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!

RevBlueJeans

I remember this question came up in a pub quiz in the med's sometime in the eighties but forget the answer. Was it Jimmy Foley's the undertakers?


O'Donnells in Mounthawk were showing some amazing video footage of the town circa 1983 this evening. It seems the chef's brother took the video. The are showing 4 x 30min clips in a continuous loop.

RevBJ

RevBlueJeans

Was it O'Keefe's Furniture? The number now is 066 7121001 which looks like it was once tralee 1

kingdumb

Spot on !

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

Was it O'Keefe's Furniture? The number now is 066 7121001 which looks like it was once tralee 1

ongarboy

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

I remember this question came up in a pub quiz in the med's sometime in the eighties but forget the answer. Was it Jimmy Foley's the undertakers?


O'Donnells in Mounthawk were showing some amazing video footage of the town circa 1983 this evening. It seems the chef's brother took the video. The are showing 4 x 30min clips in a continuous loop.

RevBJ

I would have loved to watch those clips. I wonder if he'd consider uploading them to Youtube. I know someone uploaded a clip of driving through Dublin City Centre in 1976 and it has become a big Youtube hit. Any significant scenes or events captured?

1983 is possibly the first year I can clearly recall incidents from. I remember that year (as I was in 3rd class) watching from my school window (in Holy Family school) a big JCB or crane with one of those big demolishing balls knock down the old Georgian Garda Barracks in High Street. Since replaced with the newer red brick station. I remember Woolworths where Penneys is now shutting down around that time too - the pick'n'mix was a kid's fantasy!

carchaeologist

I'd love to see those clips too, for vehicular reasons!

Kerrydude1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSIw0Lsx9ec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfyuT56MnGI

RevBlueJeans

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

O'Donnells in Mounthawk were showing some amazing video footage of the town circa 1983 this evening. It seems the chef's brother took the video. The are showing 4 x 30min clips in a continuous loop.

RevBJ

I heard that if you bring up a memory stick gary will transfer it for you.

RevBlueJeans

I notice in the wetlands centre that Tralee's second river is called something like the River Gyle! I grew up playing in and on the banks of the Big River (Amhain Beag) and I never heard of the River Gyle. Is this a Dingle-Dangean thing?

We played football in Crean's Field (where Na gael is now, but Creans Land extended from the dog track to the novitiate). Speaking of the novitiate Hurricane Charlie II washed away the bridge on the novitiate lane in August 86.

I remember when they built "the culvert" to divert the Big River from under the Mall down Denny St, across Pierce Park and across in front of the Brandon in the early to mid 70's. This was better than the graveyard across from Mulchinocks shop.

I remember contemplating "mooching" (Tralee version of mitching) when the favoured route was up the lane along the Big River behind the dog track.

On one occasion we launched a exploration trip to find the source of the Big River and ended up drenched wet somewhere up in Laharn.

Can we have a campaign to restore the Big River to its rightful place?

RevBJ

Sardonicat

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

I notice in the wetlands centre that Tralee's second river is called something like the Glyda! I grew up playing in and on the banks of the Big River (Amhain Beag) and I never heard of the Glyda. Is this a Dingle-Dangean thing?
RevBJ

Surely Amhain Beag means Little River, no?

RevBlueJeans

Sardonicat wrote: »

Surely Amhain Beag means Little River, no?

Yes Amhain Beag means little river but to english ears it sounded like owen beg or Beg River which morphed into Big River!

Sardonicat

Ah, was wondering about that! When I first moved to Tralee back in 1980

There's something very typically and satisfyingly Tralee about a little river being know as the Big River.:D

RevBlueJeans

Yes its a little river but when in spate it can be big and very dangerous!

The wet lands centre calls it the River Gyle !

kingdumb

As far as I was aware the Gyle is the official name alright, you will find it on official maps.

But the beg/big link that is very interesting !

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

Yes Amhain Beag means little river but to english ears it sounded like owen beg or Beg River which morphed into Big River!

kingdumb

Some great colourised photos taken in Kerry in the 1930's

http://digitalcollections.ucsc.edu/cdm/search/collection/p265101coll30/searchterm/kerry/

RevBlueJeans

Marvellous! I wonder who the striking workers behind the chimney sweeps were? I would guess they were in front of Revingtons looking across the mall to Twomeys bar.

I havent been able to find the River Gyle on any of the old ordinance maps but will keep looking!

Its the big river on all the ordinance maps from the mid 1800's to the present day.