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The Polski was being sold for £2,349. Made in Poland under licence from Fiat it was the cheapest new car.

British Leyland was hitting back with strong advertising for the Morris Marina

In the 1970s and 1980s the television rental market remained strong

The Troubles saw an increase in recruitment for the security services

The aviation industry was on the up with Shorts recruiting staff

Charles Hurst was selling the Triumph Dolomite in south Belfast

The Co-op Superstore on York Street was a major department store

The Civil Service was also recruiting in 1978

The Christmas jumper was not just a 1970s gift.

UTV took out a full page ad to promote its Christmas Day schedule

Eric and Ernie were lending their faces to a Tennents campaign

The Troubles were everywhere, even impacting on gift choices

The Abbeycentre opened its doors in Newtownabbey in 1978

Spot the ball contests were a popular newspaper competition

Part time jobs with the UDR jostled for space with modelling schools in the back pages of papers

Leisureworld, now defunct, was an Alladin's cave for children brought through the search gates

The Delorean dream car promised jobs, but was to fail

Christmas past and present sees campaigns to stop drink-driving

The cost of careless driving was never far from view

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