1986 ON MEMORY RADIO BOYLE

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Welcome back , it's great  to have you here for another Memory Radio Blog,our featured year is 1986

 FILM 1986

Remember Crocodile Dundee 

                                            Inspired by the true life exploits of Rodney Ansell

 

REMEMBER SLANE CASTLE 1986

Queen headlined the 1986 concert at Slane and here is the Set List (Songs in the order they were played). This list was used by the band and all the crew for everything from  sound mixing  to lighting and Security.

Maybe you were there,here's how it went

One Vision
Tie Your Mother Down
In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
Seven Seas of Rhye
Vocal improvisation
Tear It Up
A Kind of Magic
Under Pressure
(Queen & David Bowie cover)  

 Another One Bites the Dust
Who Wants to Live Forever
I Want to Break Free
Impromptu
Gimme Some Lovin'
(The Spencer Davis Group cover)
Keep Yourself Alive
(Short improvised version)
Guitar Solo
Danny Boy
(part in the guitar solo)
Now I'm Here
Love of My Life
Is This the World We Created...?
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
(Jerry Leiber cover)

 Hello Mary Lou
(Ricky Nelson cover)  ..Hello Mary Lou  SEE OUR FAN VIDEO
Tutti Frutti
(Little Richard cover)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Hammer to Fall
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Encore:
Radio Ga Ga
Encore 2:
We Will Rock You
Friends Will Be Friends
We are the Champions
Outro

FAN VIDEO OF HELLO MARY LOU

Money 1986

The 20p coin was introduced to Ireland in 1986 

A small batch of 20p coins were minted  & dated in 1985 to test in vending machines,some of these coins that managed to make their way into circulation are very rare and sought after by coin collectors willing to pay large sums for them.Check in the back of that old drawer maybe you could be the lucky owner of one date marked 1985!

 

WHAT WE BOUGHT IN 1986

This is what a bag of  Tayto Crisps looked like in 1986 although this is an older photo the bag didn't change for years. In 1986 a bag of Tayto Crisps cost around 20p (Irish punt) There was no foil pack and they had a simpler stronger taste which was magic when you got a fresh bag.

ICE CREAM

                          Do you remember cooling off with a Calippo

DRINKS 1986 : Ritz Cider was all the rage and cost £1.25 (Irish Punt)

COMPUTERS 1986

1986: Amstrad  launched its first low-cost PC.The 1512 was  a great success here in Ireland. 

             

POP CHART 1986

                       

SPONSORED BY MARGARET'S CAFE BOYLE

THE TOP TEN HITS FROM JUNE 1986

No1 

	1	Doctor & The Medics	Spirit In The Sky
	2	Simply Red	Holding Back The Years
	3	Nu Shooz	I Can't Wait
	4	Robert Palmer	Addicted To Love
	5	Peter Gabriel	Sledgehammer
	6	The Real Thing	Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)
	7	Wham!	The Edge Of Heaven
	8	A-ha	Hunting High And Low
	9	Falco	Vienna Calling
	10	Jaki Graham	Set Me Free

ROBERT PALMER......... ADDICTED TO LOVE

 

TV 1986

Here's an ad break from RTE1 back in 1986 Watch out for the RTE Guide.

                         

Before the days of 24 hour TV, RTE 2 Close-Down 1986

  

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