The 70's and 80's in Ireland

branie2

I visited the National Wax Museum twice in the late 80s'. Never went into the Chamber of Horrors though.

JupiterKid

The greatest female heroine of all time. Boys wanted to bed her, girls wanted to BE her. Gay boys like me adored her!

Lynda Carter WAS Wonder Woman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3a_JDIT4mw

NewbridgeIR

Lynda Carter looked fantastic. I enjoyed it at the time but when I revisited it on DVD, it didn't stand up.

On the other hand, I could watch The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman all day.

The Crowman

branie2 wrote: »

I visited the National Wax Museum twice in the late 80s'. Never went into the Chamber of Horrors though.

I remember a news report about the time vandals broke into it and wrecked the place. It showed the wax figure of Margaret Thatcher with a sword stuck through her head.

petrolcan

Thumbing a lift around the country without a worry.

Ash.J.Williams

Count Down wrote: »

Bovril at football matches. As someone once said "Tastes like beef flavoured tea". :P

Saw Alan partridge explaining that to disadvantaged teenagers on a hill walk on tv the other night

naughtysmurf

They were great times looking back, pretty sure it didn't rain 1973 -1977 in North Co Dublin, long hot hazy sunny days on Skerries south strand, a Crunchie on a Thursday, my dad's payday, 4 of us on a sheet of corrugated iron hurtling down the slopes of the ballast pit,

Being mortified by my mother calling me in for bed from the window in front of my friends & the walk of shame, after a chat, the following night I was called in for my supper lol, never had supper in my life.

Sneaking over to my mates to watch Starskey & Hutch, not allowed in my house, Kojak, who loves ya baby!

Playing very poorly for the Harps U8 & U10 bit better at the rugby, scouts bobajob, breaking into the boat club to steal the empty glass bottles & bring them to the shop for the couple of pence glass refund. Playing dobbers (marbles), kicking ball, three square meals a day, a 1/4 of bonbons or lemon drops, deciding on a whim to walk across the fields to visit my granny & no one having a clue where I was & no one was worried, would be gone for hours.

Moved to Limerick in 1977, for 6 months I didn't even realise they were speaking english with the accent, first year was tough enough, the school was tough as fcuk compared to Skerries national school, secondary was grand though, handful of tight friends, all decent lads, only had RTE1 when we moved down WTF, life was very simple, we didn't know any different, having loads of phone numbers stored in my head, only have three now, teen disco's at Na Piarsaigh, moving on to Club Marche & Tropics & chicken in a basket, Limerick Judo Club, certainly didn't have all the stresses that a lot of teens seem to have today, my own included, we were clothed, three meals a day, no stress, life was good, wouldn't change a thing.

My folks were probably stressed out though, much like we are now lol.

naughtysmurf

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Grandeeod

JupiterKid wrote: »

The greatest female heroine of all time. Boys wanted to bed her, girls wanted to BE her. Gay boys like me adored her!

Lynda Carter WAS Wonder Woman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3a_JDIT4mw

I was a straight boy and did not want to bed this older bird. Plus the show was crap. Nice memory though.:D

Grandeeod

John Hughes Movies in the 80s and those that tried to replicate aspects of them in Irish secondary schools. It never went down too well.

JupiterKid

Six Million Dollar Man - aired between January 1974 and April 1978. Great show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGO57y4td-c

naughtysmurf

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Lynda Carter looked fantastic. I enjoyed it at the time but when I revisited it on DVD, it didn't stand up.

On the other hand, I could watch The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman all day.

Used to watch The Six Million Dollar Man but at some stage my head was turned by Charlie's Angels

branie2

Alias Smith & Jones - two train robbers who want amnesty for their crimes, but have to stay on the right side of the law until they get it.

JupiterKid

Anyone here remember a fashion boutique in Dublin in the 1980s called Lucia? At one point there were anout 5 of them in Dublin. They were owned and managed ny a German lady called Marianne.

She and her husband Hans were neighbours and good friends of my mum and dad.

The Crowman

branie2 wrote: »

Alias Smith & Jones - two train robbers who want amnesty for their crimes, but have to stay on the right side of the law until they get it.

Shown around the same time was the Bearcat's, about two guys in a souped up vintage car having adventures on the Tex/Mex border circa 1920's.

Grandeeod

JupiterKid wrote: »

Six Million Dollar Man - aired between January 1974 and April 1978. Great show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGO57y4td-c

Now yer talkin!

I had the action figure. The skin peeled back on the arm to reveal the mechanical bits I'd say my Dad did 4 weeks overtime to afford it.

The Crowman

My name is Rashers see?

I've had these flashes, see?

About the natural taste of bacon like it used to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjdvvIC8gc

fly_agaric

The Crowman wrote: »

I remember a news report about the time vandals broke into it and wrecked the place. It showed the wax figure of Margaret Thatcher with a sword stuck through her head.

Was lurking & I just had to google that + dug this video up.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0501/698083-wax-museum-vandalised/

I have to admit I LOLed (feel a bit bad now...:pac:)
Wax museum always gave me a severe case of the creeps, alot of the waxworks were terrible + deep in uncanny valley territory.

The Crowman

fly_agaric wrote: »

Was lurking & I just had to google that + dug this video up.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0501/698083-wax-museum-vandalised/

I have to admit I LOLed (feel a bit bad now...:pac:)
Wax museum always gave me a severe case of the creeps, alot of the waxworks were terrible + deep in uncanny valley territory.

Yes, that's the news report that I remember seeing. The year on that link has to be wrong though, it was a good bit later than 1980. I'd estimate about 1985/86.

Edit: it was 1985. Its mentioned here.

https://superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4675:rte-archives-27th-april-3-may-2015&catid=8&Itemid=115

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The Crowman wrote: »

Yes, that's the news report that I remember seeing. The year on that link has to be wrong though, it was a good bit later than 1980. I'd estimate about 1985/86.

It's definitely not May 1980 as the date claims. It features waxworks of Prince Charles arm in arm with Princess Diana, and the two of them were only rumored to be dating at that time.

fly_agaric

The Crowman wrote: »

Yes, that's the news report that I remember seeing. The year on that link has to be wrong though, it was a good bit later than 1980. I'd estimate about 1985/86.

Edit: it was 1985. Its mentioned here.

https://superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4675:rte-archives-27th-april-3-may-2015&catid=8&Itemid=115

Thanks for that. Poor old RTE, getting it wrong again!

Grandeeod

Ayan Unkempt Absinthe wrote: »

It's definitely not May 1980 as the date claims. It features waxworks of Prince Charles arm in arm with Princess Diana, and the two of them were only rumored to be dating at that time.

I have better memories of that place being a Cinema - The Plaza - called The Dorset before that. I did a full on combo of visiting it as the wax works museum and then down to the moving crib in Parnell Square in the mid 90s. Had grub in the Kingfisher after that. Reading what I just typed looks fooked up as so much has changed, Different days.

branie2

Family Album, in the 80s, was my introduction to the bikini.

naughtysmurf

branie2 wrote: »

Family Album, in the 80s, was my introduction to the bikini.

Pics?
Asking for a friend

pawdee

Shtamp out scour!

JupiterKid

Air Wolf - as an 11 year old lad in the 80s I thought this show was the bees’ knees!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8syGlAMTKA

Sardonicat

pawdee wrote: »

Shtamp out scour!

TB shpreadin' to MY land is MY buishness!

The Crowman

Speaking of ads about scour etc this one used to creep the sh!te of me.

https://ifiplayer.ie/dictol-oral-husk/

twirlagig

Also remember this one... apologies if it’s been posted before..

https://youtu.be/5m_IjyG8jpE

Can’t embed on phone still! Sorry!

Grandeeod

JupiterKid wrote: »

Air Wolf - as an 11 year old lad in the 80s I thought this show was the bees’ knees!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8syGlAMTKA

Feckin great Soundtrack. Saturday morning/lunchtime. Loved it and the subsequent video game in arcades.

Aglomerado

twirlagig wrote: »

Also remember this one... apologies if it’s been posted before..

https://youtu.be/5m_IjyG8jpE

Can’t embed on phone still! Sorry!

Harry Molloy from Fair City! (Paul Raynor)

branie2

naughtysmurf wrote: »

Pics?
Asking for a friend

Sorry, none I'm afraid

Heroditas

pawdee wrote: »

Shtamp out scour!

Remember the Triple A Golden Maverick ad with the cowboys playing poker?

How about Net Nitrate, Net Urea.
"Spread the Net, you won't regret
Great silage you'll be storing
Go straight to Net, you won't forget
Net Nitrate, Net Urea"

The Crowman

I used to have a giggle at the really crap bit in this where the digger hits the power line. Like something from Captain Pugwash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaG4ngvh4A

professore

The Crowman wrote: »

I used to have a giggle at the really crap bit in this where the digger hits the power line. Like something from Captain Pugwash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaG4ngvh4A

The "Farmers" in those ads looked like film stars in comparison to actual farmers at the time.

professore

One of my memories is one of the Bosco presenters, I think it was Grainne, wearing a tight t-shirt with no bra and me as a young fella getting very strange feelings in my willie - and not knowing why ... ahhhh innocent times.

6541

I always remember been wet. Wet shoes, socks, Wet clothes - maybe that is because we didn't have a bean and walked everywhere. Taxi's never heard of such things. Ah sure its only a shower and you only have two miles to walk home.

Electric Sheep

6541 wrote: »

I always remember been wet. Wet shoes, socks, Wet clothes - maybe that is because we didn't have a bean and walked everywhere. Taxi's never heard of such things. Ah sure its only a shower and you only have two miles to walk home.

The joy of sitting all day in an unheated school in your wet clothes.

6541

Electric Sheep wrote: »

The joy of sitting all day in an unheated school in your wet clothes.

Its mad to think of that now - in fact sitting around soaked is so alien now, it was frigging normal back in the day. Gangs of drenched kids, its actually kind of funny when you think about it.

Electric Sheep

6541 wrote: »

Electric Sheep wrote: »

The joy of sitting all day in an unheated school in your wet clothes.

Its mad to think of that now - in fact sitting around soaked is so alien now, it was frigging normal back in the day. Gangs of drenched kids, its actually kind of funny when you think about it.

The smell of wet wool and unwashed teenagers.

Grandeeod

If you knew a lad whose Dad wasn't on the scene, he was in the "Leb".:D

petrolcan

Anyone mentioned cars being held together with their own rust yet?

jmreire

Electric Sheep wrote: »

The joy of sitting all day in an unheated school in your wet clothes.

Strange result of that. My friend and her brother, used to cycle 8 miles every day to school and 8 miles back home again in the evening, And of course wearing gaberdine overcoats, so while the coats were hanging up in the (unheated) halls, they were sitting all day in a the best, damp clothes. Then when some younger brothers and sisters came along ( large Families were also the thing back then too) The school bus had arrived on the scene, so no more cycling or spending the day in wet / damp clothes. Fast forward to the present time, Now the cyclists have rheumatism and chronic arthritis, but have healthy heart's, while the school bus kids now have no arthritic or bone problems, but all have heart problems....:.

Grayson

JupiterKid wrote: »

Air Wolf - as an 11 year old lad in the 80s I thought this show was the bees’ knees!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8syGlAMTKA

The other hi tech helicopter show.

Doesn't seem so far fetched to think a US police force would have a chopper with a mini gun on it now.

Hotblack Desiato

Dana Carvey was in Blue Thunder? No way!

Grayson

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Dana Carvey was in Blue Thunder? No way!

I know! I thought the same when I saw the intro there. And Bubba Smith was in it too



I was looking up something for the iodine pill thread and found this. The zig and Zag No. 1

btw, blue thunder was based on a movie of the same name. I think we can all agree they made crap trailers in the 80's

branie2

Zig and Zag's storytime on a Tuesday evening, when Zig read out the story, and Zag acted as a character celled Melissa Mistletoe.

Filmer Paradise

petrolcan wrote: »

Anyone mentioned cars being held together with their own rust yet?

Hard to believe now, but rust was a real problem in older cars.

Recently, I sold my '01 car to trade up a few years.

This car at 17 years old is still going now.

30 years ago cars were sometimes eaten alive with rust before they were 10 years old.

Of course the powers that be want to take out good cars out of that era for 'green' reasons.

Insurance reasons condems perfectly safe driveable cars & the government allowes this to happen.


My government is a disgrace!

Mena Mitty

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Hard to believe now, but rust was a real problem in older cars.

Recently, I sold my '01 car to trade up a few years.

This car at 17 years old is still going now.

30 years ago cars were sometimes eaten alive with rust before they were 10 years old.

I drove a Datsun 120y for a few years. When I bought it £50 it was fit for the scrapyard. No floor, no heater, no wipers, but it was driveable and a miser on petrol.

NewbridgeIR

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Hard to believe now, but rust was a real problem in older cars.

Recently, I sold my '01 car to trade up a few years.

This car at 17 years old is still going now.

30 years ago cars were sometimes eaten alive with rust before they were 10 years old.

Of course the powers that be want to take out good cars out of that era for 'green' reasons.

Insurance reasons condems perfectly safe driveable cars & the government allowes this to happen.


My government is a disgrace!

I drive a 1999 Corolla (my Dad bought it new). 94,000 miles on the clock. Passes the NCT every year. I do 2,000 per year, no claims, no points etc. Yet, the only insurance I can get is with my existing provider who is increasing it by 10% - 15% each year.