my goodness, 1986 was a great year for me. I was friends with charlie haughey nephew...met the big man himself a few times that year. he loved his merc :) He gave me a £50 note to buy sweets one day when i was with his nephew but we bought ciggarettes instead :)
My mam worked in Crazy Prices... I wished I was alive back then... no TV licenses, great music, really cheap prices on food, amazing fashion... if only they had the cars we have today (and I DON'T mean the electric ones)... I'd love to get MT USA on DVD, because all my favourite artists are on it!
The number plate on the Rover looks like a D reg, which would be August '86 - July '87. Crocodile Dundee was released on 12th December 1986 in the UK (according to IMDB), and I don't see any christmas ads here so I'd say it's 1987.
yeah...............they used to have a sponge on the telly.............the tv licence sponger which was just an old dirty sponge with eyes and a 40 a day fag habit........he used to wheezzzze thru the comercial!
Gas how they offered the chance of winning a holiday when you bought a T.V licence...No one in Ireland bought a T.V licence back in the '80's! There used to be widespread panic in my gaff if a strange car pulled up at the house or a there was a sudden knock on the door!
I remember H WIlliams too. there was one in the Westside Shopping Centre in Galway.
I think they took over the first Tesco franchise here. Then I'm fairly sure that Dunnes Stores took over most of those branches when H Williams folded.
For what it's worth, i'd say Crocodile Dundee would have been released about 1987 here - it took at least 9 months for films to come out here after release in America, and a few months after the UK,, even into the 90s.
ye think they tuk over tesco nd then i think quinnsworth or tesco bought them then it defo went onto quinnsworth then crazy prices nd tesco again...its gone back and forth a lot!
I'm very sorry but I find it difficult to understand all of your post because of the "txt spk". I'm assume you mean that H. Williams was taken over by Quinnsworth, who were bought by Crazy Prices & then Tesco? Wasn't Crazy Prices was a subsidiary of Quinnsworth?
It looks like we were both wrong. H. Williams Grop collapsed around September 1987 with the major retailers taking over the 33 individual branches. Supervalu got 15. Dáil debates on this can be found on the Oireachtas website
Could this ad break have been more 80s??? The boy in the bisto ad with his spikes, his ma with her 80s hair, Crocodile Dundee, the bloke in the car with his 80s hair...
I remember H Williams! I was in one of their stores on a family holiday when I was really young (can't remember the exact location of the store, think it was in suburban Dublin).
LOOKING FOR THE OMO AD IN 1978/79 WITH ME AND MY TWIN BROTHER DOING THE AD FOR RTE1/2.THANKS
MrAlanquinn 2 months ago
you don't see those short 3-5 second ads that contain just an image of the product and a brief talkover message anymore.
supafuckinmingster 4 months ago
Bank Of Ireland "Now what can we do for you?" You can give us back our money ye robbing bolloxes.
yemieko 7 months ago 4
@yemieko That might be the funniest thing I've read in ages. accurate, but funny. Cheers. :)
sharona1981 3 months ago
@sharona1981 Its good to know it made somebody smile lol
yemieko 3 months ago
i saved up and got a basketball from the cmp tokens , remember it like it was yesterday
masonchat 1 year ago
magic!!! the rover was expensive back then... ahhhhhhhhhhh Bisto
fairhillnorrie 1 year ago
my goodness, 1986 was a great year for me. I was friends with charlie haughey nephew...met the big man himself a few times that year. he loved his merc :) He gave me a £50 note to buy sweets one day when i was with his nephew but we bought ciggarettes instead :)
jfme08 1 year ago
whats a TV licence?? Banks offering 11 and a quarter percent?? what? where? why? who? TED IM GOIN MAD !!!
fairhillnorrie 2 years ago
its hard to beleave that R.T.E. has gotten worse as the years went on, except for bill, john and eamo. other that that, shit tv.
spungie85 2 years ago
thats not a knife LOL
MattClifford32 2 years ago
1987 definitely....I moved to London in June '87 and remember seeing Crocodile Dundee there when it first came out.
lauraoc2 2 years ago
I remember seeing Crocodile Dundee in the Tralee cinema in December 1986.
bigcorkman 2 years ago
Well it does say "Now Showing at Selected Cinemas around the country" So you're probably right.
AlanMcB 2 years ago
whats a Tralee?
fairhillnorrie 2 years ago
Aaahhh... Bisto!
SChique00 2 years ago
My mam worked in Crazy Prices... I wished I was alive back then... no TV licenses, great music, really cheap prices on food, amazing fashion... if only they had the cars we have today (and I DON'T mean the electric ones)... I'd love to get MT USA on DVD, because all my favourite artists are on it!
SChique00 2 years ago
Really cheap food because no one had any money. It wasnt all fun i can tell you that. Do your research before posting comments like that.
canacourse 1 year ago
The number plate on the Rover looks like a D reg, which would be August '86 - July '87. Crocodile Dundee was released on 12th December 1986 in the UK (according to IMDB), and I don't see any christmas ads here so I'd say it's 1987.
ZilogJones 2 years ago
yeah...............they used to have a sponge on the telly.............the tv licence sponger which was just an old dirty sponge with eyes and a 40 a day fag habit........he used to wheezzzze thru the comercial!
Aiobheanne 2 years ago
Brilliant jingle for the Waterford butter ad....not!!
conolo55 2 years ago
Rinty dog food! Bet dogs loved that.
CarlowMod 2 years ago
thats not a knife....this is a knife
jglongford 2 years ago
11 per cent interest rates!
InjuryMedia 2 years ago
Gas how they offered the chance of winning a holiday when you bought a T.V licence...No one in Ireland bought a T.V licence back in the '80's! There used to be widespread panic in my gaff if a strange car pulled up at the house or a there was a sudden knock on the door!
stevoflats 3 years ago 2
Judging by the Colby's programme, I'd say it was RTE 1 circa '86.
PatGleeson123 3 years ago
I remember H WIlliams too. there was one in the Westside Shopping Centre in Galway.
I think they took over the first Tesco franchise here. Then I'm fairly sure that Dunnes Stores took over most of those branches when H Williams folded.
For what it's worth, i'd say Crocodile Dundee would have been released about 1987 here - it took at least 9 months for films to come out here after release in America, and a few months after the UK,, even into the 90s.
maryade 3 years ago
ye think they tuk over tesco nd then i think quinnsworth or tesco bought them then it defo went onto quinnsworth then crazy prices nd tesco again...its gone back and forth a lot!
herex4xu 3 years ago
I'm very sorry but I find it difficult to understand all of your post because of the "txt spk". I'm assume you mean that H. Williams was taken over by Quinnsworth, who were bought by Crazy Prices & then Tesco? Wasn't Crazy Prices was a subsidiary of Quinnsworth?
It looks like we were both wrong. H. Williams Grop collapsed around September 1987 with the major retailers taking over the 33 individual branches. Supervalu got 15. Dáil debates on this can be found on the Oireachtas website
maryade 3 years ago
My God that car has a centre console!!! Wow
troybadoo 3 years ago 2
Could this ad break have been more 80s??? The boy in the bisto ad with his spikes, his ma with her 80s hair, Crocodile Dundee, the bloke in the car with his 80s hair...
spacetweek 3 years ago
For what it's worth, I can just about see what looks like a UK "C" registration on that Rover ad, which was current in 1986.
EuroAlien 3 years ago
h williams there was on of them in tallaght village
kilmorebhoy 3 years ago
thats 1986!! thats when crocodile dundee was released.
daveyddunne 3 years ago 2
are you absolutely sure it was released in Ireland in 1986?
3castle 3 years ago
I remember H Williams! I was in one of their stores on a family holiday when I was really young (can't remember the exact location of the store, think it was in suburban Dublin).
Like the card adverts at the end of the break.
col2006ie 3 years ago