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Tops Various Docs

Tops Various Docs

1976 – Tommy Fitzgerald Tribute

June 21, 2023 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

On April 8th 1976 Tommy Fitzgerald died suddenly on the stage of the Theatre Royal during a Tops of the Town performance. The tribute below appeared in the programme that followed on the next performance […]

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1978 – Tops Rules Booklet

June 3, 2023 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Here is the earliest Tops of the Town Rules Booklet I can get my hands on. Have a browse below.

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1995 – Tops Rules Booklet

May 22, 2022 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

How things changed from the early days of Tops – the 1995 rules booklet is one of the last sets of rules published as the competition was well in decline at that point. Click on […]

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1981 – Handwritten Adjudicators Tops Report

October 14, 2021 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Here is another one of those Handwritten Adjudicators Reports – always very popular. This one from the local rounds in 1981 for Waterford Glass. Click below to have a browse. 1981 – Handwritten Adjudicators Report […]

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1981 – Tops Adjudication Sheets – Waterford Crystal.

June 7, 2021 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

These documents are always popular – handwritten adjudication from the 1981 tops – Waterford Crystal. Click below for a read. 1981 – Tops Adjudication – Waterford Crystal

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1994 Tops Banquet Menu

May 27, 2021 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Ever wonder what the casts and crew were treated to after a national Tops of the Town final by John Player? Here you are – from 1994, the menu from the Burlington for the banquet […]

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1980 – Tops Of The Town Rules and Regulations Booklet

February 23, 2021 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Did you ever wonder what kind of rules governed the beloved ‘Tops Of The Town’? Well – here is a booklet from 1980 where you can peruse the rules of the day! 1980 – Tops […]

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1979 – Handwritten ‘Tops’ Adjudicators Report

June 26, 2020 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

These old handwritten reports are priceless. Here is the report from the 1979 Waterford Glass Show – handwritten by Michael Twomey. Click below to have a read. 1979 – Tops Handwritten Adjudication Report

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1981 – Tops Letter Sent to Qualifying Groups

February 13, 2020 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Did you ever wonder what the letter looked like telling groups details of what comes next when they got through the Tops preliminary rounds? Wonder no more – have a click below. This is 1981 […]

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1970 – Adjudicators report on Tops Of The Town First Rounds

October 29, 2019 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Way way back to almost 50 years ago today and Des Keogh was the national Tops adjudicator. I have come across a number of these adjudications – and they are always interesting. This is a […]

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1992 Tops Press Photos

July 24, 2019 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Loads of familiar faces here from Ray Ban, Tramore and Port and Docks. Have a look and see how many young faces you recognise! There’s quite a few! Originally from the News & Star. 1992 […]

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RTE GUIDE FROM 1994 – TOPS FEATURE

June 1, 2019 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

For the weekend that was in it back in 1994 the RTE Guide ran a feature for ‘Tops’. Here it is to peruse. 1994 – Tops Feature – RTE Guide

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1985 Tops Magazine

February 19, 2019 waterfordtheatrearchive 1

I love these old Tops Magazines – this one from 1985. The other 2 in the archive are here and here. As usual, there are loads of photos from around the country as well as […]

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1981 Tops Handwritten Adjudication sheets – Waterford Glass, National Quarter Finals

August 25, 2018 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

To add to our collection of handwritten original adjudications we have this Waterford Glass one from the 1981 national quarter finals. Have a read to see what the adjudicator rated this production which did not […]

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Players Anonymous Tramore Phone Directory – 1994

February 14, 2018 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

No – I’m not going to reproduce a Tramore phone directory don’t worry… but … there were some great pages at the start of the directory dedicated to Tops in Tramore and a bit of […]

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1980 – Waterford Glass Tops – Hand Written Adjudication Sheet

January 10, 2018 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

I love these old bits of memorabilia – once again a hand written adjudicators report, this time for the 1980 Waterford Glass Show. Worth having and preserving! Have a look. 1980 – Waterford Glass Tops […]

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Rare Vintage ACEC Tops Photos

November 11, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

These are great to see – although over 40 years old you can still make out some familiar faces in these colour photos from the hey day of Tops in Waterford. See if you can […]

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1975 Tops Adjudicators Report – The Foundry

October 24, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

I like adding in bits of memorabilia now and again. This time it’s back to 1975 and the adjudicators report from Jack Cruise on The Foundry show. He also gives the breakdown of points for […]

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1974 – Handwritten Adjudication For the ACEC Tops Show.

September 17, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

An absolute rarity today – Sean Cotter’s handwritten ACEC Tops adjudication from 43 years ago – 1974. The show was the famous ACEC final show featuring Jesus Christ Superstar. Have a read… its great to […]

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Tops Magazine from 1984 Added

August 1, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

The 1983 edition of this magazine proved to be really popular – so I’m delighted to be able to add the 1984 edition. More of the same articles about all the Tops centres and other […]

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1983 Tops Magazine with Loads of Waterford Content

July 10, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

Have a look at the national magazine published in 1983 by the national Tops organisers. There’s loads of Waterford photos from various years, pieces on Waterford Tops, articles from Tops people – and what I […]

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1979 Tops Original Adjudicators sheets added today!

July 5, 2017 waterfordtheatrearchive 0

This is quite a find – the original adjudication sheets from the Waterford Crystal tops show of 1979. The show was adjudicated on 3 separate occasions, and you can see each adjudication and marking there. […]

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