retro
# retro - Sunday 19 May, 2013
John Hinde: Nostalgic images are not just for Ireland
London and Amsterdam will see exhibition of shots from major landmarks around England and, of course, Ireland.
# retro - Friday 17 May, 2013
17 things we’d like to see revived in sport
Ridiculously long shorts and other phenomena we miss.
# retro - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Google gets us hooked on classic Atari game
Search engine ‘Easter Egg’ lets users play Atari Breakout to celebrate the game’s 37th birthday.
# retro - Friday 3 May, 2013
8 everyday items you’ll probably never see again
Does anyone have a spare floppy disc?
# retro - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Is this the coolest photography in Ireland?
Tired of the same old digital imagery, cameraman Alex Sapienza turned to 100-year-old wetplate photography to create the ultimate retro portraits.
# retro - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Thank your lucky stars you’re not in these family photos
Things could be worse this Easter weekend.
# retro - Monday 25 March, 2013
VIDEO: So, what happened the last time we met Austria?
The best thing about these two matches is, unquestionably, Toni Polster’s magnificent head of hair.
# retro - Sunday 17 March, 2013
7 amazing things you got for free as a kid
They filled you with happiness.
# retro - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Remember Sensible Soccer? Here’s how some of Ireland’s most famous goals would look
Add one part football geekdom and one part happy memories, and this is what you get.
# retro - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Retro advert alert: Clarks Magic Steps
Princess, help us…
# retro - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
9 deadly ways to disguise your iPhone
What do you mean you don’t have a cover on it?!?
# retro - Saturday 22 December, 2012
# retro - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
VIDEO: What mobile phones were like in 1989 – and 8 places to use them
According to this advert for a suitcase-sized mobile.
# retro - Sunday 3 June, 2012
In pics: The early gadgets of the housework revolution
Electric coffee dispenser in your car? Dish AND clothes washing machine? These was the early (domestic) appliances of science…
# retro - Monday 30 April, 2012
You wanted a book of John Hinde postcards? You got it.
Photographic arm of classic postcard company has made its way back out of examinership – and has produced a collectors’ book… on the suggestion of TheJournal.ie readers.
# retro - Saturday 28 April, 2012
9 fashion trends from the Nineties we’ll never forget
Mood rings, flannel shirts and combats – what ’90s trends do you love the best? We take a look at some of our favourites. Sort of.
# retro - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
44 days to Euro 2012: Panini porn
Is there a sight more satisfying than that of a completed sticker album?
# retro - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Because he’s retiring, here’s your Trevor Mortimer throwback pic of the day
The Mayo veteran, who last played in the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kerry, is hanging up his boots.
# retro - Saturday 21 April, 2012
8 trends from the 1990s we’re happy disappeared
The trends we wish time forgot, like Beanie Babies, Pogs, Pokemon and Troll Dolls…
# retro - Sunday 25 March, 2012
Fake Retro Gangster Pic of the Day
No comment.
# retro - Tuesday 20 December, 2011
VIDEO: A drive down Grafton Street, Dublin, in 1976
Reader Max McQuillan sent in this cool video of his father and a friend driving around Dublin’s city centre in the 1970s.
# retro - Friday 7 October, 2011
Learn bike safety through the medium of… rap
Irish kids had Judge from Wanderly Wagon to teach them about road safety – American kids of the 1990s had rap. White rap.
# retro - Saturday 9 July, 2011
The best of The Open: Harrington retains his title
With The Open Championship teeing off at Sandwich next Thursday, The Score starts looking back at the best video clips from past tournaments.
# retro - Monday 6 June, 2011
Scholar compares Papa Smurf to Stalin, calls Smurfs racists
A French academic is coming under fire for suggesting that that Smurfette and co are anti-semitic Nazis.
# retro - Friday 26 November, 2010
Dry your Tiny Tears: these are the top childhood toys
As the Late Late Toy Show reconvenes on RTE tonight, TheJournal.ie gets misty-eyed at the memory of Manta Force, Sindy, Mr Frosty and the Big Red Fun Bus.












































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