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NannyJanny53 Mon 14-Sept-15 13:44:33

The thread about the cost of cleaning carpets set off the old '1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown' advert in my head and it made me wonder whether I was brainwashed by ITV as a child. I still believe a Mars a day helps me work rest and play and that Pal dog food prolongs active life! Anyone else still wondering where the yellow went after brushing their teeth with Pepsodent?

trisher Tue 15-Sept-15 15:14:24

Katyk it was Brookebond Dividend tea www.headington.org.uk/adverts/tea_coffee_milk.htm
But the song originally was from a musical. My Gran used to sing it all the time

KatyK Tue 15-Sept-15 15:15:40

Also 'mum says when I grow up I'm going to be a proper little madam'. Clarks shoes I think that was. Sally Thomsett waiting for her boyfriend who doesn't turn up, going home and her mum gives her a cup of Bovril.
Sally says 'he had big ears anyway'.

numberplease Tue 15-Sept-15 16:39:48

Players please
Senior Service satisfy
You`re never alone with a Strand

And I`ve never been a smoker!

Not a jingle, but anyone remember the early Surf ads with Jimmy Young as Mrs. Bradshaw`s lodger?

Bellanonna Tue 15-Sept-15 16:50:21

Could someone from Scotland please correct this 1950s ad

Puir wee laddie - ma mither winnae gie me any mair Oxo. I can see the picture, not sure of the words

boo2410 Tue 15-Sept-15 17:45:32

Would you risk it for a swisskit. I used to love those.....

KatyK Tue 15-Sept-15 18:04:15

That must be why it has stuck in my mind trisher - I've probably heard it on the radio.

Katek Tue 15-Sept-15 18:34:26

Coates comes up from Somerset where the cider apples grow

gran5up Tue 15-Sept-15 19:12:38

Magic brand margarine used the Dance of the Flutes from,"Nutcracker" with the words,"Treat yourself to bread and Magic,
After all you do deserve the best"
After all these years, still can't hear the music without those wretched words popping into my head!
Anyone else recall the,"coloured" ads for a petrol-Esso,Shell?-where rotating circles made you "see" in colour
That was before the 60s when there were other ways to see colours...

rosesarered Tue 15-Sept-15 20:31:12

Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?

vampirequeen Tue 15-Sept-15 21:15:27

Electrolux vacuums had an advert in the 60s that said:

Nothing sucks
Like Electrolux!

How the meaning has changed grin

Icyalittle Tue 15-Sept-15 22:13:00

Oxo - gives a meal man appeal!
And Fred the flour man from HomePride - but was there a jingle to go with that?
The Pepsodent and Mazda lamps stuck in my mind the most.

vampirequeen Tue 15-Sept-15 22:27:04

I love the new Fred advert. It's amazing how his smile is fixed yet seems to change from friendly to sinister grin

The milk advert where the boy is told if he doesn't drink his milk he'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley.

pinkprincess Tue 15-Sept-15 23:11:32

The finest tea is 99
The flavour's good, it's right on time
You buy it at your Co-op sign
Drink refreshing 99.

rubylady Wed 16-Sept-15 01:46:07

The Milky Bar kid is strong and tough,
And only the best is good enough,
The creamiest milk, the whitest bar,
The good taste that's in Milky Bar!

The Milky Bars are on me!

trisher Wed 16-Sept-15 09:45:57

You're never alone with a Strand. (cigarette in 60s very short lived)

Stansgran Wed 16-Sept-15 09:56:27

Don't forget the Kiora Aurora.

friends123 Wed 16-Sept-15 10:22:24

Radio Luxembourg:Check your time with Everite-morning afternoon + night!

daffydil Wed 16-Sept-15 12:23:55

Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins in the Martini ads. They made you laugh however many times you saw them.
Slight diversion - I am driven mad by some of the current ads which have a female singing in a breathless, girly, sometimes wailing voice. Thank goodness for the mute button.

Ana Wed 16-Sept-15 12:33:48

'Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet'

Loved those ads, especially the one with Gregor Fisher and his toupée in the photo booth!

Katek Wed 16-Sept-15 12:49:04

We had a Fred the flour grader children's baking set. His head was the bowl and his hat was a sieve. Came with utensils and cutters.

Katek Wed 16-Sept-15 12:52:00

Oh my goodness...an original is now £70 on eBay!

crun Wed 16-Sept-15 16:23:56

"Were you truly wafted here from paradise?"
"Nah, Lewt'n airpawt!"

claireseptember Wed 16-Sept-15 17:16:17

Persia washes whiter and it shows (the two shirts one white and one greyish).
Sorry that wasn't a jingle. Here's a shouty ad that has stayed in my brain for decades.
Enkalon is made to last for years and years and..
This is luxury you can afford by (buy?) Cyril Lord!
Carpets I think but no idea what enkalon was...

claireseptember Wed 16-Sept-15 17:18:10

Whoops Persil not Persia! Auto correct!

numberplease Wed 16-Sept-15 17:51:09

Cadum for Madam, (a toilet soap that, allegedly, contained French perfume worth ? guineas an ounce).