The 70's and 80's in Ireland

Ursus Horribilis

branie2 wrote: »

Another detective series in the 80s was Dempsey & Makepeace, about an American cop and a British detective who joined forces in England

That's right. They're now married in real life

Edgware

branie2 wrote: »

Another detective series in the 80s was Dempsey & Makepeace, about an American cop and a British detective who joined forces in England

Glynnis Barber, a beauty then and a beauty now

Grandeeod

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

I only made it to Bartley Dunnes towards the end - finally got in summer of 1990. Great spot.

Same here. By then the Goths and Cure heads were across the street in the William Tell. I loved BDs and wish I had experienced it in its heyday. Anyone remember the Coffee Inn off Grafton street, another spot that was full of Goths and Cure heads in the 80s? I wasn't one, but it was a decent enough hang out spot on a Saturday afternoon with cheap hot chocolate.:D

earlytobed

Billy86 wrote: »

Remember that in the early 90s too, our whole class basically got told to just strip down to underpants out of the blue.

When our class was asked to do this, there was a dilemma for one guy in the class as he was going commando!
Not a fashion choice, circa 1978

JupiterKid

Who can forget the evil fembots versus Bionic Woman Jamie Somers, circa 1976/77 (and re-run on Sky in the late 80s!:D)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ML07F-pXk

whitey1

fryup wrote: »

and you had to be that extra careful taking a photo cause you only had 24/36 shots...whereas nowadays you can delete and re-take willy nilly....and then you had the week long wait for them to be processed and then collect them at the chemist

There was a big scandal in our town when an unmarried couple went on vacation and had a film developed in town that contained some x rated pictures

whitey1

Trigger Happy wrote: »

My dad was given his first cigarette in hospital by his parents when recovering from having his appendix removed at 11 years old.
That was the 1940s though.

In our secondary school the rule was that First Years were prohibited from smoking. From Second Year onwards you could smoke away to your hearts content

5th and 6th years had discos at a local hotel/nightclub where exemptions were regularly granted for a late bar

This was all in the 80s

cameramonkey

whitey1 wrote: »

In our secondary school the rule was that First Years were prohibited from smoking. From Second Year onwards you could smoke away to your hearts content

5th and 6th years had discos at a local hotel/nightclub where exemptions were regularly granted for a late bar

This was all in the 80s

We had a smoking room in our school for students.

fryup

whitey1 wrote: »

There was a big scandal in our town when an unmarried couple went on vacation and had a film developed in town that contained some x rated pictures

jesus mary & joseph! lord bless us and save us! :eek:

Wibbs

cameramonkey wrote: »

We had a smoking room in our school for students.

Ditto. For the sixth years. And was going until at least 1990.

thesandeman

We had four handball alleys but one was a smoking alley.
Fag in the mouth... Whack the ball...Quick drag... Ball again...And so on.
Then a quick smoke with the Brother before he rang the bell.

Amprodude

Plenty of Opel Kadetts around in the 1980s.

Hotblack Desiato

Had a teacher in the 80s who still drove one of these

He then 'upgraded' to an almost as elderly Morris Marina. Back then a ten year old car was usually more rust than metal

Was a mean-spirited BIFFO who didn't even try to hide his contempt for Dublin and we Dubliners.

Had that prick for both 4th and 5th class, I'll never forget the disappointment on the first day of 5th class when each class lined up in the yard and the teachers came out to bring them in... "Wonder who we're getting.. Ah no... it can't be... :eek: :mad:"

Oh and he used to smoke in the classroom too

Amprodude

Remember amhran na bhfiann played at the end of the night of rte1 before it shut down for the night.

branie2

Amprodude wrote: »

Remember amhran na bhfiann played at the end of the night of rte1 before it shut down for the night.

staying up late while it played.

Ger Roe

Amprodude wrote: »

Remember amhran na bhfiann played at the end of the night of rte1 before it shut down for the night.

A funny story about that .....

I had a friend working in RTE TV on video tape playout and he often took the late shifts because he preferred the peace and quiet. This was in the early 1980's and he told me this story.....

On night, up in Belfast, BBC NI lost the signal from their main Divis Mountain transmitter and the backup plan was that the transmission site would automatically scan for a BBC signal that overspilled from Scotland and relay that until the uplink from the BBC NI studio could be restored. However, due to weather conditions, the Scottish BBC signal was not strong enough to lock on to and it latched on to RTE instead.

It was very late at night, during 'the troubles' and the BBC engineers didn't relish the thought of heading up the mountain in the late night to see what was going on. They rang RTE to confirm that the film they were seeing was coming from them and were told that it was and that it would finish shortly and then close down. They hadn't received any calls about the breakdown and so decided to let it run and then head up the mountain at first light.

They forgot however that when RTE closed down at night, they played the 'heather, streams and cobwebs' video of the Irish National Anthem and this duly went out over Belfast when the film finished. I was told that the BBC engineers left the building very quickly and turned off the answer machine to avoid any angry calls

Supposedly a true story... and one that I have heard from several sources.

The Crowman

Anyone remember this? I think it was an Irish take on Mini pops. Mid 80's-ish.

ohnonotgmail

Full of Billie Barry kids no doubt.

branie2

Did the Budget Travel holiday brochure come out in the 80s?

dieselbug

Maybe mentioned already "who loves ya baby"


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xG888KrTk

The Crowman

dieselbug wrote: »

Maybe mentioned already "who loves ya baby"


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xG888KrTk

The most famous baldy of the 70's.

Grandeeod

Ger Roe wrote: »

A funny story about that .....

I had a friend working in RTE TV on video tape playout and he often took the late shifts because he preferred the peace and quiet. This was in the early 1980's and he told me this story.....

On night, up in Belfast, BBC NI lost the signal from their main Divis Mountain transmitter and the backup plan was that the transmission site would automatically scan for a BBC signal that overspilled from Scotland and relay that until the uplink from the BBC NI studio could be restored. However, due to weather conditions, the Scottish BBC signal was not strong enough to lock on to and it latched on to RTE instead.

It was very late at night, during 'the troubles' and the BBC engineers didn't relish the thought of heading up the mountain in the late night to see what was going on. They rang RTE to confirm that the film they were seeing was coming from them and were told that it was and that it would finish shortly and then close down. They hadn't received any calls about the breakdown and so decided to let it run and then head up the mountain at first light.

They forgot however that when RTE closed down at night, they played the 'heather, streams and cobwebs' video of the Irish National Anthem and this duly went out over Belfast when the film finished. I was told that the BBC engineers left the building very quickly and turned off the answer machine to avoid any angry calls

Supposedly a true story... and one that I have heard from several sources.

I was in RTE in the early 90s and this story was still being told then. I'm not certain those telling it to me even believed it. But who knows.:D

branie2

Chips - great TV show about Jon and Ponch, two motorcycle cops of the California Highway Patrol.

branie2

I don't remember it at the time, but RTE showed the Deer Hunter before broadcasting the Larry Holmes V Gerry Cooney Fight on the 11th of June 1982. The film broke down at one point, and had to be shown all over again.

NewbridgeIR

branie2 wrote: »

I don't remember it at the time, but RTE showed the Deer Hunter before broadcasting the Larry Holmes V Gerry Cooney Fight on the 11th of June 1982. The film broke down at one point, and had to be shown all over again.

Spot on.
One of the most eagerly anticipated boxing matches ever. As it wasn’t starting until 3.00 or 4.00am (can’t remember which), RTE 1 decided to screen The Deer Hunter once the Late News had aired. In those days, closedown normally took place around midnight so this was a rare treat to watch ‘tv through the night’. Quite a few schoolboys stayed up and most of us watched The Deer Hunter. Unfortunately the movie broke down half way through and RTE re-screened it the following night. The fight wasn’t bad either.

newspower

branie2 wrote: »

Chips - great TV show about Jon and Ponch, two motorcycle cops of the California Highway Patrol.

I remember them but what aboit the other Chips from the chipper.......wrapped in newspapers

Grandeeod

RTE doing a simulcast. Movie on TV and the Stereo sound on Radio. Ghostbusters, I remember. Then one Halloween they sent out 3D specs in the RTE guide for old 3D movies on the telly over another Halloween. Innocent times.

Sardonicat

Speaking of simulcasts, was it Beat Box on a Saturday morning that used to out on Network 2 and 2fm simultaneously? You wee supposed to bring your ghetto blaster into your front room to get the stereo sound.

Grandeeod

Sardonicat wrote: »

Speaking of simulcasts, was it Beat Box on a Saturday morning that used to out on Network 2 and 2fm simultaneously? You wee supposed to bring your ghetto blaster into your front room to get the stereo sound.

Beat box became a regular thing after the original experiment. It was Sunday mornings. We had a Hi Fi:D system in the sitting room bought second hand. A double tape, radio and turntable. Feckin posh **** in its day. Storage for vinyl at the bottom and a big glass door at the front. On wheels too. I played Once upon a Time by Simple Minds to death on it!

Sardonicat

That's right it was Sunday. Weren't you posh with your HiFi! I had to sit there in my pyjamas with a Walkman.

Grandeeod

Sardonicat wrote: »

That's right it was Sunday. Weren't you posh with your HiFi! I had to sit there in my pyjamas with a Walkman.

Posh as fook in our little council house circa 1985.:D That lovely hi-fi cabinet was defo second hand though. Loved it apart from my Dads Johnny Mathis Albums.:eek:

Sardonicat

Grandeeod wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

That's right it was Sunday. Weren't you posh with your HiFi! I had to sit there in my pyjamas with a Walkman.

Posh as fook in our little council house circa 1985.:D That lovely hi-fi cabinet was defo second hand though. Loved it apart from my Dads Johnny Mathis Albums.:eek:

My parents wouldn't have anything beyond the telly in the front room and the radio in the kitchen. If you wanted to listen to "modern rubbish" you had to do it in your bedroom. It was a weekly battle to watch TOTP. And always with a "you call this music?" running commentary.

AndrewJRenko

Sardonicat wrote: »

My parents wouldn't have anything beyond the telly in the front room and the radio in the kitchen. If you wanted to listen to "modern rubbish" you had to do it in your bedroom. It was a weekly battle to watch TOTP. And always with a "you call this music?" running commentary.

But isn't it funny how, when you turn on Spin FM or similar today, it really is modern rubbish.

Sardonicat

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

My parents wouldn't have anything beyond the telly in the front room and the radio in the kitchen. If you wanted to listen to "modern rubbish" you had to do it in your bedroom. It was a weekly battle to watch TOTP. And always with a "you call this music?" running commentary.

But isn't it funny how, when you turn on Spin FM or similar today, it really is modern rubbish.

It Is rubbish that's played on that station.

Poor Uncle Tom

We knew the neighbours with the first colour telly,
they told us the Hulk was green......

8 tracks and casettes.

AndrewJRenko

Sardonicat wrote: »

It Is rubbish that's played on that station.

We have become our parents

Heroditas

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

We have become our parents

I knew that had happened when I listened to the radio one day and went "I have no idea who the last 4 or 5 musicians are..."

branie2

Sardonicat wrote: »

My parents wouldn't have anything beyond the telly in the front room and the radio in the kitchen. If you wanted to listen to "modern rubbish" you had to do it in your bedroom. It was a weekly battle to watch TOTP. And always with a "you call this music?" running commentary.

Did you not have a television in your bedroom?

igCorcaigh

branie2 wrote: »

Did you not have a television in your bedroom?

LOL!

igCorcaigh

Grandeeod wrote: »

Posh as fook in our little council house circa 1985.:D That lovely hi-fi cabinet was defo second hand though. Loved it apart from my Dads Johnny Mathis Albums.:eek:

Hi Fi cabinets, yes.
We had one with a big glass door on it.

Did they make them so big to justify the price?

igCorcaigh

Sardonicat

branie2 wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

My parents wouldn't have anything beyond the telly in the front room and the radio in the kitchen. If you wanted to listen to "modern rubbish" you had to do it in your bedroom. It was a weekly battle to watch TOTP. And always with a "you call this music?" running commentary.

Did you not have a television in your bedroom?

Eh, no. We had one telly. Being the youngest I sat on the floor in the front room and was the remote control. I'm old enough to remember the old black and whites (grayscale, as my niece and nephews say!) that needed to "warm up" after it was switched on. First the sound would come on and gradually a picture would emerge. There was no remote or even buttons to press but clunky dials that had to be turned to the channel required; hence the phrase "turn the telly over "!

The notion of having your own set was laughable. TBH, I tend to agree.

Sardonicat

igCorcaigh wrote: »

That's still gathering dust in our attic!

Paddy Cow

Sardonicat wrote: »

That's right it was Sunday. Weren't you posh with your HiFi! I had to sit there in my pyjamas with a Walkman.

I got a walkman for my 11th birthday. It was the height of technology at the time and I was the first in my class to get one

Paddy Cow

Sardonicat wrote: »

Eh, no. We had one telly. Being the youngest I sat on the floor in the front room and was the remote control. I'm old enough to remember the old black and whites (grayscale, as my niece and nephews say!) that needed to "warm up" after it was switched on. First the sound would come on and gradually a picture would emerge. There was no remote or even buttons to press but clunky dials that had to be turned to the channel required; hence the phrase "turn the telly over "!

The notion of having your own set was laughable. TBH, I tend to agree.

I never knew that!

Sardonicat

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

It Is rubbish that's played on that station.

We have become our parents

Ah now, there is still a lot of excellent music out there from current acts. But NOT on that station.

And no, I haven't become my parents. My parents missed out by about 5 years being a part of the subsequent generations who used music as a cultural yardstick, identifier and means of expression. They were never part of that. Yet I had an uncle (RIP) who continued to listen to new acts, watch shows like Later with Jools and go to music festivals like Glastonbury into his 70s. I have far more in common with him than with the under 30s

The under 30s now don't relate to music the same way my generation did. In some ways for the better but also at some loss too. They don't have to because they can consume it far more easily then we could so it's cultural significance has changed.

There's plenty of good news music around, but you won't hear it on Spin.

emo72

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Top row
Paul young. Howard Jones. Genesis. Culture club. Limahl.

I'll let someone else have fun with the second row, but I know most of them. 2 dodgy ones not sure on.

Sardonicat

^^^
2nd row
Kagagoogoo, Rod Stewart, Tracy Ullman, Duran Duran
Not sure what the Kagagoogoo track was, don't think it was "Too Shy", but could be wrong
Rod Stewart - "Baby Jane"
Tracy Ullman - "They Don't Know"
Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know?"

Do I get a biscuit?

Badly Drunk Boy

Heroditas wrote: »

I knew that had happened when I listened to the radio one day and went "I have no idea who the last 4 or 5 musicians are..."

They probably aren't musicians.

Nostalgia can make you think everything was great years ago, but I remember watching Top Of The Pops and the like in the 80s in the hope of hearing even one decent song. I wouldn't be mad into mainstream music but there was an awful lot of rubbish back then. Looking at repeats of TOTP on BBC4 confirms this (for me). There was a better mix of music in the charts back then, though, but the internet has messed things up in that regard.

Sardonicat wrote: »

Eh, no. We had one telly. Being the youngest I sat on the floor in the front room and was the remote control. I'm old enough to remember the old black and whites (grayscale, as my niece and nephews say!) that needed to "warm up" after it was switched on. First the sound would come on and gradually a picture would emerge. There was no remote or even buttons to press but clunky dials that had to be turned to the channel required; hence the phrase "turn the telly over "!

The notion of having your own set was laughable. TBH, I tend to agree.

Our first 'second' telly was a 14" portable black and white telly, probably in the mid 80s . (We already had a 20" colour 'main' telly by then). It had a dial to change, and no buttons. The volume dial/knob was also the power button.

Badly Drunk Boy

Sardonicat wrote: »

That's still gathering dust in our attic!

The third row is UB40, Madness, Heaven 17 (I think), and Phil Collins.

I have it upstairs but didn't check for the purpose of this post.