Old publications/ads - PRE 1970

foxinsox

So I've been reading The Evening Herald FEB 21 1967

The "Situations Vacant" made me giggle... :rolleyes:

So I felt I should share some of them...
I've typed them as they appear in the classifieds...


FEMALE CLERK (Protestant) required by large city firm, aged 16-20 years. Apply stating where educated and previous experience (if any) to BOX *****

Intelligent Boy 15-16 years to train in clothing factory ALSO girls 14-16 years with some sewing experience. Good wages and prospects. Call ****

Catholic family, London requires young mothers help. £5 weekly, fare paid. Apply *****

A young girl wanted to train for upstairs work, £3 weekly, indoor;well treated. Phone *****

AN INTELLIGENT young Country Girl for grocery and tobaccanist, South Dublin suburbs; indoor; good wages and conditions. BOX ****

AN EASY, INZRESTING POSITION available suit bank officials, widow or
BOX ****

BAKER wanted, country town, married man preferred. BOX ****

MESSENGER BOY wanted, 14 years, city firm. BOX ****

A CAPABLE GIRL fond of children, daily help kept, central heating, dish washer etc. BOX ****


I haven't the energy to type any more
and the newpaper stinks of oldness...

But also listed :

BRAY Approx: 9 acres land, free-hold, Best offer over £10,000 secures.

EAST WALL for sale, small modern house £2,500

1963 Ford Cortina £315

1961 Jaguar 3.8 Saloon automatic £395

'57 Prefect was £37 now £18

OutlawPete

foxinsox wrote: »

A young girl wanted to train for upstairs work, £3 weekly, indoor;well treated. Phone *****

Was a successful ad actually and she is still with me to this very day.

foxinsox

foxinsox wrote: »

MESSENGER BOY wanted, 14 years, city firm. BOX ****

I'm going to try get me one of these...

And I do have some messages need getting...

foxinsox

foxinsox wrote: »

So I've been reading The Evening Herald FEB 21 1967

The "Situations Vacant" made me giggle... :rolleyes:

So I felt I should share some of them...
I've typed them as they appear in the classifieds...


FEMALE CLERK (Protestant) required by large city firm, aged 16-20 years. Apply stating where educated and previous experience (if any) to BOX *****

Intelligent Boy 15-16 years to train in clothing factory ALSO girls 14-16 years with some sewing experience. Good wages and prospects. Call ****

Catholic family, London requires young mothers help. £5 weekly, fare paid. Apply *****

A young girl wanted to train for upstairs work, £3 weekly, indoor;well treated. Phone *****

AN INTELLIGENT young Country Girl for grocery and tobaccanist, South Dublin suburbs; indoor; good wages and conditions. BOX ****

AN EASY, INZRESTING POSITION available suit bank officials, widow or
BOX ****

BAKER wanted, country town, married man preferred. BOX ****

MESSENGER BOY wanted, 14 years, city firm. BOX ****

A CAPABLE GIRL fond of children, daily help kept, central heating, dish washer etc. BOX ****


I haven't the energy to type any more
and the newpaper stinks of oldness...

But also listed :

BRAY Approx: 9 acres land, free-hold, Best offer over £10,000 secures.

EAST WALL for sale, small modern house £2,500

1963 Ford Cortina £315

1961 Jaguar 3.8 Saloon automatic £395

'57 Prefect was £37 now £18

Don't know why you blanked out the phone numbers - I'm guessing that none of them will work any more.

foxinsox

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't know why you blanked out the phone numbers - I'm guessing that none of them will work any more.

they are mostly 4 or 5 digit numbers...

it wasn't a privacy issue I just was too lazy and typed asterix's...

and the paper really really stinks bad...

bonerm

foxinsox wrote: »

A CAPABLE GIRL fond of children, daily help kept, central heating, dish washer etc. BOX ****

The perfect wife-to-be.

Mike 1972

foxinsox wrote: »

and the paper really really stinks bad...

But its the evening Herald

I guess some things dont change much

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't know why you blanked out the phone numbers - I'm guessing that none of them will work any more.

It probably would be possible to work out the extra digits if one had necessary research skills and a lot of time on their hands. But then most of the advertisers are probably living somewhere else (nursing home or cemetery) now. Blanking out the box numbers (if done for privacy concerns) would be far more OTT

BRAY Approx: 9 acres land, free-hold, Best offer over £10,000 secures.

Pricey given that the going rate for 66 acres in Meath is seemingly €1

K-9

Ford Cortina's! Brings back memories.

orourkeda

Have they been filled. I need a job

Ronin247

foxinsox wrote: »

A young girl wanted to train for upstairs work, £3 weekly, indoor;well treated. Phone *****

OutlawPete wrote: »

Was a successful ad actually and she is still with me to this very day.

Give her a pay rise now ya tight git

Mike 1972

orourkeda wrote: »

Have they been filled. I need a job

Are you prepared to change your religion and have gender reassignment surgery ?

citizen_p

i used to love alll the old advertisments,

this is in a magezine i have from the 1940s
pic 1
pic 2
pic 3

as for phone numbers.....in the 1940s they were only at 2 to 3 digits.

cleremy jarkson

I was watching that documentary "Badfellas" on rte and it talked about a bank robbery in 1967 where £2500 was stolen. They said it was equivalent to 125000 euro today, I think. So £3 in 1967 is equivalent to about 150 euro now.. not as bad as it seems.

Mutz

Just emailed this to my parents! Gonna get abuse for doing it but I'd say they will appreciate it! lol

foxinsox

few more...


FREE - a lovely home offered to a retired widow as company with a widow, near church. Box ****

WANTED small farm 5/20 acres, near Dublin; £3,000 cash available.
Box ****

OIL BURNER SERVICEMAN, vacancy for energetic experienced man. Good wages and weekend us of transport for man prepared to show an active interest; preferred age limit 25 - 40 BOX ****

HONOURS GRADUATE, 24, seeks remunerative work; anything legal considered. BOX ****

TWO PENNILESS STUDENTS (girls) require part time work. Box ****

ADOPTION - Very pretty baby girl aged three months of Irish/Jamacian parentage awaiting adoption. Would a couple willing to offer a permanent home to this child please contact: Father ****** Chaplain **** Dublin 2

^

foxinsox

Mike 1972 wrote: »

But its the evening Herald

I guess some things dont change much



It probably would be possible to work out the extra digits if one had necessary research skills and a lot of time on their hands. But then most of the advertisers are probably living somewhere else (nursing home or cemetery) now. Blanking out the box numbers (if done for privacy concerns) would be far more OTT


Pricey given that the going rate for 66 acres in Meath is seemingly €1

A few of the ads are companies that still exist and are still doing ok. Some I recognise and they have ceased trading.

I just typed **** for all of them, the paper is gone yellow, stinks and is all old style fonts, it's hard to read so I took the lazy option. I wasn't really trying to protect privacy.

The only one I purposely didn't show was the adoption one.. just different times I guess, I thought that one was sad...

foxinsox

WANTED - Face-shovel, bucket and drag line bucket for 19 RB Box ****

FOUND in Pearse Street., Gent's terylene coat, end of January. Owner may have same by paying cost of advert. Box ****

LOST on Saturday, desk drawer between Infirmary Rd. and Blackrock via North Circular Road. Phone ****

WANTED - PONY for 6 year old boy (Peter), 12 h h , reasonable price. Phone ****

Donkey Oaty

foxinsox wrote: »

WANTED - PONY for 6 year old boy (Peter), 12 h h , reasonable price. Phone ****

I have a pony for sale, but I was rather hoping that it didn't go to somebody named Peter.

It was good of them to point out the name of the kid to avoid timewasters.

Merzbow

foxinsox wrote: »

WANTED - Face-shovel, bucket and drag line bucket for 19 RB Box ****

FOUND in Pearse Street., Gent's terylene coat, end of January. Owner may have same by paying cost of advert. Box ****

LOST on Saturday, desk drawer between Infirmary Rd. and Blackrock via North Circular Road. Phone ****

WANTED - PONY for 6 year old boy (Peter), 12 h h , reasonable price. Phone ****

Does the paper smell bad ?

foxinsox

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

I have a pony for sale, but I was rather hoping that it didn't go to somebody named Peter.

It was good of them to point out the name of the kid to avoid timewasters.

Yeah, especially bad for your pony that Peter is 49ish now...





BTW I hope I'm not boring people to tears with this, I just find some of the ads fascinating...

bonerm

foxinsox wrote: »

WANTED - PONY for 6 year old boy

Seems like a fair deal but I'm amazed at how brazen paedophiles were back in the day.

foxinsox

Merzbow wrote: »

Does the paper smell bad ?

Yep, it is stinky...

Which is why I'm typing it in small doses at a time

El Horseboxo

Describe to us in detail using old style font just how bad it smells. Also make the font yellow.

foxinsox

yes boss

eh, I might have been affected by the putrid foul stench of oldness because I can't seem to see an option for changing the font in here...

I could go type it all legit or even scan the smelly putrid nasty foul paper for you.

But it is now in the kitchen with the door closed so as to contain the stinky smell.

It's musty and mouldy...

Hope that description meets your requirements Sir El Horseboxo

bronte

You're definitely not boring us....these are great!

I'm someday going to thank my Dad for the pile of old newspapers he insists on hoarding.

JuliusCaesar

Where / how did you get hold of the old newspaper?

Senna

foxinsox wrote: »

yes boss

eh, I might have been affected by the putrid foul stench of oldness because I can't seem to see an option for changing the font in here...

I could go type it all legit or even scan the smelly putrid nasty foul paper for you.

But it is now in the kitchen with the door closed so as to contain the stinky smell.

It's musty and mouldy...

Hope that description meets your requirements Sir El Horseboxo

We get it, its smells bad

foxinsox

bronte wrote: »

You're definitely not boring us....these are great!

I'm someday going to thank my Dad for the pile of old newspapers he insists on hoarding.

Cheers Thanks..

Some of the articles are quite good, if I get a chance I'll type some up.

The Sound Of Music was in the cinema.

There is Irish Top 20, letters to the paper etc.. an article about Cassius Clay going to court to avoid being drafted into the army. I've only quickly read an article about JFK, something about there being "another Oswald".

foxinsox

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Where / how did you get hold of the old newspaper?

My mother was helping a friend move house and they came across it...

She gave it to me because I was born 1968, she thought I might find it interesting, which I have

It's a broadsheet like The Irish Times is now. So the Evening Herald has shrunk over the years.

Johro

foxinsox wrote: »

WANTED - Face-shovel, bucket and drag line bucket for 19 RB Box ****

FOUND in Pearse Street., Gent's terylene coat, end of January. Owner may have same by paying cost of advert. Box ****

LOST on Saturday, desk drawer between Infirmary Rd. and Blackrock via North Circular Road. Phone ****

WANTED - PONY for 6 year old boy (Peter), 12 h h , reasonable price. Phone ****

Wish I had a face-shovel... There's some very deserving people out there.

Johro

In before 'Wouldn't an ordinary shovel do?'
No. You should always pick the right tool for the job.

alwaysadub

There is an old paper from the early 80's in my mam's. I must quote some of the things in it when i get hold of it again-i was rolling round laughing reading it.

maxwell smart

Such innocence. Makes me wonder where this country went wrong.

JuliusCaesar

Just shows, we should all put todays newspaper under a floorboard or up in the attic for future generations!

Johro

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Just shows, we should all put todays newspaper under a floorboard or up in the attic for future generations!

So they'll have something to keep them warm...

foxinsox

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Just shows, we should all put todays newspaper under a floorboard or up in the attic for future generations!

I think it's a great idea, especially to try and have one of the day a new baby was born, great to show them in years to come.

Certainly shows how different things were...

I know that I have a Milton (anti-bacterial company) booklet from around 1920 I think, which tells women how to be a good wife and also tells women how to wash their bits, for their men of course :rolleyes:

I'll try finding it, because if you think the newspaper was un pc this leaflet is so bad. I remember it had myself and some friends laughing a lot at it.

I'll have to find it to give you guys a laugh.

Johro

Advertisement from November, 1875.


TO LADIES

---

BANNER'S PATENT FEMALE PILLS.-The WOMAN'S FRIEND.

Copy of Medical Certificates and Testimonials.
'Having carefully examined Mr. Banner's Female Pills with reference to their ingredients and properties, and having had satisfactory experience of their efficacy, I am of the opinion that, while perfectly safe and exempt from injurious substances, they are well calculated to be very beneficial as a household medicine in the numerous class of disorders and ailments to which the female constitution is more peculiarly liable.'
'A,McLellan, L.R.C.S.,Edinburgh and L.S.A., London; eight years House Surgeon, Southern Dispensary, Public Vaccinator, and Parish Doctor for Liverpool.'

Copy of a Certificate from a Physician and Surgeon.
'I have examined the composition and properties of Mr. Banner's Female Pills, and I am satisfied and able to certify that they are of desirable ingredients, and likely to be beneficial in many cases. There is nothing deleterious in the properties of the composition, and they may be safely used by delicate females.'

Marvellous Cure of a hopeless case, given up by four experienced Physicians and Surgeons.
Copy of the grateful Mother's Testimonial.
'My Daughter, Ellen Woods, Mab Lane, West Derby, suffered for five months, and was attended by four Physicians and Surgeons, without any benefit whatever. When we tried Banner's Patent Female Pills, the first box relieved, and the sixth box completely restored her to health, to the great happiness of her family.'

Sold in boxes at 2s. 9d, and 1s. 1 1/2d. each.

Also Available: Holloway's Ointment.
An infallible remedy for Bad Legs, Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, and Sores.
If effectually rubbed on to the Neck and Chest, as salt into meat, it cures Sore Throats, Diphteria, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and even Asthma.
Wonderfully efficacious for Glandular Swellings, Gout and Rheumatism.
Also for Skin Diseases it is unequalled, particularly if Holloway's Pills be taken to Purify the Blood.

In the same publication:

ROUND THE WORLD BY STEAM. Thomas Cook and Son, By Railway and Steamer.
Itinerary: London, Liverpool, New York, Niagara Falls, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Suez, Alexandria, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Turin, Mont Cenis, Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Calais, Dover, London.
Fares For This Round, All First Class:- 196 Pounds Sterling, Silver; 980 Dollars, Gold.

foxinsox

Article Page 12 of Evening Herald FEB 21 1967

"No uniform yet" - Clay's lawyer.

Cassius Clay's lawyer believes he can keep the world champion out of uniform for at least 18 months despite his rejected appeal against call up.

Mr. Hayden Covington, who fights the boxers legal battles, told reporters in New York; "If it goes the route - and I think it will go the route - the whole thing could take 18 months at a minimum. He cannot be drafted until we're through."

Clay's appeal against being conscripted on grounds that he is a Black Muslim minister was unanimously rejected by the Draft Appeals Board in Houston, Texas yesterday.

Mr. Covington said the next step would be a request to Lieutenant General Lewis Hershey, National Director of the Selective Service, for an appeal to the National Appeal Board in Washington.

"I expect that request to be honoured" he said. "If we get a favourable ruling there, it's all over. If not, then we'll go to the courts."

foxinsox

Johro wrote: »

Advertisement from November, 1875.


TO LADIES

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Also Available: Holloway's Ointment.
An infallible remedy for Bad Legs, Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, and Sores.
If effectually rubbed on to the Neck and Chest, as salt into meat, it cures Sore Throats, Diphteria, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and even Asthma.

lol... most excellent...


Bad breasts :eek:

I so have to find my Milton book...

Stained Class

bronte wrote: »

You're definitely not boring us....these are great!

I'm someday going to thank my Dad for the pile of old newspapers he insists on hoarding.

Look. I'm hoarding these papers cos.

1. They're a valuble information resourse.

2. You'll be starting a thread like this in 2053 & gettin a lotta thanks for it.:D

3. I'm a mean ol git.

foxinsox

Stained Class wrote: »

Look. I'm hoarding these papers cos.

1. They're a valuble information resourse.

2. You'll be starting a thread like this in 2053 & gettin a lotta thanks for it.:D

3. I'm a mean ol git.

are you bronte's Da?

OutlawPete

foxinsox wrote: »

Yeah, especially bad for your pony that Peter is 49ish now...

48 actually and I would be gentle with the Pony, as that girl who came for the "upstairs work" thought me how to be very gentle, particularly during reverse cowgirl

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

I have a pony for sale, but I was rather hoping that it didn't go to somebody named Peter..

SadieSue

I wonder if that baby was adopted.

JONJO THE MISER

SadieSue wrote: »

I wonder if that baby was adopted.

Would it not be great if some newspaper would pick up this story and tried to find out what happened to her and where she is now, where is
Alison O'Riordan when u need her:rolleyes:

bronte

Stained Class wrote: »

Well, I wasen't even born in '67 anyway.

Still, I could be the the eccentric, mentaly ill dad she always dreamed about.:D


Sorry bronte, I don't know you at all really. I'm only ranting & slobbering now.:p

Chances of himself managing to turn on a computer let alone reply to a thread: slim to nil. :pac:

scotchy

SadieSue wrote: »

I wonder if that baby was adopted.

Probably ended up being "looked after" by the nuns. It would be nice to find out that she ended up with a good family though.

foxinsox

OutlawPete wrote: »

48 actually and I would be gentle with the Pony, as that girl who came for the "upstairs work" thought me how to be very gentle, particularly during reverse cowgirl

Apologies about the age, thought the "ish" covered my maths mistakes

reverse cowgirl? Wow, that ad really did work out well for you...
and such good value for money...

foxinsox

SadieSue wrote: »

I wonder if that baby was adopted.

Of everything I read in the paper, I found that ad very sad...

But I don't think it was unusual for ads like that to appear at the time in the newspapers or parish newsletters..

I think if I had been that baby I wouldn't want (at this stage) to know that that's the way I was advertised.

I know it was different times and all...and it would be nice for us to know but still think it would be private to the adopted person.

Hopefully the baby did get a good home and is a happy grown woman now

foxinsox

I found that Milton booklet I mentioned earlier...
All is typed as it appears and eh obivously it is old and un pc.
I can't find a date on it but a bottle of Milton cost 6d., 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6 ?

Enjoy

Married Wisdom

Personal hygiene for women
-directed by a Woman Doctor for Milton Proprietary Ltd.

If you are careless about bodily cleanliness when you are single, you harm nobody but yourself. But if you neglect it after you are married, you are showing a lack of cnsideration - yes, and a lack of affection - for the person with whom you live so closely in contact. A married woman owes it to her husband to be scruplous about her person and nice in her habits. For men are sensitive creatures, and if a wife takes no thought for personal hygiene, it is quite possible for her to go on offending for years without being aware of it. Men are shy of mentioning these things. Not only that, if you get into the habit of practising simple rules of hygiene, you lay the foundations of good health, and enjoy freedom from those minor feminine complaints which often do so much to spoil married happiness.

Now you cannot realise too soon in married life that if your body is to be kept fresh and dainty at all times and seasons, washing with soap and water is not enough.

It goes on and on, but I'll just quote random bits that I think are worth typing.

Married women should always remember that the vagina slopes backwards in this way.

A married woman should take twice as much care with her personal hygiene as she did when she was single. She is now living in the closest possible physical contact with another human being, and men approve of cleanliness.

A wife who is nice about her person will keep her husband's love - while a woman who is careless, especially if she is married to a sensitive man - will often lose it.

Make sure that your husband tells your sons enough about the facts of life to be tactful and understanding to their sisters. It will make them better husbands, and save your girls much uncomfortable embarrassment.

Basically this booklet is telling you how to wash your girly bits with Milton. I'm sure it is different strength and mix from the one nowadays. So I am NOT advising women to wash their bits with Milton.

Johro

foxinsox wrote: »

Married Wisdom

Personal hygiene for women
-directed by a Woman Doctor for Milton Proprietary Ltd.

If you are careless about bodily cleanliness when you are single, you harm nobody but yourself. But if you neglect it after you are married, you are showing a lack of cnsideration - yes, and a lack of affection - for the person with whom you live so closely in contact. A married woman owes it to her husband to be scruplous about her person and nice in her habits. For men are sensitive creatures, and if a wife takes no thought for personal hygiene, it is quite possible for her to go on offending for years without being aware of it. Men are shy of mentioning these things. Not only that, if you get into the habit of practising simple rules of hygiene, you lay the foundations of good health, and enjoy freedom from those minor feminine complaints which often do so much to spoil married happiness.

We are. We really are.:D

Johro

foxinsox wrote: »

So I am NOT advising women to wash their bits with Milton.

People used to pour Dettol in the bath, and sprinkle DDT on their mattresses. Washing your bits with Milton does sound a little excessive alright:D