90's UK TV Adverts - Defunct Brands/Discontinued items.

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  • @RewindTV
    @RewindTV  3 года назад +59

    I have been through some more tapes and created a part 2 to this compilation ruclips.net/video/QlN534QsaQM/видео.html

    • @dan8716
      @dan8716 3 года назад +3

      Hah that’s crazy that you’ve commented on this two year old video just 5 mins before I watched it. Great compilation! Just off to watch the next one now.

    • @RewindTV
      @RewindTV  3 года назад +5

      @@dan8716 Well I noticed the views on this were shooting up like crazy and part 2 wasn't doing as well so perfect time to promote :) thanks!

    • @dappadappz9374
      @dappadappz9374 3 года назад

      Billy Connelly 😂 1:01

    • @GoodFoodChef
      @GoodFoodChef 3 года назад

      Subscribed

    • @LJSW-rp6xm
      @LJSW-rp6xm 3 года назад

      I love this, so nostalgic. I assume you get them from VHS tape onto a computer, how do you do it?

  • @alexadenuga8253
    @alexadenuga8253 3 года назад +409

    These RUclips ads are getting ridiculous now. 10 mins and no opportunity to skip ads

    • @sayethvexus8332
      @sayethvexus8332 3 года назад +14

      I could forgive all that if they offered products you could actually get!

    • @V7RNR
      @V7RNR 3 года назад +5

      Vanced

    • @sayethvexus8332
      @sayethvexus8332 3 года назад +7

      @@DJSwezzleMusic woosh

    • @wudipest
      @wudipest 3 года назад +7

      @@DJSwezzleMusic
      You do realise the original post was tongue-in-cheek / sarcastic, right??
      Update: somebody deleted his/her comment...

    • @superchickenlips1
      @superchickenlips1 3 года назад +6

      I see what you did there and I liked it. I fear this humour is too advanced for most of the 3Heads that populate RUclips comments sections.

  • @flavoursofsound
    @flavoursofsound 3 года назад +111

    I get annoyed by even 5 second ads on RUclips.
    Yet I just watched 10 minutes of adverts from the 90s without skipping.

    • @BlowinFree
      @BlowinFree 2 года назад +12

      Because there was no box tickers in the 90s. Now we are force fed diversity

    • @fruitcakedog1997
      @fruitcakedog1997 Год назад

      @@BlowinFree
      Couldn’t have put it better myself.

    • @chrisrowe7503
      @chrisrowe7503 7 дней назад

      They focused on the product back then and didn’t bother loving themselves insufferably on screen whilst advertising the product.

  • @seanmahoney4417
    @seanmahoney4417 3 года назад +172

    The 90s were a great time for being a child

  • @briansergeant
    @briansergeant 4 года назад +288

    Tandy was basically RadioShack UK.
    Cellnet was bought by BT who then spun it off a few years later and that became O2.
    One2One was bought by Deutsche Telekom who renamed it TMobile and then merged with Orange to become EE which was then bought by BT.
    Somerfield was gobbled up by the Co-op Group.
    Midland was gobbled up by HSBC.
    Abbey National was gobbled up by Santander.
    PetCity became Petsmart which then became Pets at Home.
    MFI and Comet went bust and disappeared.

    • @Tech101yt
      @Tech101yt 3 года назад +17

      I still have my nans cassette deck from Tandy. Still works too!

    • @goodlookinouthomie1757
      @goodlookinouthomie1757 3 года назад +21

      TEXAS became Do-It-All and then my local one became Homebase - which itself is currently being demolished for housing.

    • @JennyAnnTea
      @JennyAnnTea 3 года назад +9

      There is still an MFI showroom in Gloucester. Kitchens I think.

    • @nazbazal70
      @nazbazal70 3 года назад +10

      Tandy was bought by carphone warehouse which is now owned by currys.

    • @20thcenturygamer22
      @20thcenturygamer22 3 года назад +9

      @@nazbazal70 I get the feeling comet and dixons became part of currys too

  • @mikeykany1973
    @mikeykany1973 3 года назад +274

    Slight irony in that technology we are using to watch this video is responsible for the demise of these brands.

    • @Tazza81
      @Tazza81 3 года назад +3

      Yup, everything bar the remote control car on the Tandy ad we use our phones for.

    • @RobBob555
      @RobBob555 3 года назад +13

      not really, im watching this on a cardboard box with a less than keen hamster in it running on a wheel to power it... i threaten him to keep him going.

    • @shehran6936
      @shehran6936 3 года назад

      Only in some cases though because the cleaner wasn't competitive enough even if people do buy online.

    • @frankbrown4780
      @frankbrown4780 3 года назад +4

      @@RobBob555 Out of curiosity, what brand of hamster do you use?

    • @RobBob555
      @RobBob555 3 года назад +4

      @@frankbrown4780 Realistic..an old Tandy brand.. weirdly enough 🤔

  • @stephaniebanham1140
    @stephaniebanham1140 4 года назад +233

    Lol Pet City became defunct during the video 😂

    • @NoddyAlba
      @NoddyAlba 3 года назад +1

      I thought pet city became pets at home

    • @Mr.Zoomy.
      @Mr.Zoomy. 2 года назад

      @@NoddyAlba it did you're correct

    • @samverve
      @samverve Месяц назад

      You mean pet smart 🐕 😂

  • @johnrockett4988
    @johnrockett4988 3 года назад +106

    When the world felt like it was doing okay .. I'd go back to the 90s if I could

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 года назад +11

      So would I. Back to the days of school,TFI Friday, Red Dwarf, Mr Bean and I would be able to do my life over again

    • @aaronodonoghue1791
      @aaronodonoghue1791 3 года назад +12

      I'd love to be able to go on holidays to different time periods, the same way you can hop on a plane and go to France or Spain.
      I'd quite like a two-week break in the 90s or 00s

    • @captainkidd1811
      @captainkidd1811 2 года назад +3

      Now we're in Africa.... Everywhere like Africa.... Great Africa....

    • @OzzyOscy
      @OzzyOscy Год назад +6

      Just ignore the news and noise that's meant to make you scared. For good or bad, the world is as ok as it was 30 years ago.

  • @waynetttttt
    @waynetttttt 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ads in the 90s will never be matched again,
    They was fun and non serious

  • @jamesrostance
    @jamesrostance 3 года назад +77

    Tandy was Alan Partridge’s favourite electrical retailer... famously giving him after hours viewing sessions. “Nice action”.

    • @dafydd71
      @dafydd71 3 года назад +5

      Classic Partridge.

    • @HeadRealThin
      @HeadRealThin 3 года назад +6

      I used to get this service too, my uncle was Barry on Eastenders and he used to take us with him!

    • @nickusher4676
      @nickusher4676 3 года назад +9

      He wasn’t a big fan of Dixon’s as the staff didn’t have basic grasp of Latin, and what with the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre it’s no wonder they went bust n all

    • @mrpoo7651
      @mrpoo7651 3 года назад +3

      "good action, quality action"

    • @naturalbornchiller158
      @naturalbornchiller158 2 года назад +1

      I’m not buying a Mini Metro, I’m not buying a Mini Metro, I’m not buying a Mini Metro.

  • @mikeygti8930
    @mikeygti8930 3 года назад +22

    Not a stupid hashtag to be seen anywhere, love it!

  • @shockz16
    @shockz16 4 года назад +140

    I briefly worked for One2One in 1998. I started packing the boxes the phones came in as my first ever job after leaving school for a company called Gemini, then switched to in store which I did for about 3 days before I was then moved to an outside kiosk where all I did all day was sell 'pay as you go' top up cards, the old ones where you scratched off the strip on the back to reveal your top up code. Easiest job I ever had until i was .. errm.. let go.. let's just say I never paid to top up my mobile phone whilst I worked on that kiosk. Perfect for a then 16 year old me, good times lol

    • @robtyman4281
      @robtyman4281 4 года назад +9

      One2One were my first mobile network, I had a very stubby little black Siemens C25 - which was my first mobile. Ah, memories.....One2One was a decent network I seem to recall, but it ended up getting crowded out by bigger rivals with bigger marketing budgets. Since then I've been with Orange, 3, EE, and now Smarty!

    • @DukeDudeston
      @DukeDudeston 4 года назад +9

      @@robtyman4281 Fun fact, EE is what one2one has ended up as.

    • @rachelward3486
      @rachelward3486 4 года назад +3

      @@DukeDudeston nope it's T-Mobile not EE

    • @willowisawisp9570
      @willowisawisp9570 3 года назад +12

      @@rachelward3486 T-Mobile was in between. One2One became T-Mobile, then T-Mobile and Orange merged to form EE.

    • @richardnorman1158
      @richardnorman1158 3 года назад +3

      @@DukeDudeston t mobile and orange joined which made ee

  • @mnky75
    @mnky75 3 года назад +61

    I remember my Dad taking me around Office World, I wasn't as enthusiastic as those kids as i remember.

    • @charlielouise2428
      @charlielouise2428 3 года назад +4

      My dad used to drag me round Staples (they sold stationery, office furniture and printers) but I loved it cause they had a rack of video games, and I could try out the spinning office chairs 😅

    • @bangerbangerbro
      @bangerbangerbro 3 года назад +1

      @@charlielouise2428 Staples still exists doesn't it?

    • @charlielouise2428
      @charlielouise2428 3 года назад

      @@bangerbangerbro not in the UK, it got sold in 2016 and now it's only online

    • @bangerbangerbro
      @bangerbangerbro 3 года назад

      @@charlielouise2428 oh ok.

  • @Bruce-vq7ni
    @Bruce-vq7ni 5 лет назад +241

    The most depressing 3 words - Back To School.

    • @chefexcellence322
      @chefexcellence322 5 лет назад +18

      Unless you are a parent.

    • @theshakter
      @theshakter 5 лет назад +11

      @@chefexcellence322 Its the hard work of getting then up and getting them to school lol

    • @97channel
      @97channel 4 года назад +12

      Close. - Back To Work.

    • @chefexcellence322
      @chefexcellence322 4 года назад +5

      @@theshakter then they wake up really early on the weekend when you want a lie in.

    • @theshakter
      @theshakter 4 года назад

      @@chefexcellence322 Ironic

  • @daniellelee6294
    @daniellelee6294 3 года назад +66

    The 90s in the UK was the best place on earth

    • @rebekahgummer8302
      @rebekahgummer8302 3 года назад

      Why

    • @mlc4495
      @mlc4495 3 года назад +8

      Funny but I have to agree. The new millennium came and everything just turned to shit.

    • @johnwiggo
      @johnwiggo 3 года назад +1

      100%

    • @Tazza81
      @Tazza81 2 года назад +8

      @@rebekahgummer8302 The rise of Cool Britannia, New Labor (before they went to you know what) Oasis, The Spice Girls, Madchester etc etc. Everyone was optimistic, the economy was booming but you could still afford to buy a decent house on a modest wage. Life was good, then the 2000s happened.

    • @mrjohn.whereyoufrom
      @mrjohn.whereyoufrom Год назад +3

      @@rebekahgummer8302 No twitter or Facebook.

  • @DigitallyRemasteredMusic
    @DigitallyRemasteredMusic Год назад +5

    This made my sad. Took me back to living at home in my teens, when everything was innocent. I was born in the early 80s, so I can remember most of that decade and the 90s.

  • @TheMelbournelad
    @TheMelbournelad 7 месяцев назад +1

    I miss Tandy in Australia too.
    Remember so fondly going to local one in 90s to check out new computers

  • @Pander1985
    @Pander1985 3 года назад +4

    This has a Billy Connolly advert made my night! So many gems I had forgotten about!

  • @ministryoflies1344
    @ministryoflies1344 4 года назад +13

    The ACE chocolate biscuit advert - first time I've seen it in 20 years - still makes me laugh! And I'm sure that's Mike Reid voicing the potato in the Hungry Joe's ad. Thanks for preserving and uploading!

  • @dankay10
    @dankay10 3 года назад +31

    I'd give up anything and everything if I could go back to being a kid in the 90s 😢

  • @ianhowlett4682
    @ianhowlett4682 3 года назад +32

    WTF was Office World doing trying to sell ring binders to 6 year olds? 😂 No great mystery why they went the way of the pear!

  • @CCFC_86
    @CCFC_86 3 года назад +19

    I’m come to RUclips to hope I don’t get hit with an ad then I end up watching a video about ads from the 90s what am I doing 😂 nice to feel the nostalgia

  • @desertrose1226
    @desertrose1226 4 года назад +120

    I’d even live in a box if I could go back to these days.

    • @jblack5323
      @jblack5323 3 года назад +9

      Agreed. I miss the nineties....

    • @JennyAnnTea
      @JennyAnnTea 3 года назад +5

      I agree. Great days. I miss places like Tandy. Also Radio Shack where I could buy all my electronic bits. Also People’s Phone is where I got my first mobile!

    • @20thcenturygamer22
      @20thcenturygamer22 3 года назад +11

      We'd be able to afford a box in the nineties

    • @bangerbangerbro
      @bangerbangerbro 3 года назад

      @@20thcenturygamer22 Not as easily as today.

    • @jblack5323
      @jblack5323 3 года назад +2

      I remember 98 very well, I was in love with someone from college(uk) i managed to buy my first car which was a 1988 Bmw. Epic times

  • @a.demifemiflapo5795
    @a.demifemiflapo5795 3 года назад +25

    1980's: Hi-Fi
    2021: Wi-Fi

  • @jenniedarling3710
    @jenniedarling3710 5 лет назад +55

    I remember index they were like a rival to argos, they must have been linked to littlewoods because there were always loads of catalogues in the littlewoods cafe.

    • @coletteflanagan5084
      @coletteflanagan5084 5 лет назад +4

      Omg they where like the cheaper version of argos lol.

    • @97channel
      @97channel 4 года назад +13

      Yes, they were basically Littlewoods trading under the name Index. They lost money every single year of the 20 years they traded. Argos brought the company, just to eradicate the main competitor, then closed them all down immediately.

    • @sukiesoya
      @sukiesoya 4 года назад +6

      Still using my bedroom light from index works fine

    • @andrewuk6586
      @andrewuk6586 3 года назад +1

      @@sukiesoya take it back and get a refund lol.... :)

  • @davem4544
    @davem4544 4 года назад +10

    These adverts bring back memories, I used to work for Tandy, it was my first ever job. I loved it

  • @leighdappa
    @leighdappa 6 месяцев назад +1

    ❗️I loved the 90s; I still miss the 90s but those devices in the 'Tandy' advert look SOOO OLD!

  • @aliscat
    @aliscat 5 лет назад +171

    That was both happy to reminisce but sad at what is no more too.

    • @dominewimbury2039
      @dominewimbury2039 4 года назад +7

      Agree hun. Quite sad watching it with all these now gone pretty good shops/brands

    • @deanwoodford2017
      @deanwoodford2017 4 года назад +6

      They are shit brands and closed because we didn't use them anymore 😅

    • @wisteela
      @wisteela 4 года назад +8

      @@deanwoodford2017 There's always one idiot that over simplifies things, and get's it totally wrong. Don't bother to reply. I'll only block.

    • @noooname2568
      @noooname2568 3 года назад

      Least you lived through it and remember it

    • @dazburnside7340
      @dazburnside7340 3 года назад

      Bittersweet

  • @anthonydanielgittins1864
    @anthonydanielgittins1864 3 года назад +24

    The 90s were a great time to be at uni and a young adult.

  • @itfcfan2009
    @itfcfan2009 3 года назад +25

    Did you know that they used to close the Tandy store in Norwich at Christmas for one night so a certain big name could get first dibs on the equipment in there. Jurassic Park

    • @musicgarryj
      @musicgarryj 3 года назад +7

      Nice action......!

    • @broccoliface4501
      @broccoliface4501 3 года назад +5

      Did they do CASHBACK?!

    • @itfcfan2009
      @itfcfan2009 3 года назад +1

      @@broccoliface4501 nah, just Jurrasic Park things. Back of the net

    • @Shadowbann3d
      @Shadowbann3d 3 года назад +2

      Then straight back home afterwards for some ‘classic intercourse’

    • @massaganaa
      @massaganaa 3 года назад +1

      @@musicgarryj already got one though

  • @1983spuds
    @1983spuds 4 года назад +30

    A great big sloopy christmas........ woah woah woah, steady on there missus

  • @alexg1778
    @alexg1778 3 года назад +3

    Used to hate watching these adverts as a kid.
    Here I am at nearly 30 years old actively choosing to watch the same adverts I hated all those years ago - watching via RUclips on my xbox and 4k TV, using my smartphone to write this comment. How times change...

  • @robtyman4281
    @robtyman4281 4 года назад +16

    Why do all Ads now have to have a soundtrack? ....most of the Ads here had no background music - just a funny script. Midland Bank were never the same once they'd been swallowed up by HSBC. The same can be said about Abbey National, and the awful Santander.

  • @JJMCB26
    @JJMCB26 4 года назад +20

    Texas is now Homebase, Cellnet is now o2, one2one is now T-Mobile and Abbey National is now Santander.

    • @omega1maestro
      @omega1maestro 3 года назад +8

      One2one is EE

    • @jacko24able
      @jacko24able 3 года назад +1

      Sainsburys homebase bought rival Texas stores

    • @mrnewton86
      @mrnewton86 3 года назад +1

      Tandy got acquired by Carphone Warehouse I think.?

  • @jjthecat9692
    @jjthecat9692 5 лет назад +49

    My first ever mobile telephone was Cellnet (BT). I still have the exact same telephone number to this very day! Managed to port it over the years lol

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 5 лет назад +5

      I have my "One To One" mobile number from 1999. The same mobile number for 20 years!

    • @KiyokaMakibi
      @KiyokaMakibi 5 лет назад +1

      @@marcse7en Ah but have you had the same sim for that long? I had a sim I used for 14 years!

    • @rs-vp7re
      @rs-vp7re 4 года назад

      @@KiyokaMakibi old is gold

    • @liamhartley1533
      @liamhartley1533 4 года назад

      RichJW so you don't use 4g or 5g?

    • @aires69uk
      @aires69uk 4 года назад

      Ditto... I still have the exact same telephone!

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 3 года назад +35

    I wondered how Dollond & Aitchison got Burt Reynolds to do an ad for them and now as an adult I realise how much alimony he had to pay at the time.
    Also Rob Brydon must have been raking it in with voice-over work

    • @ElBloeTigre
      @ElBloeTigre Год назад +1

      Hollywood star to Dollond & Aitchison and then Boogie Nights. Really confusing for pre-teen me.

    • @michaelmyers3709
      @michaelmyers3709 Год назад +1

      Was better than Cop and a Half

  • @kevinlynch8614
    @kevinlynch8614 3 года назад +2

    Imagine, I normally skip ads on RUclips where I can, and I've just sat and watched a whole video that was nothing but ads!! 😂🤣😂

  • @damelzat5309
    @damelzat5309 3 года назад +19

    I sometimes watch these compilations and think “wow, that was expensive!”

  • @MULATONA
    @MULATONA 4 года назад +17

    Thank you so much for this.... I'm 36 and going through so much nostalgia it's ridiculous. I'm looking for this cake/ dessert called Tortina or something. It was in a red box and the ad said it's gonna be a great day. Just want to be sure I'm not making it up.

    • @grannyweatherwax9666
      @grannyweatherwax9666 4 года назад +4

      Search "a load of ads from 1995" by LufthansaTerminal at 11.52 is I think what you're looking for. Tortella?

    • @BollywoodBonanzaB
      @BollywoodBonanzaB 4 года назад +4

      Hey there fellow mid-30s person! 🖖 I get you haha. Did you find the advert? I'm looking for a Special K(?) ad where the dad is staying a healthy exercise routine and no one believes him - he sets off for a jog to the news agent's and as he approaches his car, he stops, and smiles, "One step at a time, Martin." And gets in his car 😄 can't find it anywhere, but at this point I'd be happy to meet people who remember that ad lol!

    • @MULATONA
      @MULATONA 4 года назад

      @@BollywoodBonanzaB Hey. Yeah I found the tortella advert and I definitely came across that advert you're talking about while I was searching and remembered it from when I was young. I'll see if I can find it again..

    • @MULATONA
      @MULATONA 4 года назад

      @@grannyweatherwax9666 Thank you!!!! Yes it was tortella the cake hahaha I found it but it wasn't as amazing as I remembered. But I had fun on the search!! It's like back then foreign things were a much bigger deal!

    • @petertrickaz
      @petertrickaz 3 года назад +1

      @@BollywoodBonanzaB I don't know if you found the ad you were looking for already, but I happened to see the one you're talking about in a similar clip recently. Pretty sure it was Bran Flakes

  • @JonathanDCAllen
    @JonathanDCAllen 3 года назад +6

    Worked at Somerfield from 1996-2000....great times.... some awesome memories.....

  • @liamroberts1103
    @liamroberts1103 4 года назад +15

    My mum used to work at index as her first job, she said it was an amazing place to work and she remembers it lots 👍

  • @underworldjam
    @underworldjam 3 года назад +7

    I basically lived off Somerfield ready meals for a while when I moved in with my gf and we had no cooker for a while. The chicken biryani was amazing.
    It was a petrol station but the shop was big (just small enough to open on Sunday). It pretty much sold everything you could need. It then became co-op and became a typical petrol station shop selling only snacks and alcohol.

  • @chukidee6634
    @chukidee6634 5 лет назад +21

    3:44 - Burt Reynolds's acting is on point in this retro opticians Ad. I wonder if Donald & Aitchinson became Specsavers or the like of today?

  • @terrywing4208
    @terrywing4208 4 года назад +23

    One2One phones had such an awful connection problem that they were commonly referred to as One2No one!

    • @pazman2007
      @pazman2007 4 года назад +1

      And now they are EE, the best network in the UK

    • @whyyoulidl
      @whyyoulidl 4 года назад +2

      haha, don't forget waiting until after 7pm for the free calls lol

    • @brainimp
      @brainimp 3 года назад +1

      @@pazman2007 ironically BT cellnet became o2 after BT demerged their mobile division and later sold it to telefonica, and now BT own EE who used to be their competition when it was two networks Orange and One2One/T-Mobile

    • @thegoodgoodie7924
      @thegoodgoodie7924 9 месяцев назад +1

      Well when one2one was still a thing, I had the best service than any other company I was with lol

  • @Rich77UK
    @Rich77UK 4 года назад +35

    It's amazing how many brands have disappeared

    • @xsm5525
      @xsm5525 3 года назад +6

      maybe in 40 years time ..."do you remember ordering from that amazon website"?

    • @alexbalcombe5065
      @alexbalcombe5065 3 года назад +4

      @@xsm5525 'there were sites other than amazon?'

    • @insignificantaftermathPROJECTS
      @insignificantaftermathPROJECTS 2 года назад +1

      @@xsm5525 Amazon will probably be everything we own lol

    • @cupcakefairy87
      @cupcakefairy87 Год назад

      Globalisation

  • @toastedtoastontoast
    @toastedtoastontoast 3 года назад +12

    I wasn’t born until 2000, but watching things like this makes me wish I was born in the 70’s so I could experience the 80’s and 90’s. They look so much more fun than what I grew up with

    • @riaz8783
      @riaz8783 3 года назад +3

      You didn't miss that much. Life on dial-up internet isn't worth going back to.

    • @toastedtoastontoast
      @toastedtoastontoast 3 года назад

      @@riaz8783 lmao dial up internet existed when I was a kid

    • @kd84afc
      @kd84afc 3 года назад +6

      I was born in 84, I remember the late 80s but I remember the 90s the most! Much better days. Give me my megadrive back

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 3 года назад +4

      the 70's stunk like cigarette smoke and leaded exhaust fumes and pedo's were running the show.

    • @JohnRock14
      @JohnRock14 3 года назад

      @@antman5474 same as now then?

  • @dogsarefab
    @dogsarefab 4 года назад +60

    My woodwork teacher always said mfi stood for 'made for idiots'. 😂😂

    • @antman5474
      @antman5474 3 года назад +2

      ...and DFS is damn f*cking straight

    • @camh4656
      @camh4656 3 года назад +4

      We used to call it "Miffy" as a kid then Mega fire institute as ours burnt down and then was turned into an argos 😅😅

    • @riaranger6457
      @riaranger6457 3 года назад +3

      @@antman5474 I thought it was Dodgy F**King sofas lol

    • @darksidecowboy2383
      @darksidecowboy2383 3 года назад +5

      We used to say MFI stood for ‘My Furniture’s Incomplete’ cos it was all flat pack crap & there was always a piece missing 😂😂

    • @dogsarefab
      @dogsarefab 3 года назад

      @@darksidecowboy2383 these are great 🤣🤣🤣

  • @shakz86
    @shakz86 5 лет назад +37

    I bought my Sega Mega Drive from Tandy. My first ever games console in 1992.

    • @nakedcris
      @nakedcris 4 года назад +1

      Same here. Still got mine.

    • @realtalkuk2577
      @realtalkuk2577 4 года назад

      @@nakedcris u wanna sell it mate dm me realtalk_uk Instagram cheers mate

    • @zenna6000
      @zenna6000 3 года назад

      Did they seel a Dreamcast there

    • @johnmitchell2269
      @johnmitchell2269 3 года назад +3

      I had a SNES. Nobody could beat me on Mario Cart. Street Fighter 2 Turbo was some game as well.

    • @ketchupkatsup9805
      @ketchupkatsup9805 3 года назад +2

      I got my MegaDrive from Index lol

  • @tensaichigo2
    @tensaichigo2 3 года назад +7

    Man, I actually remember some of these and I don't even feel that old, but some of these look ancient!

  • @MooMooFutch
    @MooMooFutch 3 года назад +13

    I used to be on One 2 One. It was called One 2 No One cos you never got a signal and could rarely make a call out..

    • @sim77410
      @sim77410 3 года назад +1

      There was a good reason they gave you unlimited minutes! 😂

  • @desertrose1226
    @desertrose1226 4 года назад +18

    I love the Dollond &Aichinson ad “Mr Humperdinck” lol

    • @rubix4195
      @rubix4195 3 года назад

      I wondered what happened because there was a branch where I lived but then I read that they were bought up by Boots Opticians.

  • @paleo2359
    @paleo2359 3 года назад +30

    Why do all these adverts look like they were made by the contestants on The Apprentice doing the advertising task 😂😂

  • @rubix4195
    @rubix4195 3 года назад +5

    Love the Texas adverts and Do-It-Yourself adverts when I was younger. And Comet - I got out before they folded. I think they still owe me 1 day's overtime! XD

  • @insignificantaftermathPROJECTS
    @insignificantaftermathPROJECTS 2 года назад +1

    Aw man Ace biscuits.
    Just a forgotten snack that just filled my nostalgia vibes.

  • @chriswilson1853
    @chriswilson1853 3 года назад +6

    I remember being with one2one, and a guy I knew was telling me he didn't go with them because he had more than one friend. He was being serious.

  • @NO-tz8qt
    @NO-tz8qt 4 года назад +18

    gosh i love the 90's voice overs posh and deep

    • @JoshuaDillonn
      @JoshuaDillonn 3 года назад

      Wtf

    • @NO-tz8qt
      @NO-tz8qt 3 года назад

      @@JoshuaDillonn cellnet...one to one.. radion...index extra....texas homecare, midland bank..abbey national. all these voice overs have a rich deep comforting eloquent voices.. But now we have loud gobby Chavs that voice over everything.. a sad day indeed... I hate u Gen Z's womp womp :(

    • @NO-tz8qt
      @NO-tz8qt 3 года назад +2

      @Modern Classic Collectables Well as a black woman with African decent, I find your comment offensive. Accents are apart of where people come from, so that shouldn't be your concern. Do you also have a problem with Ant and Decs Accent? or perhaps an Australian or Indian? Im more concerned that Todays adverts are so loud and jarring, uneloquent , unpolished and so far from the 90's.

  • @Scott-M1
    @Scott-M1 5 лет назад +8

    5:10 loving that little piano riff! Good times 👍

  • @chukidee6634
    @chukidee6634 5 лет назад +13

    9:19 and 9:21 - haha that's a better kitchen in 1993 than my own now in 2019 lol

  • @cpsedmonds
    @cpsedmonds 3 года назад +13

    0:45 when you get baked instantly off the first hit

  • @stuey8
    @stuey8 3 года назад +1

    Can watch these for hours. Absolute nostalgia

  • @MsBananasmel
    @MsBananasmel 2 года назад

    I had some MFI black ash furniture for 25 years. You put it together right and it lasted years. It didn't break I just lost it when I moved.

  • @michaeldavis2039
    @michaeldavis2039 4 года назад +8

    One of my first jobs after immigrating to the U.S. over 20 years ago was at Radioshack. Their adverts had the same slogan " You got questions, we got answers." Learned while working at Radioshack that they were owned by Tandy Corp. Makes sense.

  • @tezzarrific2897
    @tezzarrific2897 3 года назад +2

    the nostalgia is strong with this video.

  • @KGBgringo
    @KGBgringo 3 года назад +3

    Cellnet the woman saying she's in Redruth on an escalator, having lived in Redruth I can tell you there are no escalators there.

  • @dogsarefab
    @dogsarefab 4 года назад +5

    Was born in 89 so don't remember all of these but so many of them rang bells in my memory even though I can't always place them.

  • @user-ug1yq6zt5t
    @user-ug1yq6zt5t 4 года назад +17

    Watching this makes me both happy and sad.
    Oh and the phone numbers don't work anymore..

    • @scotthopkins7711
      @scotthopkins7711 3 года назад +1

      Did you try them ? 🤣

    • @user-ug1yq6zt5t
      @user-ug1yq6zt5t 3 года назад

      @@scotthopkins7711 now yes just to see if it still works lol plus also I was a kid back then.. 😂

  • @ifaiful
    @ifaiful 5 лет назад +7

    Texas at 8.00. Don’t you just love the guitar twangs and Johnny cash voice? So relaxing.

  • @LudicrousWolf
    @LudicrousWolf 5 лет назад +58

    Are you planning on doing another of these defunct brand compilations because I thought this was very interesting and would love to see another!

    • @RewindTV
      @RewindTV  4 года назад +9

      I'd like to but this is all I could find on my tapes. If there's anything else I come across then maybe I can.

    • @rizali7837
      @rizali7837 4 года назад +3

      @@RewindTV I seriously got lost into this video. It was like going back in time. Fabulous upload :)

    • @LudicrousWolf
      @LudicrousWolf 4 года назад

      @@RewindTV Thanks!

    • @RewindTV
      @RewindTV  4 года назад +5

      Your wish has come true!
      ruclips.net/video/QlN534QsaQM/видео.html

    • @LudicrousWolf
      @LudicrousWolf 4 года назад

      @@RewindTV Wow, that's awesome! Thank you!

  • @Luk317
    @Luk317 3 года назад +1

    I can’t describe how watching this makes me feel. I was born early 90s and it just feels normal 😳

  • @paulsmith-rz9rl
    @paulsmith-rz9rl 3 года назад +2

    It's mental that I haven't seen these in years but remember them as if their current. 🤣

  • @TheJohnson861
    @TheJohnson861 2 года назад +2

    Bag of oranges a £1 in the 90s, and I thought it’s bad now 😂😂

  • @BollywoodBonanzaB
    @BollywoodBonanzaB 4 года назад +6

    Holy crow that one2one music! Oh god this takes me back!

    • @thomasknowler2582
      @thomasknowler2582 3 года назад +3

      It's called Telephone and Rubber Band by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

    • @syteanric
      @syteanric 3 года назад +2

      @@thomasknowler2582 yes! Thankyou! I've always wondered what it was called!

  • @nightw4tchman
    @nightw4tchman 4 года назад +31

    0:05 Jesus a SCART cable, not seen one of them in a while.

    • @HeyLaserLips
      @HeyLaserLips 4 года назад +6

      And NOT how to connect a HI-FI to a TV. xD

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 4 года назад +3

      @@HeyLaserLips - Yes I thought so too. Good luck finding a scart socket on a hifi amp!

    • @CoffeeOn
      @CoffeeOn 3 года назад +2

      Last time I remember using those was on my PS2 and my Windows 98 computer with a Voodo graphics card with SLI and a Pentium 3 CPU.

    • @dragonheatgaming5005
      @dragonheatgaming5005 3 года назад

      I still have one and use it. I transfer vhs to either dvd or mp4

    • @Jabber-ig3iw
      @Jabber-ig3iw 3 года назад +4

      I have a box in the garage full of them, you never know😁😁

  • @stringy2009
    @stringy2009 4 года назад +4

    Tandy, now that was a store for the tech head. There was even a Tandy outlet store nearby me, which was totally awesome.

  • @SnabbKassa
    @SnabbKassa 4 года назад +4

    If only that woman had known that interest rates would never be that high again

  • @chukidee6634
    @chukidee6634 5 лет назад +3

    6:09 - I distinctly remember this segment at the end of the Birds Eye Hungry Joes

  • @wgpoprock
    @wgpoprock 3 года назад +1

    Mad how much the world has changed it just 18-20 years

  • @V7RNR
    @V7RNR 3 года назад +2

    0:30 seconds in I swear that guy was the inventor of the "Dab"

  • @tailsplayspoker9352
    @tailsplayspoker9352 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ahh the one2one network memories

  • @andy77impala23
    @andy77impala23 4 года назад

    Loving all these ,been looking good for a few adverts myself and still no luck !

  • @its_matt_long
    @its_matt_long 3 года назад +2

    That's COMET sense. Thanks RUclips for this recommended 🤣

  • @JRWells08
    @JRWells08 2 года назад +2

    0:48 that single frame is meme-worthy.

  • @dr.leemcalister513
    @dr.leemcalister513 4 года назад +7

    Back in simpler days.....

  • @aires69uk
    @aires69uk 4 года назад +5

    I knew the first advert was Tandy instinctively.
    I had a mobile with BT Cellnet. lol

  • @superrobz
    @superrobz 3 года назад +4

    4:21 Rodneys finally broke away from del & got a new job

  • @GuessMyName234
    @GuessMyName234 5 лет назад +14

    Oh my god I can remember one2one but only now I've seen it & I remember my mam being on it!

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 5 лет назад +3

      I still have my One2One number from 20 years ago!

    • @lolnamelollastname9788
      @lolnamelollastname9788 4 года назад +1

      @@marcse7en does it work?

    • @kabes9288
      @kabes9288 4 года назад +1

      @@marcse7en am I right in thinking it became t mobile who then linked with orange to become EE, or was it o2 that took over?

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 4 года назад +2

      @@lolnamelollastname9788 Yes!

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 4 года назад +1

      @@kabes9288 I actually hate mobile phones, or cellphones if you're in the US!

  • @andremp03
    @andremp03 5 лет назад +8

    One 2 One! Throwback

  • @shaneshanks9702
    @shaneshanks9702 4 года назад +21

    Who's watching this during the coronavirus? 🤔

  • @funkyjunkyjai
    @funkyjunkyjai 3 года назад +1

    Ah MFI. Worked at the Worcester branch in 1998. Left not long before they closed down.

  • @LaurenceReeves
    @LaurenceReeves 5 лет назад +31

    £6.29 for a calculator? That's expensive!

    • @Alex-sv8th
      @Alex-sv8th 4 года назад +4

      Casio ones are at least a tenner now, they sell some for £30!

    • @JonnyBoiii8991
      @JonnyBoiii8991 3 года назад +1

      Got to remember money had a bit more spending power then as well. If I remember correctly, £20 in the year I was born (1998) had the spending power of £35 in today’s rates

    • @iancanavan2324
      @iancanavan2324 3 года назад

      @@JonnyBoiii8991 Crazy to think it I know.

    • @stevespooky9894
      @stevespooky9894 3 года назад

      i can remember my dad proudly bringing home the latest pocket calculator in '74 which was the size of a modern 6inch screen smartphone and he'd bought it new for a bargain £100! Nobody else had one for months till the price began to fall.

    • @imnotamechanic3491
      @imnotamechanic3491 3 года назад

      Not really, thats the FX82, the FX83GTX they currently sell on amazon is £10.99, and if you want to buy a basic Casio desk calculator you will still be paying over £5 - whereas back in the early 00's, and maybe before, you could get calculators for £1. But who BUYS a calculator in 2021? you have one on your phone, and if you need a scientific one then you just get an app - probably free. So demand has gone down so they can't make the same volume savings.
      £6.29 in 1998 (not sure when the ad is from) would be £11.32 now, so fairly close. They havent gone up because the only people who buy those calculators (in large numbers) are school kids - and they still NEED to buy them, as they can't take a phone into the exam room.

  • @biged3175
    @biged3175 3 года назад +1

    Imagine paying for RUclips Premium only to then get this video recommended to you...

  • @jellyontheplate2934
    @jellyontheplate2934 3 года назад

    OMG, the nostalgia flashback!!😮😮....Thank you so much for this!! 👍

  • @amaratakundwa7828
    @amaratakundwa7828 4 года назад +17

    HSBC used to be called midland I remember that

    • @mikeykany1973
      @mikeykany1973 3 года назад

      Yes I remember the Griffin

    • @MoviesNGames007uk
      @MoviesNGames007uk 3 года назад

      The classic video game called "Theme Park" has the old Midland bank logo in it's intro.

    • @clickrick
      @clickrick 3 года назад

      More accurately, Midland was bought by HSBC.

  • @puddle_puddle
    @puddle_puddle 3 года назад +1

    So many memories. So many brands no longer with us.

  • @Unicysis
    @Unicysis Год назад

    4:15 - I recognise the shape of the building! It’s just down my way in Slough - Farnham Road!

  • @blehblah9309
    @blehblah9309 2 года назад +1

    I remember spending half of Sunday sat in a customer service area with my Dad and God knows how many other disgruntled customers of Malfunctioning Furniture Ideas.
    Wonder why they went bust.

  • @davidkelly2
    @davidkelly2 3 года назад +2

    I was really hoping to see the Nationwide advert that had a stop-start freeze frame kind of motion with the funky song. Or at least it felt funky to my child ears.

  • @paulmagee6249
    @paulmagee6249 3 года назад

    Cant remember my times table but remember these adverts, thanks brain

  • @Knufflebeest
    @Knufflebeest 4 года назад +2

    My first PC was an IBM Aptiva

  • @KiyokaMakibi
    @KiyokaMakibi 5 лет назад +11

    I was expecting the first one to be Dixons. Never heard of Tandy.
    Didn't One 2 One become O2?

    • @daisymaet1161
      @daisymaet1161 4 года назад +11

      They became t-mobile, then t-mobile was sold to orange then orange became EE

    • @TV_Archive
      @TV_Archive 4 года назад +7

      One2one became T-Mobile then merged with Orange and became EE then BT bought EE but still operate as EE for now.
      Cellnet became BT Cellnet then became mmO2 trading as O2 then became Telefonica UK trading as O2