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Advertising tag-lines and slogans from the past - what can you remember?

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TheTecknician · 16/09/2026 16:44

Here are just three:

'Course you can Malcolm.' Vicks Sinex
'A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play'. Mars bars
'The chocolate and a half.' Cadbury's Dairy Milk

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TheTecknician · 16/09/2026 19:09

MyThreeWords · 16/09/2026 18:20

Any time, any place, anywhere
There's a wonderful world you can share
It's the bright one, the right one
That's Martini

Look for 'Dancing Easy' by Danny Williams on YouTube and you will find the full song.

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DozyCrow · 16/09/2026 19:11

Murray Mints, Murray Mints, too good to hurry mints

Its frothy man - Cresta

Melts in your mouth, not in your hand - Treets

Your flexible friend - Access

The appliance of science - Zanussi

Put a tiger in your tank - Esso

The dirt says hot, the label says not - Ariel

Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is - Alka Seltzer

Sweet as the moment when the pod went pop - Birds Eye Peas

A little dab'll do ya - Brylcreem

How do you eat yours? - Creme Egg

Probably the best lager in the world - Carlsberg

FancyKitten · 16/09/2026 19:11

”Papa”
”Nicole”

Moistcottonchafers · 16/09/2026 19:13

Moulinex makes things simple..... and that includes the price

Your caring sharing Co-op, caring sharing Co-op it's yours all yours all yours!!!!

I think that was Lulu.

Thingsthatgo · 16/09/2026 19:16

I bet he drinks Carling Black Label!

and

When a man you’ve never met before suddenly gives you flowers - That’s Impulse!

Moistcottonchafers · 16/09/2026 19:18

Hope it's chips it's chips.... We hope it's chips it's chips!

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 16/09/2026 19:24

I'm wasting away Sal!

We want to be togevver

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 16/09/2026 19:25

What do you like better, Daddy, or chips?

I still say that to my dad, he always nicked our chips if we were having tea when he got home from work

MyThreeWords · 16/09/2026 19:26

We are happy cows
We chew the cud and browse.
Because we're eating up our greens
It makes our butter taste supreme.
ANCHOR, the green green grass!
Butter the green green grass

Cotopaxi · 16/09/2026 19:27

Gall10 · 16/09/2026 18:16

Grid Turkish delight…made us all call this confectionery ‘Turkish delight’ it’s actually a Greek confection.

I thought it originated in the Ottoman Empire, which included (among many other countries) present-day Turkey and Greece.

Perhaps they all have very similar recipes for it.

MyThreeWords · 16/09/2026 19:29

Stella Artois. Reassuringly expensive.

Cotopaxi · 16/09/2026 19:29

FancyKitten · 16/09/2026 19:11

”Papa”
”Nicole”

"Bob!!"

HalzTangz · 16/09/2026 19:30

For mash get smash

Silverbirchleaf · 16/09/2026 19:32

Follow the Bear!

MyThreeWords · 16/09/2026 19:32

Matey's a bottle of fun,
You puts me in the bath.
I'm loved by everyone,
I'm always good for a laugh.

mrandmrsrobinson · 16/09/2026 19:50

The ESSO sign means happy motoring..............

TheTecknician · 16/09/2026 19:57

Esso and Tetley Bitter/Mild ads both featured music by Jeff Wayne, i.e. the Tiger theme and the Bittermen theme. I have a copy of the 45 single of the Bittermen theme. I think it was also used for Ansell's beer ads in the Midlands.

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PussInBin20 · 16/09/2026 20:06

I like meat and I like liver, I like chicken in my dinner. Now you know why cats meow, means meow mix, meow mix, meow mix, meoooow mix. 🐈‍⬛

inheritanceinheritance · 16/09/2026 20:07

The future's bright, the future's orange

maggiesleapp · 16/09/2026 20:09

Whats this we business, pale face?
Tonto to the Lone ranger when they were in a spot of bother because Tonto had had his weetabix and the lone ranger hadnt.
I use this in work when someone volunteers my team and says we’ll do it . The younger members havent a clue what I mean!

upinaballoon · 16/09/2026 20:19

Baby shampo Johnson, lo shampo delicato. Italian radio, probably RAI due. I remember the tune, too.

Greenlawnbrownlawn · 16/09/2026 20:21

mrandmrsrobinson · 16/09/2026 17:53

Toblerone. Triangular honey from triangular bee's

"Toblerone, out on its own.
Triangular chocolate, that's Toblerone.
Made with triangular almonds from triangular trees,
And triangular honey from triangular bees.
Oh, Mr. Confectioner, please,
Give me Toblerone!"

upinaballoon · 16/09/2026 20:23

Haven't read all through. Forgive if this is a duplicate.

Brylcream, a little dab'll do yer,
Brylcream, you'll look so debonair,
Brylcream, the girls'll all pursue yer,
They love to get their fingers in your hair.

Sorry if I've mis-spelled.
Edit to say Daisy said one line on the previous page and I have mis-spelled.
Brylcreem

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 16/09/2026 20:29

saveforthat · 16/09/2026 18:34

I was about to say the Club one. They couldn't use that advert nowadays as the amount of chocolate on a Club has diminished appallingly.

Two biscuits in one nibble all chocolate off
Then munch the biscuit underneath.

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 16/09/2026 20:30

WAAAAAAW! Body-fo-orm, Bodyform for yooooooou!

I'm a secret lemonade drinker! (R-White's, R-White's)
R-Whites Lemona-a-ade!

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