Late 1960s.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
A newly unearthed image by American photojournalist Harrison Forman, featuring vintage bus porn and leather-clad, possibly greasy, ‘rocker’.
Name those jammers (left to right), anyone?
Pic via University of Wisconsin
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The same buildings today with some decorative changes and upkeep:
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.339705,-6.260969,3a,50y,77.95h,91.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssIHb_Z6NKB8oEjeIdTYVJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Nice Toblerone sign to the top left! Jaysis, what I wouldn’t give to ate one of those now, even with the smaller triangles, empty spaces etc.
It actually hasn’t changed alot when you look at it. Surprising considering its such a retail hub. Credit to Dublin city council for maintaining its charm.
Cracks knuckles:
Convertible – don’t know.
VW Beetle
Ford Prefect van
Austin Cambridge(?)
Vauxhall Victor
Mini
Ford Consul Capri coupe
Austin Cambridge
Austin Princess – don’t think so though?
Opel Kadete Caravan
Ford Consul
Fair play for giving it a shot :)
I gave up after ten mins… and didn’t even make it past the VW beetle :/
“Princess” might be a Bentley Mk 5
More likely Mk VI??
Think you’re pretty much bang on there Paulus. Soft top possibly a Peugeot 404?
Honda 50 bikes.
and nary a double yellow line to be seen.
Sadly missing from this lovely photo is Geary’s toy shop.
It would be just to the left a bit beyond Ross jewellers.
A magical place, mostly full of things you’d only dream about, or so it seemed.
It never seems to feature in any photos of the time.
clearly not a rocker. he’s a mod, standing beside all the scooters.
Agree with the cars named above, maybe the Ford is a Zodiac.
There’s 4 Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford cars parked in front of the shops.
The ‘mod’ is standing next to a Mobylette moped.
In Ford’s Consul/Zodiac and the later Zypher/Zodiac range, the Zodiac was always the more upmarket fancier model. This is almost certainly the plainer Consul.
Easy to tell I have time on my hands eh.