I seem to remember contentious Paddington Bear discourse on the Other Site a while ago. Should Paddington have yellow boots or not. I found this pillow case which indicates both were options in the late 1970s/ early 1980s. #Paddington #PaddingtonBear #Wellies #MemoryLane

Bit of original Star Wars stationery merch from the year of the franchise’s first release, 1977.
#StarWars #MemoryLane #Envelope #LetterFromAPastMe #ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway #MayTheForceBeWithYou

My kind of stamps. A co-worker got all these comic stamps on one A4 envelope from the US, about 10 or 15 years ago. They thought I’d like the envelope and I did. Found them again yesterday after years. #WhatHaveYouDoneForMePhilately #Stamps #Comics #MemoryLane #DCcomics

You organise a double page comic spread sequentially from individual card panels of Spidey versus Doc Oc. #MemoryLane #Comics #SpiderMan #DrOctopus #Marvel #Jigsaw #ComicPanel

Obviously the current generation of movie producers and studio executives are in the same age group as me. Because they’re literally remaking or rebooting all the films which were out about 40 years ago … 👀
#MemoryLane #Comics #EagleComic #LookAndLearnMagazine #IPCmagazines #1980s #TimeBandits #GhostBusters #StarWars #Dune #Mastodaoine #MyComicsCollection

I seem to have saved a few bits and bobs from the time of the currency change-over to the Euro. A few ads, newspaper clippings, and that Irish £ to € calculator which I’m pretty sure I used only about twice. My memory is that I got Euros out of an ATM after a New Year’s party at the Project Arts Centre … and that was it. Currency transition done.
#MemoryLane #EuropeanUnion #Euro #EU #CommonCurrency #Calculator #ExchangeRate #Mastodaoine #TBT

Ooh, just dug this out. Raw comic magazine compilation selected from the first 3 issues (Read Yourself Raw, 1987). I think a mate bought it for me in my late teens as a birthday pressie (£9.99 from Forbidden Planet when it was on Dawson St. Dublin). Or I bought it in the company of a mate on a city centre comic spree. Either way, I’m glad it’s rediscovered. #MemoryLane #RawMagazine #ArtSpiegelman #GaryPanter #1980s #Comics #ComicBookArt

Mini 1950s Eagle comic facsimile: cut-out and assemble, and free with the new Eagle reboot in the 1980s. #comics #EagleComic #DanDare #UKcomics #MemoryLane

1980s Action Force’s villain Baron Ironblood seems to have a remarkable resemblance to the earlier incarnation of serial UK election candidate Lord Buckethead, and his future spin-off Count Binface. #MemoryLane #ActionFigures #ActionForce #Toys #Merchandise #Comics #UKcomics #CountBinFace #LordBucketHead #BaronIronBlood

The Bolland covers on the US-format colourised Judge Dredd comics are outstanding. I’m lucky I still have a few in the ‘archives’
#MemoryLane #JudgeDredd #Comics #2000AD #BrianBolland #EagleComics

Up in the parents’ attic this afternoon. Found some puzzles and games. #JigSaw #1980s #JudgeDredd #RPG #StarWars #ET #Puzzles #Merch #2000AD #MemoryLane

More blasts from the past up in my parents’ attic. My reading pattern aged 11 or 12. #MemoryLane #StarWars #HanSolo #IndianaJones #HardyBoys #TheHobbit #FinnMacCumhal #DickTurpin #Mastodaoine