Lyons Tea circa 1983
Published December 27, 2011 | 
1902-1999
Lyons Tea is one of Ireland’s biggest and best-loved brands. Anyone on the island of Ireland over the last few decades knows the jingle ‘Extra quality, Extra flavour, Lyons the Quality Tea’ unless you were hiding under a rock.
Our other claim to fame is introducing Ireland to the first ever pyramid-shaped tea bag! Generations of Irish families have grown up with Lyons Tea. For them it will always be entwined with their memories of home and homecoming
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Leave a comment1989 MARATHON Chocolate Bar
Published March 25, 2011 | 
1989 Classic MARATHON Chocolate Bar commercial from the UK & Ireland.
Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of peanut nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel, enrobed in milk chocolate. Snickers has an annual global sales of $2 billion.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Snickers was formerly sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. More recently, Snickers Marathon branded energy bars have been sold in some markets.
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Posted in Chocolate | caramel, chocolate bar, classic marathon, energy bars, ireland, marathon, milk chocolate, nougat, roasted peanuts, snickers, united kingdom | Leave a comment1978 Mr Kipling Apple Pies
Published December 7, 2010 | 1978 Mr Kipling Apple Pies
Mr Kipling is a brand of cakes, pies and baked goods widely marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The trademark is owned by Premier Foods, after its acquisition of Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) in 2007.
In 1967, at a time when cakes were more often bought from local bakers, the company introduced cakes of a local baker’s standard to supermarkets. With advertising using the phrase “exceedingly good cakes”, and television commercials which originally featured the voice of actor James Hayter, the brand had become the market leader in the UK by 1976, a position it still holds over thirty years later. Varieties of single-serving and individually wrapped cakes have also been marketed.
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Posted in Food & Drink | 1970, 70's, actor james, apple pie, apple pies, baked goods, bakers, cakes, ireland, james hayter, mr kipling, premier foods, united kingdom | Leave a commentCarolans Irish Liqueur 1980
Published September 3, 2010 | Carolans Irish Liqueur advert from 1980.
Carolans Irish Cream (the registered trade mark omits the apostrophe) is a liqueur based on mead-wine (a mixture of whiskey and Irish spirits) and cream made in Clonmel, South Tipperary in Ireland. It has a declared alcohol content of 17% or 14.5% alcohol by volume (ABV). The main components are cream (nearly 40%), mead-wine, and honey.
Commonly used description.
“Deep milky brown hue. Forward, spirity, whiskey-accented lactic flavors. A rich, milky attack leads to a moderately full-bodied palate with a touch of sweetness.”
Posted in Alcohol | Alcohol, alcohol content, brown hue, carolans irish cream, flavors, honey, ireland, irish spirits, liqueur, mead wine, south tipperary, sweetness, whiskey | Leave a commentRTE Guide from 1995
Published August 23, 2010 | Irish commercial for the TV listings guide the ‘RTE Guide’ from 1995
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio [and] Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world.
RTÉ is a statutory body run by a board appointed by the Irish Government. General management of the organisation is in the hands of the Executive Board headed by the Director-General.
Radio Éireann, RTÉ’s predecessor and at the time a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, was one of 23 founding organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950.
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