Vintage UK Nostalgic & Memorable Adverts (Vol.1)

[@jamestravis7340]

Why can my brain instantly remember the words to these songs but I instantly forget what I’ve walked upstairs for🤔

[@paullynton-green6570]

That's the vintage james.

[@candythomson844]

Me too

[@michellefalleur960]

Cause it was happier times ?! -- you were happier then ? - I know I was !!

[@dave3700]

When the world was normal, brilliant👍👍

[@thegrinch8161]

Oh the smash commercial did it for me as a kid and still does now

[@michellefalleur960]

Me too, I STILL Love that one ! It's magic

[@johnterell8642]

Im not British, but I remember all the American versions of these adverts, cheers to my mates across the pond.

[@RetroSteveUK]

🇺🇸👋

[@PropCollector71]

Ahh when adverts advertised products and services rather than try to send a message. I remember all these thankyou.

[@MrDirkles]

I still sing the "bring out the branston" jingle everytime it comes out of the fridge.

[@Marth281]

Can’t believe I’m skipping adds popping up on KZbin to watch add’s I was brought up with Decades ago , 😅 a great blast from the past 😊

[@michellefalleur960]

I think we All feel the same way !!

[@williamjason1583]

J.R Hartly, best ad ever made.

[@TheFokker03]

can't live in the past forever,but ad's like these certainly make you want to rewind time!

[@FishpondsLady]

I remember Tiger Tokens! My mum and dad religiously collected them, then redeemed them at the garage, and we ended up with a set of very nice drinking glasses. My mum also bought (or acquired) a big Esso poster which she put up in my room when I was a very little girl. I didn't really like it - I was a bit scared of tigers - but I put up with it because I'm sure she meant it to be nice. She also put up a big Mr Men frieze which I didn't like either - I found them a bit creepy in the middle of the night - but now I sound really ungrateful. She was only trying her best! Love you Mum X

[@RetroSteveUK]

Tiger tokens were great. We had quite a few rewards from them. A lot of VHS cassettes, glasses (like yourself), and other stuff I can now barely remember. I think my dad got some kind of car torch/lantern thing.

[@mancredgaming3920]

Stop the world, I want to go back 🙁

[@colinp2238]

Take me with you please!!!!!!!!!

[@paperchain1239]

And me,thanks

[@gaggymott9159]

Me too! ❤❤

[@joshuaedwards4536]

Me too, am ready, anyone else?....

[@Modesu]

I need the Time machine 😐

[@TheGodParticle]

Castrol oil gets me every time. The music just sends me back. Wonderful times.

[@charlotteosman7328]

THESE ads bring back so many brilliant memories love the mash get smashed and hope it's chips it's chips when all the men are in the van going over the bridge that's called the RED BRIDGE IN SURREY QUAUS BERMONDSEY SOUTH LONDON Thank you again for all of these lovely memories brings it all back X CHARLOTTE 👍🎄😂🤣

[@paullynton-green6570]

Much better times charlotte.happy days.

[@imeach2897]

I work alone and quite often can be heard singing "will it be mushrooms, fried onion rings......"

[@alexthomson7465]

Excellent compilation ! Irony is that I moaned when a KZbin ad break came on 😂

[@RetroSteveUK]

I as wondering if that might happen. I find it galling that I sometimes have to watch youtube ads before I can view a video that I uploaded myself.

[@alexthomson7465]

Love your channel! Keep up the good work and merry Xmas to you!

[@mrmacc1312]

Wow 50 years on and Im singing to the ads!! Love the castrol oil in the spanner, and smash gets smash thanks for uploading!!

[@80srenaissance67]

Isn't it for mash get smash ?

[@thomasmorin749]

Days when the adverts were more entertaining than the programmes.

[@BritishGaz1]

That's incredible.. I consciously never really paid attention to adverts as a child yet the nostalgia they provide is actually better than movies! Fab combination 👌🏼

[@brendanbarron5631]

I cud actually watch these all day. So much better and funnier than wots on tv today. Thanks again for the memories. Now where's that shake and vac girl?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Good call on the shake & vac. I'll have to unearth that one.

[@snacks_treats]

Brilliant! Great walk down memory lane 😊

[@anthonyhughes2402]

I remember the majority of these ads, the mash spacemen were the best though!!

[@B-A-L]

Who remembers the Nimble bread ad with the girl in the hot air balloon that was famously parodied as the Bake-O-Lite girl in the Wallace and Gromit animation A Matter of Loaf and Death and who also remembers bakelite plugs with the round pins instead of the rectangular ones?

[@RetroSteveUK]

I remember a lot of old products being made of bakolite. Mainly at my Gran's house in the 70s. I suspect a lot of it was from the 60s.

[@denisoleary5302]

She flys like a bird in a clear blue sky ect. Honeybus, I can't let Maggie go, released as a single 1968

[@lynnbessant4255]

Aww what a blast from the past 🥰🥰

[@michaelmoss5040]

Memories I’ll never forget, helps us in remember so many things. 🎬🎥😃

[@tracydoyle6]

Life was so much simpler then

[@31wozza]

love how you done the vintage tv ..love these ads great job

[@RetroSteveUK]

A couple of people have said they don't like the vintage TV effect, but overwhelmingly the feedback has been good. I think it definitely works better when watching KZbin on a larger screen. Either way, the videos would be the same size with or without the TV overlay.

[@31wozza]

@@RetroSteveUK keep it on there gives it that magic touch

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

It’s distracting to me since it’s in the small window so I can occasionally read the comments.

[@BenPanced]

"Made with at least 80% beef!" It's the remaining 20% I'm worried about...

[@thegroove5099]

As an American, I can tell you that over here, that would not ve a selling point.

[@InAMinMaths]

Right?

[@illuminatedgalaxies7777.]

This is great 👌 thank you I feel happy to have seen these again 👍🏼

[@Ray.Norrish]

"House - Cost - Money - Deal".. wow, that twanged some deep memories.. Can't wait to see more. Nostalgia is amazing here!

[@garrywitcomb2334]

Excellent footage of better times,sadly passed,but fondly remembered. Before social media made people "antisocial" . . . Thanks for posting,made my day ! Golden memories 😆😆😆👍👍👍👍👍 love it

[@zeddeka]

No, not better times. They were actually pretty grim. But the saying is true "the older we get, the better we imagine the past was". Everyone who ever lived thinks when they were younger was best, because you look at the world through the naive eyes of a kid when you're that age. If you actually remember the 80s clearly then you'll remember how grey and depressing so much of it was.

[@andydavis7254]

From a time when things were just better

[@daveroche6522]

My favourite 3 ads: 1) Smash Martians [always], 2) Rolo (the one where Junior taunts Jumbo with his last Rolo [Jumbo doesn't forget.....] and 3), the Toyota-sponsored goldfish recreating various movie scenes [ok, not 'ads' per se, but shown at the start and end of the commercial break(s)]. GREAT!

[@neilclark2245]

Two of my favourites were the Boddington's advert with the swan and the Specsavers fitness instructor

[@neilclark2245]

and another was the Wella gorilla.....................

[@glitch_ttv_yt3519]

"Will it be mushrooms, fry onion rings" haha quality.

[@cannyexplorer5357]

Time when adverts did not send you to sleep unlike today’s boring ones.

[@zeddeka]

If you're falling asleep it's because you're old

[@EmilyHartley25989]

Used to love the smell of that 4* star petrol from Esso as a little girl, seriously! That unleaded stuff ruined it all. I forgot about Tiger Tokens! What a surreal nostalgia trip this was!😆

[@RetroSteveUK]

I've always loved that petrol smell too. But weird, I suppose.

[@fozzie5000]

Never in the month of Sundays. 😂😂. Never have I ever remembered that til now.

[@dominewimbury2039]

Got yourself a new subscriber. Me. Great channel. Well done Steve

[@RetroSteveUK]

Who's awesome? You're awesome! 😁👍

[@CastrolHondaSP2]

Those Smash Martians used to scare the crap out of me when I was little. 😩🤣

[@davy_K]

That front door one at the end is genius.

[@TallysVids]

The guy in the black leathers at 4:23 used to be in Brookside. Pat he was called, used to live with Terry Sullivan and two nurses.

[@davidnash1220]

Yes memories brilliant

[@elaineglendinning9297]

The Smash advert still makes me laugh and I always feels sorry for J.R.Hartley going from shop to shop. Nowadays we would use the internet but I don't think it would be as satisfying. When the adverts cam on I usually rushed to put the kettle on and make tea before the programme started.

[@WillScarlet1991]

Does anyone remember that advert where an old guy is standing on a table and his daughter and granddaughter (I think) see him through the window, but he tragically falls down? I don't even know what it was advertising, but it's such a vivid memory I've got.

[@RetroSteveUK]

That doesn't ring any bells. Reminds me a little bit of that old episode of Steptoe & Son when they old boy is washing himself, naked in the sink, and some old dear sees him through the window & he covers himself up with a box of 'Flash' soap powder. 🤣

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@RetroSteveUK 🤣🤣

[@pyewackett5]

Maybe it was a PIF (Public Information Film) Know one about the dangers of highly polished floors for eg. Actually I do have a vague recollection of what yr on about.

[@somethingelse4878]

3:46 Yep my favorite advert when i was a kid lol God i hated potatoes as a kid because they tasted of water (go figure), but smash, well i loved it fried with the outside burned to a black crisp Thinking back, omg, i would make a pond in the middle and err, fill it with lard or bacon fat This explains a lot today :/ lol

[@dawn9780]

Yeah you still like it like that today. But without the lard lol.x

[@somethingelse4878]

@@dawn9780 Tiss true and its the last time i send you a link ;)

[@trevk9619]

Love the old bid and how she takes the mad axeman out lol on the last one

[@puresalvation2009]

They peel them with their metal knives lol.

[@TallysVids]

1:45 the bloke with the dark coloured hard hat, dishing the Pot Casseroles out looks and sounds like Ray Winstone.

[@alisonjackson-bass495]

I’m sure it was too.

[@daveroche6522]

Anyone else remember the brilliant Guinness ad. with Rutger Hauer debating with his android double about telling the original from a copy? Shown on U.T.V. but if memory serves, never on R.T.E. here in Ireland.

[@williamjason1583]

I worked with the tv director of that ad once, said Rutger would snort a large line before each take.

[@paperchain1239]

I can remember being freaked out by the mash spacemen.

[@russelwebster4011]

Is that a good sign of a great Ad. To this day still know the song. Will it be mushrooms or Fried Onion Rings. Hope it's chips.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

I know you’re only here for the Smash Aliens. 3:45 you’re welcome 😂

[@RetroSteveUK]

.. or just look at the chapter markers. 😁 Thanks for the heads-up, though. 👍

[@dwilliams6346]

Blimey, Tiger tokens. When they first came out, every car I got into, whether it be my Dad's, brother-in-laws, Aunts, there was Esso Tiger tokens blooming everywhere lol. My Dad used to just throw them in his door compartment with the receipts and tell me how it was a scam and people collecting them were daft as brushes, because of how much money you'd spend on petrol for each coupon meant you could buy their crappy gifts a hundred times over haha.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Dad logic. 😂

[@lillianflorence6056]

Put a tiger in your tank

[@deepskymike767]

There was an advert from the late 70’s or early 80’s that no one but me seems to remember and I can’t find it anywhere. I think it was a Webster bitter advert with a giant (called Webbo?), who stands in wet cement on a building site and leaves a giant footprint. The foreman asks who’s done that and a normal sized bloke lifts his foot up to look at the bottom of his shoe. It was quite funny but everyone I ask doesn’t remember it!

[@RetroSteveUK]

I'm another one I'm afraid. I don't remember that at all. If it ever shows up I'll remember your comment, though. It sounds quite memorable.

[@garethbramley1]

'For Mash Get Smash'- great - another (very short) jingle by Cliff Adams. I thought the Royal Mail hand-sorted all the letters - lol. Can't be many these days. John Noakes! Great Milk commercials with an ace jingle too. I must try and find out who it is - someone like Madeline Bell I guess. Richard Briers on the Midland Bank ad (I think). Can't recall ever seeing the Smith & Jones ad.

[@RikTRFC]

Say No To Strangers! Is that Duncan Preston who was in a lot of Victoria Wood programmes?

[@RetroSteveUK]

I believe so, yes. I knew I recognised him form somewhere.

[@janetlittlewood1322]

Wish I could go back but that will never happen 😡

[@stihlextreme9357]

Wow!!! I just realised how very inclusive those times were without a word of Racism, homophobia, and general discrimination!

[@RetroSteveUK]

Yeah, the social intolerance was more institutionalised back then, and generally accepted by the mainstream, so mentioning it on-screen would probably have been frowned upon.

[@daisydog1975]

Old Bernard does his own ribs now

[@Steve-K.G.]

Brilliant!! The cleaner, was that Ethel from Eastenders? And, in the TSB advert, the motorbike guy looks like David Easter who played Pete Callan in the now defunct soap opera, 'Family Affairs'.

[@lillianflorence6056]

Family affairs really good

[@mandydow5740]

What are you doing to me retro Steve? I don’t feel old till I realise that these are over 30yrs old 🙈🙃🙈🙃

[@RetroSteveUK]

The sad reality of getting older. And wiser, hopefully.

[@mandydow5740]

Older yes. Wiser, perhaps not 😆

[@carlingman07]

Can you do the public safety ones like "charlie says",or even the now creepy "Rolf" in the swimming pool?

[@RetroSteveUK]

I've been thinking of collecting those, so probably will do at some point. Won't be for a while as it takes time to gather specific advert types together as they turn up randomly, then I put out the compilation when I have enough ads.

[@simonread6200]

Wish I could go back and stay.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Same here, if I'm honest.

[@safirahmed]

The advert for Milk could seem perfect for a commercial break from Porridge.

[@Sjmby95]

Who had a CB radio? Green shield stamps and Redex? And Busby?

[@McSeahorse]

Branston. Made in my home town of Peterhead. Until Nestle bought out Crosse & Blackwell and immediately shut the factory down and shifted production to parts foreign. Arzoles. 🤬

[@Shom909]

Put The Chain On The Door :-)

[@grahamking3602]

Just subscribed

[@RetroSteveUK]

Lovely! 👍

[@DoodyT]

Is that Ray Winston in the Golden Wonder ad , right at the end ...

[@RetroSteveUK]

I can't see a Golden Wonder ad in this collection.

[@DoodyT]

@@RetroSteveUK Pot Noodle ... it was called Caserole by golden wonder

[@RetroSteveUK]

@@DoodyT Of course! I forgot Pot Noodle was by Golden Wonder.

[@safirahmed]

The advert for Addis cleaning accessories seen in an art gallery representing objects of contemporary art still apply today by making people ask themselves if modern readymade objects are art.

[@colinp2238]

Probably where Tracey Emin got her inspiration.

[@safirahmed]

@@colinp2238 I once saw an empty can of orange Tango on sale at Athena at a higher price than a full unused can at Safeway supermarket less than 100 metres away in the 1980s and thought that was an interesting use of a ready-made object.

[@olivercuenca4109]

I think readymade can be classified as art, but they have to be used cleverly IMO. It’s like collage. Nobody really argues that collages are art, but when you think about it it’s basically just work by other people that’s been found and repurposed by other people in new ways. Obviously there are limits to that sort of thing… has to be some kind of creativity displayed.

[@safirahmed]

@@olivercuenca4109 A collection of objects could be called a three dimensional collage and forming a language of symbols similar to emojis and hieroglyphics and like art be open to the interpretation, experience and emotion of viewer.

[@olivercuenca4109]

@@safirahmed Well said!

[@grahammoore-grundy9944]

Was that ray winstone delivering the pot casseroles to the builders?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Not sure, to be honest.

[@travelmail1172]

Whatever happened to Pot Casseroles?

[@RetroSteveUK]

They were wiped from my memory somehow. Never tried one. I did try a Pot Rice though. I remember it being really stodgy.

[@tigerlilly5232]

And pot rice, the chicken one, I had forgotten all about them till now

[@sallyf1000]

Can anyone tell me who is the music agent guy in the Kit Kat ad at 6:14. He looks so familiar

[@RetroSteveUK]

I've only ever recognised him from this advert. He looks like the type of actor you'd expect to see in Only Fools and Horses.

[@sallyf1000]

@@RetroSteveUK I know him from somewhere but can’t place him

[@Rick-me3xr]

Some bloke out of Eastenders i'm told

[@sallyf1000]

@@Rick-me3xr ah thanks you are correct. Gavin Richards is his name. He played Terry Raymond on Eastenders, Tiffany Mitchell’s (Martine McCutcheon’s) father. Thanks for the reply. 👌🏻

[@sallyf1000]

@C. Robert thank you

[@Stu-SB]

80% Beef..20% Arseholes, lips and lungs 😳🤔

[@squidge2]

Which advert had the catchphrase “funny how you remember right at the end “? Please does anyone know, it’s driving me mad !

[@RetroSteveUK]

@squidge2 I'd love to help, but it's not ringing any bells I'm afraid.

[@squidge2]

@@RetroSteveUK Thanks Steve 👍🏻or was it something like “funny how you always remember, right at the end “? I know I’m not going mad because my hubby remembers it as well, but like me can’t recall the advert. Never mind,thanks again for your help, if it does come to you PLEASE put us out of our misery 🤣👍🏻

[@RetroSteveUK]

Well ... you're not going to believe this; I was just researching for my next RetroSpectives video and an advert showed up. That phrase was at the end! Topic advert, voiced by Bill Oddie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXXMp3yhedeWedU

[@squidge2]

@@RetroSteveUK oh my gosh! Thanks Steve, now I’ve seen it I remember the ad and used to love it. I know I sound a bit sad , but you have made my day. Now I know that I am not going nutty 🤪 keep up the good work, I’m honoured to subscribe to your channel 👍🏻

[@dominichazell7862]

Did people actually send letters in the post without a post code all them years ago?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Yes, although these postcode adverts were broadcast in the period when people weren't yet used to using them. Postcodes were a relatively new thing back then.

[@ComtesseRochefort]

Ray Winstone handing out the Pot Casserole? 1:58

[@RetroSteveUK]

Looks like it.

[@davidmorris-jones210]

I remember these commercials when I was in a Children's home feeling hungry. A care home would not be the correct description of this place at least the one previous you got fed better. But still, none could beat a caring Mother if you had one that is & mine was a right Cow & I'm glad she is 6 foot under. For a Guy of 53 still thinking this, you can imagine the hatred I felt for that rotten Cow.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Bloody hell, that's grim. I hope you've made a better life for yourself since then.

[@davidmorris-jones210]

@@RetroSteveUK Oh yes since I had no more to do with her & never attended the funeral. Thank you.

[@clairejohnson6522]

David,I'm a woman of the same age and know not all mothers are nurturing and caring nor not all family life happy,alas.Thankfully we can break the cycle and put those times behind us and go on to lead a life which brings joy to ourselves and others.Those people are not worth us feeling bitter about and ruining the rest of our lives over.We will only hurt ourselves further if we hold onto it.Sending you a virtual hug×

[@candythomson844]

My mum was same hugs and kisses

[@jjjamieson319]

Frozen birdseye peas and burgers with smash. Was there anything worse?

[@RetroSteveUK]

You've obviously never tasted my mum's home made Chilli Con Carne! 😬

[@lillianflorence6056]

Kill us with there little knives

[@bensmith1689]

Ah back when it was a totally normal thing to eat a beef burger with a knife and fork and without a bun...

[@baconsandwich2007]

Me and my mates at school had a band called Dodgy Solenoid. We were crap!

[@RetroSteveUK]

Did you go a long way?

[@baconsandwich2007]

@@RetroSteveUK I'm afraid not!

[@NH-jl8vr]

So many fond memories. I know it did us no harm, but I'll bet I couldn't stomach the food from back then now

[@missbobbielawrence6823]

Have you got any jeans ads ?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Not that I can remember. They don't really fit any categories I do. If any particularly memorable ones crop up, they'll probably end up on a "Nostalgic & Memorable" collection.

[@jillianhowlett6929]

11.30 Advert! 🤗

[@missbobbielawrence6823]

@@jillianhowlett6929 ?

[@BenG1874]

What always tickled me, J R Hartley ain’t got a copy of his own book!!😀🤷

[@RetroSteveUK]

I always thought he was asking for "Flight Machine" by JR Hartley. It wasn't until decades later I realised he was saying, "Fly Fishing." 😖

[@apemoon1731]

I miss adverts with proper voiceovers, rather than irritating, exaggerated accents.

[@zeddeka]

Amazing how grumpy some people get as they age

[@paulellam6926]

Anyone think of Dreamscape at 3:57?

[@RetroSteveUK]

This film? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqrFea2PqatmkK8

[@bobp6742]

Today's ads you have no idea what exactly they are advertising.

[@Tiresias55]

6:57 This needs to be rebroadcast.

[@RetroSteveUK]

I feel sorry for the poor actor who played the dodgy bloke in the car. He must've got some stick at the time.

[@80srenaissance67]

I hate the way he looks down at her body when she says no....creepy !

[@tonysuley4306]

OMG

[@gpo746]

"Pot casserole with REAL potato" Good god, what the hell is non-real potato then?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Smash? 🤖🥔

[@colinp2238]

TSB never said yes to me

[@janebrown1092]

😂😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Sjmby95]

Far better 20 years ago

[@sophieboult310]

Oxo &bisto

[@N64-p7b]

At 8:40 I'm sure that's a younger sam Bailey who won the X Factor

[@phillipcooze7668]

how we were so brainwashed back then not so much now eh ! lol i got my milk i got life i got my freedom

[@soapfanclub]

I feel sorry for kids born in 000

[@johntate5050]

Spare a thought for the kids born now. Their future is bleak.

[@southeastgasservices]

Peanut butter, american muck.

[@RetroSteveUK]

I dunno, the peanut butter I've had tastes like a green summer meadow just off the east side of farmland in Bedfordshire, almost as if it were made by a group of British peanut farmers as they gayly prance through their fields in raptures of ecstasy.

[@southeastgasservices]

@@RetroSteveUK of course.

[@southeastgasservices]

Don't forget the Cadbury's Smash....lovely stuff, made from 100% good old Irish spuds....

[@Juliukas101]

"Put the chain on" was the stupidest advice ever. Just DON'T OPEN THE BLOODY DOOR! What good is that chain going to be against a determined assailant? Have a spyhole and then you won't need to open the door to see who it is!

[@meryamnasir1917]

Meryam 🇵🇰 live Life new 😄🤨⛄

[@annmacleod1099]

Wont be buying your products bernard mathews not that you can get those now stop wasting time nodding no

[@bigboysfun7253]

The good old days when you could buy a half-decent portion of turkey for 99 pence lol.