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Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 19:04:20

“Cleans a big big carpet
For less than half a crown!” ?

Why is it some adverts stick in our minds over so many years? I can even hear the tune!

Any more ‘old ‘uns’ that we can still remember?

Marydoll Sun 24-Mar-19 20:05:46

Let your fingers do the walking. -Yellow pages

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:05:47

Just what we all needed for a Sunday evening Marydoll❗️

Oh yes so many are coming back thanks to you lot.
I’m racking my brains now to show off ... hmm.

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:05:48

Lovely lively Lyril ( soap )
It was lovely too in the 50's/60's.

Cadum for madam.

Marydoll Sun 24-Mar-19 20:08:18

Central Heating for kids. (Ready Brek).
My children's breakfast before school, but they would only eat the chocolate one!)

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:08:52

Ooh yes EV ‘Calum for madam’! I’d forgotten that one!

What about ‘Nice one Cyril, nice one son, nice one Cyril let’s have another one!’ ? a brew.
Tetleys again?

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:09:12

Twink---perm.

Bandbox shampoo ( I think )

Marydoll Sun 24-Mar-19 20:09:53

The appliance of science. Zanussi?

Marydoll Sun 24-Mar-19 20:10:24

Have we had..
PPPick up a penguin?

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:12:48

Ha love it Marydoll you probably thought - hmm nice warm breakfast in their tummies. (And fills them full of sugar off to school full of E numbers!). Much less control of sugar levels those days! No wonder stuff tasted good.

Remember ‘Sugar Puffs’ that had so much honey syrup on them if we put our hand across them (as kids do) they all stuck to your palm like sticky buds? More like puffed wheat nowadays!

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:13:33

Have a break---have a Kit Kat.

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:14:53

Get a Lifebuoy-( soap )

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:16:19

Actually I love the idea of ‘half a crown’ for the 1001. What’s that today? 12p?

And I think the rival brand was ‘Stardrops’ with the ghosty geeks who disappeared back into the bottle? Can’t remember the tune though. It’s not just the ads. It’s the music!

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:21:27

Aww the lovely Linda Bellingham with those delightful Oxo adverts.

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:22:21

The Hovis advert .

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:23:34

Oxydol---washes clothes whiter.

NotAGran55 Sun 24-Mar-19 20:25:36

Milky Way - the sweet you can eat between meals .

Greyduster Sun 24-Mar-19 20:26:08

Bom bom bom bom - Esso Blue!

?Everyone’s a fruit and but case, crazy for those Cadbury’s nuts and raisins.....?

Cherrytree59 Sun 24-Mar-19 20:26:40

?The red car and the blue car had a race.
(Milkyway).

The Milky Bars are on me! (The Milky Bar kid)
Milky

Katek Sun 24-Mar-19 20:27:47

“They asked me how I knew it was Esso Blue.
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys,
Smoke gets in your eyes”!

“Tick followed tock followed tick.....”

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:28:11

Yes EV they were very watchable because they were witty too! She was very attractive, bless.

Remember ‘hot chocolate, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate drinking chocolate’ getting faster and faster? I think they were rushing home to drink a mug of it! These days, I’d probably trip up...

Marydoll Sun 24-Mar-19 20:31:10

Cadbury's Smash adverts.

They annoyed me so much! grin

Urmstongran Sun 24-Mar-19 20:31:31

God yes Greyduster “everyone’s a fruit and nut case, crazy for those ..(something) .. nuts and raisins”. ?
Who was the fella? Gap in his front teeth.

Cherrytree59 Sun 24-Mar-19 20:31:45

Flash cleans baths without scratching.

There's a hazelnut in every bite.

EllanVannin Sun 24-Mar-19 20:32:16

Just one Cornetto.

Cherrytree59 Sun 24-Mar-19 20:32:24

Everyones coming up Roses