some 80's nostalgia

miss choc · 27-09-2012 05:09PM #1

anyone remember these 80's things

little salt packets in the ready salted crisps
conte colouring pastel pencils (I think you dipped them in water for a richer colour)
magic markers (where the white one always dried up first)
red/blue pens with eraser on top
multi colour click pens
tahiti cube shower gel
biarrizz blue triangle chocolates (barry manilow blue triangle ad)
The Weetabix skinheads ad in the 80's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV3E2SJ4B7U&feature=related

The Princess Bride · 27-09-2012 09:17PM

I remember the tahiti shower gel and the triangular chocolate.
It's a bit of a haze with the rest of the list though !

steveone · 27-09-2012 10:30PM

yes the weetabix skinheads, dunk and co ha ha... I had the weetabix glow in the dark poster !
is clinic shampoo still about?

Stained Class · 27-09-2012 11:41PM

Tiswaz.
Glenroe.
Inter Cert.
Queen in Slane '86.
Emigrating.
Smoking allowed everywhere.
Yellow Pack.
BMX Bikes.
No seatbelts.
Mittens.

Also. Freedom from the rules that came from being a 'rich' country.

steveone · 28-09-2012 12:04AM

needing the leaving cert to get a job!

miss choc · 28-09-2012 12:34AM

4 colour pens still around it seems http://www.bicworld.com/en/products/details/18/4-color

Magic markers
http://www.orientaltrading.com/color-changing-magic-markers-a2-56_53.fltr

more things

le clic camera - I had a lovely pink one
fergie bows
swatch watches
coloured denim
paisley shirts
perms
troll dolls
cassette walkman
spirograph, operation, guess who, simon, doodle board, perfection blockbusters

vektarman · 28-09-2012 05:34PM

Anyone remember these from the 80's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrN1sLZVik

Son Of A Vidic · 29-09-2012 07:21PM

Stained Class wrote: »

BMX Bikes.

The there was the movie BMX Bandits which cashed in on the craze big time.

steveone · 30-09-2012 12:16AM

dark blue garda cars.....

darkdubh · 30-09-2012 09:07AM

I remember the Weetabix skinheads.They also did an ad that was a pastiche of the A-Team.And they used to advertise these yellow ghetto blasters that you could send off tokens from the packet for.

chakotha · 01-10-2012 01:18PM

Orange double decker buses with windows so dirty you couldn't see out through them.

darkdubh · 02-10-2012 05:33PM

Gardai and Defence Force members with moustaches.

Lawrence1895 · 03-10-2012 12:49PM

Standing areas for away supporters at football matches and proper beer as well.

Aglomerado · 03-10-2012 02:25PM

Orange and white P&T (precursor to Telecom Eireann and Eircom.) vans, in the early 80s. God I'm old

Cars with one different coloured door (like the one in the Inbetweeners) and / or coat hanger for aerial!

gammygils · 13-10-2012 02:36AM

Aglomerado wrote: »

Orange and white P&T (precursor to Telecom Eireann and Eircom.) vans, in the early 80s. God I'm old

Cars with one different coloured door (like the one in the Inbetweeners) and / or coat hanger for aerial!

Ya. Remember them. Renault 4 in orange with white doors

I even remember their predecessers. Dark green Ford Anglias. And the bigger VW Vans. How old am I?

darkdubh · 13-10-2012 06:23AM

gammygils wrote: »

Ya. Remember them. Renault 4 in orange with white doors

I even remember their predecessers. Dark green Ford Anglias. And the bigger VW Vans. How old am I?

The Guards had the Renault 4 as well up to the late 80's.Can't imagine them catching up with speeding culprits,I imagine they must have been for transporting prisioners.

13-10-2012 09:53AM

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with string
and, er, the recession.

vektarman · 13-10-2012 06:26PM

darkdubh wrote: »

The Guards had the Renault 4 as well up to the late 80's.Can't imagine them catching up with speeding culprits,I imagine they must have been for transporting prisioners.

Very small prisoners I assume 'cos I remember four of us going from Dublin to Cork once in a Renault 4, cramped would be an understatement, nice fun car though.

IrishHomer · 13-10-2012 09:10PM

"ska" was all the rage in the 80s

Frisbees, disco headbands with bobbing balls on top

14-10-2012 09:54AM

IrishHomer wrote: »

"ska" was all the rage in the 80s

Frisbees, disco headbands with bobbing balls on top

Ah yes 'Ska'.
In the 80's I saw 'The Specials' in the Olympic Ballroom, supported by 'Dr. Feelgood', now beat that!

fatbhoy · 14-10-2012 03:49PM

Petrol vans.

BlaasForRafa · 17-10-2012 03:56PM

vektarman wrote: »

Very small prisoners I assume 'cos I remember four of us going from Dublin to Cork once in a Renault 4, cramped would be an understatement, nice fun car though.

Try a family of 7 going on a holiday to Achill Island from waterford in a blazing hot summer (we had hot summers back then) in a Renault 4, my father must have been insane. That car was like a feckin bouncy castle they way it would bounce over humps and potholes and there were certainly no seat-belts in the back of the car thats for sure.

Masala · 17-10-2012 04:12PM

.....

Chopper bikes
Dinky cars
Can of Shandy.... my first 'drink'....
Wagons Wheels....
and...

Radio Luxemburg -only late at nite cos reception was crap! Mostly sitting in teh fathers car..freezing !!!

steveone · 19-10-2012 03:08AM

driving from dublin to athlone and stopping in kinnegad to break the journey.....

Sikpupi · 19-10-2012 10:51PM

aaahhh... Harry's in Kinnegad!!

Unfortunately... I remember Kinnegad as the mother of all Traffic Jams!! TG they bye-passed it!!!

gammygils · 20-10-2012 02:04AM

Masala wrote: »

.....

Chopper bikes
Dinky cars
Can of Shandy.... my first 'drink'....
Wagons Wheels....
and...

Radio Luxemburg -only late at nite cos reception was crap! Mostly sitting in teh fathers car..freezing !!!

Radio Luxemburg. The Great 208. Rod Jones,Benny Brown etc.
Used to put it on when Pascal Mooney was on Radio 2!
Reception was ****e. But music was good

Stained Class · 21-10-2012 04:29PM

fatbhoy wrote: »

Petrol vans.

Extinct now.

AFAIK, business's can claim back the VAT on Diesel but not on Petrol.

Remember when you sold your car, you kept the Stereo & put it your new car?

Lots of cars then didn't have stereos in them, even when they were new.:eek:

steveone · 24-10-2012 09:39PM

IrishHomer wrote: »

"ska" was all the rage in the 80s

Frisbees, disco headbands with bobbing balls on top

Walking the streets with a 2 in 1 on your shoulder (not to be mistaken with the hip hop breakdancer craic...this was jeans, bob marley jumpers and adidas rom territory ha!....depending on which suburb of DNS it was ska or reggae........

miss choc · 24-10-2012 10:25PM

Remember LW Atlantic 252 radio used to love that in College

Taltos · 26-10-2012 09:46PM

Preferred Sunshine 101 & Gerry Ryan's late night chat show...

shockwave · 28-10-2012 03:40PM

Glass litre bottles of coke and Tk lemonade.

some 80's nostalgia

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