I think you're right.
A lot of them were in the back of UK comics ( I know 'cos I sent off for "Sea Monkeys" whichh looked suspiciously like the gnat larvae swimming in out water-butt.
They probably would have had small-print (certainly in the late 60's /early 70's when I was happily being conned).
1968................The Rolls Royce of SLR cameras
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 11th September 2022, 11:06 AMAm I right in thinking it was only the American comics we got here that got away with advertising x-ray specs without revealing they were just a toy that didn't work? I very vaguely remember being told to read the small print of an add for them in Whizzer & Chips which said in a convoluted legalese no kid could understand that they didn't let you see through the girl next door's clothes.
Quote: Lazzard @ 11th September 2022, 11:16 AMI think you're right.
A lot of them were in the back of UK comics ( I know 'cos I sent off for "Sea Monkeys" whichh looked suspiciously like the gnat larvae swimming in out water-butt.
They probably would have had small-print (certainly in the late 60's /early 70's when I was happily being conned).
According to the 80's film Creepshow, the 'joke' of those 'x-ray specs' is they would make black rings round your eyes...
Two questions. Who came up with this ad and how dairy spread such porkies?
Clearly a fake - but I wouldn't put it past them.
1910..........
Quote: alison blunderland @ 10th September 2022, 12:04 PMWizardry on wheels? The Mini was majorly magical but, as we all know, some wizards preferred the Ford Anglia.
I love the added Tax in small print. Nearly £500 in total.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 10th September 2022, 12:09 PM1893...................
2 very beautiful women.
1934........... Not sure if these are for eating in the car or giving to the dog.
Nice box, nice biccies, one of our oldest biscuit makers still going. The Rover name might be a heritage reference to their first and only product, a ship's biscuit, until they expanded with sweet biscuits when sugar became more available in Victorian times. I think that's a sail on their emblem. Their early tins fetch small fortunes.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 13th September 2022, 2:59 PM1934........... Not sure if these are for eating in the car or giving to the dog.
I doubt they were sold everywhere.
1980................... My wife had one of these. Very reliable
I had one for a short while. Bright orange. People often thought I was a taxi.
I paid £200 at the auctions with a years MOT. It lasted exactly 1 year.
1919..............
