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Vintage lunch break.
The Junction of North Earl Street and O’Connell Street, Dublin 1in the late 1960s.
Another newly-unearthed image by American photojournalist Harrison Forman.
Name that jammer, anyone?
Pic via University of Wisconsin
Previously: Grand Jurys
Austin Cambridge?
The black car is a Ford Anglia…the model before the one with the inward-sloping rear window.
Behind that is a Triumph Herald.
is that ‘men’s style’ place on the corner where rick’s is now?
Lovely pic, but surely it’s North Earl Street and O’Connell Street ? Madigans is still there like ….
Ah. You’re right, Joseph. Thank you. Sorry all.
The Northside is a glorious mystery to you Bodge, isn’t it? :)
:(
Ah sure yer allowed one mistake a day Bodger, which is about the norm for BS where the Northside is concerned.
We must give you a guided tour someday. :)
Sounds like a plan.
big enough crowd, should be grand
Was gonna say the same thing, still a Dunnes next door to it too…
Rough approximation of the same spot: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.349798,-6.2599479,2a,25.3y,47.42h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_-lQVEB8-wsleVOYEdpLMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Look how smooth the road is, not one smooth road left in the city.
It’s the corner of Georges St. and Dame St.
That’s what I thought, but no Madigan’s on Dame Street.
Fine tarmac on that road
This series of photos is great. A real window into a long ago world.
and how slim almost everyone in the picture is.
that’s always what I notice first about these photos.
not a manky pair of runners, orange tan or leggings in sight
Or a muffin top
Or jimjams
I love these pics because they always remind me of a time when everyone made an effort when they went into town
and now you get asked by people if ” you are going somewhere special” just because you don’t want to look like a scruffy slob, like you need an excuse to get dressed
A time when women looked like women, and men looked.
Never happen today, sir, no.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/business/media/kfc-commercial-sexist.html
Shoes were a lot sexier then too – at least the ones on the left are.
Yellow/cream litter bins. Old Aer Lingus livery. Ah jayz, Joe…
I think shoes were the same on both feet…just like today?
I have a left and a right. Didn’t need no prescription.
Methinks that’s North Earl St / O’Connell St junction
Ford Prefect 100E?
Could be; could even be a Popular.
Like the Zephyr/Zodiac range there wasn’t much between them. The number of doors might help but hard to discern here. The simpler grille with just a few horizontal slats suggests an Anglia but I’m not certain.
That jammer in Dublin … it’s a Matt Talbot.
The stylish ladies on the left could be on Fifth Avenue going for lunch with Babe Paley and her friends! Love them!
Striking how filthy the buildings are. The Burton shop sign was probably white originally – and when you zoom in, you can just about make out the greyed “Earl Street” signs either side of that sign. The name of the shop two doors down is pretty much illegible too. Back of the Aer Lingus van also filthy. Assuming there was was less traffic back then than now, why was Dublin so much dirtier back then – was it the leaded petrol?
…that and the smokey coal. Dublin had more smog then than now. Facades of many buildings were black; Trinity, Four Courts, GPO etc, all are cleaner now than then.
facades of the buildings used to be black, now they’re stained with urine
Corner Dame/George’s St Dude. No ifs,no buts
Or not (enlarged it) oh dear. Either way smashing photo
I think it’s North Earl street, from O’Connell St. Madigans pub is still the same.