1970s Tesco | Green Shield Stamps | 1970s Supermarket | Have your say | 1977

Tesco announce they will be discontinuing the use of Green Shield saving stamps in order to pass the savings onto the consumer. How will the shoppers react? 'Money Go Round' investigates
First shown: 01/07/1977
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[@nacholibre1962]

OK, own up if you watched this all the way through. It is a true testament to an entirely different world than today.

[@valiantv2897]

Guilty, i grew up in the 70s and love these nostalgia hits

[@1paulinejackson]

Well I did... found it very interesting. I can remember sticking the green sheild stamps in the book. What memories this video brought back to me.

[@kevinbeck6785]

Bring them back Tesco we loved Green shield Stamps remember sticking them in the book for my mother

[@ljduk7595]

Lol, on our knees almost, with 3 little bags of shopping. Please god bring back these nicer times. People even spoke nicer, more gentle & calm. Lovely 😊

[@jdh6752]

Ahh, the good old days when an absolute nutter like @Linda Tucker would have been getting the treatment she so obviously needs in one of the many large psychiatric hospitals, which are sadly all closed now in favour of "care" in the community.

[@splinterbyrd]

Nostalgia is fun but don't let it totally distort things. The 1970s were horrible

[@gorillatagfun5336]

You obviously never heard my granny speak then 😂

[@popcorns6472]

Yes, please bring back the times where women were still second class citizens, minorities were beaten by police and widely hated no matter where they lived. Lets go back to the times of widespread robberies and violent crime. These times were only "nicer" because I assume you're a white person, and you have no idea about how shit things were decades ago. Get a grip.

[@bhollins3556]

@@jdh6752 you mean homeless vacant-eyed people wandering about urban areas.

[@lazycalm41]

This video shows footage from the lovely planet I was born on. Sadly now days I am forced to live on a totally different one that I dislike immensely!

[@helentrove620]

I feel the same way as do many of us. I feel sorry for the younger generation, they have missed out on so much 'real living' enjoying the simpler things in life. A few things may have changed for the better but mainly not at all & will only get worse :(

[@peterembranch5797]

Oh guys. Ever since time began there's been old fools constantly complaining that things were better in THEIR day. I remember older folk saying exactly the same thing when I was a youngster. What people like you forget is that you remember the "good old days" through the eyes of the children you were then. Things looked better because you were young and naïve. Now you're old and bitter, and you think the world has changed. It hasn't, you have.

[@lazycalm41]

@@peterembranch5797 The problem is the world HAS changed, very much for the worse. Trouble with people like you is you simply refuse to see it!

[@peterembranch5797]

@G Gilligan Pure abuse. No actual content at all. I hit the bullseye alright.

[@peterembranch5797]

@@lazycalm41 Way to go lazy, never listen, always talk. That way you don't have to think about stuff that you find uncongenial. Goodbye.......

[@garypautard1069]

When my father passed away recently I was clearing his home and I found 6 Green Shield booklets all full . It's great fun showing people who remember them. The smile on their face as they remember this bygone era is a joy.

[@bsimpson6204]

Sell them on eBay, you might make a profit on them lol

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

That's wonderful!

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

..certainly was a great time ....now we must fight against crooks who have sold our country to foreigners ......!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jstewart3799]

God Bless him, he was nesting for his family.

[@RetroReminiscing]

Orrrr thats amazing ! I remember my nana taking me to tescos with her in the very early 80's and seeing her with them at the till ...

[@nicolataylor6011]

How slim everyone looked back then

[@sunkat76]

In the days before 3 for 2 and BOGOFs when people lived by the thinking of 'it's not a bargain if you don't need it'

[@portcullis5622]

It was all that smoking. Not enough time for snacks between meals!

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

Yes there was no JUST EAT, you cook before you eat and then wash up, it help with your exercise

[@meyergaelle8108]

@StealthyMonk 🤣🤣🤣

[@meyergaelle8108]

Too much fast junk food nowadays

[@hectorskmetija3015]

Firstly why the hell am I watching this 🤣 secondly the women interviewed were intelligent and logical. Prices have increased since this was filmed but brain cells have decreased dramatically 🥴

[@ilovenitnat]

I see where you’re going with this, clearly having green shield stamps made people more intelligent and logical.

[@hectorskmetija3015]

@@ilovenitnat Not sure if it was the green shield stamps but I'm still using the plates I brought with stamps as a teenager 😎

[@christineayres5339]

I can find the same food for these prices if i buy the Tesco everyday value items so prices have not gone up if you know how to shop smart lol

[@barrymanihigh8560]

I'm watching this at 1am, quite relaxing

[@christineayres5339]

@@barrymanihigh8560 Its nice to see how kind people were back then, i just got back from Tesco fucking free for all today , no respect people have just barging into each other,

[@chrisjones3901]

Worst thing Tesco ever did was take away my green shield stamps,my mum used to let us choose a toy with what she saved.absolutely loved the whole idea

[@sirpercivalsmallcock-jones9585]

My mother used her stamps to buy a slide for the back garden. I really miss the 1970s.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

great time ...Real UK .......

[@ianclarke1852]

My mum had so many books of Green Shield stamps she bought a house and a new car with them. Unbelievable.

[@zeddeka]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 ????

[@zeddeka]

I suppose it's just a forerunner to the Tesco clubcard, or nectar at sainsburys

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Now in 2019, the same items in Tesco cost £381.19 and you get 3 clubcard points.

[@scarlettohara4702]

Pqrst Zxerty love it 😂🤣🤣

[@madeinuk68]

Pqrst Zxerty The club card points is a scam to see who is buying what. It's just another big brother plot,to keep an eye on even those people like myself that just uses cash. "Don't trust the fuckers"

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

@@madeinuk68 Nectar card is a scam too, it is Experian " track you card ",

[@jennyhughes4474]

I don't want points, I want all items a tiny bit cheaper, but they do love to see what their customer profiles are and what they buy: the points are supposed to pay us for letting them have this/our data.

[@WarrenF]

Food from supermarkets are the cheapest they have ever been

[@maccagrabme]

The days when TV cared about ordinary people's concerns.

[@l_j_c_5397]

100% true

[@pizza7738]

Nowadays there would be a competition to win 30,000 and at least 15 mins of adverts lol

[@DDandrums]

Quit yer whining.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

Britain was good then ....-for its own people !!!!! . . .

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@DDandrums Go to Hell .

[@Veniceredmask01]

Back in the days when it was enough for one person to work and provide for their family. Allowing the other person to cook fresh everyday. Instead of the ready meal chemical crap we have today

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

So true 👍

[@tosspot1305]

This is true.. A single wage is barely enough these days

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

it was True Britain then ...before vermin like 'Rishi sunak' etc .......

[@zeddeka]

agree that home cooking is really a dying art we need to bring back. But let's be honest - british food has *never* been good, which is why we have such a bad reputation internationally. The choice of food, and the things we cooked, back then were pretty bloody awful. For a long time, olive was something you could only get from a chemist to clean your ears with.

[@skylined5534]

​@@zeddeka That is a bunch of nonsense and you know it.

[@LindaTCornwall]

Most people don't even realise, that this was how Argos started lol.. I remember Green Shield Stamps.. and flicking through the catalogue in the seventies. :D

[@bernadettemurray1515]

Linda T Yes that's right...named after a place in Greece.

[@stonedbatman2067]

God.... you must be old!!! 👀

[@bernadettemurray1515]

Blackporsche roadster Yes

[@Victory987]

Argos was a hundred eyed giant guardian.

[@phillipecook3227]

Ah but do you remember Kensitas coupons and THEIR catalogue? : )

[@ianclarke1852]

My mum lost her job then my dad left her. Tesco then discontinued Green Shield stamps. It was the last straw for her and she was never the same person afterwards.

[@dorismay4411]

Ian Clarke hahaha

[@kendoknackersackee]

Who was she then?

[@ianclarke1852]

Kendo Knackersackee, Mrs Clarke

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

SEND AFRIKAAN BAKK ..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!

[@ljc6535]

I love watching all these old clips ,love the voices ,the elderly woman In hat..

[@carlwakefield889]

That was the reason I stopped eating whiskers bloody price never came down enough

[@aalexjohna]

That's what the dirty Polish do in Hounslow.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

Our family had Whiskers on a Friday as a treat.

[@rutter1ify]

@@aalexjohna lol

[@RWL2012]

Whiskas, not "whiskers"

[@shape-shiftingcatandhermin2508]

Geeze hoomins not even I eats dat crap 😹😹😹

[@fluffybunny7840]

This brings back lovely memories,when being a stay at home wife was the norm and children played out in the streets, hopscotch,skipping marbles, whipping tops. Sunday was a restful day and a lovely home cooked roast on the table!

[@agfagaevart]

that's not the way we all lived...alas...

[@agfagaevart]

@Josh Hough not to mention telly channels that all "signed off" at midnight! :-0

[@melgrant7404]

@@agfagaevart all 3 of them

[@ds1868]

@@melgrant7404 I can remember all two of them and black and white only.

[@cashcrop70]

@@melgrant7404 Yes but there was more quality TV on those three channels than the 50-100+ channels we have today

[@summerrose4286]

Such lovely soft voices.

[@summerrose4286]

@Modern Classic Collectables i have no idea what that means

[@montyf2165]

Yes and no shouting, cameras cutting to another shot every few seconds, and definitely no " you know", " like" and " innit".

[@JonasStuart]

Loving watching these old gems ❤

[@kellysouter4381]

Weren't they quiet and politely spoken? No one shouted or was rude. No noisy "music". I miss that.

[@truthmerchant1]

Does anyone remember the Cadbury Smash advert with the laughing aliens "They boil them for 20 of their minutes. Then they smash them all to bits! 😄😄😄

[@bluesky-tu3cp]

yes I remember and those ads always made us smile🙂

[@grumpyoldman3458]

The ads were better than the product IMO, I never liked the taste of instant mash

[@Banglish123]

When Tony just looked for the price labels on every product and then I realised bar codes hadn't been invented. These clips make me smile and laugh. I grew up in the 70s and remember the products and the prices.

[@richbiles230872]

Bar codes were invented in the early 1950s.

[@phillipecook3227]

Today we wouldn't even call them labels because we've adopted the Americanism "tag".

[@phillipecook3227]

@@richbiles230872 I'm sure they didnt enter British retail before the 80s?

[@richbiles230872]

@@phillipecook3227 1979 was the year the first UK shop used bar codes. I pointed out that the bar code system was 'invented' in the early 50s.

[@phillipecook3227]

@@richbiles230872 I know but I don't remember them before the 1980s. But I'll take your word for it they were implemented en masse throughout the British retail sector in 1979.

[@donhearn9235]

It strange seeing the pack of smash being made by Cadbury

[@Picnicl]

As I'll assume you're aware, it's been Cadbury owned for most of its existence. They sold it to Premier Foods in 2006.

[@Zoe-dr5ps]

@@Picnicl I was not aware of that. I'm bloody shocked, I must say

[@phillipecook3227]

There was a TV advetisment throughout the 70s with an earworm jingle " For mash get Smash" : )

[@martinlong2804]

I have a step ladder from Green shield stamps, I still use them to day

[@Havanacuba1985]

They were stronger than they looked

[@pigknickers2975]

And we still have my Grandads electric drill as featured on the front of the actual catalogue! It does still work 50 years later too although to be fair to it my modern one is 10x better.

[@prestcoldandy910]

Iv still got the budgie cage , the budgie died a few years back though

[@martinlong2804]

@@prestcoldandy910 very good

[@phillipecook3227]

The stamps??

[@sonaterese799]

Absolutely love these vintage programs, thank you!

[@hughhanifin6521]

It's a strange how there accents different sounds very clear talking

[@TheOneTrueSpLiT]

Itsa peculiar much how sentence of you sense made.

[@SirGeorgeButtox]

Peepals talking speak is much peculiar than lady though in suppermarket

[@michaelgrace1298]

Roll us ye cap grandad

[@c4715]

Very clipped isn't it?

[@David-uf8ex]

Yes it’s lovely not to hear slang American

[@allisonsmith5242]

As kids me and my sis loved sticking the Green Shield stamps in the stamp book and at Christmas we loved looking through its catalogue pointing out what we would like. Happy times. Wow stuff was really cheap as well.

[@Thereishope664]

So much easier to understand what the people are saying, no 'like' and 'innit' at the end of every sentence.

[@alfching2499]

Nowadays the stupid Phone does most people’s thinking for them.innit

[@stonedbatman2067]

Yeah init bruh...

[@veraaddoyobo8482]

@StealthyMonk and basically

[@helenblackburn6162]

No one starting their sentences with “So” or finishing them with “know what I mean”.

[@Helen_590]

So, I think, like ,you need to come down to the south east, innit. Coz like , they dont talk ,like all crazy and shit, you know what I mean bruh ?

[@paulph12002]

Watching this in 2021 is very sad, a reminder of a much kinder and simpler British way of life that is long gone.

[@jamesgallo7600]

The British people are a lot kinder than they were back then

[@juliette2439]

I had a care free childhood ..Now we are dealing with depression, autism and array of disturbing ailments in children ..So sad

[@jamesgallo7600]

@@juliette2439 people still suffered from mental illness back then, it just wasn’t spoken about. Children never received help with it, they were expected just to get on with it. I’m glad you had a care free childhood but not everyone was as lucky as you, you probably look back at old times and remember all the good bits. You look at it with rose tinted glasses

[@juicytea8297]

@@juliette2439 what’s autism got to do with this generation you idiot. Autism happened hundreds off years ago too! But it was never brought on because everyone should’ve just dealt with it.

[@marymary5494]

Not to mention the child abuse and racism@@jamesgallo7600

[@mota4tuttoo]

...what a nice step back into a gentler more sane time...all those lovely soft spoken women...a time when Britain was still a decent place to live. Sorry to see those times disappear...

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yeah african now ......sold us out ..............

[@jillylloyd3527]

A ha this could be a Victoria Wood sketch!

[@seekerout]

I thought it was at first!

[@amtownsyou]

4 beef burgers for 49p??? Does anyone have a time machine that I can borrow?? I'll need about 5 shopping baskets too

[@logicalnetwork1611]

93 til infinity510 but coffee seemed so expensive back then ?

[@johnpiper3416]

93 til infinity510 Great comment, let's take a bloody petrol tanker back in time and save more than a few quid.

[@macraghnaill3553]

@Gary Whittaker I was earning around £27 in 1977, not a high wage but some were lower

[@tvmraf]

@Gary Whittaker Average wage was much more than £6 as I was on £1 an hour as a 18 year old ,, £6 would mean you could not afford that jar of coffee which cost over a quid,

[@KirkJacobsonHere]

​@@tvmraf Yeah, as a youngun, you were on about the lowest rate. The average weekly wage at the time was £68.70 according to the ONS. The prices still weren't cheap though. Those burgers were swelled up with rusk and fat. The equivalent today would cost about £2, whereas the 49p in 1977 would be over £3 now.

[@Turnbull50]

Mrs Alard's cheaper coffee was cheaper because it contained Chicory

[@OffGridInvestor]

I noticed that. Instant coffee loaded with a root vegetable. As bad as starbucks full of sugar and soy. My family was friends with another family who had a farm growing chicory on a large scale.

[@Juliukas101]

@@OffGridInvestor Yes, it was an ersatz coffee bolstered by cheap chicory. That said, I like chocory!

[@TheNagualZone]

That female announcer! there is no reason why she should be so attractive but she is incredibly attractive to my eyes + I had no idea that they even had the tech for such tiny clip on mics back then let alone sounding so crisp warm and clear!

[@adoremus4014]

I used to work at Green Shield stamps on Saturdays. The elderly would bring in books of stamps stuck down with flour and water and all the pages would stick together. It took some of them years to save up for a set of 3 mugs!

[@mynemjefflol]

Green Shield Stamps was a British sales promotion scheme that rewarded shoppers with stamps that could be used to buy gifts from a catalogue or from any affiliated retailer. The scheme was introduced in 1958 by Richard Tompkins, who had noticed the success of the long-established Sperry & Hutchinson Green Stamps in America. For a few years, the scheme was so widely adopted that it was referenced in rock songs. But it suffered when Tesco ceased to use it, as part of a price-cutting policy that became standard nationwide. To retain business, Green Shield allowed customers to buy gifts from the catalogue with a mix of stamps and cash, but soon the catalogue became cash-only, and the operation was re-branded as Argos. Stamps were withdrawn altogether in 1991.

[@RSCOZZY]

Nice copy and paste from Wikipedia 🤣👏

[@skylined5534]

Sort of a loyalty card system forerunner!

[@harbster2]

My Mum used to get me to lick the greenshield stamps and put them in the book. I remember having a sore tongue from all the licking :)

[@phillipecook3227]

Did you have a late licker license? Sorry. Couldn't resist : )

[@didwest1249]

Yep it used to be the highlight on a Friday doing me nans stamps the excitement

[@trainrover]

that's right! the lickable adhesive over their backsides was super thick, lavishly slapped on....yuck..I liked savoury foodstuffs, not sweetness

[@Juliukas101]

I don't remember Green Shield stamps but the Co-Op stores had a similar thing with their Dividend stamps. Each page had to have 5x 40-point stamps or 40 x 5-point stamps and I would get really annoyed when my mum used to stick them on upside down!

[@DissidentNomad]

The country depicted here is unrecognizable from the one we have today, Christ.

[@minimotsu9273]

That's cuz it was 44 years ago. 1933 also looked very different to 1977.

[@watermarginramsgate180]

Einstein

[@melgrant7404]

A better time in 1977

[@watermarginramsgate180]

@@Ben-ek1fz totally agree with you everything changes

[@LookatmeimSandraDee]

​@@watermarginramsgate180Yeah and not always for the better

[@seekerout]

The ladies all had their hair shampooed and set for going on the telly.

[@TheGodParticle]

Lol!

[@jackkruese9929]

No it’s unlikely their interviews were pre planned, it’s just basic Voxpox ,ie street interviews, done it myself 100s of times as I work for ITN.

[@seekerout]

@@jackkruese9929 I was referring to the women in the studio with their shopping.

[@jackkruese9929]

Sandy A Oh yes they’d have had their hair done for sure

[@tracynewton3083]

👍👍👍😂😂

[@TermiteVideo]

The general population looked so much slimmer

[@mikemidulster]

That was before wide-screen TV.

[@jameswillett7186]

Well the UK now has the FATTEST people in Europe.

[@jonl8509]

Adjusted for inflation, £4.68 then is about £60 now. The same 10 items bought in Tesco today would cost around £26. Food is a LOT cheaper today!

[@Withnail1969]

Fossil fuels, fossil fuel derived fertilisers, mechanised and factory farming. Soon to be going away as cheap fossil fuels go away.

[@hellfirepictures]

Yes but people's rent then was around 1/10th - adjusting for inflation - as it is today. Food could afford to be pricier.

[@skylined5534]

I think your inflation calculator is broken. £4.68 would have been approximately £31 in 2020.

[@petegallows5494]

Absolutely nowhere near £60. According to Bank of England inflation calculator website, £4.68 in 1977 was £21.46 in 2019/2020 when you posted your comment. It's miles away from your number and anybody can check for themselves. So if your other number, £26 for the same items was correct, the food in 2020 was indeed dearer, than 1977, which is understandable.

[@davegalea6689]

I remembered those Green Shield Stamps and I really miss the 60's and 70's. wish we had a Time Machine.

[@melgrant7404]

Agree. I was happy back then

[@skylined5534]

​@@melgrant7404 Whichever one of us discovers the time machine first has to promise to come back for the others!

[@juliebrooke6099]

Funny how the women guests in the studio were referred to as Mrs. Whoever rather than by their first names.

[@eboulter]

I love how elegantly the presenters spoke back then. Beautifully dressed as well.

[@patricaoreilly2143]

Its called respect. You only call someone by their 1st name if you know them very well & had permission to do so

[@mattylamb9194]

@@patricaoreilly2143 - I hate being called by my surname. Even with "Mr being put in front of it

[@templarknight5557]

And supermarkets just kept increasing prices and making smaller every item they can while destroying local markets to force people to buy from supermarkets. I am still annoyed the Digestive biscuit couldnt fit in your cup to dunk it in those days. Now you can fit 4 in a cup. Robbing us blind while they throw away enough food to feed Africa every week. Disgusting.

[@melgrant7404]

Agree.you get that ripped off feeling everytime you shop at supermarkets.like looking at all products that seem to contain more air in the packet than the actual product.

[@jdh6752]

Adjusted for inflation, everything in this video was more expensive in 1977. And McVities are the same size. I have one of those cylindrical packet-size storage tins from the 70s, and it's exactly the same width as a packet today.

[@agfagaevart]

Sainsburys own brand digestives used to be nearly 2 foot long! Not now tho. Someone must have complained to them about "...encouraging greed"

[@KillieGuy1]

Food has never been so cheap or plentiful but don't let that stop a good moan. Use an inflation calculator to compare. You'll be surprised.

[@jdh6752]

@@destinationmobileone5476 I wouldn't know anything about Wagon Wheels. My mother considered them "common", so I wasn't allowed them.

[@ianexcalibur7096]

People seemed to be well spoken then and better educated, this is why the government is dumbing down education, so we can't think for ourselves.....

[@splinterbyrd]

Actually I don't think it's the government; it's educators, teacher-training institutions and academic establishment behind them who don't want us to think for ourselves.

[@ianexcalibur7096]

@@splinterbyrd The government hates thinkers, it's the those who set the education criteria, but yes I agree with you.

[@splinterbyrd]

@@ianexcalibur7096 Agreed; of course politicians hate free thought. But politicians are themselves products of the Education system, and teacher training tutors (I experienced this first-hand) have a very definite agenda, are of course unelected and answerable to absolutely no one. Teacher-training is one of the most influential parts of the Academe. It is never criticised or investigated.

[@clauderebello2850]

WELL SAID...!!

[@woodycfc3429]

Torys / Rich dumbing down the Working Class cutting education budgets etc making reality tv so called stars & Simon cowel & his braindead shows its all very calculated the uk must be the most dumbed down country there is at moment hense Brexit it was Torys(Rich) idea & only benefits the Rich the whole point of it

[@idrissaebrahim3261]

I love how polite and beautifully spoken she is

[@ajs41]

Which one?

[@jules151968]

You could exchange your stamp books for gifts, got a Scorpion Tank (Action man) with mine.

[@chrisjones3901]

Hey lol I got a melodica

[@jemmajames6719]

This looks like a spoof now, 🤣 even the trolleys were smaller.

[@ajs41]

Why spoof?

[@torg0]

The quality of this is outstanding!

[@AlanTaylorCRSmusicproduction]

My mum used to give me her full green shield stamp books and i would use them to buy toys.

[@CBTCFT]

It was important to point out that the beefburgers were, with onion... I bet that cost at least 1/2p more!

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

It means they could replace a big chunk of the beef content with minced onion.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@MrEdrftgyuji onion powder .......😁

[@melgrant7404]

Alan Partridge doing his shopping

[@this_is_a_tiny_town]

Birdseye infected spinal columns in baps

[@melgrant7404]

@@this_is_a_tiny_town 😊😊

[@scarlettohara4702]

😂😂🤣

[@Mike.Nov51]

mel grant 5:02...there goes the phrase...

[@secretsquirrel7374]

@@this_is_a_tiny_town I meant baguette

[@kaelaleedaley]

Tesco being the cheapest! How times change 😊 They've gotten much more expensive in the last 10 years, especially poor value when compared to the quality and prices at Aldi x

[@Locutus]

I actually find Tesco branded products to be better quality, and a similar price than to Aldi's.

[@liamhartley1533]

Yes I've shopped at Tesco for years - my local big one is very good, but they are pricy. I like Sainsbury's too and I find Tesco dearer

[@prestcoldandy910]

@@liamhartley1533 I wouldent shop anywhere but waitrose

[@liamhartley1533]

@@prestcoldandy910 Sorry I don’t like them, found them really overrated, to me Waitrose are a “emperors new clothes” situation; like Thornton’s and JL ironically. Luckily though where I am, if I want true luxury food we have Booths supermarkets.

[@kaelaleedaley]

Sorry guys, I haven't seen this until now! It's amazing how different our tastes are, isn't it!? I pray you are all able to find food affordable in your local area now what with shortages going on, some of us HAVE to shop around and accept food that we consider of "lesser" quality than our preference. I personally find the food at Home Bargains to be very tempting but overpriced and heavily processed. I have a medical condition which is directly affected by consuming processed foods so we cook and bake almost all our meals at home (with the exception of a meal out when with family or the occasional chip shop chips) :D Do you find Home Bargains useful for your weekly/bi-weekly/monthly shop? Xx

[@michaelmcdonnell5998]

Who remembers the Co-op divvy?

[@Juliukas101]

I don't remember Green Shield stamps but the Co-Op stores had a similar thing with their Dividend stamps. Each page had to have 5x 40-point stamps or 40 x 5-point stamps and I would get really annoyed when my mum used to stick them on upside down!

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

Times constantly change . Nostalgia is fine but I think the basis for " the good old days" is the people that you love being alive and with you.

[@skylined5534]

That is a big part of it but honestly, given the choice I would genuinely go back to simpler times if I could.

[@ajs41]

This is about 18 months before I was born. Interesting to see.

[@TheRealToneJunkie]

Joan Shenton is still my secret crush. Such a superbly well rounded presenter with a beautiful personality.

[@Latbirget]

As a child in the 70s the grown ups did talk a lot about the prices of food. Not surprising if there were whole programmes on the subject.

[@zeddeka]

we're seeing something similar now too. The reason? because both eras have massive inflation. prices went up substantially from day to day, week to week.

[@hellfirepictures]

My grandfather talks the prices of food every day now, 50 years later. It was nothing to do with their being 'whole programmes on it - it was to do with the high levels of poverty people were facing, and are again facing now.

[@Latbirget]

@@hellfirepictures My comment was 2 years ago before the current cost of living crisis probably nearer 3 years ago. I realise everyone talks about it now. I was a child in the 70s so I didn't watch programmes like this back then, and we didn't have a TV from 75-79 so I didn't watch anything at all. I don't have a TV now so I can't comment on whether they have programmes like this now. I would bet they don't but I am aware that news shows talk about the cost of food and inflation. I'm also aware that the inflation was the reason behind these programmes but I still find it surprising that a whole programme was dedicated to ladies showing the contents of their shopping and comparing (I can't remember exactly what the clip was about). Anything wrong at being surprised at this over two years ago? If I had seen the clip now I wouldn't have been so surprised in view of the current crisis and I probably wouldn't be so surprised and make the same comment. Chill out comment police.

[@skylined5534]

And now the 'hot topic' is which mediocre dancer will be voted off of which Ken and Barbie from 'Love' Island will cheat on their respective partners back home. Oh how times change, sadly.

[@paddy1437]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing. Please upload more 1970s, 1980s everyday life clips :)

[@lumpyfishgravy]

I remember Green Shield stamps in the 70s. An early loyalty scheme. The suburb where I grew up had a Co-op that dished them out. My mum used to stick them into books until they were full and then I think they were redeemed in store. Amazingly, that shop is still a Co-op today, almost 50 years on.

[@pommiebears]

Mike Page exactly what my mum would do. Bleedin’ licking all those stamps once she thought she had enough...lol!

[@Jade-pd3wm]

i remember my mum collecting books and books of these stamps. i dont know what she used them for. perhaps christmas presents for me and my siblings.

[@fasthracing]

She prob bought drugs with them

[@marypoppins8083]

@@fasthracing LOL why say that haha

[@stho9459]

When life was so much simpler and people seemed much less stressed.... And I was only 1year old

[@oliverpearson1577]

Life was just as stressful then as it is now.

[@stho9459]

@@oliverpearson1577 I remember life being less stressful in the 1990s so I guess it's subjective 😂

[@oliverpearson1577]

@@stho9459 Of course. Life is stressful whenever you live. That will never change.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

Britain was british then ....not foreign .....why africans here ??????????

[@phillipecook3227]

Christ ordinary punters were well spoken then, never mind the presenters. And Cadbury's Smash ....

[@christineayres5339]

Nowadays try interviewing someone Alright Bruv whats the Score ? lol

[@tdonovan4735]

@@christineayres5339 Back then it was apples and pairs and cor blimey guv'nor.

[@christineayres5339]

@@tdonovan4735 LOL id definitely say the gangstas back then were harder though , just watch that movie about the Kray twins they used to do really nasty stuff to their enemies, or that Scum movie which sadly was not exagerrating

[@christineayres5339]

@K90_ 2019 I wish much better people back then

[@watermarginramsgate180]

@@christineayres5339 no they weren't all mythology

[@pmc8119]

And here we are in 2022, WISHING those prices were still around!

[@catherinewholey3630]

Those prices! Had almost forgotten an item could be "something and a half" pence.People seem calmer some how.Before social media,faster paced times and technology made people a bit edgier

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

people were generally of sounder mind then ....before 'Government' tried to make them sick/ mad ....using Hex..... !!!!!!

[@douglasdavies4128]

.littlegee...This was the death nail to Green Shield Trading stamps, and the end of the greatest job I ever had. Nearly ten years working for Green Shield and loved every day of it. This was in the day’s most employers treated you with respect and not a number on the pay role. When you had a personnel department and not a human resources department that treated you as a commodity on the shelf. They gave out gold pin badges for five and ten years’ service presented at a party, I have just retired from another job after thirty five years’ service to them and not one of the management could be bothered to come and shake my hand on the last day. These are sad days for the way humanity is treated by the bosses of today.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

'Britain ' has become like africa ........a sad shame ....!!

[@douglasdavies4128]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 ...Strange comment! Please explain?

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@douglasdavies4128 ..what is 'strange' about it ? ......Not thick are you ......😁😆

[@douglasdavies4128]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 No! not thick, but you are not a nice person. No further communication will be be replied to, so don't waste your time. 🤫🤐

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@douglasdavies4128 WHATEVER

[@damiencrowley2506]

The lady from Nuneaton was still on the go in 2019. She was a regular passenger on my bus lol.

[@patrickeffiom97]

Joan Shenton was gorgeous...I must have been about 9 when this was broadcast.

[@TheFokker03]

Kenny Everett called her 'wobblers' shenton!

[@borderlord]

1970sthrowback 😂😂😂

[@gary1961]

@@1970sthrowback She looks like most of the women in the Danish hard core porn mags I borrowed off a friend of mine in 1976.

[@fasthracing]

@@gary1961 Excellent

[@emilemacdonald6277]

Literally said it looked down and saw that comment.... She was hot and i was born in 82 lol

[@Dr.D00p]

It's that man again, Tony Bastable! Thames TV sure did get their money's worth out of him....

[@gaygambler]

Martin Mac it’s the original Alan partridge

[@TheHorsebox2]

Could turn his hand to anything.

[@melgrant7404]

@@gaygambler love Alan.

[@djdoolittle1315]

Anthony Ó Súileabháin 😂💚☝️

[@weerobot]

He still working for them in the ITV catacombs...

[@anonymous0121]

Love watching these... Blast from the past, I've still got some of my mom's green shield stamps in a bag of hers I have pre 71".

[@softshallow7435]

Nothing new there. Like that young lady in video said “They say they going to do this going to do that, they never do.” With any company!

[@TheVote2010]

Everyone shocked at how cheap it all is... and here’s me in the corner shocked to see English people in Ilford !

[@Calvbread]

Stop being a miserable old twat

[@TheVote2010]

Svsca 2020 not being miserable, just telling the truth. Been down Ilford high road recently? Lol

[@adaline2479]

Patrick Martin Who cares? It’s 2019, we’re all human, don’t be a racist.

[@TheVote2010]

Adaline it’s not 2019 in the video, and I was making a point about seeing so many English people in Ilford. How is that racist?

[@adaline2479]

Patrick Martin Are you just completely stupid? You’re making a point of saying about the English people present there, which in turn means they’re no longer there and ‘replaced’ by immigrants. A normal person with no prejudices wouldn’t blink an eye at this, but the fact you do clearly means that you have a problem with it. A non-racist person wouldn’t make a point of mentioning the lack of English people in an area. Oh and also, it may be 1977 in the video, but your racist attitude was commented in 2019. Perhaps you would be better suited in the timeframe of the video

[@karldelavigne8134]

I can be nostalgic about the prices, but not the crap they were selling.

[@karldelavigne8134]

@Pdpmail No, there were more chemicals then, particularly dangerous food colours, and very bad margarine.

[@Viewingpublic08]

Presenter Joan Shenton - a familiar face on TV back then.

[@susanhill8332]

Aah take me back to the 70s, even if Tesco's were ripping people off then as well. Tesco's still ripping us off but the world is a far crazier place.

[@hellfirepictures]

They're definitely not ripping you off. You just have no concept of the actual value of food. Which is why food is about 1/3rd of the price today as it was back then.

[@skylined5534]

​@@hellfirepictures I'd love to know how you arrived at that made up statistic.

[@redmondial]

This is a true story ... My dad got the new car in green shield stamps !!! He owned a haulage business on Merseyside and with all the fuel we decked out the entire house with stuff from the book, every toy I owned came green shield stamps. Eventually we had everything we wanted so he said let’s go for the Car, I don’t remember how many books but every time we got close the amount went up so he was forced to put an add out offer big to buy people’s books.we didn’t need many just say a 1,000 or so..... anyway eventually we had enough and I went with my mum and one of my dads drivers to Liverpool where you could redeem the books. You should have seen the people looking at us as we unloaded a transit van full off books 😂 anyway the manager spotted us ( you couldn’t miss us ) and asked what we wanted and we said the car, he explained there was NO way they could count all the books but we left them. The story now moves on 🤨 I arrive gone to fine a new Daytona Yellow Ford Cortina in the road, I was made up even though it was the really basic model I had put an awful amour of stamps in those books! Dad arrive home mum says the cars here .. he doesn’t even bat an eye and says yea and continues to eat his tea 😡 mum insists he takes us kids around the block in it, he does then goes out in it and I NEVER SEEN IT AGAIN apparently he swapped it for a transit van 😫 I asked why his reply..... I have a two year old Rolls-Royce out there what the hell do I want a Ford Cortina for 🎯 anyway I think we must have been the only people to ever get the car 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

😆

[@mommom-jy5jb]

In the USA we had Green Stamps and Top Value Stamps, they were yellow. The cashier would scroll the amount of stamps due the customer, and if you were lucky enough to be behind a customer who didn't want them, the cashier would give us ours plus theirs as well. If felt like a mini lottery win!

[@sarahedwards9774]

It’s like watching the conception of Alan Partridge, This Morning and The One Show! This is awesome 1970 TV.

[@mikeyfoxy8794]

I remember the Green Shield catalogue. Most expensive item was a Ford Anglia @ 950 books

[@chaseariohd7700]

These people speak very intelligently and are well spoken

[@kymrawlins8099]

This was a REALLY good programme. I remember watching this often though I didnt always understand (I was a young kid at the time) but I knew it was good. Some of the comments mention how good the women looked. They really shopped, we still had proper green grocers very few of the supermarkets were the size they are now. But people cooked from scratch, microwaves was a luxury kitchen item a ready meal was scarce and was a treat for something different. People bought what they needed and maybe an extra tim or packet to put away for christmas, very little impulse food purchasing. More patience and less speed. Now everything is geared towards the opposite convenience and super fast more Junk available more sugar.

[@GMT439]

Much better times than today.

[@VintageMillyBooks]

Lol I wish these were the prices now! My Mum used to buy ‘Camp’ coffee which was in liquid form and she only used loose tea not tea bags.

[@helencoven]

Same here! Glad I wasn’t a coffee drinker back then.lol.my mum had that same bottle of camp coffee until about 15 years ago when I cleaned her kitchen cupboards out!🌸🙂

[@dawnfinch8232]

My mum used to get that for Dad the rest of us hated it

[@grotekleum]

My mum said tea bags were just the sweepings off the floor. I think they still are. Can't seem to buy loose tea anywhere.

[@prestcoldandy910]

@@helencoven I remember five pints milk powder, and ajax cleaner

[@grotekleum]

@@simonrobbins8357 Ah yes, indeed on closer examination I did find Earl Grey and English Breakfast (both Twinings) as loose tea in Tesco's Enniskillen NI, but this is fairly recent; nothing in Asda (when I looked) and I did find them in M&S (2 own brand), but not what I wanted - so a partial recantation in this instance. I did not find any other brands such as you mention. So I guess there is loose leaf tea out there, but not like it used to be when bags were fewer.

[@kevodowd5282]

The shop's up North are still cheaper than down here in the South!

[@Ftanftangfnarrr]

This is my favourite clip on KZbin

[@kdp8133]

I worked for Tesco at this time. I was 17 and my wages were all spent on following Queen around. Those were the days (of our lives lol) It used to be double stamps on a Thursday!!

[@PtolemyJones]

Sorry, but as an American seeing that Thames opening makes me expect Benny Hill.

[@jayleigh4642]

Bless ya

[@jules151968]

lol.

[@hickster222]

Can't beat a bit of Benny Hill.... what a legend.

[@jakmak1199]

or This is your life.

[@atomictraveller]

i've been in the u.s., for the last forty years and all i expect is general kenny everett and so far haven't been disappointed

[@chilli-soup]

Me and Mrs Jones we gotta thing going on.

[@w1lf1ewoo]

Im watching this with a beautiful sunset on a ferry in hong kong - whats wrong with me

[@robinvanags912]

Tony di Angeli - remembered for his regular Thursday slot on BBC Radio 2's Jimmy Young Show

[@ingiemummalove130]

OMG this oozes such boredom. I love all the old videos but so glad it’s not like this anymore!

[@natianatia351]

People were nice then

[@melgrant7404]

Agree.not rude and self centred like now.

[@misst.e.a.187]

Were they? I don't recall that so much

[@melgrant7404]

@@misst.e.a.187 what did you think of the people at that time then.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I enjoyed this. Mum collected Green Shield Stamps for years and got some nice items. We still have a few of them. Noticed the food prices this week are starting to creep up.

[@callumhardy5098]

ThamesTV, Your a great channel it’s a shame you have been reduced from a great broadcaster to a small KZbin channel but your still producing great things as usual!

[@stephensaunders1845]

They're a bit more than that - Thames makes the X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, among many other shows. It's the UK arm of Fremantle, a huge multinational media company.

[@callumhardy5098]

@@stephensaunders1845 really!, OH! well glad to see they are still going as a great Broadcasting company!.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

callum hardy Yeah, I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this seems strangely dated.

[@callumhardy5098]

Hitogokochi Never said it was

[@callumhardy5098]

Hitogokochi Yes i did. “Take the knee” and “respect” oh dear I fear I am talking with an American, Oh well at least I wont have to guess at the fact that you might be stupid.

[@craigsips8677]

Food prices haven’t gone up that much. Surprised

[@sko1beer]

Price of instant coffee has not changed much

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Those beef burgers looked nothing like beef.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Welcome to British "beef". Worse than the crap we feed our dogs here in Australia because of SO MUCH OFAL. Over here people ofal is only in very low generic pies. And most people only buy that brand once and after they smell the ofal they never buy it again.

[@YehoodToob]

They looked like onion burgers, with beef.

[@Veniceredmask01]

Solant green

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

Trey Styles Mad cow burgers

[@phoenixtrades150]

Known in the Phoenix household as Murder Burgers...

[@elenavassilieva9406]

British ladies were known to be elegant and well educated, in fact they were.

[@51516]

That tin of Beef Whiskers Super Meat must be worth a fortune today!

[@AtheistOrphan]

51516 - Probably gone off.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

3:17 I think Mr Bastable has been overdoing it with the hair colouring.

[@manchestertart5614]

Jonathan Ross and Rick Astley 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@L-mo]

Lol

[@PlanetImo]

Fascinating. People spoke so differently then. I was 2 when this was made.

[@annglaister]

No pasta! Lol no one ate pasta only the ‘posh’ we made pies, lots of pies, my mum would never, ever have bought beef burgers or fish fingers, or instant mash .(however, how well spoken was everyone 😃)could we remake this programme for now …can you imagine ….

[@WorksopGimp]

Bandits in the arcades used to pay out in green shield stamps

[@manslayer1972]

I’d forgotten about that!!!

[@MissLondon.born.1965]

My old Nan would save these up ,And i would stick them in the books,Happy Days x