'Orns Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Whatever happened to everyone's favourite entertainer, Rolf Harris, and his advert where he's in a swimming pool surrounded by kids? How I miss that era where all your favourite tv personalities were up for doing stuff, half naked, surrounded by young children. Was a much happier time, no? I bet he didn't even get paid for doing that, selfless (in your best Aussis accent) 'swimming, kids love it' (Rolf then lies back and we're left with a shot of his big toe wiggling.....it was his toe, yeah?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aztec Bars Clan Dew The Insurance Agent coming to collect the premiums every week. The Football Pools man coming every week also What about the sister bar of Aztec?.. Amazon. I could hardly ever afford one of them.. they were always out of my weekly pocket money reach @ around 4 1/2p , A Mars was around 3p and I could just about manage one of them. But I usually went for a Milky Way @ 2p and spent the other 1p on a Sherbet Dip... Gert Lush my babbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aztec Bars Clan Dew The Insurance Agent coming to collect the premiums every week. The Football Pools man coming every week also Double Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aids the diet thingy. Younger posters on here might not realise that there was a diet product up until the mid 1980s called Aids. Then a killer virus became prevalent in which victims were guaranteed to become a lot slimmer which became known as AIDS. I recall an MD of the Aids company saying, rather Canute like, at the time that they would continue to be known as Aids but I guess they did change name as haven't heard of them since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Austin Hillman Triumph cars Talbot Rover The British car industry I wondered when cars would come up. Morris, Riley, TVR and what about Armstrong Siddeley.. shameful you left them out.. tut tut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aids the diet thingy. Younger posters on here might not realise that there was a diet product up until the mid 1980s called Aids. Then a killer virus became prevalent in which victims were guaranteed to become a lot slimmer which became known as AIDS. I recall an MD of the Aids company saying, rather Canute like, at the time that they would continue to be known as Aids but I guess they did change name as haven't heard of them since. Sounds like a Ratners sized faux pax that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modmuffin Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 grahams gags... for the bemmy lads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aids the diet thingy. Younger posters on here might not realise that there was a diet product up until the mid 1980s called Aids. Then a killer virus became prevalent in which victims were guaranteed to become a lot slimmer which became known as AIDS. I recall an MD of the Aids company saying, rather Canute like, at the time that they would continue to be known as Aids but I guess they did change name as haven't heard of them since. The company died from ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tel Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aztec Bars Clan Dew The Insurance Agent coming to collect the premiums every week. The Football Pools man coming every week also I used to be that man. It was the advent of the National Lottery that eventually stopped me collecting. I used to collect for Littlewoods, Vernons and Zetters Pools, from about 100 clients, but within six months of the Lotto starting, it had dropped to about 10 and wasn't worth me doing it. The commission I got from it used to pay for tickets to watch BCFC for myself and my 2 kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Not a brand, but 'brain storming' is now 'mind mapping'. Apparently offensive?! Behave. ...no doubt some good for nothing do gooder spotted an opportunity to have a 'hissy-fit' (pun intended) objected and hey presto yet another PC taboo was spawned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 grahams gags... for the bemmy lads Indeed, kept me stocked up with fake blood and plastic dog shit throughout my school years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Also, another one for Bemmy lads, Frank Eddolls newsagents where you could buy single fags for about 12p each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just Googled Aids or Ayds and my memory was correct about their initial resolve to persevere with the name but by 1988 their sales had dropped by 50% so they changed their name to Aydslim but still didn't fare much better and soon went out of biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Phew, thank goodness for Pete's reply, its now obvious Grahams Gags was a joke shop.... I feared the worst for the Bemmy boys and formed a mental picture of Graham being some kind of dodgy character in a long dirty raincoat ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Tab Clear! Push Pops! For people in their late 20's, or early 30's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Don't think anyone has mentioned the following:- Woolworths The Green Un TWW Rediffusion Radio Rentals Levi Sta Prest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Aids the diet thingy. Younger posters on here might not realise that there was a diet product up until the mid 1980s called Aids. Then a killer virus became prevalent in which victims were guaranteed to become a lot slimmer which became known as AIDS. I recall an MD of the Aids company saying, rather Canute like, at the time that they would continue to be known as Aids but I guess they did change name as haven't heard of them since. Was that the ones spelt with a Y- I remember some sort of "healthy" sweets called Ayds. There is an Italian restaurant around the corner from me called Isis. Every time I drive passed it I wonder how long it will it try and hold onto the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Our Price record store C & A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Puffs, the crisps. I used to love them, but not sure they exist any more? They were like strange half-moon shape things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modmuffin Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Liquid Assets aka spotted cow (before it went all posh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Tab Clear! Push Pops! For people in their late 20's, or early 30's. What about Nerds & Dweebs?! I lived on those for a while in my youth! Also Eyepoppers sour gobstoppers. My word they were sour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 McDonnell Douglas Trans World Airways (TWA) Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) British Overseas Airways (BOA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Also, another one for Bemmy lads, Frank Eddolls newsagents where you could buy single fags for about 12p each. Poor old Frank. He was a good old boy. The local little urchins (who shall remain nameless) stole stacks of stuff from his shop and yet he still welcomed them back with a joke and a smile. I reckon that when the taxman visited and saw what was going on, he must've sympathised and realised that what Frank had declared as written-off stock or shrinkage was genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Not a brand, but 'brain storming' is now 'mind mapping'. Apparently offensive?! Behave. They always were and still are completely different things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 McDonnell Douglas Trans World Airways (TWA) Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) British Overseas Airways (BOA) Actually it was BOAC, with BEA (British European Airways) for short haul, before they formed BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Eastville Rovers. Didn't they change their name and join the Bananrama Conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 McDonnell Douglas Trans World Airways (TWA) Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) British Overseas Airways (BOA) Brittannia and Paramount also from my childhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Pickups lemonade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Great for putting around your turban..."You damn coolie!" (Shakes head). Aztec bars. Bristol Rovers....whatever happened to they? Aztec bars. They clinch the argument that Aztecs were Bristolians. Think about Bristol's main industries - tobacco and chocolate - both Aztec products (one of which they called chocolatl). Main Aztec god - Qetzlcoatl. Main Aztec volcano - Popacatapetl. Aztec West is, of course, the point from which Bristolians left to found the Aztec Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Inter-City Inter-city big blue train away from it all and home again... (those ads conjured good images and feelings at the time) shame about the once popular 'star' who starred in 'em. Was a great jingle though, they should bring the 'big blue trains' back again, Inter City trains, exactly what it said on the can.. (Virgin trains on the other hand... yeah right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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