Fancy a 10-minute spin in an old VHS?
When the jam jar was king?
Paulus writes:
This is 30 years old and was shot on a Saturday afternoon in Dublin city in late March 1991.
There have been less changes in some areas than I expected; the most noticeable being Parnell Street near today’s ILAC Centre.
Name those jammers, anyone?
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Very nice, thanks for sharing – CIE Buses in green are nice and it appears back then people actually used their indicators, well many of them did.
Me oul da had a red Carina II Liftback with the little spoiler like that one in the screengrab. A forgotten vaguely sporty-looking Toyota for men who would probably have preferred a Celica or MR2 but needed to transport kids.
bit like the later mazda 323f
Wild ride.
I counted only 2 bicycles in the entire video. Crazy.
Looks like jaywalking has been part of Dublin since the vikings.
Also indicators hadn’t been fully introduced to Ireland just yet it would seem
love the background music in it.
amazing how fast you could get through dublin city compared to now.
so many parked cars. cineworld on parnells street was a massive car park.much nice walking around nassau street, and beside stephens green with traffic restrictions.
Music is from an online copyright-free library and is by John Boyle.
Thanks Paulus. ill check it out.
For all you petrolheads:
You may be interested in this excellent Netflix docu-series – if you haven’t seen it already – Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
Three seasons of Man-Spreading entertainment.
But, it’s much more than that.
I would recommend to all – even cyclists.
Dublin in the rare old times.
Thanks Paulus, I enjoyed that. The cars were so boxy back then. Nice to be reminded of the ole Kylemore bakery opposite Trinners and Judge Roy Beans a few doors up. Nachos Grandes to die for.
That was very interesting but, to me, sad. Seeing the middle of Dublin whilst I am in lockdown in England. I was last in Ireland in December 2019 and miss it so much.
Makes me appreciate the 30km speed limit we have now.
Great watch…great memories…can’t get over the on street parking on Kildare St,Dawson St & the Green…really where differant times.
Good times.
Thanks for sharing, it’s lovely to see Dublin as it was around the time I left it. I can’t believe the mess the Corpo have made of the place now :-(
They just lost interest without you :)
Check out Drive & Listen if you fancy city road trips.