Thirty years ago today.
In Croke Park, Dublin.
Joshua Tree comes to Dublin 1987 (RTE Archives)
Thanks Spaghetti Hoop
Thirty years ago today.
In Croke Park, Dublin.
Joshua Tree comes to Dublin 1987 (RTE Archives)
Thanks Spaghetti Hoop
Kevin Jenkinson tweetz:
Pupils at [Holy Child] Larkhill Boys’ National School in Dublin in awe of the Apple we won in 1987 after sending in wash powder labels with a slogan!
From Christmas 1987, an ad for Lifestyle Sports starring Constantin Gurdgiev Maurice Pratt.
Including Adidas Roms and “leisure suits”.
Happy days.
Previously: A Word From Our Sponsor
From 1987, when Rhonda Paisley (top) hosted an episode of RTÉ’s chat show Saturday Live.
Most recordings have been destroyed as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
Guests included Brendan Grace, Rhonda’s then partner Sammy Wilson, and her father a pre-cuddly Reverend Ian Paisley (bottom).
Sammy’s deathless anecdotes (15:00, 25:00 and 57:00) and Brendan impersonating the Big Man (54:30) do nothing to relieve the unremitting weirdness.
Good times.
Watch in full here.