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Christmas Retro

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  • #102
    Day Lewin
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    I definitely still have austerity decorations made from the nylon ball out of deodorant bottles, wrapped in the foil from Ferrero Rocher; or painted. Ah, happy times.


  • #103
    freshpopcorn
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    We found this recently and it's a bit battered. It's from Christmas 2000!
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  • #104
    Jude13
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    This may be my second favourite thread after the Christmas eve traditions thread. The smell of old cheap decoration and all.

    2000 to me was 5 years ago...


  • #105
    Posy
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    I'm the same... even if someone mentions the nineties, I think they're talking about 10 years ago or so! :D


  • #106
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    2000 to me was 5 years ago...
    Posy wrote: »
    I'm the same... even if someone mentions the nineties, I think they're talking about 10 years ago or so! :D

    Same here.

    Think we are showing our age guys!!


  • #107
    DvB
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    Definitely. I turned 21 in the early 90's & I still think of it as just a few years ago...
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #108
    iguana
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    Posy wrote: »
    I'm the same... even if someone mentions the nineties, I think they're talking about 10 years ago or so! :D

    And what's this about 90s fashions being back? I was not aware that they had gone away. As for period tv set in the 1990s?:eek:


  • #109
    Posy
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    'The Fugitive' with Harrison Ford is on Netflix is under Classic Movies. :confused::o :eek:


  • #110
    chuckles30
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    Lads stop - I only graduated a few years ago......ok it was 97 which is over 20 years ago.....so I think we are all the same


  • #111
    DvB
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    A sign we're all young at heart if not in the flesh, Christmas will do that to you :)
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #112
    TRS30
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    chuckles30 wrote: »
    Lads stop - I only graduated a few years ago......ok it was 97 which is over 20 years ago.....so I think we are all the same

    25 year 6th year reunion is this year :eek:

    I take consolation that most people don't believe me when I tell them!

    You're right DvB, it must the secret Christmas fountain of youth.


  • #113
    Caranica
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    chuckles30 wrote: »
    Lads stop - I only graduated a few years ago......ok it was 97 which is over 20 years ago.....so I think we are all the same

    Same as, but I was a child prodigy :)


  • #114
    [Deleted User]
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    Can’t have a Christmas retro thread without Switzers :D

    Switzers-santa-badges-little-museum-of-dublin.jpg


  • #115
    Jude13
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    ^^Someone should get them made. I don't remember switzers but my folks tell me they would bring me there to see the window decorations. I'm not that young, I just have a shocking memory, too many bangs to the head


  • #116
    DvB
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    I still remember myself & my 2 younger sisters being brought to see santa at switzers & being panic stricken when we were told it was closing because we thought we wouldn't be able to see santa anymore. IIRC Arnotts filled the gap for the remaining few years we were brought on our day out to see santa. Still remember queing outside & looking at the window displays too... that would be 40ish years ago now... wow!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #117
    Posy
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    I remember being brought into town to see Switzer's windows as a child. I only have vague memories of it, but I do remember that it was magical! :D

    The Brown Thomas shop still says 'Switzer and Co' above the Wicklow Street entrance. :)


  • #118
    otnomart
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    Never knew Switzers, it had closed down before I moved to Dublin.
    But I do remember Clerys, and the Roches Stores in Henry Street which was then taken over by Debenhams.
    I used to love Easons and Waterstones at Christmas time, too.


  • #119
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    DvB wrote: »
    Still remember queing outside & looking at the window displays too... that would be 40ish years ago now... wow!

    Just go away will ya! :(

    :P


    I remember wearing one of those badges - searched online for Switzers and Christmas- apparently they're in the "Little Museum" which is on Stephens Green which I've been dying to see for ages but obviously not dying enough in that i haven't got myself there yet- one day. :)


  • #120
    [Deleted User]
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    otnomart wrote: »
    But I do remember Clerys, and the Roches Stores in Henry Street

    You have official membership of "The Retro Club" so- ;)


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  • #121
    Posy
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    otnomart wrote: »
    But I do remember Clerys, and the Roches Stores in Henry Street which was then taken over by Debenhams.
    I still miss Roches Stores. :(
    (and I miss A Wear too!)
    Deleted User wrote: »
    I remember wearing one of those badges - searched online for Switzers and Christmas- apparently they're in the "Little Museum" which is on Stephens Green which I've been dying to see for ages but obviously not dying enough in that i haven't got myself there yet- one day. :)
    I never even heard of the 'Little Musuem'. Must check it out. :)

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  • #122
    Caranica
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    Posy wrote: »
    I still miss Roches Stores. :(
    (and I miss A Wear too!)

    I never even heard of the 'Little Musuem'. Must check it out. :)

    The restaurant there, Hatch and Sons, is fab!


  • #123
    Posy
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    Oh that's definitely sold it to me now! :D


    Christmas shopping on Henry Street, 1970:

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  • #124
    otnomart
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    Posy wrote: »
    Oh that's definitely sold it to me now! :D


    Christmas shopping on Henry Street, 1970:


    Lovely photo, thank you !

    Different times indeed, as I can spot cars !

    And it would be unthinkable now, with the trend for pedestrianised shopping areas.


  • #125
    DvB
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just go away will ya! :(


    Now now, less of that in the crimbo forum, we're all nice & friendly in here :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #126
    CheerLouth
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    Posy wrote: »
    (and I miss A Wear too!)

    Me too - always found something to wear in it!

    I don't remember Switzers though at all - I feel like I've missed out!


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  • #127
    Caranica
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    CheerLouth wrote: »
    Me too - always found something to wear in it!

    I don't remember Switzers though at all - I feel like I've missed out!

    Switzers, Cashs, Moons and Todds... Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick (or Limerick and Galway?)


  • #128
    TRS30
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    otnomart wrote: »
    Lovely photo, thank you !

    Different times indeed, as I can spot cars !

    And it would be unthinkable now, with the trend for pedestrianised shopping areas.

    Before you had huge shopping centres in the suburbs, you had to go to town do any serious shopping.


  • #129
    otnomart
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    So true.


    Speaking of shopping centres, I just remembered: someone told me that at some point Blanchardstown Shopping Centre was (one of) the largest in Europe.


  • #130
    [Deleted User]
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    Posy wrote: »
    Oh that's definitely sold it to me now! :D


    Christmas shopping on Henry Street, 1970:

    B4LWJ0yIEAA6pEU.jpg:large

    I miss Woolworths- they closed in the early 80's - their picknmix sweets were super, and great selection of toys upstairs- there was no "Smyths" back then.


  • #131
    Posy
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    I remember working in Northern Ireland for a few months, and I LOVED Woolworths!!


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  • #132
    Loughc
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    Trust me it is well worth a look. ALL of the memories.

    :drool:

    https://twitter.com/oldukcatalogues/status/1163104507481530369?s=21


  • #133
    Posy
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    Oh, I love it! There was a link somewhere (I forget was it here, or the Retro forum) to an Argos cataloge from the 1980's and it was class. :D


  • #134
    Loughc
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    I vividly remember the real ghostbusters sock selection box. The slimer jellies. They would literally stick to the wall :D


  • #135
    otnomart
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    1980s Christmas Advert Compilations
    The Cadbury Daily Milk is so cute !
    https://themincepie.co.uk/2019/09/06/1980s-christmas-adverts-compilations/


  • #136
    DvB
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    otnomart wrote: »
    1980s Christmas Advert Compilations
    The Cadbury Daily Milk is so cute !
    https://themincepie.co.uk/2019/09/06/1980s-christmas-adverts-compilations/

    Omg, thank you so much, I get such a buzz seeing the old adverts from when I was just a kid, brilliant.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #137
    TRS30
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    otnomart wrote: »
    1980s Christmas Advert Compilations
    The Cadbury Daily Milk is so cute !
    https://themincepie.co.uk/2019/09/06/1980s-christmas-adverts-compilations/

    Remember that Old Spice ad. My Dad use to have a bottle in the bathroom and I remember trying some when I was about 10 after seeing the ad on TV (thought it smelt terrible haha).


  • #138
    Graces7
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    My first Christmas in Ireland.. I had been on a North Sea island nine years with little Christmas fuss as Hogmanay was THE festival.

    Driving down the dark, dark mountain in the rain for Midnight Mass... Lighting the candles in the lanterns.. The Church filled to capacity. The lovely Crib... at home my tree.. first occasions always so poignant


  • #139
    otnomart
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    How House Beautiful Christmas Decor Changed Through the Years

    https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g28862710/house-beautiful-vintage-christmas-decor/?slide=1


  • #140
    TRS30
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    otnomart wrote: »
    How House Beautiful Christmas Decor Changed Through the Years

    https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g28862710/house-beautiful-vintage-christmas-decor/?slide=1

    Great find, some 'interesting' pictures in there!


  • #141
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Love it!


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  • #142
    otnomart
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    The People's Friend 150 Years Christmas Cookery

    Fish and custard, or vegetable and yoghurt soup, anyone ?

    christmas_cookery_cover.jpg


  • #143
    TRS30
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    otnomart wrote: »
    The People's Friend 150 Years Christmas Cookery

    Fish and custard, or vegetable and yoghurt soup, anyone ?

    Sounds like half the mains and half desert together!


  • #144
    CheerLouth
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    otnomart wrote: »
    The People's Friend 150 Years Christmas Cookery

    Fish and custard, or vegetable and yoghurt soup, anyone ?

    So that is where Doctor Who got the Fish Fingers & Custard idea! :pac:


  • #145
    DvB
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Sounds like half the mains and half desert together!

    Or Rachel's dessert in Friends for thanksgiving... trifle with layers of Minced beef, peas & gravy... :D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #146
    Loughc
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    https://www.facebook.com/124486407702808/posts/1426580300826739?vh=e&d=n&sfns=mo

    Great vid so many memories :)


  • #147
    SarahLil
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    Loughc wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/124486407702808/posts/1426580300826739?vh=e&d=n&sfns=mo

    Great vid so many memories :)

    After watching this I think I may have asked Santa for a type writer back in the day what was I thinking I’ll have to ask my mam if I got it or not I can’t remember for the life of me


  • #148
    TRS30
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    Loughc wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/124486407702808/posts/1426580300826739?vh=e&d=n&sfns=mo

    Great vid so many memories :)

    My folks still have (and put on their tree) those ornaments at the very start :D


  • #149
    DvB
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    My little sister got that treehouse family set one year, had completely forgotten it until seeing that video... brilliant!!!
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #150
    pigtail33
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    My folks still have (and put on their tree) those ornaments at the very start :D

    Us too! They also have a special version, with streamers coming out the ends. They have to get packed into their own special box ever year, so that they don't get damaged. It wouldn't be Christmas without them!


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  • #151
    Jude13
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    My folks still have (and put on their tree) those ornaments at the very start :D

    Ditto, I loved those foil coin type ones as kid, and my kids love them on my folks tree.


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