The 70's and 80's in Ireland

Ipso

Going for Gold with Henry Kelly, if you were lucky enough to get a day off school.

Thelonious Monk

I remember being on a plane in the 80s where people could smoke. We also didn't have a telephone in our first house, and I think we left there in 1987. There were loads of bees, we used to catch them in jars, way more than we have now. And no fat people.

Esel

Re fat people, my father had a saying:

You see plenty of fat men, and plenty of old men, but you don't see plenty of fat old men.

riclad

The 80.s was great. No global warming. No one staring at phones. No one Getting bullied on social media
Great music. Mtv. Lots of record stores and bookshops
Society was more equal. If you had a job you could buy a y buy a house. Rents were low. Pirate radio stations
Played pop music before 2fm. We had cable tv
Put up an aerial watch BBC and itv. The Internet was not invented yet. you don.t miss what u do.nt have
Are young people better off now paying high rent
Trying to save for a deposit. It takes 2people now to buy a house

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

riclad wrote: »

The 80.s was great. No global warming.

You mean you hadn't heard of it yet.

rn

A lot of people died "suddenly" in the 80's...

fryup

esp up north

Dr. Bre

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What was it like in the 1980's in Ireland?

I have seen pictures, video and my god it looked like a depressing place. :eek:

Grey, delapidated, hopeless.

What was it like? How did you get by without internets, wheelie bins, toilets...?

Would you go back if you could??

*Might as well throw in the 70's too for people of that vintage.

I hear the muffs was hairy

Buford T. Justice XIX

TV in 1980.
https://twitter.com/RTEArchives/status/1255885584637321216?s=19

circadian

Grew up in the Bogside in the 80's. Was colourful, but not in the literal sense.

1/10 would not go back. Except for maybe a knockout tournament with jumpers in the middle of the road.

Atlantic Dawn

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

TV in 1980.

Garda Patrol and The Rockford Files, that was an evening sorted.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Garda Patrol and The Rockford Files, that was an evening sorted.

And finishing up with Mart and Market presented by Baldylocks, as we knew him better as.

Edgware

circadian wrote: »

Grew up in the Bogside in the 80's. Was colourful, but not in the literal sense.

1/10 would not go back. Except for maybe a knockout tournament with jumpers in the middle of the road.

Small boys playing in the park, jumpers for goalposts, football innit'

Goldfinch8

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

And finishing up with Mart and Market presented by Baldylocks, as we knew him better as.

We knew him as Cowjack!

Hangdogroad

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

TV in 1980.
https://twitter.com/RTEArchives/status/1255885584637321216?s=19

Loved To The Waters And The Wild. The Hulk traumatised me as a child,.The bit where his eyes changed would make me run out of the room in fear

branie2

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Loved To The Waters And The Wild. The Hulk traumatised me as a child,.The bit where his eyes changed would make me run out of the room in fear

The Incredible Hulk was a childhood favourite of mine

Hotblack Desiato

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

TV in 1980.

Jesus. They repeated Garda Patrol!

RTE2 only started at 7pm and was only on until 11:20

Some awful dire stuff there.

Landmark - half an hour talking about sh!te, literally!

NewbridgeIR

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

TV in 1980.

The Francis Durbridge Mysteries are superb - serious plot twists. Bought both R4 DVD sets.

Buford T. Justice XIX

'To the waters and the Wild' with Gerret Van Gelderen was a great programme.

And the ratings list on the side of the RTE2 programmes in the link was interesting as well.

branie2

The family album was my introduction to the bikini

fryup

branie2 wrote: »

Family Album catalogues pre-Internet

branie2 wrote: »

The swimwear and lingerie sections of the Family Album catalogue were the closest we ever got to Playboy magazine

branie2 wrote: »

Family Album was my introduction to the bikini.

you got some mileage out of that Family Album :P the pages must be glued together,

PS - how's your eyesight?

igCorcaigh

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

'To the waters and the Wild' with Gerret Van Gelderen was a great programme.

And the ratings list on the side of the RTE2 programmes in the link was interesting as well.

Fantastic. I still remember the puffins.

RTE done some amazing low budget stuff in the day.

Hands, for example.

Even Bosco, with the Magic Door.

Inexpensive, but great stuff. To my child's mind anyway.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

and wanderley wagon

igCorcaigh

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^

and wanderley wagon

Yes!

Was so disappointed when I finally saw British TV.

Blue Peter. Pfff.

And Paddington Bear??

Give me a break!

RobertKK

The 1985 thunderstorms, I think 3 people died in them.

jmreire

Halls Pictorial Weekly (unless previously posted ) with the Minister of Hardship and Misery....

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

The 1985 thunderstorms, I think 3 people died in them.

Oh, Christ. I remember one particularly bad one in May 1985. I was pregnant with twins and lost one. My mother blamed a particularly bad thunder storm, even though it was nearly two months later that I realised that something was wrong!

branie2

fryup wrote: »

you got some mileage out of that Family Album :P the pages must be glued together,

PS - how's your eyesight?

fine, thanks

branie2

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^

and wanderley wagon

Don't forget Fortycoats & Co

Edgware

branie2 wrote: »

Don't forget Fortycoats & Co

Or Mister Crow