Dandelion market school bags

Robus

Does anyone have a photograph of the school bags that were for sale in the dandelion market in the 1980's , the ones that were yellow or green and we would write all over them with favourite bands etc, google isn't my friend on this one,

ytareh

http://www.rothco.com/product-details/rothco-canvas-jumbo-musette-bag


???

amdublin

You could also buy them in camping shops iirc??

Robus

ytareh wrote: »

http://www.rothco.com/product-details/rothco-canvas-jumbo-musette-bag


???

Yes but an old one with its graffiti

suicide_circus

Robus wrote: »

Yes but an old one with its graffiti

Those bags were around before people found it necessary to take photos of every trivial aspect of their lives and stick it on Facebook so that will be hard to find.

anncoates

You graduated straight on them when you started liking music and didn't need those cheapo football team school bags that your ma would pick up in Dunnes or Guinneys

Cunning Stunt

I remember them well - they actually banned them in our school. Too many graffiti-riddled bags for their liking..

kowloon

British 37 pattern haversacks and similar were all the rage.

Example.

Muise...

anncoates wrote: »

You graduated straight on them when you started liking music and didn't need those cheapo football team school bags that your ma would pick up in Dunnes or Guinneys

I ended up scrawling on mine before its first day at school, as a clean one was worse than a Dunnes bag. My Mam took exception to the name "My Bloody Valentine" so I knew I was getting it right.

Robus

kowloon wrote: »

British 37 pattern haversacks and similar were all the rage.

Example.

Thats the one alright, now just need the " I Love .............." & "Boomtown Rats" on it

rainbowtrout

A splash of bleach across it to give it a battered, worn, grafittied look along with the marker pen.

Muise...

rainbowtrout wrote: »

A splash of bleach across it to give it a battered, worn, grafittied look along with the marker pen.

aw yeah, and a smiley acid house /hammer and sickle/yin-yang/CND/two-tone badge.

Robus

Muise... wrote: »

aw yeah, and a smiley acid house /hammer and sickle/yin-yang/CND/two-tone badge.

Now you're talking....but where are the pictures, there must be a pic somewhere !!!

Muise...

Robus wrote: »

Now you're talking....but where are the pictures, there must be a pic somewhere !!!

Two pictures from my hungover head: the new Nordie teacher who had a bomb-scare freak at the sight of all our bags dumped in the hall when we went uptown at lunch, and the girl in the year ahead of me who had a bag with a long strap that would perch elegantly on her lovely shoulder no matter how heavy it was with books.

anncoates

Muise... wrote: »

aw yeah, and a smiley acid house /hammer and sickle/yin-yang/CND/two-tone badge.

Also
ACAB
IRA
BRITS OUT
BOB RIP

Femme_Fatale

I'd spend afternoons poring over writing the band names the way they appeared on their album covers.

Mine was blue-grey.

It was in McCarthys on the Coal Quay (pronounced "coal kay" - the Moore Street of Cork) where all that army surplus stuff was; parka jackets also.

Robus

anncoates wrote: »

Also

BOB RIP

Or "SID RIP"