A trip down memory lane for anyone who grew up and/or lived in Northern Ireland in the 1980s. Featuring icons and iconic moments from TV, sport and everyday life.
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2 жыл бұрын
As someone who lived in Belfast decades later after The Troubles, seeing checkpoints in the middle of a central avenue looks as eerie and strange as looking at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. And for similar reasons. Glad that's gone! Thanks for the video too. I still miss NI 🙂
@CouncilOfWolves Жыл бұрын
This takes me right back to the good old, bad old days. It takes me back to my old stamping grounds and the perfect soundtrack of my youth. Happy days.
@edwardmulholland79126 жыл бұрын
I live in Sweden and have done for over 20 years now. This brings back memories from the ‘80’s when I was a teenager. I love Belfast to this day and always will.
@jamescrawford9883Ай бұрын
@@edwardmulholland7912 I left Belfast in 1965, never regretted it, never been back. I detest sectarian bigotry!
@edwardmulholland7912Ай бұрын
@@jamescrawford9883 I don’t regret leaving either, however I have family and friends there - my parents are buried just outside Belfast. I can’t stand the sectarian hatred, but not everyone is like that, though many are.
@jamescrawford9883Ай бұрын
@@edwardmulholland7912 I had a sister there who died two years ago. She visited over here a few times (Australia). I don’t fly. I do have two sisters here. Best wishes to you.
@edwardmulholland7912Ай бұрын
@@jamescrawford9883Best wishes to you too.
@TheWorldinaGlass8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video and captions. We remember it all very well!
@bumblebeejimmy7 жыл бұрын
Great video, brought back some super memories! Used to go shopping to Supermac with the mother, & in that same wee complex was Stanleys Newsagents, Clarks Shoes, Northern Bank & Mervyn Stewart Cars...those were the days👌
@stephensmith44804 жыл бұрын
Fantastic city, I love the place, the people are so friendly and down to earth. I am born and bred in Liverpool, my Brother was working in the shipyard in Belfast in the late eighty`s and he used to drink in the Rosetta.
@diarmuidkelly90798 жыл бұрын
When I was a proper kid,on the the way up castle street to get a black hack home with my ma I always remember asking could we stop into leisure world,that place was the dogs balls for me.
@user-nn8ve6jt2n3 ай бұрын
O the memories great video
@stevocooldude3 жыл бұрын
Great you chose songs by Stiff Little Fingers!
@NeilVanceNeilVance6 жыл бұрын
Excellent compilation ... really enjoyed it thank you.
@phillipwallace72114 ай бұрын
Great video, always remember the smell of the busses, cigarette smoke and diesel fumes, loved it because it meant I was heading somewhere.
@marty30556 жыл бұрын
Instant like, like! Great memories to a great Fingers sound track. Now sharing with those friends who emigrated to Canada, Australia, USA etc
@mikelincoln83955 жыл бұрын
'Can Keyholders please return to their premises'
@TheTaytay4455 Жыл бұрын
Caroline Music in Ann St(Now Bogart),Rocky Mungos (originally in Linenhall St then Bedford St), Good Vibes (Great Victoria St). Could spend all day in one shop and walk out with a single. Belfast City Centre was an adventure. Got the number 17 or the 16 in
@davek99016 жыл бұрын
Leisureworld... That place was magical to a kid in the 80s!
@SoEightiesItHurts6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and round the corner to Lord Hamill's.
@markgourley37455 жыл бұрын
And the Model Shop a few doors up!
@FrontWing-EndPlate4 жыл бұрын
Leisure world was like better than Disney world to me as a kid from Belfast, I remember goin into town..15p in a black taxi. Think I probably was 9-10 at the most! I spent many a Saturday afternoon in leisure world, looking and tryin out the latest games and toys that were available on display. After a few hours, security use to give me my marching orders if I wasn't buyin anything..which was every week lol. Rem winning a coca cola (super spinner) one day in leisure world, was the best thing ever..I was over the moon. The memories are all flooding back after watching this video.
@phillipwallace72114 ай бұрын
The 'Action Man' display was brilliant. I wanted to be the guy who made those displays when I grew up.
@TheHumbuckerboy4 жыл бұрын
SLF were the first band that I saw live ; the gig that I attended was in The Ulster Hall back in spring 1980. I also sang in a rock group ( who shall remain nameless ! lol) and we played in the Rosetta Bar (affectionately known as The Rosie) in the late 80s !
@TheTaytay4455 Жыл бұрын
Saw The Stiffs and Starjets in 79 and later that year with The Members. Have seen them many times since. Loved those days in Belfast. Wasn't a Rosie fan but I did play my one and only gig at The Pound in February 82. I was 15 lol
@jimsimpson10065 ай бұрын
At 5:04, those Portacabins behind the railings on the right of the screen are the D.O.E. offices where I worked in the early 1980s.
@bicyclecambelfast56805 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these memories
@love2drone656 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Very nostalgic! I remember the bus tickets you had to ding or in some cases double ding lol
@TheTaytay4455 Жыл бұрын
Everyone double dinged and if you put candle wax on your ticket you could ding all day until you were caught by the inspector
@bubba8423 ай бұрын
I still be had to sing my bus ticket in 1998 when I left school. Funnily enough on the same busses that were in this video.
@stephensmith44805 жыл бұрын
Superb. My cousin worked in Belfast. At Harland and Wolfe in the eighties and he used to drink in the Rosetta Bar. I also have visited this wonderful city,hundreds of times. I am from Liverpool and the people of Belfast are just like us. Dead straight and take no shite. I love Belfast and all its lovely people.
@Jumpmaster3372 жыл бұрын
Your cousin was probably a loyalist paramilitary then.
@stephensmith44802 жыл бұрын
@@Jumpmaster337 No he wasn`t Muppet.
@Jumpmaster3372 жыл бұрын
@@stephensmith4480 😵🥺
@stephensmith44802 жыл бұрын
@@Jumpmaster337 What`s that supposed to mean??
@Drifty40 Жыл бұрын
@@Jumpmaster337 Parasite !
@SiVlog19898 жыл бұрын
when I stayed in Belfast in August 2015 in spite of the pictures painted by the press, I felt safer, whichever area I was in, than I do in my hometown in Southeast England
@binflynn14 ай бұрын
I went the the Frankie goes to Hollywood concert brilliant great memories on here
@seanycage26102 жыл бұрын
Great video, great music
@The8thDOCTOR8 жыл бұрын
Thankfully NI is a far better place today.
@yoyoholck7 жыл бұрын
The8thDOCTOR its probably better in terms of tension and trouble but its fuckin shite lol.
@asl199996 жыл бұрын
is it fuck
@glenatkinson77327 жыл бұрын
That was fantastic...thank you
@alansmall88442 ай бұрын
Had many good times at Rosetta bar.
@davidlally592 Жыл бұрын
Mm well remember staying in the Europa (up on the Enterprise from Dublin which then went to next door Gt Victoria St station). Oh and the security hut and cordon round the Hotel.
@MatthewOkot7 жыл бұрын
I remember Supermac well. I also remember Stewarts on the Lisburn Road before it became Tesco. There was a fast food place near it called Nibblers.
@roisin2523 жыл бұрын
I had a job there as a teen!
@joemcconnell2674 Жыл бұрын
I now live in Sligo. Been living in the town since 1980 . I do remember Stewart's and also crazy prices. I think were supermac was is now forestside could be wrong though. I remember back in the 1980s visiting friends in Dunmurry we used to play in the golf course we would go into a field off the golf course with Fields and trees. I have not been in Dunmurry since the mid 1980s. I visited Dunmurry for the first time since then a few years ago. I couldn't get over the changes it is all new road systems everywhere. Part of the golf course is gone the Fields and trees we would play is now a duel carriageway onto the M1.
@DeleteTheWeak8 жыл бұрын
Micky Marleys round-about outside Woolworths
@yoyoholck7 жыл бұрын
DeleteTheWeak ats wer i bucked my cousin. member
@malachyohara Жыл бұрын
loved the video,At the edge is my favorite SLF song.hope to see them on the 19 August in Belfast,i remember they had a song called White Noise which was a bit edgy,i wonder if they could sing it now
@ashleighskillen95964 жыл бұрын
Love Belfast my home town n England now x
@anawonka4 жыл бұрын
Love Belfast and im not even from Belfast. I lived as a student for years there. And dream to go back for work again ... i had my first ever kfc there in 2007
@healey100austin Жыл бұрын
I remember supermac.
@tonyt59196 жыл бұрын
Lol, I can remember the traffic reports back then," traffic is heavy at the supermac lights", but back then the rush hour was the rush hour, today it's the rush all day,!
@user-xd9nx9gr5k Жыл бұрын
There used to be a sealink to the mainland? 🤯 That's a long journey to Holland or France!
@sevenswords87814 жыл бұрын
Wednesday nights in the Abracon 50p a pint on thursday nights.happy days
@lindalilly15442 жыл бұрын
Except when it was bombed!
@Drifty40 Жыл бұрын
Abercorn
@best3498 жыл бұрын
climbing over closed security gates to get into the Plaza & the Delta
@mumdadmark8 жыл бұрын
I also remember those strong bin men having to carry those big heavy metal bins to and from the bin lorry which was a lot harder than the current wheelie bins. I also remember newspapers being delivered to our houses by paper boys which doesn't seem to happen these days.
@gremlinuk19686 жыл бұрын
the bins back then was a lot smaller , dumb arse !!
@stephensmith44805 жыл бұрын
@@gremlinuk1968 You are the Dumb Arse. Fuckwit. The Bins in them days were heavy as fuck,because a lot more people had coal fires,so the bins were loaded up with ashes as well as the normal house trash.
@allisonmackietarotangelssy90108 ай бұрын
You forgot Sammy "Im yer man" Mackie. world cup 1982 :)
@bletheringfool5 жыл бұрын
Bel-1 rebranded to Ideas in Furniture and closed down in 2013 as they were in financial diffs.
@TheTaytay4455 Жыл бұрын
The old cinema on the Lisburn Road
@neil7583 жыл бұрын
I wish i went to see ozzy at avoniel when i was a kid!
@charliebridges35847 жыл бұрын
Och, aye, 'twere great wee times, so they were
@nman3345Ай бұрын
You sound just like Jim McDonald from Coronation Street..... So you do :)
@Jumpmaster3372 жыл бұрын
Only had nights out in the crescent and Rosetta if you were a Jaffa.
@thomasclarke2880 Жыл бұрын
That statement isn't entirely true.
@Ohh-Johnny-boy4 жыл бұрын
I’m from Portadown and my Ma brought me to leisure world once when I we were visiting my Dad around 77 or so I’m 50 now and I still remember how in awe I was tbh fcukin brill then, ps my Ma told me my Da was working in the action man department makin my Christmas presents then that’s why I only seen him a couple of times a year then 🤣😂😆😂 unreal.
@OhEidirsceoil2 жыл бұрын
Care to change that profile pic n take that filthy butchers apron off Ireland?
@stephenkirk10244 жыл бұрын
Fraser's in Cornmarket for the Spencers 20 pleat trousers for school 🤣
@robbiewright91453 жыл бұрын
🤣👍
@awall7635 Жыл бұрын
hahahha loved Spencers and Y cardigans!!! John Frazers Gresham Street loved it in there.
@4pidgey3576 жыл бұрын
Smyth's for records on Royal Ave.
@robbiewright91453 жыл бұрын
The Crescent Bar & Supermac
@daviclo6 жыл бұрын
SLF ✌️
@TheHumbuckerboy4 жыл бұрын
The first band I saw live back in 1980 in The Ulster Hall ... great memory !
@bigkieranmac9245 Жыл бұрын
Victors for a smokie then down for a go on Mickey Marleys roundabout .
@OlafProt Жыл бұрын
Cliff Burton came to Belfast!?! 3:44
@jw72487 жыл бұрын
Didnt see any check jeans herein nor quilted shell suits that went well with a wee pair of Sizzlers from Primark.
@FrontWing-EndPlate4 жыл бұрын
Sizzlers were the trainers of choice!!! I remember the 2 big baskets in primark. Grey and red, or black and red were the only 2 colours on offer. A pair for a whoppin £2.99....big doe in them days 🤣🤣🤣
@conorgreen48203 жыл бұрын
Mainland..says it all
@SteveFerson3 жыл бұрын
I dunno about everyone else but the fact that out of a 6 minute video and countless clips/comments that single word is what you pick out to focus on says a lot more to me
@New2Ukulele4 жыл бұрын
Argos catalog shopping for toys then going to the pickup centre near Belfast city centre.
@malcolmcampbell19685 жыл бұрын
Jonh Fraser in Gresham street for your wranglers😂😂😂 and who's ma didn't get there furniture in bannons in north street on the never never ???
@stephenmccoy8983 жыл бұрын
Don't think there was a John frazers in gresham Street I think you mean castle Street
@stephenmccoy8983 жыл бұрын
There was another 1 in corn Market
@samca4472Ай бұрын
Leisure world sold 10,000 baseball bats and 2 balls
@MrMarky20077 жыл бұрын
Ya don't need a pill for every ill !
@NorthBelfastGhirl8 жыл бұрын
You can easily tell a Protestant made this......Rathcoole estate and boat to the "mainland"......should have been a view from both sides, but still an enjoyable view nonetheless
@ultonian8 жыл бұрын
Actually your assumption about the religion of the poster is incorrect, but don't let that fact bother you - I hear ignorance is bliss.
@MrMarky20077 жыл бұрын
You can easily tell a compete 'fuckwit' wrote this comment !
@pearse100005 жыл бұрын
@@ultonian what other religon would call england the mainland, talk about ignorance all you want but he is spot on.
@jamesupton49964 жыл бұрын
@@pearse10000 I don't think any religion or religious denomination calls the island of Wales, Scotland and England 'the mainland' . Nor does the Bible.
@lindalilly15442 жыл бұрын
Lol you know what it's like. I can tell when a Catholic makes one... No offence of course!
@patsymillar94474 жыл бұрын
Who cares who made the video. When I was growing upvwarching the boats going down the Lough, they where going " across the water ". I used to wonder if I'd ever get to sail in one of those big boats. Eventually I did. On a foreign holiday with ulsterbus.
@OhEidirsceoil2 жыл бұрын
McGuigan is from south of the border.
@SteveFerson2 жыл бұрын
And fought for NI in the Commonwealth Games as well as having his "home* fights in Belfast so...
@OhEidirsceoil2 жыл бұрын
@@SteveFerson we all make mistakes. McGuigan included
@SteveFerson2 жыл бұрын
@@OhEidirsceoil indeed, apparently lots us make them commenting on the internet about things we aren't particularly clued up on, then follow up with a bitter response when we're called out.
@Coilin1013 жыл бұрын
Barry mcguigan isn't from the north
@SteveFerson3 жыл бұрын
He did fight for Northern Ireland in the commonwealth games and regularly fought "home" fights in Belfast though.
@Coilin1013 жыл бұрын
@@SteveFerson was his parents from the north because he's from clones in Monaghan
@SteveFerson3 жыл бұрын
@@Coilin101 His dad was also from Clones, no idea about his mum
@Coilin1013 жыл бұрын
@@SteveFerson 👍
@Alex-gn2rb2 жыл бұрын
Monaghan is one of the 9 counties of Ulster , so it is correct he is from Ulster and the North of Ireland.
@TheFlipthis1967 Жыл бұрын
SLF were middle class prods, absolutely no connection with the working class
@ultonian Жыл бұрын
I'm not really sure what their religion has to do with the price of spuds. Care to elaborate?
@thomasclarke2880 Жыл бұрын
That statement isn't entirely true.
@scampthelazycat98914 жыл бұрын
jimmy cricket and frank carson didnt keep us laughing, both were a total embarrassment to n.ireland and were switched off as soon as they appeared on tv