UK TV Adverts, c. 1979 (8)

[gabbygetsme]

Clarks when they made good shoes and made them in Britain I would never buy from them now

[AMikeOnLine]

Also. We did'nt have these crappy laws about 'Fire proof' .

Anything you toutch'ed in the 70' would go up in flames including

your side burns...!

[AMikeOnLine]

In are house a display cabinet was called a 'Room divider' and it was made of

chipboard. Bargain from MFI at £59.99. Is there any wonder Bonfires were good in the 70's?

[Feisty1967]

The furniture in the Woolworths ad looks so cheap and crap by today's standards.

[TheX4honda]

johnny briggs dad!!

[surriel1]

Bloody expensive in those days.

[arobekie]

As a kid i had a terrible time avoiding those wire brushes walking to school.

[gabbygetsme]

Gosh K Shoe shops now Clarks in the days when they made good quality British shoes shame about now

[rottielovergirl1]

hanky panky tasted great , i bought loads of them when i was younger shame they stopped making them :(

[Stereolabdream]

Homepac unit-£100....jeez....

You'd probably pay less in IKEA in 2011...just goes to show that despite current financial woes, we really are better off now than we were...let's hope we will be again in 30 years time....lol

[Stereolabdream]

Yep- my mum was convinced Lucozade was good for me when I was sick as an 8 year old at this time...she also though Heinz "Big Soup" was just the trick....ugggghhhhh

[Amandamoo73]

the berlei bra ad was a bit racy for its time!and a snack called hanky pankys??don't think that would work nowadays!

[danw1374]

1:17 i wonder how many people thought the briefcase was was a laptop on first sight? lol

[ASTMA193]

Look how Lucazade has changed. From a 'drink for the unwell' to a refreshment for top sports people. Wow!!!

[Feisty1967]

What great memories! Thanks for sharing!

[goombabear]

Eastenders father of Melanie.

[elousia8]

k just lmao the kid is drinking lucozade out of a wine glass....funny how adds were in them days

[agfagaevart]

I can't understand why people mourn the loss of Woolworths. If it was so great, why didn't they shop there? Maybe it would still be in business if they had.

Maria Charles in the ad for Settlers, looks about 20 years younger than she did in the Agony TV series which aired during 1979. She was 50 by then.

[col2006ie]

And the guy in the Settlers ad is Leslie Schofield.

[agfagaevart]

Indeed it is. He was in Star Wars, if memory serves.

[col2006ie]

And he also played one of Pat's many husbands - and later Melanie's dad - in EastEnders.

[agfagaevart]

I've just seen him in the original Reggie Perrin series. He is married to Leonard Rossiter's daughter. He keeps calling her "Squeezy boobs" heh heh.

[krakenwave]

@agfagaevart

Wasn't she the mum in 'Bar Mitvah Boy'?

[bobross95]

I don't remember Woolworths selling furniture? But I was only 7 when this advert was shown!!

[RobinCarmody]

They sold almost everything at some point - and *still* their comparatively reduced range at their demise was considered too broad to have a USP in the present market. Personally, I'd have pulled out of major towns/cities and concentrated on small towns, where they still had a raison d'etre and which were the only places where their demise was really felt.

Arthur Lowe does his usual for Hanky Panky.

[RobertTheDodger654]

Even though I'm not a child anymore, it's a shame K don't make children's shoes anymore. Either because of the take-over by Clarks, or they became overshadowed by Continental imports.

[agfagaevart]

That advert is so ridiculous! It would not be allowed on TV today.

[scorpiofootiemad]

As we all know now,we cannot treat ourselves at Woolworths,but still,all these old adverts get me singing!