UK TV Adverts 1969 x 8

[Springamatul]

I liked egg shampoos whats happened to them and Alf is such a mongrel isnt he?

[jackiemann20]

Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger, stick em up your bum and they last a bit longer :-)

[helltopay1]

wanna be back here in front of the tele ,a kid,feeling safe.

[uggs1]

Probably drank the after shave an all!

[dirtydonki]

Oh how I wish I had a time machine.

[rrrripbing]

Warren Mitchell and Una Stubbs arguing as Alf Garnet and Rita. Hilarious.

[Thewizard22uk]

Wow!, Still remember adding to ...

Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger

Stick em up your ass and they last a bit longer!

[Feisty1967]

Some of those ads look like they were before 1969, particularly the Butlins ad which looks dreadfully old-fashioned and the Mothers Pride ad. They look like they were made in about 1965, judging by the hairstyles.

[goombabear]

Lots of sexual innuendo in these ads. I don't think we would have anything like this in America at that time.

[infrasleep]

Is advertising all its made out to be? Most of these products/companies no longer exist!

[Runrome]

A time when advertising had art and not like cheap crass shit that fill our tv screens nowdays to think we live in a more developed age but the cretive flair that these directors showed has not been passed on to the asembly line of over payed media studies clones who are responsible for a lot of what we see on tv today

[FrankIeroiscute]

wow before I was even born

[Widmerpool99]

Wonder how many of those girls Georgie shagged...

[tommytempra]

Probably just got em pissed!

[anonUK]

@Widmerpool99

Not Dusty Springfield...

She was apparently a great "knocker-upper" though- which begs certain questions.

[MrRik2]

@Widmerpool99 I wonder how much of the aftershave he drank.

[sewitt60]

@Widmerpool99 Are you kidding? All of course!

[installLSC]

As an American I don't know much about George Best, but if this ad was even slightly realistic he must have been the baddest mofo that ever lived

About 1:16 couldn't possibly be phallic imagery, could it?

Dusty, I know you swung the other way, but you could have been my "knocker upper" anytime

[abbafan50986]

@installLSC Yes George certainly was the 'baddest mofo' that ever lived, it's just very sad the way he ended up...

[abbafan50986]

Of course these days health and safety regulations would outlaw putting a hot kettle on a platform balanced on a pole...

[AccyRed]

God, I could murder a Cadbury's Flake!Then I guess you wouldn't let me

into heaven.

Or maybe you would 'cause their adverts Promote oral sex

[maxiboy666]

George Best today would make Tiger Woods seem like an amateur!

[Grifiki]

Yes! George Best. He scored so much more than most male's, in my days..

[Grifiki]

That was George Best. He played for Man united...

[UKSazzy67]

I'm pretty sure I spotted Diane from Crossroads in the Trebor Mints ad.

[spursbackpacker]

lol i want Dusty's scarf!!

[UKSazzy67]

I love that scarf she's wearing! Is it me, or were women so much more slender in those days? Maybe we ate a better diet back then.

[MRSPIKE001]

Sarah Brightman was born in 1960 so was only 9 years old when this advert was made. But they do look very similar.

[callinalltrux]

I think that's Sarah Brightman eating flake.

[VictorPhoenix]

That fish finger bloke would be jailed nowa day

[twelvemeister]

yes as a child the flake ad was arousing but you wer,nt sure why ?

[popitinpete]

They wouldn't allow that flake ad now.

[EricIrl]

I well remember the Dusty Springfield Mother's Pride ad.

[awesomeSkins]

lol, those adverts were cool!! cool, but... terrible :P

[PIGGYMONGOL]

I was reffering to the flake advert BTW...

[PIGGYMONGOL]

Oh fuck, it's the "cock" thing isn't it?

[karatefella]

Does anyone remember an advert for crisps - possibly Golden Wonder which featured the Karate Master Keinosuke Enoeda ?

Is it anywhere on youtube ?

I can't find it anywhere !

[xl5zero7]

i remember the very same advert i think it was kung fuey crisps. sensei enoeda great shotokan master.

[xl5zero7]

had the wrong spelling itskung phooey crisps

[jimjams91]

40 years ago! Omg haha.

[borgduck]

Everytime I think of 1969, I think of Zoe Herriot on Doctor Who & wish that I was there. Anyone got a TARDIS they can loan me?

[moxie96]

my favorite doctor and assistant! Can I join you?

Good thing I'm a period novelist and currently writing something set in 1967. Sure this is two years up but helps in research.

[borgduck]

I don't see why not, it's bigger on the inside than the outside.

[xoio]

The Girls Sucking off the Flake - Ace!

[atlantic1952]

These ads are brilliant, the music in the sunsilk ad is wonderful, what ads, so much better than today, thanks for posting

[sparklerofalbion]

The music for the Sunsilk advert was written by none other than John Barry who went on to compose and record the best ever James Bond soundtracks.

[LNER4468]

God! I remember these ads from my childhood. The only trouble is that George Best was drinking the after shave.

[Ampex196]

Many thanks for sharing.

Great memories of gentler times !

[fascistamericadotnet]

...one for dry hair, one for greasy hair, another for dandruff..each one causes the side effects of the other two.. e.g the dandruff causes greasy hair, and the normal causes dandruff, so you just keep changing amongst the different types condemmed to live your life with hair in a random state of disgust never getting to the bottom of the chemical conspiracy that disturbs thee, or poor unfortunate creature must this cycle of despair never end.

[olsenal]

ahhhh.. the flake advert

[Georgiahulse]

Has some surprisingly sexual connotations, if you know what I mean. Surprised me for the 60s.

[olsenal]

yes, happily, i do know what you mean....

[borgduck]

Sex & the 60's, that surprises you????

[Georgiahulse]

No not really, it was just how direct and full-on the ad came across. I mean, I can't imagine this on modern day television, and the impression I get of the 60s from relatives who lived then is that it was a much more reserved and conservative time.

[borgduck]

What about mini skirts, free sex, flower power & naked Hippy girls in body paint?

[Georgiahulse]

Well those are the stereotypes and typical images from the era, but I've yet to see evidence suggesting life in 1960s Britain was full of Hippys and Flower Power. The pictures and videos I've seen, as well as talking to people who grew up then, show men in suits and smart clothes, and women in skirts and dresses.

[borgduck]

No more a stereotype than your opinion that everyone was reserved & conservative & wore suits. Mods wore suits & fought running battles with Rockers in the 60's & had sex with girls.

[Georgiahulse]

Hang on, is my opinion that "everyone" was reserved and conservative? No, I was simply saying that most of the pictures, videos and views I've heard show a different 60s. It's like when you think of say, the 80s, you immediately think miner's strikes, the Berlin wall and electronic music...but it was much more than that!

I know about the Mods, my Dad was one :)

[borgduck]

Your dad was fab!

[moxie96]

I agree!

[Kenn1965]

Georgia, you were more on target than you may know. I grew up in humble surroundings, and most everyone I recall in my own childhood then wore dark, plain clothing . I'm sure people wore flamboyant, typically "sixties" outfits in cities like London, but in my block in Manchester you weren't likely to see any of that.

[Georgiahulse]

Thanks for confirming that. I was born 10 years after the 60s, and so missed out on it all, but from what I've heard from relatives and seen in family photos, everyone looked quite formal and smart. In fact, there's a picture of my Dad painting the garden fence in black trousers and a shirt - some people today wouldn't even wear that to a wedding!

[Kenn1965]

You're right. Informal attire gets taken to the extreme in some circumstances. Some people in my office show up for "casual days" in stained t-shirts and brief jogging shorts.

[spacemagick]

Those were the days... properly famous people doing completely bonkers adverts... fantastic. Every one a gem. Thank you for posting.

[harleysmurf666]

Egg shampoo???

[FaerieCrone]

Yeah it was great - made your hair shine - I wish they still made it.

[harleysmurf666]

Must be the protein I guess. You would have a bit of trouble marketing it now. Bit of ex pat nostalgia from your childhood eh??

[ukbentley]

Was it all really so long ago? The girl advertising the Flake is about 60 now !! That's a bit scary!!!

[sonicavenga]

Can't believe it...Dusty Springfield advertising Mother's Pride!

[Thesurus02]

This is brlliant compared to the ads today. I mean, has anyone seen the DFS ad?

[Jeet27]

lol if you watch the mothers pride advert than watch japanese adverts of the modern day, there is no difference. japanese adverts are just like this.

[mmcgoldrick1964]

sond video

[b6gm6n]

Amazing to think that brits didn't really trust 'foreigners' back then... Butlins! - shame the houses in the Mothers-Pride advert have probably been demolished and and now house a few hundred non British nationals... funny how things turn around, do they still use abusive footballers with drink problems in scent adverts?

[sewitt60]

Most couldn't afford foreign holidays back then.

[b6gm6n]

yes your right

[mrrk]

Magic. How wonderfull to see Dusty Springfield.

[jerrylefever]

Who is the bird in the Flake advert?

[sewitt60]

I don't mate, but she could eat my flake anytime!

[bogdanaa]

Love the look of 'fabulous evenings of entertainment' at Butlins. God people used to be easily pleased!

[laddiebuck12]

On the whole, that's not a bad quality./

[bogdanaa]

Yes, you're probably right!

[laddiebuck12]

I'm sorry, I wrote that comment after staying up after two weeks of sleep deprivation. I haven't a clue what was going on through my mind at the time (witness the last character). In a rational mood I would be much more enthusiastic.

[sibionic]

That George best advert - its amazing take on Brooker T's Green Onions - is the best 60s ad ever!!

[boomboombadboy]

Dusty is just wonderful

[jesmarluk]

It has to be James Mason's voice on the shampoo ad.

[skunkhead2007]

i love the way she eats her flake

[PeerlessPaavo]

First ad features the late, great George Best, footballing legend from Northern Ireland.