There were just as many Bank Ads back then, it's just there aren't any in this particular 'slot' of ads here! . Barclays, Lloyds, TSB, Natwest, and Midland (pre-HSBC) all regularly ran Ads on TV in the 80's. If anything there were more Ads for Insurance then, than there are now. Estate Agents never advertised on TV then either which was abit weird, now you can't move for TV Ads from Rightmove and others. Then: Ads for - frozen food, Kids sugary drinks (Cocoa cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sugary cereals (Frosties, Coco Pops), Beer (nearly always lager), Wine, Spirits, Ads from BT, Cars, Car oil, HiFi's, Yellow Pages, Cigars, Mens aftershave, Laundry powder, washing up liquid, individual chocolate bars (Mars, Twix, Flake etc), Sweets, Heartburn, Headaches, Fly Drive holidays, No supermarket ads, Burger King, McDonalds. Now: Ads for - Price comparison sites (Go Compare, Comparethemarket, Confused.com), Betting/Gambling, Toothpaste, quality chocolate (Lindt, Green & Blacks), Cider, Mobiles, Air Freshener, SKY, Bladder issues, Home delivery meal kits, smart TV's, KFC, Subway, Cruise holidays (even during Covid!), Supermarket ads all the time, hardly any ads for cars or alcohol, and none for mens aftershave. Some things haven't changed - still just as many women's hair colour ads, pet food ads, and for furniture, and sofas. But society in general has become less 'male dominated' hence fewer car ads, beer ads, and no aftershave ads. But have you noticed how so many ads now either have a soundtrack or background music? ....there are no ads where it's just one person or two talking about a product. Also animals feature in so many ads now - cats, dogs, rabbits, birds. If they can't get a real animal they'll 'cartoonize' one (Cushelle, Duracell, Comparethemarket!). We've become obsessed with animals, and it's as if no Ad is complete without one featuring in it - whatever it's for, and whatever the animal is.
I was born in 87, and asked my mum to watch this to see if it brought back any memories. Makes me sad in a way, everything seems sooo dated, makes me feel very old!
I remember most of these ads and the rest on youtube, I was only born in 82, its odd though as my sister who was born in 1980 does not and we watched the same amount of tv back then but I have always had a very good memory for remembering things and the little things from when we were little
'Ladies, get all the close people in your life to buy you things to make you cook and clean better' lmao! couldnt imagine that black and decker advert today
Just been looking at inflation calculators online. They seem to say that £329 is between £650-£700 at 2011 prices!!! For a bloody Amstrad!!! And Bird's Trifle was a real treat in my house...How times change! Btw, I'd get a slap if I bought my missus an electronic tin opener for xmas :-D
Obviously you must be a septic, trifle is delicious hun, great anytime but especially sherry triffle at xmas, its a must. Traditional ehglish sherry triffle has a layer of fruit and strawberry/raspberry jelly topped with fingers of sponge cake soaked in sherry topped with thick english custard and then plenty of fresh whipped cream on top of that and a sprinkling of chocolate or flaked almonds or what ever takes your fancy, yum!!!!!
If i bought any woman those black n decker household products for christmas it wouldnt be a kiss on the lips id get, it would be a smack round the chops! " there you go love a new dustbuster the hallway needs a bit of a clean up, happy christmas"
I have that Amstrad Video.. They are goof for what they are... Better that an 1st Generation JVC of Ferguson... I mean setting the timer and Clock etc with the Brick remote was a BIG thing back then... Mine still works great!
For Bejam read Mum's gone to Iceland! Christ! My Panasonic DVD/HDD/BluRay twin tuner recorder player only cost £71 more in 2015! Well robbed for that Amstrad!
@jcb180 yeh! "it wont stretch your budget" people must have been uber rich back then, thats probably £400 in todays money. I wouldnt pay more than £50 for a DVD player today
oh my god, how much for that piece of Amstrad crap?!? (Plus the price of Kievs, albeit from the sea, is still the same price in Tescos now!!) We were so ripped off in the eighties!!
you always needed a friggin degree to programme those bloody video players back then .. and when you`d just managed to master yours and work it out one of your mates mums would ask you to show her how to do theirs.. oh thank god for sky plus nowadays..
I got a free Jar of Maxwell house recently- i should have sent it directly back to them and told them it tasted like spew ! Bet they use the same old formula the did in the 80's . God these ads are like another world now arnt they ? Kind of innocent i guess but you can never go back, its all downloads and knife attacks now, how sad .. ;0( The fat twat family on the UB40 ad cheered me up for a moment though lol ! great post this one .
If the "man in my life" gave me a can open as a Christmas present...it would be 'wearing' it by the end of the day!!!
The actor in the Amstrad VCR advert is Jeff Harding whom played Ed Winchester in Series 1 of The Fast Show.
+Daniel Williamson Hi, I'm Ed Winchester!
Hellwyck Hi, I'm Ed Winchester is the correct answer for 20 points.
Birds trifle my mother always made one of those at Christmas ha ha I make my own now
Notice the distinct lack of ads for insurance and banks ...... Long live the 1970/80s.
Also 1990s 😉😉😉😉😉
TheRenaissanceman65
Errr yes they could cigarettes alcohol fast cars and beautiful women
It's an equitable life Henry
There were just as many Bank Ads back then, it's just there aren't any in this particular 'slot' of ads here! . Barclays, Lloyds, TSB, Natwest, and Midland (pre-HSBC) all regularly ran Ads on TV in the 80's. If anything there were more Ads for Insurance then, than there are now. Estate Agents never advertised on TV then either which was abit weird, now you can't move for TV Ads from Rightmove and others.
Then: Ads for - frozen food, Kids sugary drinks (Cocoa cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Sugary cereals (Frosties, Coco Pops), Beer (nearly always lager), Wine, Spirits, Ads from BT, Cars, Car oil, HiFi's, Yellow Pages, Cigars, Mens aftershave, Laundry powder, washing up liquid, individual chocolate bars (Mars, Twix, Flake etc), Sweets, Heartburn, Headaches, Fly Drive holidays, No supermarket ads, Burger King, McDonalds.
Now: Ads for - Price comparison sites (Go Compare, Comparethemarket, Confused.com), Betting/Gambling, Toothpaste, quality chocolate (Lindt, Green & Blacks), Cider, Mobiles, Air Freshener, SKY, Bladder issues, Home delivery meal kits, smart TV's, KFC, Subway, Cruise holidays (even during Covid!), Supermarket ads all the time, hardly any ads for cars or alcohol, and none for mens aftershave.
Some things haven't changed - still just as many women's hair colour ads, pet food ads, and for furniture, and sofas. But society in general has become less 'male dominated' hence fewer car ads, beer ads, and no aftershave ads.
But have you noticed how so many ads now either have a soundtrack or background music? ....there are no ads where it's just one person or two talking about a product. Also animals feature in so many ads now - cats, dogs, rabbits, birds. If they can't get a real animal they'll 'cartoonize' one (Cushelle, Duracell, Comparethemarket!). We've become obsessed with animals, and it's as if no Ad is complete without one featuring in it - whatever it's for, and whatever the animal is.
30 yrs ago. Fuck I feel old. The 80s were magic.
I was born in 87, and asked my mum to watch this to see if it brought back any memories. Makes me sad in a way, everything seems sooo dated, makes me feel very old!
imagine watching adverts from 1960 the year I was born now that does make you feel old
I remember most of these ads and the rest on youtube, I was only born in 82, its odd though as my sister who was born in 1980 does not and we watched the same amount of tv back then but I have always had a very good memory for remembering things and the little things from when we were little
It's good to look back and see just how far we have come.😊
I never ever mastered setting the timer on any of the video players i had.
The guy on the Amstrad video advert is Jeff Harding, who was Ed Winchester on the fast show and played Father Buzz Cagney on Father Ted.
'Ladies, get all the close people in your life to buy you things to make you cook and clean better' lmao! couldnt imagine that black and decker advert today
It wasn't necessarily popular then either. I remember Mum being quite frosty about housework presents back at the end of the 70's.
I used to have that album best of ub40! on cassette of course!
Trifle is the food of the Gods.
I remember that Babycham ad.
i had the amstrad video mine you were able to scan the code from the paper as well
What advert is this at 0:00?
Hi! Im Ed Winchester!
Holy shit ! - @ 0.08 that VCR !! - we had one of those (and boy was it shit).
wow - that's an amazing story
I had one of those amstrad video recorders....was great 8hrs from a 4hr tape, until they snapped lol
Just been looking at inflation calculators online. They seem to say that £329 is between £650-£700 at 2011 prices!!! For a bloody Amstrad!!! And Bird's Trifle was a real treat in my house...How times change! Btw, I'd get a slap if I bought my missus an electronic tin opener for xmas :-D
£329 - "not stretching your budget" for a pile of crap Amstrad video recorder???!!! What planet were they on?
well said mate.
Not this one 😉😉😉😉😉😀😀😀😀😀😀
OMG, with inflation that's nearing *seven hundred pounds* in today's money! D:
Bet that thing caused the 2008 recession. 😂
30 Years Old Adverts For Christmas
I know remember why my parental home was burgled in the 1980s and only the video was nicked!!!
Now I love BIrd's triffle!
Ooooooh a remote control lol I unfortunately remember the days when you had to sit right next to the TV screen to turn over the channel :-/
Bloody hell. 2 lemon sole kievs £1.99. You could get them for that now... in '87 that must of been expensive
Yeah but back then they were made properly.
it certainly sounded like him.
Just about remember Bejam before they changed into Iceland
Obviously you must be a septic, trifle is delicious hun, great anytime but especially sherry triffle at xmas, its a must. Traditional ehglish sherry triffle has a layer of fruit and strawberry/raspberry jelly topped with fingers of sponge cake soaked in sherry topped with thick english custard and then plenty of fresh whipped cream on top of that and a sprinkling of chocolate or flaked almonds or what ever takes your fancy, yum!!!!!
Did Enn Reitel do EVERY voiceover in the 80s?
hahaha
Love the video recorder. That would be about £800 these days! No wonder my parents always rented.
@DPQuiz Actually I still have my Black and Decker Dustbuster Powerbrush. Didn't realise it was so old though!
@Time71Team I remember we used to rent video players for 3 pound a day from the video shop and they weighed a tonne!
Blimey I was 6 month old then haha.
love it
If i bought any woman those black n decker household products for christmas it wouldnt be a kiss on the lips id get, it would be a smack round the chops! " there you go love a new dustbuster the hallway needs a bit of a clean up, happy christmas"
Friday 25th December 1987
wow makes you realise that some things are cheaper than they used to be
QUEEG 500 and ("Hi I'm..")Ed Winchester in the same ad break!
also 'ed winchester' from fast show is on first ad :)
I have that Amstrad Video.. They are goof for what they are... Better that an 1st Generation JVC of Ferguson... I mean setting the timer and Clock etc with the Brick remote was a BIG thing back then... Mine still works great!
£329 for a VCR that's probably today's equivalent of about £500 !!
Is the father of the family in the UB40 ad the actor who used to play Crusher in Porridge?
Hi, I'm Ed Winchester.
Get the Max!!!!
300 and how much for an Amstrad vid in 87? That's like a grand today.
I cant imagine that birds trifle shite being advertised now
UB40?!
Multiply by 2.7 for today's prices.
Shouldn't Amstrad have had 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' (Def Leppard) as a jingle?
£329 was expensive for an Amstrad video recorder!
For Bejam read Mum's gone to Iceland! Christ! My Panasonic DVD/HDD/BluRay twin tuner recorder player only cost £71 more in 2015! Well robbed for that Amstrad!
i thnk every house had a black and decker bench in 1987
@Misanthrope1969 awesome!!
It would be about double that today, so £660 at today's prices, give or take.
@jcb180 yeh! "it wont stretch your budget" people must have been uber rich back then, thats probably £400 in todays money. I wouldnt pay more than £50 for a DVD player today
"Bejam. We're hot." Wtf???
And £329 would stretch my budget now, never mind in 1987.
I seriously doubt those kids liked UB40.
Hellwyck I seriously doubt ANYONE likes UB40
I think that was the point. 🙄
landfill site '89.
@motherflange well, that's that then. she's getting a dustinpan and brush for christmas. thanks mate.
how times change... if the man in my life bought me a tin opener for christmas i'd probably throttle him.... >:l
oh my god, how much for that piece of Amstrad crap?!? (Plus the price of Kievs, albeit from the sea, is still the same price in Tescos now!!) We were so ripped off in the eighties!!
YOW BEE FOWTEE
The dude at 2:26 is no pro, he spills a big glug
Long play tapes - ahh those were the days, a tape of porno lasting 8 FUCKING HOURS!!
about 800-900
wont stretch your budget!!!!
lol
you always needed a friggin degree to programme those bloody video players back then .. and when you`d just managed to master yours and work it out one of your mates mums would ask you to show her how to do theirs.. oh thank god for sky plus nowadays..
As others have said- £329 for that pile of shit? No wonder Sir Al's effing minted now!
LMAO!
I look back with such affection at the 80's , until I see these adverts and remember they were fucking shit !
Better than the bloody adverts of today,all you ever get now is begging ads and sofa ads.
At £329 It Won't Stretch your Budget WTF?!
0:20 he wont be so smug when his spunk has gunked up the buttons
our wages are getting smaller an the prices go higher
@talcy Ha Ha Ha! My exact same thoughts.
the 80s may have been turbulent,with thatcher,poll tax,privitisation,etc etc,i thought they were great maybe cos i was just a kid.
@sofasport Agreed, Utter Tripe.
£329 quid for a video? - Jesus H Christ
Birds trifle was bloody awful and the Black and Decker "dustbuster" never worked properly.
And you can sit back and watch some crap you’ve taped on the wrong channel.
bejam we're hot WTF
brilliant black and decker advert..
just what a woman wants for xmas huh? lol
I got a free Jar of Maxwell house recently- i should have sent it directly back to them and told them it tasted like spew ! Bet they use the same old formula the did in the 80's . God these ads are like another world now arnt they ? Kind of innocent i guess but you can never go back, its all downloads and knife attacks now, how sad .. ;0( The fat twat family on the UB40 ad cheered me up for a moment though lol ! great post this one .
0:02 fuck me...its doctor christian
"Best of UB40" advert is one of the shittest I've ever seen!
Return for a refund boxing day