Sounds like your childhood turned you into a bundle of joy... That innocent excitement as Christmas approached was a truly magical feeling, and nice to recall too !!
My parents no longer with us so element of sadness remembering watching this around Christmas & giving them hints on what I wanted! My dad would always surprise me though with ‘just what I wanted’ gifts that weren’t on my list. Good old dad.
These ads were soooo exciting to me when i was small. They never used to be on till the middle of december too. Loved going to woolies at christmas all the toys + decs + lights...+ going to see father xmas at the coop grotto. No magic anymore
I mis being a kid in the 70s .wat a fun time in life ..with 8 siblings xmas n holidays were so much fun..R.I.P DAD AND STEPHEN..N ALL FAMILY N FREINDS I HAVE LOST THRU THE YEARS IN MY LIFE..I MIS YOU ALL...
It's awful isn't it. Life is very cruel. Just shows what an unrealistic view of the world we have as kids. We have absolutely no idea what ahead and think it'll stay the same forever.
No it's not. And the people especially the workers we're polite and respectful to you back then , today they're ignorant and selfish. Walmart puts their Christmas stuff out the last week of August.
@@Witheredgoogie unfortunately we have it's sad. Plus These young punks no nothing about hard work, they want everything handed to them on a silver platter, or these young know-it-all punks. that have money it was inherited, by their mommy's or daddy's
@@johndolejsch5102 I don't know long in the west we can sustain all these jobs made out of air, where your standing in the community and bank balance is proportional to the smart ass comment made and not what you actually made or service you provided with blood,sweat and tears.
@@Witheredgoogie I'm 45 now I started working when I was 13 years old. Took my lawn mower knocked on neighbors doors , mowed lawns raked up leaves , and I did it 4 times a week. plus. Twice on school days after school. I made over $125 week. Plus I help my parents out with doing dishes keeping my room clean and doing chores in the backyard of my house. Once I turn 16 I worked at a IGA store for 3 years after school. I respect my parents and did what I was told. These young millennials know nothing about respect and work today, they talk to the older people like garbage. And yes they are punks. But a lot of that I blame on the parenting as well
Spent many Saturday afternoons in Woollies. Used to go there with my dear late sister and we would buy a record for 50p from the record department. We would then go to the pick and mix to get some sweets and then buy some Yvette or Minors make up. Such happy carefree days. The Internet has changed everything now some for good but we have lost our innocence our patience and sense of anticipation. Also ignorance can be bliss. We didn't know what was happening anywhere but in our road or town and only saw the news once a day. I miss those days so much. Would go back in an instant.
I wouldn't want those electronics though. the Woolworths I saw in the late 70s were more like a dollar store than a Kmart or Sears. if they would have lasted about 5 years longer they would have survived until the dollar store revolution took place and Woolworths would have been reborn.
Spare a thought here then, I'm 62, and feel ancient! - When I was a kid, it was "Mum, could I have a torch for Christmas?" . . Nowadays it's, "Mum, get me a Galaxy S7 (or whatever) for Christmas".
I miss the local Woolworth Store, that I shopped at and had many a lunch at the lunch counter! I miss you Woolworth(Woolies!!) Many good times and fond memories of one of my favorite stores!!
Christmas used to start mid December, no internet, we had real social interaction then not like today's so called social media.which should be renamed antisocial media
Used to love the wollies adverts they were the ones to watch at Christmas. The Clairol hairdryer i bought my mum for Christmas,. Its still being used today. Mum is now 82 .
It was really the run into Christmas when adverts like this appeared on our TV’s. It felt special and you would have been thought crazy if you started thinking about Christmas in September like now.
In the 70s I can remember the entire family being totally shocked at the length of the Woolworths Christmas TV ad which seemed to go on and on, which for that time was very unusual. Oh for the 70s....life seemed so much better then (well as a kid it did)
Me and my friends would spend Saturday afternoons in Woolies hanging around the record department trying to catch the attention of the boys.....there wasn't much else to do in the Welsh valleys of the 1970's!
Me and my younger brother (he's no longer with us) used to nick batteries from Woolworths as kids in the seventies! ... And we used to nick 'em from upstairs in Fine Fare too! ... We once nicked an Electric Fence too! ... We were right little tea leaves! Happy days! 🤣
My mum had one, and also that Waltham stereo / record player too, not to mention that hideous teak effect record cupboard with the sliding doors. Now I know where she got them all.
Can tell you that the lady with the dark hair is (or was) a character actress by the name of Sheila Bernette who was a big part of the Candid Camera revival by LWT in the 1970's. The lady with the white hair and glasses was Margaret Powell, who was in domestic service years ago and became famous in the 1970's for writing about domestic service and also made several TV programmes about it. She also, I seem to remember, had a really raucous laugh. Oh, and great to see JY again. RIP Jim.
I agree with everything Stephen Guppy has written. Sheila Bernette is still working, I spotted her as a granny in one of the Shreddies adverts. Also in the early 70's she was working with Leslie Crowther at Torquay.
A good reminder of how expensive a lot of consumer goods were back then and really all the way up until the 90s. Whether it was technology (like those calculators and HiFis) or even things like confectionery (Easter eggs and things like quality street) were all significantly more expensive back then. It's no wonder that we had far fewer things, looking back. A lot of things we consider fairly basic now were quite expensive treats back then.
If you are almost fossilised like me, you will no doubt remember the Stores with the 'island' style counters with loose goods in compartments, sold by the assistant situated in the centre.................ahhhh, happy days.
I am an American and I sort of remember the song as a child, but I know this commercial was not on in the U.S. at that time. However, My Late Dad loved Old Spice! Also, I think in the beginning of the commercial the Mom of a little girl is going to buy a Holly Hobbie Doll for her, but I am not sure. I still have my Holly Hobbie Doll from the 70s. I enjoyed shopping with my Late Dad, my Mom who still fondly remembers those days, as well as my Late Grandparents and I also enjoyed eating with them all at Woolworths as a Child. Miss those days so much, but I cherish the memories:).
Absolutely lovely find ... I remember this Woolworths Advert from about 1978/79 . God I used to know it was getting close to Christmas when Woolworths started showing their adverts, it must have cost them a fortune, they went on for ages!! One of the women you can't name is Sheila Bernett, she was well known in theatre and music hall in the 60s and did quite a lot of ads including extra strong mints in the 70s ...
Used to spend my pocket money at Woolworths in the 60’s. Worked at Woolworths as a Saturday girl in the 1970s and part time in the 1990s. Loved working at Christmas, the atmosphere was great. Of course you still got the odd customer giving you “death glares” from the queue at your till but on the whole it was fun. I miss Woolworths.
PLASTIQUE45,....... as i said before,... i got this from a mate who worked at one of the itv regional stations before itv became ITV1 and non regional,.... i converted it from the original film (which was in a bit of bad way),.... and the reason why it looks '15fps' is the way i converted it.... oh and the reason why i put my watermark on it,...was because otherwise a few other people would copy it and re-upload it to youtube under their own UA-cam username. :)
Christmas now starts in August!! Most shops you get Halloween guy Fawkes and Christmas all at the same time?? People put their tress up on 1st Dec used to be Christmas Eve!?
I miss Woolies, especially the great range of chocolate box's, & the record store, my Dad loved all the Christmas dec's they sold & would spend age's gazing at them & buying loads of em all bless him. Is it Magnus Pyke & Shelia Stefael your missing
One of my favorite stores and then in the late 80s I got hired to work for them and had one of the best boss managers,was there until relocated to another state,unfortunately by 90s they went out of business,bummer😣!!!
Jesus I've just reminded myself how old I am. back in the day when Xmas was a really exciting family affair only 3tv channels, all sat at the table with paper hats that still don't fit, family crammed around the telly surrounded by presents wrapping paper catching your knees on the nut shells stuck to the carpet great times. No Internet, mob phones.no Backstabbing media sorry I meant Facebook just fun and laughter. What's termed the good old days.
I had a cream and orange record player for Christmas im sure mum got it from Woolies.....and i had the Bay city rollers LP to play on it .....What a great xmas prezzie....🎅
I miss the old Woolworth Stores. In fact, at their "going out of business sale" back in the 1990s I bought a purple plastic Teddy Bear Necklace for 75 cents. I still have the Purple Teddy Bear Necklace as memorabilia from the old Woolworth Stores.
It was actually later than that ,they went bust ,and I grabbed a load of pick and mix cups ,for nothing ,they are in my cupboard lol ,I loved that store 😢
Nothing lasts forever. Woolworths shut because nobody shopped there anymore - they had found somewhere else they preferred. It's one of the things we all have to accept - the world of our youths disappears as time passed. Things change. People want something different.
The ironing lady is Anna Dawson. Some of the people are models not well known actors. The singers sound like the girls from Brotherhood of Man with Bernard Cribbins.
Thanks for uploading. I've read a couple of Margaret Powell's books which are based on her life in domestic service. Apparently they were the inspiration for Upstairs Downstairs. I'm glad she got a telly and could finally put her feet up!
They must have paid a fortune to get so many celebrities to be in the ad. Very few ads last as long as this one in UK and very rarely have celebs in. Also I have noticed many ads with well known songs but NEVER by the original artists like you used to get like in the 70s an£ 80s. It’s all about the money.
xmas now is greed of how much money you can spend on brats who dont seem gratefull for anything and then on the other hand wee kiddies that get very littie and they are happy with their toys that are donated for certain charities
Notice the Kitchen ‘Devil Knives’ rack not needing to have restriction notices of sale...... NOT like today’s society where we are butchering each other..... that’s progress I guess!... 😳
I'm pretty sure the grey haired lady towards the end is Margaret Powell.She was a regular on chat shows having written books on life below stairs in large houses.She also did a few voice overs for Tom Edwards Radio 2 shows...'The Tom Edwards show ..the show with more umph '...followed by her famous laugh!
I have. A radio. That I bought. From. Woolies. Wish we still. Had them. The shampoo. Own brand. Smelt. Lovely anyone remember the. Tights. And. Knickers attached. To the. Tights. They never. Laddered.
My best friend used to work there on a Saturday. She was on the jewellery counter . I had a Saturday job in Leonard's Shoe Shop just across the road and e used to meet after work. She hated her job but it's still brings back good memories. ❤ ( I hated mine too) Teenage girls don't want to be selling horrid products under fluorescent lights while wearing hideous overalls! 😂 But needs must.
+Graduated Gamin' - Maybe, but that doesn't make it any less expensive. A wheezy travel-size hairdryer for £60 in today's money?! You had to be wealthy for Woolies :-o
They were actually quite expensive. I did not realise this till i became an adult though. Same as Argos as they fixed prices across the board as there was nowhere else to shop. Now that we can choose where we wish to shop, Woolworths fell foul of their own pricing structure and consumer choice. People simply went else where and purchased it cheaper. By the time the store did catch up it was already too late, the market had bottomed out and so did Woolworths towards the end. Argos are even worse, they price fix with Amazon and if one price goes up, Argos follows suit and vice versa. They got a lot of negative feedback over Christmas as there prices actually went up (not down) by around 25%, just in time for the sainsburys merger yeah okay! Boots are just as bad, they sell 2 for one products at the higher price so your not getting a good deal not really. You have to be more careful where you shop now. You can really get ripped off if you are not "shop smart" these days. As a kid we never had to worry about any of this stuff, we just wanted what we wanted come Christmas, I wonder did people have more disposable income then? It seems we have less disposable income now than perhaps 30 years ago possibly? Cost of living has gone up, but payrises did not so were living on leaner budgets these days. I still love these woolworths ads though!
Always seemed so exciting going in woollies in December with all the toys and lights etc. Brings back such happy memories of when I was growing up. Christmas not the same any more
Oh Woolworths! I feel terribly sad thinking of the year you closed! You had so much under one roof.
I remember watching these adverts at Christmas and the tremendous feeling of excitement I'd have, I'd give anything to get that feeling again.
It's called being a kid. We all have to grow up some time.
Me too brian, the wonder of being a kid then, no cares life was simple
Yes that childhood wonder is priceless. I enjoy it vicariously through my own children these days!
Sounds like your childhood turned you into a bundle of joy... That innocent excitement as Christmas approached was a truly magical feeling, and nice to recall too !!
@@sean65xjrurwin61 lol, you are talking to zeddeka and not Brian, right? I was thinking the same thing!
My parents no longer with us so element of sadness remembering watching this around Christmas & giving them hints on what I wanted! My dad would always surprise me though with ‘just what I wanted’ gifts that weren’t on my list. Good old dad.
These ads were soooo exciting to me when i was small. They never used to be on till the middle of december too. Loved going to woolies at christmas all the toys + decs + lights...+ going to see father xmas at the coop grotto. No magic anymore
I mis being a kid in the 70s .wat a fun time in life ..with 8 siblings xmas n holidays were so much fun..R.I.P DAD AND STEPHEN..N ALL FAMILY N FREINDS I HAVE LOST THRU THE YEARS IN MY LIFE..I MIS YOU ALL...
I was a kid in the 70's
deepest sympathies for your losses. I know how it feels.
It's awful isn't it. Life is very cruel. Just shows what an unrealistic view of the world we have as kids. We have absolutely no idea what ahead and think it'll stay the same forever.
Brillant remember the good old days. Christmas is not the same anymore.
No it's not. And the people especially the workers we're polite and respectful to you back then , today they're ignorant and selfish. Walmart puts their Christmas stuff out the last week of August.
@@johndolejsch5102 Its like we have entered an alternative universe today
@@Witheredgoogie unfortunately we have it's sad. Plus These young punks no nothing about hard work, they want everything handed to them on a silver platter, or these young know-it-all punks. that have money it was inherited, by their mommy's or daddy's
@@johndolejsch5102 I don't know long in the west we can sustain all these jobs made out of air, where your standing in the community and bank balance is proportional to the smart ass comment made and not what you actually made or service you provided with blood,sweat and tears.
@@Witheredgoogie I'm 45 now I started working when I was 13 years old. Took my lawn mower knocked on neighbors doors , mowed lawns raked up leaves , and I did it 4 times a week. plus. Twice on school days after school. I made over $125 week. Plus I help my parents out with doing dishes keeping my room clean and doing chores in the backyard of my house. Once I turn 16 I worked at a IGA store for 3 years after school. I respect my parents and did what I was told. These young millennials know nothing about respect and work today, they talk to the older people like garbage. And yes they are punks. But a lot of that I blame on the parenting as well
Spent many Saturday afternoons in Woollies. Used to go there with my dear late sister and we would buy a record for 50p from the record department. We would then go to the pick and mix to get some sweets and then buy some Yvette or Minors make up. Such happy carefree days. The Internet has changed everything now some for good but we have lost our innocence our patience and sense of anticipation. Also ignorance can be bliss. We didn't know what was happening anywhere but in our road or town and only saw the news once a day. I miss those days so much. Would go back in an instant.
now 52, god I feel old watching this, nice memories wish I could turn clock back
I wouldn't want those electronics though. the Woolworths I saw in the late 70s were more like a dollar store than a Kmart or Sears. if they would have lasted about 5 years longer they would have survived until the dollar store revolution took place and Woolworths would have been reborn.
They were a "dime store" to begin with, which was what a dollar store is today. Kmart stated out that way too (as Kresge's).
@John Brighton ha ha ,his not that old ,lol ,
@John Brighton ha ha ,ha ,sorry I'm laughing, I'm 51 ,lol , !! So glad you made it hun ,ha ha !!!
Spare a thought here then, I'm 62, and feel ancient! - When I was a kid, it was "Mum, could I have a torch for Christmas?" . . Nowadays it's, "Mum, get me a Galaxy S7 (or whatever) for Christmas".
I miss the local Woolworth Store, that I shopped at and had many a lunch at the lunch counter! I miss you Woolworth(Woolies!!) Many good times and fond memories of one of my favorite stores!!
Christmas used to start mid December, no internet, we had real social interaction then not like today's so called social media.which should be renamed antisocial media
Ah, social interaction. That’s a thing I remember, just.
And yet here you are on social media moaning about it. You bitter old hypocrite.
Used to love the wollies adverts they were the ones to watch at Christmas. The Clairol hairdryer i bought my mum for Christmas,. Its still being used today. Mum is now 82 .
It was really the run into Christmas when adverts like this appeared on our TV’s. It felt special and you would have been thought crazy if you started thinking about Christmas in September like now.
In the 70s I can remember the entire family being totally shocked at the length of the Woolworths Christmas TV ad which seemed to go on and on, which for that time was very unusual.
Oh for the 70s....life seemed so much better then (well as a kid it did)
Christmas shopping at Woolworths was so much fun!! I especially enjoyed going to Woolworths during the Christmas Season!!
Woolworths my favourite shop shame we no longer have one
Me and my friends would spend Saturday afternoons in Woolies hanging around the record department trying to catch the attention of the boys.....there wasn't much else to do in the Welsh valleys of the 1970's!
Pure gold ! Late seventies was such a happy time for me
Christmas hasn’t changed. We have changed.
Awww . My nan used to work in Woolly s . She passed away 34 years ago today . This brings back memories
Me and my younger brother (he's no longer with us) used to nick batteries from Woolworths as kids in the seventies! ... And we used to nick 'em from upstairs in Fine Fare too! ... We once nicked an Electric Fence too! ... We were right little tea leaves! Happy days! 🤣
RIP Jimmy Young. The end of an era
Couldn't agree with you more. I have been criticised on here for my views on JY but he was the best.
@@stephenguppy3466 Criticised ? why ? The JY Prog was great. and the banter with Terry Wigan before hand. 😁
I have a JY autographed photo.
Great upload. That Clairol 1200 hair dryer was built to last, we've got one from about 1980 and it still works perfectly....after 33 years !!
My mum had one, and also that Waltham stereo / record player too, not to mention that hideous teak effect record cupboard with the sliding doors. Now I know where she got them all.
I miss Woolworths shop wish someone would reopen it again RIP Woolworths
Great memories of Christmas time I loved everything shop bought
Can tell you that the lady with the dark hair is (or was) a character actress by the name of Sheila Bernette who was a big part of the Candid Camera revival by LWT in the 1970's. The lady with the white hair and glasses was Margaret Powell, who was in domestic service years ago and became famous in the 1970's for writing about domestic service and also made several TV programmes about it. She also, I seem to remember, had a really raucous laugh. Oh, and great to see JY again. RIP Jim.
I agree with everything Stephen Guppy has written. Sheila Bernette is still working, I spotted her as a granny in one of the Shreddies adverts. Also in the early 70's she was working with Leslie Crowther at Torquay.
no, its bernard cribbins doing the voice over
It isn't Bernard Cribbins. The singer is Rod Allen of advertising agency 'Allen, Brady and Marsh' who also wrote the lyrics and music.
Spot on you 😊
On tis was they always made the joke that there was only 21 shoplifting days to Christmas!
A good reminder of how expensive a lot of consumer goods were back then and really all the way up until the 90s. Whether it was technology (like those calculators and HiFis) or even things like confectionery (Easter eggs and things like quality street) were all significantly more expensive back then. It's no wonder that we had far fewer things, looking back. A lot of things we consider fairly basic now were quite expensive treats back then.
If you are almost fossilised like me, you will no doubt remember the Stores with the 'island' style counters with loose goods in compartments, sold by the assistant situated in the centre.................ahhhh, happy days.
steve double u yes we called it the cash desk,I remember them well.
Woolies had the best pick n mix
WHEN THE 🇬🇧 UK WAS GREAT BRITAIN
Mass unemployment, strikes, impending threat of nuclear war, short lifespans because of industrial diseases. Wow. Times were good weren't they?
Thanks for sharing. Some wonderful memories there.
I am an American and I sort of remember the song as a child, but I know this commercial was not on in the U.S. at that time. However, My Late Dad loved Old Spice! Also, I think in the beginning of the commercial the Mom of a little girl is going to buy a Holly Hobbie Doll for her, but I am not sure. I still have my Holly Hobbie Doll from the 70s. I enjoyed shopping with my Late Dad, my Mom who still fondly remembers those days, as well as my Late Grandparents and I also enjoyed eating with them all at Woolworths as a Child. Miss those days so much, but I cherish the memories:).
Absolutely lovely find ... I remember this Woolworths Advert from about 1978/79 . God I used to know it was getting close to Christmas when Woolworths started showing their adverts, it must have cost them a fortune, they went on for ages!! One of the women you can't name is Sheila Bernett, she was well known in theatre and music hall in the 60s and did quite a lot of ads including extra strong mints in the 70s ...
She was also one of the setup actors on Candid Camera.
Really, I didn't know that. Was that the version made in the early seventies ??
id loved to have recieved the 50p gift token. Those electrical goods were expensive in the day.
god I remember this ad. the good old days really were that.
I really miss this store ,😢
Used to spend my pocket money at Woolworths in the 60’s. Worked at Woolworths as a Saturday girl in the 1970s and part time in the 1990s. Loved working at Christmas, the atmosphere was great. Of course you still got the odd customer giving you “death glares” from the queue at your till but on the whole it was fun. I miss Woolworths.
The good old days, sure do miss them!
did all my christmas shopping at woolworths, miss it very much.
Do it a wilko its almost identical to woolies
Same here, Chris!! 👍👍👍
you came from a poor family
@@MarcoORVISINI What a creep you sound, yes did have a poor family, but lots of love. Get a life.
@@chrismullan7191 ARE YOU STILL POOR?
The good old ‘Winfield’ own brand...
PLASTIQUE45,....... as i said before,... i got this from a mate who worked at one of the itv regional stations before itv became ITV1 and non regional,.... i converted it from the original film (which was in a bit of bad way),.... and the reason why it looks '15fps' is the way i converted it.... oh and the reason why i put my watermark on it,...was because otherwise a few other people would copy it and re-upload it to youtube under their own UA-cam username. :)
Never seen before thanks xoxo Lindsey xoxo 💕💕💕💕💕
I really miss Woolies..
Christmas now starts in August!! Most shops you get Halloween guy Fawkes and Christmas all at the same time?? People put their tress up on 1st Dec used to be Christmas Eve!?
When you get older, you dread them coming round. Everything seem's so expensive now. Wouldn't mind those price's affordable prices.
I remember the candy counter and popcorn counter at sears
I miss Woolies, especially the great range of chocolate box's, & the record store, my Dad loved all the Christmas dec's they sold & would spend age's gazing at them & buying loads of em all bless him.
Is it Magnus Pyke & Shelia Stefael your missing
I’m a bit like that with Christmas lights. A great memory of your Dad.
I miss Woolworths. 😪
RIP WOOLWORTHS
Good old days I was a kid
One of my favorite stores and then in the late 80s I got hired to work for them and had one of the best boss managers,was there until relocated to another state,unfortunately by 90s they went out of business,bummer😣!!!
The first woman with the iron is Sheila Bernette, the man with the shirts and ties is the Yorkie Man Martin Fiske
Jesus I've just reminded myself how old I am. back in the day when Xmas was a really exciting family affair only 3tv channels, all sat at the table with paper hats that still don't fit, family crammed around the telly surrounded by presents wrapping paper catching your knees on the nut shells stuck to the carpet great times. No Internet, mob phones.no Backstabbing media sorry I meant Facebook just fun and laughter. What's termed the good old days.
It's called "being young". Some people get bitter as they get old and try and reinvent the past. Others don't.
I had a cream and orange record player for Christmas im sure mum got it from Woolies.....and i had the Bay city rollers LP to play on it .....What a great xmas prezzie....🎅
I miss the old Woolworth Stores. In fact, at their "going out of business sale" back in the 1990s I bought a purple plastic Teddy Bear Necklace for 75 cents. I still have the Purple Teddy Bear Necklace as memorabilia from the old Woolworth Stores.
shoulda bought more...then maybe they would still be open.
It was actually later than that ,they went bust ,and I grabbed a load of pick and mix cups ,for nothing ,they are in my cupboard lol ,I loved that store 😢
This particular ad was released on December 2nd 1974.
That’s the wonder of good old Wollies !
I cried so much when I saw this!
The prices are so expensive compared with today.
Is the sale still on? 😂
yes and its still 199 for a crappy plastic record player
Woolworths is still sorely missed. I always found something to buy, the high street just isn't the same.
Nothing lasts forever. Woolworths shut because nobody shopped there anymore - they had found somewhere else they preferred. It's one of the things we all have to accept - the world of our youths disappears as time passed. Things change. People want something different.
The lady with the iron is Sheila Burnette; the lady looking at the mini t.v unit, was Margaret Powell, a TV cook.
The ironing lady is Anna Dawson. Some of the people are models not well known actors. The singers sound like the girls from Brotherhood of Man with Bernard Cribbins.
The ironing lady is Sheila Bernette
I remember when sears had the trainsets up and slot car racing up for christmas
Thanks for uploading. I've read a couple of Margaret Powell's books which are based on her life in domestic service. Apparently they were the inspiration for Upstairs Downstairs. I'm glad she got a telly and could finally put her feet up!
I think I recognised Bette Davis and Joan Crawford holding Power drills and a set of darts.
They must have paid a fortune to get so many celebrities to be in the ad. Very few ads last as long as this one in UK and very rarely have celebs in. Also I have noticed many ads with well known songs but NEVER by the original artists like you used to get like in the 70s an£ 80s. It’s all about the money.
How did we lose shops like Woolworths very sad
We've got Wilko now!
Same as any other shop like that. People stopped shopping there because they got the stuff they wanted cheaper or easier or better quality elsewhere.
@@Juliukas101And now Wilko has gone bust
I'm going there today to buy my polaroid camera, hope they have them in stock.
used to sell furniture too and a lovely lighting section. ...
Imagine being given an iron for Christmas.
I know! And that woman going "woo woo woo" because she'd been given a cheap iron! Hahahahahaha!
An iron for Christmas? De-pressing! ...... See what I did there? 🤣
@@marcse7en nearly as bad as getting a frying pan!
I bought my wife a nice bag and a belt. The hoover worked perfectly again after that!
Ok I got my self a 50p voucher
I have that calculator and the black and decker drill and all still works.
xmas now is greed of how much money you can spend on brats who dont seem gratefull for anything and then on the other hand wee kiddies that get very littie and they are happy with their toys that are donated for certain charities
Good old woolies
The other guy is I believe Tony Blackburn. He usually promoted the more expensive record players
Loved it!
Notice the Kitchen ‘Devil Knives’ rack not needing to have restriction notices of sale...... NOT like today’s society where we are butchering each other..... that’s progress I guess!... 😳
That's when Christmas felt like Christmas ... absolute shit now ..
I think the old dear at 2:12 is Margaret Powell. Not sure whether the dark-haired woman is Denise Coffey or Sheila Burnett.
It's Sheila Burnett
So much better than today's crap shop adverts
Steve C All adverts suck, you moron.
no, some older ones are fab
I'm pretty sure the grey haired lady towards the end is Margaret Powell.She was a regular on chat shows having written books on life below stairs in large houses.She also did a few voice overs for Tom Edwards Radio 2 shows...'The Tom Edwards show ..the show with more umph '...followed by her famous laugh!
I still have a box of six Christmas tree ball ornaments with a Woolworth's 25 cent price tag on it.
I have. A radio. That I bought. From. Woolies. Wish we still. Had them. The shampoo. Own brand. Smelt. Lovely anyone remember the. Tights. And. Knickers attached. To the. Tights. They never. Laddered.
texet 880 calculator was a 77/78 release, so this is maybe the 78 xmas advert
Was Bernard Cribbins the voice over?
Is that Bernard cribbins doing the commentary
Sheila Burnett using the iron and Margaret Powel author of below stairs is the other woman. Tony Blackburn showing the music centre.
My best friend used to work there on a Saturday. She was on the jewellery counter . I had a Saturday job in Leonard's Shoe Shop just across the road and e used to meet after work. She hated her job but it's still brings back good memories. ❤ ( I hated mine too) Teenage girls don't want to be selling horrid products under fluorescent lights while wearing hideous overalls! 😂 But needs must.
Great times and memories. I remember when Woolworths used to sell hot Ginsters pasties,they were huge and tasted really nice.
Why on earth would you put a watermark on an advert you don't own?
Woolworths had everything you wanted at affordable prices, with something for everyone.
The year is 1977 as both the Polaroid 1000 and Game of Dracula came out that year.
My heart broke when Woolies closed.
Blimey, Woolies was expensive! Probably to pay all those celebrities...
Actually it's prices were very competitive, even then!
Maybe competitive, but still expensive - At today's prices, basic Black & Decker corded drill = £130, crappy music centre = £1100 :-o
Wotsma Naym it was probably still cheaper than B and Q or its equivalent.
+Graduated Gamin' - Maybe, but that doesn't make it any less expensive. A wheezy travel-size hairdryer for £60 in today's money?! You had to be wealthy for Woolies :-o
They were actually quite expensive. I did not realise this till i became an adult though. Same as Argos as they fixed prices across the board as there was nowhere else to shop. Now that we can choose where we wish to shop, Woolworths fell foul of their own pricing structure and consumer choice. People simply went else where and purchased it cheaper.
By the time the store did catch up it was already too late, the market had bottomed out and so did Woolworths towards the end. Argos are even worse, they price fix with Amazon and if one price goes up, Argos follows suit and vice versa. They got a lot of negative feedback over Christmas as there prices actually went up (not down) by around 25%, just in time for the sainsburys merger yeah okay! Boots are just as bad, they sell 2 for one products at the higher price so your not getting a good deal not really. You have to be more careful where you shop now. You can really get ripped off if you are not "shop smart" these days.
As a kid we never had to worry about any of this stuff, we just wanted what we wanted come Christmas, I wonder did people have more disposable income then? It seems we have less disposable income now than perhaps 30 years ago possibly? Cost of living has gone up, but payrises did not so were living on leaner budgets these days.
I still love these woolworths ads though!
Always seemed so exciting going in woollies in December with all the toys and lights etc. Brings back such happy memories of when I was growing up. Christmas not the same any more
Well, you're not a child. There would be something very wrong if you were still looking at the world through the eyes of a kid.
Anyone remember the Jacko monkeys. They hung from the ceilings or was it a bar. I still have it. 1978.
@TheTmny876able Not Sheila Stefeal. It's Sheila Burnette. The other woman is Margaret Powell.
the old guy is from the video from thomas dolby she blinded me w/ science
Magnus Pike, Scientist
Wow! :)
Sheila Burnette surely from candid camera fame is the main female here and Leslie Crowther sneaks in.