ARTWORK
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Forum Name: Memory Lane
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Topic: ARTWORK
Posted By: Mins
Subject: ARTWORK
Date Posted: 25-November-2006 at 11:35
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Just been reminded of embroidery and patches......
YES.....indeed.... what about the writing of the groups/bands names on the school bags ????!!!!! Remember the Khaki satchel type bags - green or yellow with the long straps. Remember digging out a good black marker and then hoisting the bag up onto the dining room table and digging out the Albums and commencing the work of art !! Your favourite group had to take pride of place across the front of the bag so you had to think long and hard about that one.....had to get the spacing right or you would run out of bag !! had to get it straight too. You would also HAVE to get the writing exactly right, size, shape etc so as not to loose face at school. There were some really hard ones to copy like the ... FLEETWOOD MAC logo.... ....others were easier like Genesis...stick style print. THE DOORS WAS ODD...particularly the "s"..... Then, you might print a couple of perceived cool quotes on the sides of the bags and get them wrong....for example....one poor creature in my class wrote, from a famous Neil Young lyric..... " every Junkie LIKES a setting sun " !!!!!!! instead of.... "every Junkie is LIKE a setting sun " !!!!! funny..conjures up images of hippies heading to Howth Heath or Dollier to watch the setting sun !!!!!!. what about the CND stickers and the Greenpeace ones !!!!!. Spill the beans on those creative experiences of yours..... how many bags did you go through during your formative muscial years ???? Later, Mins. |
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Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 25-November-2006 at 11:52
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Nice post Mins-yeah-spent ages doing that bloody 'Boston' spaceship on my denim-took the whole summer nearly. Only to find Jim from Clontarf did the same thing (Mel-remember him-used to play the game with you...looked uncannily like Liam O'Maonlaoi) And yes,the bag,did a pretty cool Santana from the Moonflower album,if i do say so myself. At school,myself and Simon Delaney (now a mover and shaker on the TV and stage) used to 'decorate' everybody elses school journal and khaki type bag in return for lunch snacks,crisps and even homework! ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 25-November-2006 at 15:40
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Floydman.....
Simon Delany used to live in Limewood so I knew him to see..... Small World isn´it !! Mins. |
Posted By: myploscarfe
Date Posted: 25-November-2006 at 16:08
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Front cover of Neil Young Harvest was on my bag and had to do it for a couple of mates aswell.. ------------- Careful With That Patchoulie Oil Eugene |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 03:13
My best friend had embroided "Spanish Train" CdeB and "Harvest"Neil Young on her school bag.....I was soooooo jealous cos I was crap at art and couldn't do it 
------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 03:23
Are we talking about Simon Delaney the actor from the RTE series Bacholers Walk?.......loved that programe....have heard that they are doing a special on it , to be aired around christmas time. ------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Mins wrote:Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 10:24
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Hi Mins, Good post. I used to embroider my bag, jacket, jeans - anything I could find with every band I liked. My mam used to go mental cos I couldn't sew a button. Could'nt draw tho. Had to get somebody else to draw and I would embroider. I'd forgotten about that ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Fester
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 12:22
| Mins if you knew Limewood there were a good Grove contingent in there, Lar Lesley, the McDarbys, Peter Mannion (RIP) and another load of guys & girls, that was a Grove stronghold! Manys the night ended up in Clayton Burkes big house behind Limewood after the Grove. |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 13:45
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Hi Fester,
I actually bought a house in Limewood around 2000 so I didn´t know many by name from Limewood during the Grove days but I bet I knew them to see.... I would have been coming from the Raheny Road direction.......long walk..good exercise........ The only family I knew that were Grovers were the Donnellys.... I did go to a bit of a shin dig in a house right opposite the entrance to Limewood once, on Tonlegee Road and they were all Grovers there..... It really is a small World....I am amazed whereever I go who knows who and that is outside Ireland..... You always have to be on your toes and watch the gob when you speak in case you put the foot in it..... Hasta Pronto, Mins. |
Posted By: Fester
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 16:16
| The Donnellys, that'd be Mark and Clare? yep small world all right ... |
Posted By: Floyd
Date Posted: 26-November-2006 at 21:17
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The very same...used to be quite pally at school (he was a lot thinner then!) and I'm really looking forward to that Bachelors Walk special-a funny and humourous 'believeable' drama/comedy. ------------- There are three kinds of people in the world,those who are able to count,and those who can't... |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 27-November-2006 at 21:50
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Yeah, Jim Punch was his name. Actually got to know him when I started asking him about who did the embroidery on the back of his jacket!? Dont remember what the answer was though. Surprised he isnt a frequent poster on here actually..then again, maybe he is (incognito!) - you out there Jim? ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: star
Date Posted: 22-December-2006 at 21:45
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Hiya, I had a pair of black jeans . Down the left leg was the man with the stick from Led Zep album and on the other leg was embroidered names of Pink Floydd, Deep Purple, Slayer, Metallica, Megadeath. I had a light army jacket and that had numerous Zep badges, some collectors that i saved up for etc. I was and am a major Zep fan so most of the stuff on my clothes was to do with them. ------------- Never Again on a school night! Famous last words |
Posted By: audioworm
Date Posted: 18-January-2009 at 18:31
Mel might remember Kevin Sweeney (Hi Kev if your out
You might also remember that kev later embellished
I had a go at doing my own jacket, but the project
Me and Kev had been friends at school, and started
If kev or Jim are out there drop us a line, haven’t
Bye for now. Tony |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 18-January-2009 at 20:53
Fair play Tony - great to see you on here! Also, thanks for the background about the jacket embroidery! I agree with Tony, Jim or Kev - if you're out there, give us a shout! That photo really takes me back, Tony!!  Edit: I wonder is that Boston jacket the one that "Hairy" (Paul) wears now? ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: audioworm
Date Posted: 18-January-2009 at 21:49
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Mel, I think the one "Hairy" (Paul) has is Kev's jacket, I remember Kev gave it to him at some time, Jim's was a close copy but he added the Rainbow logo. If you remember Jim was a big Ronnie James Dio and Rainbow fan.
Tony
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Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 18-January-2009 at 21:52
Ah, cheers. Great embroidery isnt it (ahem, apparently!) 
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 23-January-2009 at 14:23
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This has been a great thread. Well done, Mins for creating it. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Mins
Date Posted: 24-January-2009 at 03:02
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Posted By: Taylor
Date Posted: 27-January-2009 at 19:52
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I particularly liked the typescript from Queen's second album Queen II which I had emblazoned all over my school copies. I remember my good history teacher - nicknamed 'Hector' - peering over my shoulder one day and asking me ... 'What is the meaning of this?' A very philosophical question indeed!!! Any answers?? ------------- The Universe is a void full of infinite possibilities |