Holiday Coppers - I Was Born in the Eighties

In the eighties and nineties in ireland, going on holidays was like saying you used condom. condoms only became legal in ireland in 19 78 under prescription. In nine ten 85, was the only time you could actually buy condom without prescription, in a falcon chemist. So people were terrified to buy condoms in the in the chemist. This is why condom started appearing in folking men's toilets and vending machines. The idea of buying it of a person was mortifying and shameful. And i think couples used to plant these cabbage pines, these big, tall pine trees, in their gardens to let other people know that they were holiday couples.