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Vintage adverts Page 30

Us is sometimes used instead of me in some parts of the North. Not so much now, I'd have thought.

1945 selection....................

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Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd July 2022, 9:03 AM

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American beer? Come on! And why wasn't Sheryl Crowe's record banned as basically an advert for Budweiser?

1953..................

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1973.........23½p !! What are they now? £10?

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5p and a match for one embassy regal at the shop close to school when I was there.

1925............complete Hi Fi system for £2.25 ?

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1942...............

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1913..............

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1952............

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How sophisticated! And an entire fruit bowl on the table!

Also British stiff upper lip, ignoring the big green bird nesting in her hair.

Quote: beaky @ 31st July 2022, 10:12 AM

How sophisticated!

I know! And it might be even more sophisticated than I thought at first read. Can somebody with eyes like a bleedin' 'awk confirm they've combined the 'o' and the 'e' in hors d'oeuvres? How posh is that?

Quote: beaky @ 31st July 2022, 10:12 AM

How sophisticated! And an entire fruit bowl on the table!

So much for rationing, which I lived through. In 1952 I was 7 years old.............and skinny.

1970.......................Used to drink this in the mid 70s with my GI friends, a very nice smooth beer

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