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breeze Sun 17-Jul-16 16:05:36

Just had our usual 'raucous' sunday family lunch. We got onto the subject of advertisements. I sang 'Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water' (then the rest of it, lemon, lime, orange..... ) and 'Sorry mate, you're too late, the best peas went to Farrows'! My son sang the washing machine Calgon ad! We were in stitches remembering all the ads we grew up with. Any others?

DanniRae Sun 17-Jul-16 21:47:06

Birdseye peas fresh as the moment when the pod went "POP".

Indinana Sun 17-Jul-16 22:11:22

Watch out, watch out, there's a Humphrey about! (Unigate Milk)

It's frothy man. (Cresta). This was back in the late 60's I believe - we all had a craze on these drinks in our family!

harrigran Sun 17-Jul-16 23:40:12

Lorraine chase and the Campari advert " nah Luton airport"

LullyDully Mon 18-Jul-16 08:29:40

The warta in Gibraltar don't taste like what it orta.

We always quote that one.

Katek Mon 18-Jul-16 08:33:36

"You got an ology?"

"People will always need plates"

Mumsy Mon 18-Jul-16 08:34:34

this will jog a few memorys, notice how posh they talk!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=QRVfBUKbPcw

Zena510 Mon 18-Jul-16 09:32:33

The VHS tape advert of the skeleton ' re record and don't fade away'...... C

Anniebach Mon 18-Jul-16 09:50:59

Your Never Alone With A Strand

chloe1984 Mon 18-Jul-16 10:29:03

"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Peposdent"

Pandi Mon 18-Jul-16 10:55:29

Thank you annodomini?

tiredoldwoman Mon 18-Jul-16 13:20:32

It beats as it sweeps as it cleans .I can't remember what it was !

Stansgran Mon 18-Jul-16 16:24:54

With Harris on the handle the bristles won't come out
Price's night lights keep the spooks at bay

Stansgran Mon 18-Jul-16 16:26:00

Don't forget the Kia Ora Aurora

threexnanny Mon 18-Jul-16 16:38:54

Frank Muir singing 'Everyone's a fruit and Nutcase' to 'The Nutcracker' music. Cadbury's fruit and nut chocolate.

I can't hear that music now without his voice in my head!

FlorenceN Mon 18-Jul-16 17:54:02

tiredoldwoman it was Hoover vacuum cleaner

Daisyanswerdo Mon 18-Jul-16 18:24:55

Which twin has the Toni? (home perm)

FarNorth Wed 20-Jul-16 03:17:12

As a child, I was horrified to hear that my favourite carpet seller was going out of business.

This is luxury you can afford, by Cyril Lord
Squash it, and it just springs back,
Wash it, and the colour stays fast,
Give it the treatment, the family treatment,
Enkalon is made to last for years and years and years and years and,
This is luxury you can afford, by Cyril Lord!!

Bellanonna Wed 20-Jul-16 04:15:39

John Collier, John Collier, the Window to Watch. (Mens' outfitters)

f77ms Wed 20-Jul-16 08:27:13

Malteezers , the chocolate with the less fattening centre .

Torchie torchie the battery boy , he`s a walky talky toy .

JackyB Wed 20-Jul-16 12:09:09

Oh yes - the loudest and most memorable was "1001 cleans big big carpets for less than half a crown".

Then I remember the Milky Bar Kid and "There's an awful lot of coffee in Brazil" and "Roses grown on you" (Norman Wisdom) and the Cyril Lord mentioned above, and "Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger! - We used to sing that at school and then add "Stick them in your ear and they'll last a bit longer"

And "So we say out of water on with Nulon" But I could never work out what the second line of that was.

JackyB Wed 20-Jul-16 12:10:23

Oh and those very tasteul Hanneman Cigarillo ads with the naked girl in the waterfall. If I was round at my boyfriend's his little brother often tried to contrive staying up after 10 pm in the hope of catching one of them!

miep Wed 20-Jul-16 12:57:33

Clement Freud and dog food with Henry (Bloodhound)
Hovis with Elgar (I think, boy pushing bicycle up a cobbled street)
British Gas with the dog, cat and mouse all sitting in front of the fire
The ads for 'Access' (now Mastercard), which I am sorry to say, I wrote
Domestos kills 99% of germs. Dead. (written by a friend of mine)

phoenix Wed 20-Jul-16 13:08:57

Not Elgar, Dvorak, although could be wrong, often am!

Auntieflo Wed 20-Jul-16 13:23:06

Miep, congratulations then , for getting my son to ' read' at about 2. He saw the advert for ' your flexible friend' , and of course, I immediately thought, genius child, he can read. smile

pensionpat Wed 20-Jul-16 14:18:52

Tired old woman. It was a marching song.
All the dirt all the grit
Hoover picks up every bit
Hoover beats as it sweeps as it cleans.