That Electric Ireland/ESB advert

flazio

I'm sure you've all seen that ESB ad back on the telly where a train leaves Alan Hughes at a station in the middle of nowhere. Anyone know what station that is and is it still open today?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ya2JyuZXxo

Eiretrains

Yes it's actually Rush & Lusk station.

cbl593h

A bit odd that they used Rush and Lusk as the station and the main street in Rathdrum in the same ad !!!!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Rathdrum,+Ireland&hl=en&ll=52.932293,-6.231093&spn=0.014589,0.042272&sll=51.551827,-1.839818&sspn=0.007472,0.021136&oq=rathdrum&t=m&gl=uk&hnear=Rathdrum,+County+Wicklow,+Ireland&z=15&layer=c&cbll=52.932741,-6.230922&panoid=scAedMR-pFQ9C6kLCM4K2w&cbp=12,194.68,,0,0

Can anybody work out where the bridge scene at 0:39 is ???

Eiretrains

cbl593h wrote: »

Can anybody work out where the bridge scene at 0:39 is ???

I think that's Rathdrum again, taken at the north end of the village by the bridge, pity about the Celtic Tiger eyesore there nowadays!

cbl593h

Eiretrains wrote: »

I think that's Rathdrum again, taken at the north end of the village by the bridge, pity about the Celtic Tiger eyesore there nowadays!

Indeed you are correct, with the detached house with the distinctive square pointed roof being the proof.

P_1

Is it just me or did they edit in a more modern looking cooker to the new ad?

Stonewolf

No, that's the same cooker as the original.

The real question is why, when the ad was originally made, was a state monopoly that had no competitors and was providing a service vital to modern lives advertising at all ...

yer man!

Stonewolf wrote: »

No, that's the same cooker as the original.

The real question is why, when the ad was originally made, was a state monopoly that had no competitors and was providing a service vital to modern lives advertising at all ...

Kinda like Eirgrid, they don't even have a product to sell....

P_1

Stonewolf wrote: »

No, that's the same cooker as the original.

The real question is why, when the ad was originally made, was a state monopoly that had no competitors and was providing a service vital to modern lives advertising at all ...

Right you are, top of the range cooker back in 1988 by the looks of things

corktina

great coaches onthe train too

steamengine

Stonewolf wrote: »

No, that's the same cooker as the original.

The real question is why, when the ad was originally made, was a state monopoly that had no competitors and was providing a service vital to modern lives advertising at all ...

A few appliances that would have been on sale in their shops nationwide feature in the ad. One of the handy things about purchasing an item from the ESB was, you could stick it on your bill.

Going Forward

pithater1 wrote: »

Is it just me or did they edit in a more modern looking cooker to the new ad?

There is something different in the ad, dont have it to hand at moment, is it the immersion in the old one? Great iconic ad.

dowlingm

Stonewolf wrote: »

The real question is why, when the ad was originally made, was a state monopoly that had no competitors and was providing a service vital to modern lives advertising at all ...

Handy way to give even more State money to RTE?