Vintage adverts Page 44

Hmm I'd say it was an old brand we don't see anymore, so not Glenfiddich. Same shape bottle in this ad, half normal size, with a solid black diamond shape motif on a white label middle or middle top. I'd say more Palmer than Bond, but definitely LeCarre, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold had it in a lot of scenes. I'm almost certain they had a bottle in Georgy Girl, same period, so I'm thinking maybe it was product placement for a new or popular brand of the time. And I'm fairly sure they had them in The Deadly Affair 1967 James Mason, another LeCarre type spy film but in colour. But in TSWCIFTC it seemed to be everywhere, unfortunately I don't have it on DVD.

One I thought of that had a diamond motif was Black & White, but that was a white diamond on black - they later used the two Scottie dogs, one white, one black.

Yes/No? ?

Don't be vague ask for Haig.
What a brilliant slogan.

I say it sometimes now,no one here knows what I'm on about of course.

Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 2nd October 2022, 4:13 PM

a solid black diamond shape motif on a white label . . . The Spy Who Came In From The Cold had it in a lot of scenes . . . so I'm thinking maybe it was product placement for a new or popular brand of the time.

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Hello Alfred. Are these the whisky bottles you mean? The following shots (no pun intended) are from 'The spy who came in from the cold'. All the bottles are Haig whisky and the white triangle is on the back of the bottle.

1904.................

And five of them progressed to chocolate bars once they were on solids...

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 3rd October 2022, 12:31 PM

And five of them progressed to chocolate bars once they were on solids...

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I used to get one of them each week.

Quote: Chappers @ 3rd October 2022, 5:55 PM

I used to get one of them each week.

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But it was discontinued before the war - how old does that make you? ?

I only ever saw them in the vending machines at the station.I can't remember them in the shops at all.

Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 3rd October 2022, 11:16 PM

But it was discontinued before the war - how old does that make you? ?

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Which war? Falklands war?

No they still produced it in the late 50s and maybe early 60s.

I know........i was just trying to wind you up. ?

Quote: Chappers @ 3rd October 2022, 5:55 PM

I used to get one of them each week.

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You used to get one boy a week?

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 4th October 2022, 10:20 AM

You used to get one boy a week?

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Crikey! The Fat Owl is sailing close to the wind

1958..................

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 22nd February 2019, 8:48 AM

Zambuk is another ubiquitous cure-all I recall being lovingly administered on numerous occasions throughout my childhood.

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Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 30th September 2022, 3:55 PM

With Gladys Emmanuel applying it to your tender parts., as you stand there with your trousers round your ankles.

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Now we know where she was applying it...............from 1932, which would be about right for your childhood ?