Eeeh! I remember burning paraffin in a heater to keep warm. Having to keep a window open for ventilation and massive amounts of condensation running down the windows. Halcyon days!
"Feeling low, no zest, no go? Take my tip have a Seagers flip, have a Seagers egg flip". All set to music. I can remember the complete lyric, but don't want to bore you silly!
"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent".
"Morton's garden peas are fresh garden peas".
"Lyon's quick brew tea does not need one for the--'Upside down'--". (Don't ask or I'll go on all day).
My brothers and I used to sing a parody of the Pepsodent ad- -"you'll wonder where tyourtrousers went, when your braces burst by ac-ci-dent!"
More innocent times. We loved the Mr.Squeezy Ad- -anything with a cartoon as they were rarely shown on the TV-- which only broadcast on two channels for six hours per day!
@MrFrancisH Yes, very nice times for akid to grow up in Frank--heard some kids about 9 go by my house arguing the other day, and the most common word in use inferred an unaturally close relationship with their respective mothers. Here's to some sort of return to those standards. Best wishes, george
@Jigaboo123456 Political correctness and the belief that legislation, 'Equality and Diversity', are the only routes to respect others have devastated the moral codes.
Apparently to offer your seat to a woman is now considered patronising by feminists. Locally both men and women get called 'luv' in many shops etc., out of friendliness. God help you in some other areas of the country. The phrase, "God bless", being regarded as an insult and grounds for sacking in the N.H.S.
My family went one better in the 70's, we got one of the then 'new' fangled Super Ser calor gas heaters, instant radiant warmth and comfort without the inconvenience of slow slovenly horrible smelly paraffin!
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt. (Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen sketch)
@patrickcorliss ha ha yes i know that sketch well! im old enough to remember it first time round and reciting it with mates in the school playground....them wert days. sorry couldnt resist!
I can remember some other early ads. "Nuts, whole hazelnuts" still sticks in my mind. As does a girl running on the beach in the Manikin cigar ad.
Then there was "Brylcreem, a litte dab will do you" And the kid in the car saying "Quick, Dad! It’s on now!" so you would buy the TV Times. There was also "Hi ho, Sillver, Away" and "Kemo Sabe" (from Lone Ranger).
In the schoolyard, we would sing "Robin Hood" and "William Tell" as well as "Smoke gets in you eyes".
@patrickcorliss i remember the fairy liquid one (mum why are your hands so soft?) which is still going? washing powder daz etc. oxo cubes. all happy families with wife doing all the house work! pre feminist era hey.
Hey Frank, I didn't get your Caesar reference but I do remember the 'barrow boys' selling fruit and veg down the market, if that's what you're referring to. In fact I was one myself for a while (a helper really).
They were a well-tried theme in very many movies, especially comedies, in those days.
yes i had forgotten that great tune.. brings back memories ..ha ha one of the ads i have been looking for is the sir isaac newton told us why an apple falls down from the sky & from this common self same rule all other objects do the same a brick a bolt a bar a cup invariably falls down not up can't find it though.. sad
I remember having to cart a 5 gallon tank on a trolley to the hardware store to buy the paraffin!!!
jpoole393 3 months ago
Eeeh! I remember burning paraffin in a heater to keep warm. Having to keep a window open for ventilation and massive amounts of condensation running down the windows. Halcyon days!
uraldneprvw 4 months ago 2
"Feeling low, no zest, no go? Take my tip have a Seagers flip, have a Seagers egg flip". All set to music. I can remember the complete lyric, but don't want to bore you silly!
"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent".
"Morton's garden peas are fresh garden peas".
"Lyon's quick brew tea does not need one for the--'Upside down'--". (Don't ask or I'll go on all day).
MrFrancisH 8 months ago
@MrFrancisH
My brothers and I used to sing a parody of the Pepsodent ad- -"you'll wonder where tyourtrousers went, when your braces burst by ac-ci-dent!"
More innocent times. We loved the Mr.Squeezy Ad- -anything with a cartoon as they were rarely shown on the TV-- which only broadcast on two channels for six hours per day!
Jigaboo123456 8 months ago
@Jigaboo123456 Brilliant! ------Regards, Frank.
MrFrancisH 8 months ago
@MrFrancisH Yes, very nice times for akid to grow up in Frank--heard some kids about 9 go by my house arguing the other day, and the most common word in use inferred an unaturally close relationship with their respective mothers. Here's to some sort of return to those standards. Best wishes, george
Jigaboo123456 8 months ago
@Jigaboo123456 Political correctness and the belief that legislation, 'Equality and Diversity', are the only routes to respect others have devastated the moral codes.
Apparently to offer your seat to a woman is now considered patronising by feminists. Locally both men and women get called 'luv' in many shops etc., out of friendliness. God help you in some other areas of the country. The phrase, "God bless", being regarded as an insult and grounds for sacking in the N.H.S.
MrFrancisH 8 months ago
@MrFrancisH
You couldn't make this stuff up. Oh, hang on a sec, you have.
procrustesuk 5 months ago
@procrustesuk I remember jumping into a frozen pond just to get warm.
You could go on a night out with a ten bob note and come back with a 1£ note and change.
Politicians told the truth, well yes, I made that up.
( I'll get you after school for mocking me ! )
MrFrancisH 5 months ago
I remember Petrol costing 35pence a GALLON
26TM240 8 months ago
As we used to ask when I was a kid, what's got four bums and keeps you warm in winter?
procrustesuk 1 year ago
I remember the joke that was being told at the time.
What did the paraffin seller say when he fell down the stair.
Boom Boom Boom Boom Arsehole blue.
rightforkoff 1 year ago
Anybody got the British Esso Extra cartoon ads from the late 50s/early sixties? Some of the voice-overs were done by Peter Sellers, I believe.
sprocket0077 1 year ago
My family went one better in the 70's, we got one of the then 'new' fangled Super Ser calor gas heaters, instant radiant warmth and comfort without the inconvenience of slow slovenly horrible smelly paraffin!
AnthonyUK 1 year ago
Your description implies that Esso Blue was a kind of petrol! It was *paraffin* ... different thing altogether!
Jojo7749 2 years ago
Exactly right Jojo7749...those were the days of paraffin heaters, no central heating, condensation everywhere in the house...
82648947 2 years ago
@82648947 yes i had a paraffin heater in my first flat in the mid 70s in manchester. barely kept me warm and stank like hell.... them wer't days!
bradshawvincent 2 years ago
@bradshawvincent
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt. (Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen sketch)
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss ha ha yes i know that sketch well! im old enough to remember it first time round and reciting it with mates in the school playground....them wert days. sorry couldnt resist!
bradshawvincent 1 year ago
@bradshawvincent
I can remember some other early ads. "Nuts, whole hazelnuts" still sticks in my mind. As does a girl running on the beach in the Manikin cigar ad.
Then there was "Brylcreem, a litte dab will do you" And the kid in the car saying "Quick, Dad! It’s on now!" so you would buy the TV Times. There was also "Hi ho, Sillver, Away" and "Kemo Sabe" (from Lone Ranger).
In the schoolyard, we would sing "Robin Hood" and "William Tell" as well as "Smoke gets in you eyes".
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss i remember the fairy liquid one (mum why are your hands so soft?) which is still going? washing powder daz etc. oxo cubes. all happy families with wife doing all the house work! pre feminist era hey.
bradshawvincent 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss Yes, and what abou' speech down'th market. "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise 'im".
(Please don't use bad language in your reply. :-) :-) :-) )
MrFrancisH 5 months ago
@MrFrancisH
Hey Frank, I didn't get your Caesar reference but I do remember the 'barrow boys' selling fruit and veg down the market, if that's what you're referring to. In fact I was one myself for a while (a helper really).
They were a well-tried theme in very many movies, especially comedies, in those days.
patrickcorliss 5 months ago
@patrickcorliss Hi, Peter. The reference to Caesar was only to illustrate how old we (?) are. I'm prehistoric.
I will admit to having a weird sense of humour. Well, that's what the Police and my psychiatrist keep telling me.
Best of all best regards, Frank.
MrFrancisH 5 months ago
@patrickcorliss So you had it easy then ?
Regards, 72 and still going, cough, strong, cough, wheeze.
MrFrancisH 5 months ago
My Dad used to sing this all the time when he was working/doing jobs. Makes me smile :o) xxx
slickchick79 2 years ago
@slickchick79
Same here :)
RichUK2 1 year ago
Boom boom boom boom! Go Joe! The other classic is where he leads the crowd in a version of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
qpr60 3 years ago
I've never forgotten it
"They asked me how I knew
It was Esso Blue
I of course replied
With lower grades one buys
Smoke gets in your eyes"
cbak12sg 2 years ago
wotnochips 2 years ago
@cbak12sg correction.....
I believe it was this...
"I of course replied
Lower grade supplied
Smoke gets in your eyes."
Absolute classic!
hahasaidthecar 1 year ago
@hahasaidthecar We shall agree to differ, as I expect the advert has been wiped.
cbak12sg 1 year ago
@cbak12sg
See "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" on Wikipedia.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss Cheers!
cbak12sg 1 year ago