why do i get a warm feeling watching these adverts it must be the fact that adverts were actually more entertaining in past years ...and the adverts are remembered...castrol gtx liquid engineering
hehehe Castrol GTX - liquid engineering! I think that clip of the oil drop running down the can and going into the spanner, plus BP's tiger have to be some of the most memorable ads of the era...
Interesting to see old British commercials. As a Yank I haven't heard of many of these actors mentioned, but I did immediately recognize Paul Eddington--MP (and later PM) Jim Hacker of "Yes Minister" fame.
I was sufing old ads as I live in USA now, and was feeling nostalgiac. Found Finola Hughes of American Soap opera and 'How do I look' fame dancing in the Finesse wallpaper ad! (around 5:00). Thanks for the memories and for seeing a youthful Finola.
Sometimes I still say 'the man from del monte he says yes' when I agree with somebody. I didn't realise it was so long ago. No wonder people give me a blank look.
When I became an advertising sales rep for a large magazine company the companymobile for trainee reps was a Ford Escort.I remember being green with envy when a colleague left to get a job with newly launched Channel 4 and was given a Renault Fuego. It's also interesting that 25 years on it wasn't the John Bull beer kit that put pubs out of business but supermarkets selling cheap booze
Foods look sooo delicious in the old times!...I forgot about that when I was a kid and want to eat it again...I miss the real taste my mom made in the very old times than today. We are eating the fake foods today...geez
I know what you mean, but growing up these ads makes me feel somewhat comfortable seeing them, as if it reminds me of a time gone by. The world seemed a simpler, happier place then, but perhaps that is simplifying it too much. But there is definitely an emphasis on home and family life - where are those ads today? My goodness, I remember when Walkers crisps looked like that..!
does anyone out recall an advert which was spoof on the The Incredible Hulk, a man comes into the dining room and wife puts his tea on the table & he stars to hulk out & smashes up the table does anyone remember that, I think it was advertising Paxo
i always thought the castrol GTX ad sounds as tho it shouldve been used at the start of a Superman movie. classic!! page 555 on c4 on Ceefax was the best, jokes and shit!!! christ how the memories start to invade!!
@gallafey Yes i remember that ad,i it was for paxo.I loved the bit where he smashed the table in slow motion.It would have been on about 1979 or thereabouts.
lol im watching these ad's and they seem extremely cheesy today, but they are so much better than the copious amounts of bingo, loans and insurance ads on tv now
Does anybody remember adverts on TV around this time for humongous microwaves and kitchen equipment made by some company called "Tappan"? I seem to remember it was all orchestral music to them or something.... Or is my memory deluding me?
Isnt it mad how ads in them days made most of us go out and buy half the shit they were selling Oracle and Ceefax proper blasts from the past a few famous faces Gwyneth Powell, Andrew Paul, Ian Ogilvy and some late great stars like Kenny Everett, Paul Eddington and John Comer ( Sid from Last Of The Summer Wine) Loved the Mahler music from Castrol GTX and still do so many memories better days thru bleaker times
Nah, that's not Todd Carty. He'd be a bit too young to be passing his test in 1979 anyway, given he was only in about 2nd year at Grange Hill at the time.
Thanks, I've seen a piece of equipment called a "VHS/DVD CONVERTOR"..apparently you plug one end into the VCR, and the other end into your PC, and it records the tape onto a disc or something, but it's £39.99!!..is thtis what you mean??
You'll need something like a capture device on your PC (an internal card or an external box) or alternatively a DVD recorder to archive your tapes, from where you can rip to PC. Hit Google and you'll find plenty of explanations. You'll need to spend a bit of money.
If I didn't know better, I'd say they just dropped some breakfast bars into a bowl and poured milk over them! Speaking of which, I rather liked the milk advert.
I sort of remember a bovril ad featuring mountaneer and bearded wonder chris bonnington telling us all how he climbed the eiger with the help of bovril (as if he took fuck all else and scaling the heights couldn't be done without this ,beefy beverage). odd though: I asked a s/market girl about bovril last yr and she'd never heard of it. it's not advertised anymore. good - it tasted shite anyway,so I'm not sorry.
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why do i get a warm feeling watching these adverts it must be the fact that adverts were actually more entertaining in past years ...and the adverts are remembered...castrol gtx liquid engineering
loved Kenny Everett amazing talent well missed nice trip back down memory lane. halcyon days of the like we'll never see again ... sadly !!!!!
hehehe Castrol GTX - liquid engineering! I think that clip of the oil drop running down the can and going into the spanner, plus BP's tiger have to be some of the most memorable ads of the era...
That Castrol GTX music still gives me goosebumps.
JohnDa Artist it was great and mesmerising when i was younger!
A lot of these ads focus on the 'home' life or returning to home from somewhere else; they're very warm. I like it.
1970s & 1980s commercials were and still the most enjoying ones .
Interesting to see old British commercials. As a Yank I haven't heard of many of these actors mentioned, but I did immediately recognize Paul Eddington--MP (and later PM) Jim Hacker of "Yes Minister" fame.
cant thank you enough for uploading these...back to my childhod, sad but days was much better then compared to today.
I was sufing old ads as I live in USA now, and was feeling nostalgiac. Found Finola Hughes of American Soap opera and 'How do I look' fame dancing in the Finesse wallpaper ad! (around 5:00). Thanks for the memories and for seeing a youthful Finola.
Brilliant posting. I especially liked the Pye TV ad with Paul Eddington, I can't believe how old fashioned those sets are!
Aww the milk ad makes you feel all cosy
Sometimes I still say 'the man from del monte he says yes' when I agree with somebody. I didn't realise it was so long ago. No wonder people give me a blank look.
I think I must have seen that Castrol advert at least a million times.
When I became an advertising sales rep for a large magazine company the companymobile for trainee reps was a Ford Escort.I remember being green with envy when a colleague left to get a job with newly launched Channel 4 and was given a Renault Fuego. It's also interesting that 25 years on it wasn't the John Bull beer kit that put pubs out of business but supermarkets selling cheap booze
Foods look sooo delicious in the old times!...I forgot about that when I was a kid and want to eat it again...I miss the real taste my mom made in the very old times than today. We are eating the fake foods today...geez
I know what you mean, but growing up these ads makes me feel somewhat comfortable seeing them, as if it reminds me of a time gone by. The world seemed a simpler, happier place then, but perhaps that is simplifying it too much. But there is definitely an emphasis on home and family life - where are those ads today? My goodness, I remember when Walkers crisps looked like that..!
"Milk's there forst thing". Thanks for the memories!
Thankyou for posting these, I found the Walkers ad hilarious, and some good nostalgic ads as well!
A lot of "going home" adverts - cheese, milk, kerrygold butter, bovril cubes - all about being home and the goodness of family.
I remember drinking Del Monte Pure Fruit Juices when I was little.
Yes, used to adore the music as a kid - still sounds great now!
Even in the early 80s it wasn't television, it was COLOUR television!
As I recall, those Yellow Pages ads used various 'stars' doing VO for the hands.
does anyone out recall an advert which was spoof on the The Incredible Hulk, a man comes into the dining room and wife puts his tea on the table & he stars to hulk out & smashes up the table does anyone remember that, I think it was advertising Paxo
Makes me feel old......!!
Those were the days when teletext and remote controls were considered luxurious! :0)
Robert Powell, Richard Briers, Tim Pigott-Smith, Joss Ackland etc.. - 80's ad voices!
Cool, i remember that naff man from del monte who said YESSSS! lol
That's gotta be James Bolam narrating the milk advert!
i always thought the castrol GTX ad sounds as tho it shouldve been used at the start of a Superman movie.
classic!! page 555 on c4 on Ceefax was the best, jokes and shit!!! christ how the memories start to invade!!
Kenney Everett was an amazing talent.
Great post, ahhh those were the days, lol!
good old james bolam- "howay man, put milk forst, like"!
Did you spot PC Quinan (aka Andrew Paul) in the Bovril stock cubes Advert?
The Halifax advert lol,
the only thing that they insist on is that you take out more than you put in.
They did that all right :)
That "Teletext" TV seemed to a precursor to the Internet!
oh these were the days!
Oracle lol the internet of the 80s
Too true - that's exactly what I thought when I saw it!
i used silkience as a kid!
@gallafey Yes i remember that ad,i it was for paxo.I loved the bit where he smashed the table in slow motion.It would have been on about 1979 or thereabouts.
People who owned Hillman Avengers must have eaten a lot of Shredded Wheat!
Where's the Honey Nut Shredded Wheat??!
I’ll bet that Rowenta iron has been aisled in the dreaded cemetery of irons years since.
wish alan partridge would do a cheddar advert..
I'VE GOT CHEESE...THIS IS CHEESE.
Tpfff! When we still had industry and milk floats to fuel them.
3:29 in, isnt that PC dave quinnon from out of the bill>???
The "committee" in the bovril ad look like they've broken out of Borstal
I couldn't agree with you more!
Is that Doomwatch's Joby Blanshard in the John Bull home brew ad?
Is that Alan Bennett doing the voice-over for the biscuit ad?
Renault Fuego!! Bet there aren't many of them left!
Great ads!
lol im watching these ad's and they seem extremely cheesy today, but they are so much better than the copious amounts of bingo, loans and insurance ads on tv now
THe guy in the bovril advert was in Bugsy Malone and used to be in The Bill!
I guess I must have been out having fun...
Too true - it'd be like snow, disgustingly enough ;) lol
cheddar.. hits teh spot when you're on a 20 year opium benderrr.. *heavy breathing*
Whoops!
Yes I am! Sorry! Nothing like getting a bad joke wrong!
Bernard Cribbins and Colin Jeavons... I should know better and think before I post!
hehe...Colin Jeavons in the McVities Homewheat...
Hey, didn't the guy in the Del Monte advert used to play the waiter in "DUTY FREE"??
Does anybody remember adverts on TV around this time for humongous microwaves and kitchen equipment made by some company called "Tappan"? I seem to remember it was all orchestral music to them or something.... Or is my memory deluding me?
wasn't that mrs mcluskey headmaster from grange hill in the cheddar chesse advert?
Isnt it mad how ads in them days made most of us go out and buy half the shit they were selling Oracle and Ceefax proper blasts from the past a few famous faces Gwyneth Powell, Andrew Paul, Ian Ogilvy and some late great stars like Kenny Everett, Paul Eddington and John Comer ( Sid from Last Of The Summer Wine) Loved the Mahler music from Castrol GTX and still do so many memories better days thru bleaker times
Isn't that Mrs McCluskey serving that Cheese Hotpot for 'Daddy'?
Have you noticed how many adverts there were for banks or insurance in this sequence compared to what they brainwash you with now?
Nah, that's not Todd Carty. He'd be a bit too young to be passing his test in 1979 anyway, given he was only in about 2nd year at Grange Hill at the time.
Hey, didn't that guy in the McvIties advert play "Solly Atwell", the bent lawyer in the 4th series of ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES?
Thanks, I've seen a piece of equipment called a "VHS/DVD CONVERTOR"..apparently you plug one end into the VCR, and the other end into your PC, and it records the tape onto a disc or something, but it's £39.99!!..is thtis what you mean??
Was that PC Quinan from the Bill in the Bovril Cubes advert??
@b6gm6n you sound a cheery chap !
yea it is, he must of been about 20 there!
Del Monte
Rowenta
Silkience
OK, can someone please explain to me how to convert old VHS cassettes into a format you can upload on here???
I think it's that the dandruff is getting worse. Without continually-improving dandruff technology, we'd all be swimming in a sea of white flakes.
You'll need something like a capture device on your PC (an internal card or an external box) or alternatively a DVD recorder to archive your tapes, from where you can rip to PC. Hit Google and you'll find plenty of explanations. You'll need to spend a bit of money.
Totally agree, the worst cereal ever invented. How did they ever get away with it?
at 3mins 30 sec bovril ad did i see pc dave quinan from the bill.
If I didn't know better, I'd say they just dropped some breakfast bars into a bowl and poured milk over them!
Speaking of which, I rather liked the milk advert.
@cultcheese But it is Mrs McCluskey in the cheese advert!
FROM £375!!! The cheapest then! With an "average delay of 20 seconds!" We used to call it GAGFAX as it was such a joke . . .
TASTE OUR JUICE
At 8:26 it's Stitch's voice! =}
Do I see Mrs McClusky serving up a better bit of Cheddar?
Are you thinking of Bernard Cribbins mate?
carlos from duty free shouting cool .
Yes it is PC dave quinnon from the Bill and he was also in the film Scum
SPPOOOOONNS!
out this week and still only 20 pee? lol say what
Teletext on ITV, gone forever.
so fun! walkers crisps packets :O , and halifax hav always had corny adverts! except the music has got worse and the cross bigger!
@darganx Yup.
Julia Roberts from QVC on the Woolwich ad. She has not aged well.
how big is that iron?? lol
Firstly, del monte made me take an instant shit. Second, my iron I hadn't worked since 1985 and third, I'm bald. Coincidence? I think not
Pye teletext.....the first intetweb lol
@marts500 Sounds like Robert Powell.
I sort of remember a bovril ad featuring mountaneer and bearded wonder chris bonnington telling us all how he climbed the eiger with the help of bovril (as if he took fuck all else and scaling the heights couldn't be done without this ,beefy beverage).
odd though: I asked a s/market girl about bovril last yr and she'd never heard of it. it's not advertised anymore. good - it tasted shite anyway,so I'm not sorry.
Heh the hair advert showing off the science isn't much different from today
It looked like her to me alright
8p a pint.