British Comedy Guide

Vintage adverts Page 58

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1950............ 5 years after the war and there's still supply problems

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1947...................

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1946.................

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1945...........

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1944...........still signs of shortages

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1943.............

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1941.............. I remember Cuticura talcum powder my Mother used, and I see we were re-treading shoes as well as tyres - do they still do tyre re-treads?

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1940..............and noticeable that there are not many full page (or even half page) adverts in the war period.

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**EDIT Just noticed that 1lb boxes (Note - not tins) of Quality Street are 2/4 (2 shillings and 4 pence), which is 12p in today's money!!!

1939...............Heh Heh, turned out nice again, ain't it!

Models from 30/- (Thirty shillings) £1.50 in today's moolah

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1934..........I wonder if they were on the Titanic

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1932................. Train sets from 25p!

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1924..............

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