One for those over a certain age
Discussion
The Mad Monk said:
swerni said:
Anyone else remember, Saturday morning pictures ?
6d admission. How much did you pay?How that worked and what they did with them I have not got a clue.
(era of 'Champion the Wonder Horse', 'Three Stooges' etc etc. mid-late 50's)
drainbrain said:
I swear this is true. We used to pay with jam jars.
How that worked and what they did with them I have not got a clue.
(era of 'Champion the Wonder Horse', 'Three Stooges' etc etc. mid-late 50's)
My dad made me take pop bottles back to the shop to get the refund to pay for the saturday morning flicks... so similar in a way!How that worked and what they did with them I have not got a clue.
(era of 'Champion the Wonder Horse', 'Three Stooges' etc etc. mid-late 50's)
motco said:
Pedoscope
Ah yes remember these well. Since shown to scatter radiation glibly from the pelvis downwards I wonder how many children have suffered adverse effects later in life. Or indeed shoe salesmen. I wonder what the longevity of a 1970s Clarks employee is? Great fun though, but that was the point I guess.davhill said:
Everyone's a Fruit & Nutcase.
I knows it, I grows it. (McVities Ginger Nuts).
It's so big you gotta grin to get it in (Wagon Wheels...honest).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkWKTeKHBWA
You only get an OO with TYPHOO
You Can't Get A Better Bit O'Butter On Your Knife - Country Life butter. !
Beats as it sweeps as it cleans. Hoover
They're tasty, tasty, very very tasty, so very tasty. Kellogg's Bran Flakes.
Nuts!
Whole Hazelnuts!
OOOOH!
Caburys take'em and they cover them in chocolate!
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo,
A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango.
He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.
The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo"
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.
The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin.
The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.
So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle,
They all prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!
Irn Bru, made in Scotland, from girders.
Any time any place, anywhere,
There's a wonderful world we can share,
It's the right one, the bright one,
It's Martini.
Hoots mon! There's juice, loose, aboot this hoose!
Made with triangular chocolate from triangular trees and triangular honey from triangular bees and oh Mr. Confectioner please...give me Toblerone...
"the milky bar kid is strong and tough and only the best is good enough ......etc" "The milky bars are on me"
"Opal fruits made to make your mouth water"
I'm a secret lemonade drinker
(R Whites)
I've been a trying to give it up but its been one of those nights
(R.Whites)
R. Whites lemonaaaaade!
(Capering by Julian Chagrin, not by Elvis Costello's dad, as some maintain.)
I have far too much time...
That isn't true.I knows it, I grows it. (McVities Ginger Nuts).
It's so big you gotta grin to get it in (Wagon Wheels...honest).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkWKTeKHBWA
You only get an OO with TYPHOO
You Can't Get A Better Bit O'Butter On Your Knife - Country Life butter. !
Beats as it sweeps as it cleans. Hoover
They're tasty, tasty, very very tasty, so very tasty. Kellogg's Bran Flakes.
Nuts!
Whole Hazelnuts!
OOOOH!
Caburys take'em and they cover them in chocolate!
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo,
A hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango.
He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.
The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo"
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.
The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin.
The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.
So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle,
They all prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!
Irn Bru, made in Scotland, from girders.
Any time any place, anywhere,
There's a wonderful world we can share,
It's the right one, the bright one,
It's Martini.
Hoots mon! There's juice, loose, aboot this hoose!
Made with triangular chocolate from triangular trees and triangular honey from triangular bees and oh Mr. Confectioner please...give me Toblerone...
"the milky bar kid is strong and tough and only the best is good enough ......etc" "The milky bars are on me"
"Opal fruits made to make your mouth water"
I'm a secret lemonade drinker
(R Whites)
I've been a trying to give it up but its been one of those nights
(R.Whites)
R. Whites lemonaaaaade!
(Capering by Julian Chagrin, not by Elvis Costello's dad, as some maintain.)
I have far too much time...
Edited by davhill on Saturday 7th October 03:10
I have been to the Congo and they've never even heard of Um Bongo, certainly don't drink it.
Totally misleading.
Edited by Thankyou4calling on Saturday 7th October 11:44
They asked me how I knew
It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bulls
t. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce.
Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bulls
t. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce. Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
SeeFive said:
They asked me how I knew
It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bullst. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce.
Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bulls
t. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce. Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
matchmaker said:
LordHaveMurci said:
matchmaker said:
Bum, bum, bum, bum, Esso Blue.
All of 5 posts before 
It was Esso Blue and Aladdin PinkAMG Merc said:
GetCarter said:
Yep. I was in Everton Drive off Honeypot lane.
I was Honeypot Lane - next to the Beehive pub 
SeeFive said:
They asked me how I knew
It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bullst. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce.
Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
On Friday evenings there was a series of Shell travelogues/extended ads written by and voiced by John Betjeman. He could make even Grimsby seem to be worth a visit. (apologies to Grimsby-ites).It was Esso blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Boom boom boom boom Esso Blue.
Other fuels are available. Keep going well, keep going Shell.
Every one's a fluffy one.
1001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown!
PAL prolongs active life.
Trill makes budgies bounce with health. Bulls
t. Mine didn't, it just slid down the wall in a bloody splat after I tried to make it bounce. Women love the great smell of Old Spice (replaced with "old mice")
(Hapless scene)... Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet, the mild cigar from Benson and Hedges.
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