Do it All 1980s advert collection WH Smith former stores

WH smith were in the DIY shop business in the 80s with there Do It All store. and had this madness themed advert running - seemed to be theme of the 80s. Kwik Fit had something similar.

[@thequietestengine]

I get the weirdest 'Beadle's About' vibe from this theme, it's an earworm

[@sunflower_power243]

I remember video taping it and watching it over and over again , fab

[@musoseven8218]

Lovely blast from the past, we used to service, maintain, repair and supply their materials handling equipment (trolleys, pallet trucks etc). Visited every store at one time or another - happier times💜✌️😊👍

[@fraserkatie]

Such memories! I loved the advert!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

0:29 Is the store that used to be on the Great West Road, now a Currys/PC World. This is the point you can tell because the reflection of that building is the big building opposite that still stands. That is the very Do It All that we'd go to while growing up in London.

[@miniquipman1292]

Bloody hell that brings back some memories left school and started at do it all on a YTS scheme on £28.50 a week in 1988 must have left a mark on me as I now run my own hire company catering for the DIY market

[@musoseven8218]

Lovely blast from the past, we used to service, maintain, repair and supply their materials handling equipment (trolleys, pallet trucks etc). Visited every store at one time or another - happier times💜✌️😊👍

[@David1976W]

I used to work there in the 90's. Hated it at the time, but looking back life was much simpler :)

[@musoseven8218]

As I said elsewhere ...... Lovely blast from the past, we used to service, maintain, repair and supply their materials handling equipment (trolleys, pallet trucks etc). Visited every store at one time or another - happier times💜✌️😊👍

[@MegaOldBoot]

Gosh the memories i used to work in bridgeton store late 70s early 80s loved it

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

If I only knew it, how Do It All create this great song, you can bet I'd be doing it as well

[@davidbjornstad7759]

The middle one has been an earworm of mine for 35 years.

[@jossym]

I've no idea why this randomly popped in to my head after about 30+years, but it did, and of course it's on KZbin. Bit of a cliche but it really does seem like it's from a simpler time.

[@kellyluck1626]

Only here because of the Alas Smith and Jones parody which has been sitting in my head for decades.

[@andrewgeary1557]

I remember this great advert for 'Do It All' DIY stores back in the days, WOW!! Ron Tarr (who played the character Big Ron in 'Eastenders' in the 80's), and also had a cameo role as a thug in the 1985 James Bond movie 'A View To A Kill'. Also Daniel Peacock, who played Mental Mickey in the 'Only Fools And Horses' Series 4 episode 'It's Only Rock N Roll', in the same year, in this ad too...

[@-charliegunleabharannangau8dq]

i know del boy as 'you little plonker'

[@stackersmbe852]

Bit of nostalgia!

[@del-boysnostalgiatvads7416]

Big Ronald from eastenders!

[@foxee36]

Daniel Peacock!!!,Ron Tarr!

[@stephenduncan3605]

He told the other two that he does the 1,2,3s

[@itsjemmabond]

The guy in the pink tie was in an episode of Only Fools and Horses. He played a character called Mental Mickey; Rodney joined his band, and they appeared on Top of the Pops...without Rodney

[@foxee36]

He’s called Danny Peacock,he’s mostly known for the comic strip presents

[@foxee36]

His dad is Jim in the vicar of dibley

[@andymonkman9042]

The guy who did the voice over in the first and, played Raquel's dad in OFAH. The one when they became millionaires

[@MatgoStyles]

@@andymonkman9042 With David Jason himself doing the voiceover in the second ad if I'm not mistaken.

[@davebirch1976]

Daniel Peacock is his name, he was also in Porridge the Movie.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Blimey blast from the past

[@EnglishLaw]

You used to be able to do it all, but now to do it, you've got the b and q it.

[@ianhalsall-fox]

Apart from B&Q, I struggle to know where to DIY. We do still have a very knowledgable and reliable hardware shop. But where is Homebase, Do It All, Focus, Great Mills, Texas and Payless?

[@rich_edwards79]

Yes and now it looks as though Wilkinsons (which was only ever a hardware store anyway) is finished as well. I suspect the fact that most people now rent from private landlords, who don't allow them to so much as paint a wall or hang a picture, has pretty much killed off DIY as a hobby. Those with the money to own their own home also have the funds to go all Grand Designs and call in interior designers and tradespeople to do the work - no more getting your hands dirty loading up your trusty rusty Volvo estate with tins of paint and lengths of timber precariously bungeed to the roof rack (or was that just us 😊 )

[@ianhalsall-fox]

@@rich_edwards79 It's a sad world. Struggling to even find the trades to help fix problems (Brexit debate)

[@daniel_b1uk088]

The narrator of the last advert narrated a lot of adverts in the 90's

[@mikeycon10]

Yes Ray Brookes

[@dazh1295]

Brilliant, where did you find them? I worked for them in all their different guises from 1987 until 2011 with the demise of Focus DIY. Thanks for sharing.

[@Simon-fr4ts]

I worked at Do It All in the late 80's after leaving school. Does anyone remember the blue dungarees that staff had to wear? They introduced these 6 months or so after I started. I left because I would not wear them. I felt like one of the cast members of Prisoner Cell Block H.

[@dazh1295]

@@Simon-fr4ts I remember them well, with the gingham blue & white shirts 👕 I can remember them going to a yellow polo shirt with an orange sweatshirt, not sure if it was still Do It All or Focus.

[@tvdel]

Big Ron from EastEnders

[@Johnnyafc]

OneCredit Classics

[@itsjemmabond]

The good old days when people like the bearded guy were considered fat. If only we knew just how bad it would get years later...

[@eclectica1]

That's Big Ron from EastEnders you're talking about. Behave yourself.

[@mattayres371]

The 🦆🦆🦆 ducks ruined it....... the blokes were far better!! 😉👍

[@williamg209two]

Love these but they first advert they all seem to work at different diy shops then the later ones they seem to work at the same shop

[@mattayres371]

Brilliant!! Don't make um like they used to do. 😕

[@smartchip]

Back to the 80's, when upto the 2k, things were good, children had a childhood, No sjw, feminism and woke,

[@stickytapenrust6869]

Feminism began with bra-burners in the 70s and “woke” as you called it began in the late 70s with punk and alternative comedy.

[@jeromehobbs3661]

Think you mean no social media

[@smartchip]

@@jeromehobbs3661 social media is how the above propogate and permeate, from social mores, Overton window and the zeitgeist etc,

[@jeromehobbs3661]

Not really, I’m not on social media (unless you count WhatsApp) and rarely post on KZbin as I just like to enjoy what I come to see. Just came to enjoy an old advert coz I had the tune in my head and saw your post. It seems to me you’re the one trying to spread a message off the back of an old advert. That’s all!

[@Sylvia-bc6mp]

How do do it all do it...?

[@97channel]

Won't somebody tell?

[@nikkcade4481]

If only we knew it, how do it all do it, you can bet, we'd be doing it as well!

[@sammiianne5295]

Nah,nah, nah, nah,nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, na na...

[@danwoodhouse9290]

that last one was crap

[@BINGOTECH-lt8lt]

It was all good until we got to the last one

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

The days when wokeness wasn't more important than the products.

[@eclectica1]

Piers Morgan, is that you?

[@rich_edwards79]

Ffs there's always one 🙄

[@DEATHTRAPTRAILERS]

It’s an advert for a fkn DIY store

[@Richardpd16378]

Trying to find something to be offended by?!

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

F you on about. It's a f-ing DIY ad you paranoid Farage bootlicker