Sunday 17 November, 2024

These ESB ads from the 1980s will take you right back

Night Saver, Dreamlover, Only You… they’re all here.

AT THIS TIME of year nothing gives us more feels that that ESB ad.

You know the one, with Alan Hughes ‘going back’ to his mammy, while the house hums and purrs with electric blankets, kettles and the immersion.

Here’s that ad, and five other gems from the eighties:

H/T @SpillyWalker

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Emer McLysaght

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These ESB ads from the 1980s will take you right back

Going Back

Tumble Dryers

Dreamlover

Night Saver

Only You

So Clean, So Nice

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15 toys from your childhood that are worth a fortune now>