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Falconbird Sun 17-Jul-16 18:19:09

My husband came home from school one day wearing his cricket whites and some of the neighbours rushed out thinking he was The White Tide Man.

hildajenniJ Sun 17-Jul-16 18:08:49

"One thousand and one cleans a big, big carpet, for less than half a crown."

"Go to work on an egg."

The Ajax "white tornado" ad.

What a trip down memory lane. smile

Katek Sun 17-Jul-16 18:01:53

"The Esso sign means happy motoring"

"Keep going well, keep going Shell"

"Put a tiger in your tank"

Joan Collins/Leonard Rossiter in the Martini sds!

Cherrytree59 Sun 17-Jul-16 17:48:07

She flies like a bird in the sky
Nimble ad

The Red car and The Blue car had a race
Milky way

Flash cleans baths with-out scratching

Falconbird Sun 17-Jul-16 17:35:05

My son then aged about 7 always refused a finger of fudge. In later years he told me that he thought the ad said,

"It's full of peppery goodness," not Cadbury goodness. smile

AlieOxon Sun 17-Jul-16 17:34:38

Birds eye waffles - waffly versatile!

harrigran Sun 17-Jul-16 17:03:26

A finger of fudge is just enough....Cadbury's advert.

Charleygirl Sun 17-Jul-16 16:52:42

You will feel a little lovelier each day with fabulous pink Camay.

pensionpat Sun 17-Jul-16 16:31:43

The very first ad was

You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.

breeze Sun 17-Jul-16 16:23:50

What a trip down memory lane! Keep 'em coming.

gettingonabit Sun 17-Jul-16 16:20:15

"Do the Shake 'nVac and get the Freshness Back"...cue raucous singing and dancing around the Hoover.

"A Mars a Day helps you Work, Rest and Play"..

I still love the Smash one with the falling-about-laughing aliens:

"They boil them for 20 of their minutes and they smash them all to bits"
"They are clearly a most primitive people ha ha".

And Hamlet cigars with Gregor Fisher's dodgy comb over and Air on a G String playing in the background...

Jane10 Sun 17-Jul-16 16:14:49

Bum bum bum esso blue!

A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say , beanz means Heinz!

fiorentina51 Sun 17-Jul-16 16:10:48

Don't forget the fruit gums mum..

Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face. With mild green Fairy liquid.

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?