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What has been the most effective ad campaign?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/09/2025 12:41

Something that stays with you, or something that you reference all the time?

Mine is Autoglass Repair Autoglass Replace. Literally, the second my windscreen got a crack this week, I knew i'd just contact them.

They're actually just called 'Autoglass' as well, but i still say the full tagine for the fun of it.

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TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 30/09/2025 20:25

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:22

Ha! Way to show you're younger than some of us! You seem shocked by the fact that cigarettes would be advertised but back in the 70s and 80s there were adverts in many magazines every single week!

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And TV ..The Marlboro cowboy.

Lonelycrab · 30/09/2025 19:59

Will it be mushrooms?

Fried onion rings?

Youll have to wait and seee-ee-ah-ee

WE HOPE ITS CHIPS

showing my age a bit here
…

Also apparently, you can’t get better than a kwik fit fitterHmm

Although to be fair, they were recently the cheapest for the tyres I wanted, so they were in fact the boys to trust.

PansyPotter84 · 30/09/2025 19:23

”I FANCY YOUR MUM, SHAUN!”

What was that an advert for? I remember the ad but not the product!!!

Cattenberg · 30/09/2025 12:18

PansyPotter84 · 29/09/2025 19:10

This thread has like really stirred my memory banks!

Why are so many of my advert
memories of breakfast cereals though?

“Mr Frosty is such fun! He
makes treats for everyone!”

”Nestle Luckycharms- they magiclly delicious!”

”Kel-logs hon-ey-nut loops!”

The eye of the tiger song (Frosties)

“Kids will do anything for the taste of Dairylee” (that one hasn’t aged well in the post-Savile era!)

“Pampers- even when they’re wet, they’re dry!” (No they weren’t!)

Apples, hazelnuts, bananas!
Raisins, coconuts, sultanas!

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 30/09/2025 08:49

mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/09/2025 17:54

😄😄 omg not my intention

If its any consolation, I am very out of touch and literally rely on Radio 1 to keep me current (very cool of me i'm sure 😄)

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Ha! Whereas I stopped listening to Radio One in something like 1994! :)

PansyPotter84 · 29/09/2025 19:10

This thread has like really stirred my memory banks!

Why are so many of my advert
memories of breakfast cereals though?

“Mr Frosty is such fun! He
makes treats for everyone!”

”Nestle Luckycharms- they magiclly delicious!”

”Kel-logs hon-ey-nut loops!”

The eye of the tiger song (Frosties)

“Kids will do anything for the taste of Dairylee” (that one hasn’t aged well in the post-Savile era!)

“Pampers- even when they’re wet, they’re dry!” (No they weren’t!)

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/09/2025 17:54

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 15:57

Ah! That would explain you not having seen an advert for cigarettes then! Now I feel very old!! Ha ha!

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😄😄 omg not my intention

If its any consolation, I am very out of touch and literally rely on Radio 1 to keep me current (very cool of me i'm sure 😄)

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DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 15:57

mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/09/2025 12:19

😭😭 i'm 33

Never seen a cigarette ad in my life

That said, I think that I remember the packaging being covered up with warnings, and do remember the smoking ban being introduced

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Ah! That would explain you not having seen an advert for cigarettes then! Now I feel very old!! Ha ha!

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 15:56

x2boys · 29/09/2025 10:35

Not to mention Happiness is a cigar named Hamlet...

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Ah, yes! I specifically remember the one with Rab C Nesbitt!
youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=fR-klQIt_Hg

x2boys · 29/09/2025 13:57

mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/09/2025 12:19

😭😭 i'm 33

Never seen a cigarette ad in my life

That said, I think that I remember the packaging being covered up with warnings, and do remember the smoking ban being introduced

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I would expect that tbf at your age im.nearly 52 and I remember adverts for cigarettes/ tobacco but certainly not from the 00,s

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/09/2025 12:19

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:22

Ha! Way to show you're younger than some of us! You seem shocked by the fact that cigarettes would be advertised but back in the 70s and 80s there were adverts in many magazines every single week!

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😭😭 i'm 33

Never seen a cigarette ad in my life

That said, I think that I remember the packaging being covered up with warnings, and do remember the smoking ban being introduced

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OhNoNotSusan · 29/09/2025 10:54

B & H did excellent cinema ads

x2boys · 29/09/2025 10:35

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:22

Ha! Way to show you're younger than some of us! You seem shocked by the fact that cigarettes would be advertised but back in the 70s and 80s there were adverts in many magazines every single week!

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Not to mention Happiness is a cigar named Hamlet...

BrightSpark10 · 29/09/2025 09:31

Confused.com

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:22

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 20:19

Cigarette ads? When was this? 👀👀

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Ha! Way to show you're younger than some of us! You seem shocked by the fact that cigarettes would be advertised but back in the 70s and 80s there were adverts in many magazines every single week!

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:21

The cigarette adverts in magazines back in the 1980s were beautifully shot. They always had such a glamourous feel to them - mind you, they never convinced me to smoke.

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 29/09/2025 09:19

There are some adverts that have stuck with me for 40+ years just because of their jingles - B&Q (You can do it if you B&Q it), Super Fresco (What goes up, must come down. Superfresco makes it easy, it's from Graham and Brown) and Shake 'n' Vac. The Smash adverts of the late 70s and early 1980s are also something I remember to this day.
The only reason I remember adverts these day because so many of them feature really irritating people! Probably not what the advertisers want, really, as it makes me avoid certain products!

PansyPotter84 · 29/09/2025 09:08

I wonder how many Safestyle UK call operators were fed up with kids calling 0800 106 107 free from phone boxes and shouting down the phone “SAFESTYLE! I WANT YOUR WINDOWS!”

Its what the guy in the ad said to do…

EBearhug · 28/09/2025 21:24

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 20:19

Cigarette ads? When was this? 👀👀

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1980s, I think. In magazines. Purple and white with just a cut sliced in a piece of silk, no words.

Sliceofbattenberg · 28/09/2025 20:38

InTheWellBeing · 26/09/2025 12:42

Yorkie - never ate one!

Same, I used to eat them often and haven’t since the day I saw that advert.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 20:20

Auburngal · 28/09/2025 20:12

Clarks shoes
Act your shoe size, not your age.

As heard of people saying I love watching cartoons as can act my shoe size.

I remember 'act your age, not your shoe size' being a common insult as a 90s kid 😄

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/09/2025 20:19

EBearhug · 28/09/2025 19:42

Someone mentioned the Benson & Hedges ads uptrend- I always thought the Silk Cut ones were good.

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Cigarette ads? When was this? 👀👀

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Auburngal · 28/09/2025 20:12

Clarks shoes
Act your shoe size, not your age.

As heard of people saying I love watching cartoons as can act my shoe size.

EBearhug · 28/09/2025 19:42

Someone mentioned the Benson & Hedges ads uptrend- I always thought the Silk Cut ones were good.

Lonelycrab · 28/09/2025 18:29

Compare the meerkat was pretty good.

And here am I years later using only them for all my insurance. Worked on me I guess.