independant Jan 10 1992




I think these were from the Kerryman,though the middle one may be the Independant in about 1974?





You could buy about 15 new beetles for the price of a new Rolls Royce Silver Shadow back then.

Irish Independant c1952.


Now get scanning and posting!! I have some more stuff, just to drag it out!

carchaeologist

Train Trip from Killarney to Tralee in 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGC9088ZuDA

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_kpDsihUUs

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXaUhLDeVA

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axqVyDJONkE

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWJ10uYFDuc

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDzGXTYXyc

kerry4sam

100 years of US tourism in Killarney, 1990. Oh heavens above!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM8V22jBTuA

kerry4sam

From 1988 & nothing like these modern-day versions either!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InS3YsrlgkY

kevmol88

1984

ongarboy

well done for creating this thread! Someone asked in the Dear John thread, did anyone remember Horizon Radio. I'll respond here as this is our new home for all things "d'ya remember..?"!

I remember these pirate stations in the 80s:
Horizon Radio,
Kingdom 102,
Southwest Radio,
WRKY Rocky 103,
Tralee or Kerry Local Radio presented by Michael Donavan RIP.

Francis Jones who is now on Radio Kerry presented shows on Horizon and maybe Kingdom 102

Now I'm going to be a real anorak. Does anyone this jingle from Kingdom 102 in the 80s?

"Munster's favourite station,
on FM stereo,
the spirit of the south west,
Kingdom 102"

Ciarrai76

kevmol88 wrote: »

1984

I was at a James Last concert in the Austin Stacks park during the Rose of Tralee, but I don't remember if it was in 1984 or not as I would have only been 7...but it possibly was. Must as my Dad as he brought me!

carchaeologist

I think that was 1984 alright.

kn

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I was at a James Last concert in the Austin Stacks park during the Rose of Tralee, but I don't remember if it was in 1984 or not as I would have only been 7...but it possibly was. Must as my Dad as he brought me!

It was the mid-80's alright. I think he did 2 nights IIRC.

Sardonicat

ongarboy wrote: »

well done for creating this thread! Someone asked in the Dear John thread, did anyone remember Horizon Radio. I'll respond here as this is our new home for all things "d'ya remember..?"!

I remember these pirate stations in the 80s:
Horizon Radio,
Kingdom 102,
Southwest Radio,
WRKY Rocky 103,
Tralee or Kerry Local Radio presented by Michael Donavan RIP.

Francis Jones who is now on Radio Kerry presented shows on Horizon and maybe Kingdom 102

Now I'm going to be a real anorak. Does anyone this jingle from Kingdom 102 in the 80s?

"Munster's favourite station,
on FM stereo,
the spirit of the south west,
Kingdom 102"

Rocky 103 rings a bell!

kerry4sam

oh imagine the irony if a retro-thread goes retro :eek:

Kerrydude1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXk7JtjLHSg

11811

Old Poster from the Brandon Ballroom

kingdumb

What's the year ?

It amazing to think how backward Ireland was as a country back then, dancing till 1, imagine that, oh wait ...

11811 wrote: »

Old Poster from the Brandon Ballroom

11811

kingdumb wrote: »

What's the year ?

It amazing to think how backward Ireland was as a country back then, dancing till 1, imagine that, oh wait ...

Im unsure of the year to be honest, i presume late sixties/early seventies.

carchaeologist

Well the phone number for Tralee Printing Works is 420, so it's quite old!!

kingdomlad

It was very early seventies. Tralee Printing Works used to have a big letterpress printing machine at that time in Denny Street for doing posters of that size. A long time before Graphic Design, Apple Macs, Photoshop etc.. Its great to see that Tralee Printing has moved with the times and are now one of the leading printing companies in Ireland with a high spec premises at Monavalley Industrial Estate.

kingdomlad

I see there is work going on in their old premises in Denny St. at the moment. Anybody know what is going in there?

ongarboy

11811 wrote: »

Im unsure of the year to be honest, i presume late sixties/early seventies.

Well seeing as the admission price is 7/6 (which is 7 shillings and 6 old pence), it would have to be prior to Feb 1971 when decimalisation (or Decimal Day as it was known) occurred. Old pounds, shillings and pence moved to "new" money on that date.

Quaderno

Wednesday on a 21st of September only happened in 1960, 1966 and 1977 if we presume it was in the sixties or seventies. That limits down the search a bit...
Or it might have been last year

RevBlueJeans

The Brandon didnt exist in 1960 so it must have been 1966!

kingdumb

Next question, was it the Drifters of the Stand by Me or Joe Dolan variety ?

RevBlueJeans

The Mount Brandon Hotel opened 21st April 1966. See Kennelly Archive http://www.kennellyarchive.com/search-all/660214/1/

I reckon it was JD & The Drifters.

But a year later in '67 this was the real Jayne Mansfield http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t01n.html.

This thread contains a link to pics of the prodigy in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, in 1993.

A real eye opener, both for the residents of the hotel, for many in Kerry and quite possibly for the Prodigy themselves!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055160094

Dirigent

I love the 3-digit phone number!

kingdumb

Here's one for ye, who held the phone number Tralee '1'

Dirigent wrote: »

I love the 3-digit phone number!