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The other Advert for Pears Soap I remember used an image of "Bubbles" by John Everett Millais - you can see it HERE.
I suppose the original had a deeper intention - anyway it circuitously brings to mind that the lifetime of a planetary nebula as a fraction of a star's life is about the same as the life of a soap bubble compared to the age of the child who blows it. Now who would have thought that there was a link between Pears Soap and life and death in outer space?!
I suppose the original had a deeper intention - anyway it circuitously brings to mind that the lifetime of a planetary nebula as a fraction of a star's life is about the same as the life of a soap bubble compared to the age of the child who blows it. Now who would have thought that there was a link between Pears Soap and life and death in outer space?!
Smudger
master brummie
I wonder how many poster squares it took to paste up & make a complete poster & you can`t even see the joins!!Plenty of these adverts could be seen in the Birmingham streets in the 1940s and 1950s. We had the magazine delivered and I used to browse through after Dad had looked at it.
From old city centre pics on the BHF here
Smudger, I reckon that poster is approx 18ft high by 24 ft wide. Imagine it would have taken a fair few squares - I'll leave someone else do the sums! Viv.
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Maria Magenta
master brummie
A healthy family!
Smudger
master brummie
Viv, lets say each square is 3x3 foot, so if my maths is right, that`s 48 squares. I wonder when they put up a new poster, do they strip the old one away or just paste over it?
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
Paper sizes were known as crowns, double crowns and quads. The Picture Post advert would have been quad sheets.
Probably around 28 or 32 sheets. Certainly an even number. A quad sheet was the largest that a bill poster would have handled.I cannot remember the size of a quad. Too long ago.
Eddie
Probably around 28 or 32 sheets. Certainly an even number. A quad sheet was the largest that a bill poster would have handled.I cannot remember the size of a quad. Too long ago.
Eddie
Thanks Smudger and Eddie. Don't they paste layers on top of each other and at some point after several layers strip it all off? Viv.
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
Absolutely, Viv.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
In my estimation you couldn't get much better than Lewis's Food Hall, it was the only place I would have ham on the bone from and I often would buy a whole ham from there. I also would buy half a dozen meat & potato pies from there at a time to last a few days. So now you know "who ate all the pies"
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farmerdave
master brummie
Here are a couple of 1951 adverts with a Birmingham connection: Singer Motors and Girling Brakes. Dave.
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
Alice Faye was the heroine in the original KING KONG.
Eddie
Eddie
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
I suppose this is an advert .... at least for the entrance of the Tank Bank ...
From the Birmingham Town Hall threadThere was a Tank Bank at the Town Hall too, March 1918.
from this site https://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/portfolio/tank-week/
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oldMohawk
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Swears & Wells in Corporation St .... selling utility furs ?
In the City Centre Corporation Street thread
I don't think my mom took me into this one.
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Smudger
master brummie
It wouldn`t be safe wearing a fur these days. You`d probably get a tin of paint chucked over you.
Maria Magenta
master brummie
I love the idea of utility furs! And the Oxo advert is great.
maria
maria
I like the Oxo ad too Maria. It would have been very nourishing and an easily transportable, non-perishable food item. Still use it today. You can't beat it.
The world. 'Utility' combined with 'furs' is really a contradiction. Furs were always a luxury item, even at half price they were still nearly £30 in the ad - most people would never have dreamed of or been in the position of spending that sort of money on a coat at that time. Hardly utility! Viv.
The world. 'Utility' combined with 'furs' is really a contradiction. Furs were always a luxury item, even at half price they were still nearly £30 in the ad - most people would never have dreamed of or been in the position of spending that sort of money on a coat at that time. Hardly utility! Viv.
paul stacey
master brummie
Makes you laugh some of these old adverts, some poor Tommy, wounded in bed swathed with bandages, what in heavens name did anyone think OXO could do!!!!!.Paul
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Think it harks back to a beef drink Paul, administered to the sick to aid recovery. Viv.
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