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The 70's and 80's in Ireland

Kermit.de.frog

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.

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branie2

We had that set of books in a red cover

[Deleted User]

We had the 1979 set: mixture of dark brown and black. I’d get up early and spend hours reading them. Huge influence on my knowledge. They’re still on my old bedroom in my parents’ house.

Grueller

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I can't remember much about the day of my dad's funeral in 1985, apart from going home and playing this game with my cousin for hours on end

http://www.crashonline.org.uk/13/finders.htm

Finders Keepers, Mastertronic, on Spectrum

It beat going downstairs and listening to the wailing and moaning downstairs from people who wouldn't give him the time of day when he was alive.

This post really makes me appreciate having my parents always around. That sounds tough hotblack.

[Deleted User]

Grandeeod wrote: »

All together now! Opening and closing credits!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zjoN6-ddQ

Which then led on to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRQtV6tNOEE

Hotblack Desiato

Grueller wrote: »

That sounds tough hotblack.

Long time ago now. But thanks.

Paddy Cow

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Which then led on to this:

I just watched that. Thanks. It's absolutely brilliant :pac:

branie2

The Dirty Harry films started in the 70s.

cml387

Relevant from another thread I got these statistics:

628 people were killed on Irish roads in 1978.
There were 128 road deaths in 2017.

Mongfinder General

cml387 wrote: »

Relevant from another thread I got these statistics:

628 people were killed on Irish roads in 1978.
There were 128 road deaths in 2017.

It makes me wonder hue many of those were hit and runs. A death sentence on one hand and a life sentence of guilt for those who never confesssed.

[Deleted User]

cml387 wrote: »

Relevant from another thread I got these statistics:

628 people were killed on Irish roads in 1978.
There were 128 road deaths in 2017.

It was 640 in 1972, the year I was born.

Some contributors:

Drink-driving
Less robust cars
"Seat belts are for sissys" mentality

Heroditas

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

It was 640 in 1972, the year I was born.

Some contributors:

Drink-driving
Less robust cars
"Seat belts are for sissys" mentality

Crap roads too.

Sardonicat

Rust buckets carrying 10 people

Franz Von Peppercorn

cml387 wrote: »

Relevant from another thread I got these statistics:

628 people were killed on Irish roads in 1978.
There were 128 road deaths in 2017.

Per capita that’s an even better reduction.

mikemac2

Kids getting electrocuted on ESB pylons
Dogs killing sheep at nightand and returning in the morning. Do you know where your dog was last night??

There were lots, the old public safety videos didn’t hold back the shock value!

“Where’s Grandad” in the water safety video. He fell in the river and a 3 year old drowned too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWHrjCG1LQ

Badly Drunk Boy

Sardonicat wrote: »

Don't forget your lashings of ginger ale!

The ginger beer wasn't in the Enid Blyton books, just the Comic Strips 'Five Go Mad in Dorset' spoof. I'm having my first alcohol-free Christmas since the 80s (probably), so I bought a few bottles of ginger drink (which has a nice kick!).

cml387 wrote: »

Relevant from another thread I got these statistics:

628 people were killed on Irish roads in 1978.
There were 128 road deaths in 2017.

As has been said, worse roads back then, but also a lot fewer cars compared to now.

Paddy Cow

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

It was 640 in 1972, the year I was born.

Some contributors:

Drink-driving
Less robust cars
"Seat belts are for sissys" mentality

Over crowding was a big issue as well. I remember Mum would pile seven kids into the car in the 80's - two in the front and five in the back! Not a seat belt or child booster in sight.

FanadMan

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Over crowding was a big issue as well. I remember Mum would pile seven kids into the car in the 80's - two in the front and five in the back! Not a seat belt or child booster in sight.

We had the same but sometimes a couple in the boot as well

jester77

FanadMan wrote: »

We had the same but sometimes a couple in the boot as well

Brings back memories, I remember my friends mom used to regularly bring our whole football team to games in her hatchback.

Buford T. Justice XIX

My Aunt had 9 kids, 1 in the front, 6 in the back and 2 in the boot:D

Rubberlegs

I remember never wearing seat belts in the back of the car and once my toddler sister wound up headfirst in the footwell going around a hairpin bend, and we all thought it was hilarious. Shocking looking back on it:(
I can remember going to the dump with my friend and her Dad and sitting in the empty trailer on the way home.
Building mazes and houses with the haybales in the fields, great fun

ABlur

BBC are doing their Back in Time for Christmas series on the 70's, 80's and 90's today and tomorrow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq9xj

Paddy Cow

Rubberlegs wrote: »

I remember never wearing seat belts in the back of the car and once my toddler sister wound up headfirst in the footwell going around a hairpin bend, and we all thought it was hilarious. Shocking looking back on it:(
I can remember going to the dump with my friend and her Dad and sitting in the empty trailer on the way home.
Building mazes and houses with the haybales in the fields, great fun

The attitude to car safety was shocking back them. I remember my Mum taking me and my two siblings to town. We were about 8, 6 and 3. No seat belts. I don't know what happened but my Mum slammed on the brakes and my 3 year old sister was standing in between the two seats and nearly went flying throw the windscreen. The only thing that saved her was my mother's hand knocking her back, which left an indent from her engagement ring on my sister's forehead. The moral of the story back then? Sit down or you'll get hurt! :eek:

Grayson

Just randomly came across these xmas adverts from the 80's

igCorcaigh

Paddy Cow wrote: »

The attitude to car safety was shocking back them. I remember my Mum taking me and my two siblings to town. We were about 8, 6 and 3. No seat belts. I don't know what happened but my Mum slammed on the brakes and my 3 year old sister was standing in between the two seats and nearly went flying throw the windscreen. The only thing that saved her was my mother's hand knocking her back, which left an indent from her engagement ring on my sister's forehead. The moral of the story back then? Sit down or you'll get hurt! :eek:

Hahaha yeah. No one wore seat belts. I was mocked for wearing it.

mikemac2

The seatbelt attitude didn’t change until the 90’s

Seeing people furiously trying to belt up when they saw a checkpoint was normal

Once I put on a seatbelt in the back seat and was just about called a weirdo.

Filmer Paradise

mikemac2 wrote: »

The seatbelt attitude didn’t change until the 90’s

Seeing people furiously trying to belt up when they saw a checkpoint was normal

Once I put on a seatbelt in the back seat and was just about called a weirdo.

Yup, I remember it well. Slinging on the belt quickly as you approached a checkpoint.

I bought a Ford Capri back then & the B-pillar (where the seatbelt was positioned) was much further back in them.

Seatbelt fumblings at checkpoints in that car would have me in danger of running over Guards.:eek:

Got into the habit of wearing one ever since.

Bobtheman

That **** Pat Kenny still around since then.
At least our taoiseach didn't virtue signal like Leo. Leo has no intention of doing anything serious to deal with homeless kids otherwise there would be no tax cuts but hey he feels your pain.
At least Charlie and Garret avoided that bull ****

JupiterKid

Loved this as a small child, as did my big sisters and our dear late Dad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ9yAV8uQ7g

Of course the Oireachtas could be considered our version of The Muppet Show...;)

Wibbs

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

I bought a Ford Capri back then & the B-pillar (where the seatbelt was positioned) was much further back in them.

Ahh the car I learned to drive on. An electric shaver had more power and the brakes were scary compared to modern cars, but I loved that yoke.

Fantastic driving position.

They did look fast though. Since then I kinda feel out of place in anything but a two door coupe.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Of course the Oireachtas could be considered our version of The Muppet Show...;)

A lot thinner on laughs though.

The Crowman

mikemac2 wrote: »

Kids getting electrocuted on ESB pylons
Dogs killing sheep at nightand and returning in the morning. Do you know where your dog was last night??

There were lots, the old public safety videos didn’t hold back the shock value!

“Where’s Grandad” in the water safety video. He fell in the river and a 3 year old drowned too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWHrjCG1LQ

The grandad segment is unintentionally hilarious though. We used to be laughing our arses off at it.