How different from our ghastly country these days. People were well-spoken, well-dressed, tattoo-free, aspirational and respectful. And still we’re told how the various cultures and sexualities that dominate our media have enriched us all. The drive for inclusion has done the opposite and resulted in a fragmented and angry society. I had to stop watching this splendid advert compilation as it depressed me to see what’s become of our violent, drug-ridden, uneducated and crass nation.

Fxxk me adverts interrupted by adverts I'm off

You'll get to hear these advertising jingles on Boom Radio every Saturday morning preceded by the famous Thames fanfare, presented by Rob Jones.

I was about to say I loved these simpler times without all the madness in the world but remembered I used to be scared as a child of the threat of nuclear war. And here I am still worrying at nearly 50 😢

wow! we had awful taste in alcohol back then.

Woolworths, the company that basically went out of business because it didn't move with the times and ran into financial trouble, it's sad. I believe in the US it is was called a five and dime store.

Bril!. When ads were worth watching! 😂

Lots of these adverts have carols in the background. And it's about family. Now there is no religious link. It's just a big party. I preferred things then.

brilliant, remember it well.. the size of jaffa cakes now, it would be a total eclipse in one go,

Never bought anything Amstrad. Was it as dog shite as I believed at the time?

Quality street boxes are a fraction of the size of what they were then!!..

Thing is expectations were much lower then. I got a transistor radio one yr and was over the moon . Kids these days expect you to bankrupt yourself for them and still don't appreciate what you get for them.

What occurs to me is how expensive everything was when you take into account the average wage back then.

Brilliant!. Happier simpler days! Feel sorry for todays kids!.

Hands down……R whites Lemonade is one of the most iconic adverts from UK 🇬🇧 Love it…..' Smash powder potato 🥔 was Brilliant Roses grow on you….😂😂

Game of life. Promised a lot. Delivered little. Unlike Evel Kineval

There was a funny one from the early 1980's-not sure if it was national or just aired in the Southern Region A guy is mowing his lawn & his phone rings upstairs in the house. He goes up the stairs & you hear him talking, but he didn't switch the mower off & it then goes in the house & follows him up the stairs & then you hear a scream. Never been able to find it anywhere, or any mention of it.

Cadburys chocolate is not as nice these days, because they are now an American company and changed the recipe.

Swingball was infuriating

Simon was a right twat.

Compare Boots 1982 Christmas advert to 2024's misandristic fare... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJS3lWONm9Bph6c

The chap in the Panasonic Car Stereo advert was a bit violent. 😮

i remember 13 of theses advert from the past thank you its memory lane

Do you have the following advert in your archives? Someone comes in from the kitchen to announce “we’re having …chicken” All hell breaks loose in the living room. Granny goes back over on her seat (I think) Two old ladies walking past the house hear the commotion and one says “I think they’re having chicken” It must be around 1978-1979. I don’t know if it is for chicken, or gravy, or paxo stuffing. My memory is very hazy.

The latest tubs (not tins) aren't even half that size but cost more!

Used to work for both Dixons and Boots back in the early 1980s, and it's great to see all these adverts again. "That's the wonder of Woolworth; that's the wonder of good old Woollies!" 😊

I still have Electronic Detective, works too

Much better times

Would love to hear companies excuse for everything shrinking so much

I love the way most adverts then were more "technical" in nature. Especially the Panasonic one for their video recorder. Can you imagine most people understanding anything technical now? Perhaps this shows how society has been dumbed down over the years??

My Dog Has Fleas 😂😂😂😂 I had the continental version…..My Dog Has Rabies 😂 😂😂😂

Superb..!

We're the days no crash helmets ol

At 0:21 you can see the two redcoat soldiers played by Windsor Davies and the actor Don Estelle from the series " It Ain't Half Hot Mum " . Big Memories are coming back.

This is too late to be August 1975, more like October.

And this year the Boots advert

How do I connect my hifi to my TV and he gives him a scart to scart cable??

Back when adverts were not filled with, erm, well. You know. The UK was the UK.

This is sad, how quickly life goes on. How fragile life is. 😢

Quality Street by Macintosh was the best, not Nestle's shit! All the best centres have disappeared. Terry's Neopolitans gone! Chocolate today has something missing, as my daughter said "FLAVOUR"!

Now all we get are adverts for apps.

The pipe ads remind me of both my Dad and my Husband. Three Nuns for Dad and various Fox Tobaccos. R.I. P. Dad and Giles. I love the Hamlet cigars ads best

Always loved that Hamlet piano chord movement, still immediately triggers childhood in my brain

I used to watch this as a child I loved this so much AMAZING programme loved it so creative

Anyone clock the channel on the tv ? A homage to ‘back to the future’ with the delorean’s teleport speed , 88mph 😁

😂😂😂 I remember all these adverts, except for phantom 4 hovercraft?? Where can I buy one?

The Yellow pages advert's take me back!

Great adverts definate not christmas anymore.