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07:31 GMT, Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Flicking through the ads

Polski car ad ex Irish News
1 of 19
The Polski was being sold for £2,349. Made in Poland under licence from Fiat it was the cheapest new car.

Marina advert from Irish News
2 of 19
British Leyland was hitting back with strong advertising for the Morris Marina

Visionhire ad
3 of 19
In the 1970s and 1980s the television rental market remained strong

Prison officer ad ex Irish news
4 of 19
The Troubles saw an increase in recruitment for the security services

Shorts was recruiting
5 of 19
The aviation industry was on the up with Shorts recruiting staff

Dolomite Ad ex Irish News
6 of 19
Charles Hurst was selling the Triumph Dolomite in south Belfast

Co-op advert ex Sunday News
7 of 19
The Co-op Superstore on York Street was a major department store

Civil Service recruitment ad
8 of 19
The Civil Service was also recruiting in 1978

Primark ad from Sunday News
9 of 19
The Christmas jumper was not just a 1970s gift.

UTV Christmas Schedule ex News Letter
10 of 19
UTV took out a full page ad to promote its Christmas Day schedule

Tea urn
11 of 19
Eric and Ernie were lending their faces to a Tennents campaign

Northern Ireland Office ad ex Irish News
12 of 19
The Troubles were everywhere, even impacting on gift choices

Abbeycentre News Letter
13 of 19
The Abbeycentre opened its doors in Newtownabbey in 1978

Spot the ball
14 of 19
Spot the ball contests were a popular newspaper competition

UDR ad News Letter
15 of 19
Part time jobs with the UDR jostled for space with modelling schools in the back pages of papers

Leusureworld News letter
16 of 19
Leisureworld, now defunct, was an Alladin's cave for children brought through the search gates

Delorean ad ex Irish News
17 of 19
The Delorean dream car promised jobs, but was to fail

Anti Drink drive ad ex irish news
18 of 19
Christmas past and present sees campaigns to stop drink-driving

Road safety ad newlsetter
19 of 19
The cost of careless driving was never far from view

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