Vintage UK Nostalgic & Memorable Adverts (Vol.11)

[@meinjapan]

i know its just because I'm getting old, but i would love to be able to walk down a high street and have a wander around a Woolworth or Debenhams or Dixons...i really do miss he old high street.

[@julieb5707]

Me too

[@RetroSteveUK]

If I could go into a Dixons now, I don't think I'd ever want to leave! 😆

[@MG63]

Don't forget Rumbelows.

[@garrylawless3550]

Ahhh, the good old days. Everything seemed better back then, GB was a force to be reckoned with, a trip to the shops could be a walk or a bus ride away. Not anymore - thanks Steve for rekindling a bit of magic! 👍🏻😊

[@stevedickson5853]

Everyone misses Wollies, inc me , loved the pin n' mix .

[@MorgoUK]

Jeesh! We’ve still got our Cristal d’Arques glasses. They come out at Christmas but still look good alongside the Royal China plates!!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Man, that British Steel ad hits hard. In the 80s my dad worked at both the Scunthorpe and Sheffield steelworks. Then in the late 80s he worked at the old Case foundry in Doncaster. He got made redundant from all three. I think it was just about all gone by the time i left high school in the mid 90s.

[@RetroSteveUK]

A sorry episode in Britain's history. 😞

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@RetroSteveUK For sure, buddy. I grew up in a pit village and remember my uncles going through the same thing working at the mines.

[@RetroSteveUK]

@@TheRetroManRandySavage Generations of the men in my family worked as coal miners up in Northumberland. They must have gone through similar. My mum & dad moved to London before I was born, so we ended up unaffected by the coal drama.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@RetroSteveUK Yeah, it was tough going for a lot of northerners. I can still remember watching tv:am one morning and seeing my uncle Tony on the picket line, when they were reporting from the colliery.😂

[@Sheffield_Steve]

I didn't feel much of a nostalgia trip in that ad either! Not much in that ad to add a warm glow! 😡

[@danielmorley3690]

I feel like an ideal mothers day gift would have been seatbelts for the kids.

[@MG63]

For some strange reason I used to love the music in the first Kleenex advert. Thanks for adding it again at the end.

[@RetroSteveUK]

It is catchy. Using that at the end was a no-brainer.

[@hahanah1463]

Some think we have fone forward. I think we have gone back. No wonder mental health is at all time highs. No one wonders round stores, with the visuals, the chats, the smells,the sounds , even the effort of going to the shop to get that latest cassette or vhs

[@Matty112uk]

Ah good memories! Funny how BT advertised for people make calls back then. Lots of once nationalised companies being privatised and letters were still king!

[@kennethdrewary1094]

Who remembers the Woolies Christmas ads, in the 70s, where it was spot the celebrity? They seemed to last a few mins.

[@RetroSteveUK]

You'll probably benefit from this channel's playlist of Christmas adverts. Those old Woolies ads are on there: kzbin.info/aero/PLg0PM8ISWkuxXMqnvoDpVpkT3j0ywW_JK

[@MorgoUK]

@@RetroSteveUKThouroghly recommended for a Festive nostalgia hit!

[@mattw8332]

Index - a rival to Argos iirc. The one in my city eventually got turned into an Argos.

[@nellyfett2681]

Not sure I remember Index catalogues, wonder if they were like the Kays catalogues that always just opened at the lingerie section for some reason!?!

[@RetroSteveUK]

Funny that! 🤣 I vaguely remember Index being part of the Littlewoods shops, maybe their attempt to out-do Argos?

[@AntNWUK]

Hi I love watching your retro TV Ads really bring back memories. May I make a suggestion since Cadburys is celebrating 200 years would it be possible for you to do all the cadburys tv ads from the 1970s and 1980s now that would be really something i would really appreciate it if that can be done many thanks.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep the 200 years thing in mind, but I don't keep hold of the old advert video files once they've been put into compilations, so I have no way of putting a collection like that together, unless I spend the next year or so collecting more as they randomly turn up. Thanks for watching the channel, and I'm glad the material is able to bring joy as it currently is. 😊

[@AntNWUK]

Thank you for getting back to me. No worries at all, so many thanks

[@philiplittler4389]

Any thoughts on the football ground in the Debenham's advert? Was thinking Roker Park, Ayrsome Park or the City ground.. That terracing brings back some memories..

[@RetroSteveUK]

No idea .. I'm useless when it comes to anything football.

[@gwheregwhizz]

Watching this on a phone but it looks like Ashton Gate, Bristol City.

[@philiplittler4389]

@@RetroSteveUK No problem pal! I really enjoy these uploads, reminds me of a less complicated Britain.

[@martinwalsh3228]

It's Halloween of course.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Yes it is. I have a Halloween special up on my second channel if you're after Halloween content: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIfCaHyvgtSifLM

[@ElijahRetro1982]

👍🏽😎👍🏽📺📼🍻

[@edwardconnolly572]

Wonder what happened to people who invested in those steel shares😢

[@RetroSteveUK]

Credit Crunch, baby! 💰❌