THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 1)

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 24 Mar, 2008 6:27 pm

arry awk wrote: Reckitt's Blue slogan. 'Out of the Blue comes the!Pack of 3 Durex for Half a crown (25p!) Still around, but a dear'DO!' It would be 25p is 5/-. They were 3/9 when I started buying the BTW

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Mon 24 Mar, 2008 7:34 pm

Well half a crown was two shillings and sixpence, or 12.5New Pence.or two and a kick as we called them.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 2:26 am

My favourite was what people would write on the Durex machines. Apart from the obvious ... cuts out oven doubt ... and ... Buy me and stop one ... worst chewing gum i ever tasted ... my favourite was written right next to the 'Approved to British Standards" sign .... so was the Titanic.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 9:55 pm

wish i'd brought me brolly.charlie says.putting a rug on a polished floor,you may aswell set a man trap!there's a mad mad axeman who is deep in sin outside the front door.cross plyes on the front when you've radials on the back.warwick castle.that was a public imformation film!!!!

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 10:14 pm

branch stores of tailoring companiesWeaver to wearerhepworths(a bit up market)John CollierBurtons(of course)Jacksons

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 10:16 pm

fevlad wrote: branch stores of tailoring companiesWeaver to wearerhepworths(a bit up market)John CollierBurtons(of course)Jacksons I wonder how they all justified all those shops all over central Leeds?

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 11:35 pm

Trojan wrote: fevlad wrote: branch stores of tailoring companiesWeaver to wearerhepworths(a bit up market)John CollierBurtons(of course)Jacksons I wonder how they all justified all those shops all over central Leeds? Marketing.They made a lot of gross profit on each suite.My dad worked for Price's, that amounted to about half that list and as many others again. Basically the punters were getting off the peg suits but with the added benefit of being measured for it and getting a "fitting" when the suite was half made. All that amounted to was a lot of big white cotton tacking stitches and some random white chalk marks, with the shop assistant pulling on it to fit, but the punter thought he was getting a Bespoke quality made to measure suit.The quality of the shops and the shopfitting (mahogany panels), the racks of bolts of cloth and the "Total customer experience" were as much part of the product as anything else.Bits about this (Burton's to be exact) in one of the Yorkshire Post videos (Hopefully DVD by now !).

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 1:11 am

wiggy wrote: wish i'd brought me brolly.charlie says.putting a rug on a polished floor,you may aswell set a man trap!there's a mad mad axeman who is deep in sin outside the front door.cross plyes on the front when you've radials on the back.warwick castle.that was a public imformation film!!!! Ooh mi purse!!-dont leave your purse out where thieves can reach them!!

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 1:14 am

Brandy SnapDecimilisation info program at about 4 in the afternoon,everyday that jammy little so and so got to to the toy shop and get a Scalextric,every Bl**dy day,i was only 6 and couldnt afford a matchbox car yet everyday i saw this kid get a scalextric with his new money.New money,old money!! i had none!!-notes from a jealous young boy at the time of decimilsation.

Si · Post by Si » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 9:00 am

cnosni wrote: wiggy wrote: wish i'd brought me brolly.charlie says.putting a rug on a polished floor,you may aswell set a man trap!there's a mad mad axeman who is deep in sin outside the front door.cross plyes on the front when you've radials on the back.warwick castle.that was a public imformation film!!!! Ooh mi purse!!-dont leave your purse out where thieves can reach them!! "I think he's waving to us, Petunia!"