Maria Magenta
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Bargain wellingtons, etc.
farmerdave
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Very interested in seeing the wartime advert in showing the biography of Lord Haw-Haw which was illustrated by Fenwick. Ian Fenwick was a popular cartoonist in the 1930s and early 1940s publishing in The Tatler, Men Only, London Opinion, The Strand and The Bystander magazines. In February 1944, as Major Fenwick, he joined the First Special Air Service Regiment and was in command of an S.A.S. squadron which operated in France behind enemy lines. Sadly, he was killed in action in France in early August 1944. His last book of cartoons called "Enter Trubshaw" was published posthumously in 1945 and gives a fuller account of his activities in France. I have included a photograph of Ian Fenwick from that book and also one of his cartoons in a section described as "Guards". Dave.
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Smudger
master brummie
Paul,I know some of the ads are a bit risque & i hope they don`t offend anyone. Some of the ads depict what the advertisers think of women, "stay in the kitchen & do as you`re told" Those ads today would go down like a lead balloon, & rightly so. Sadly there are still some countries where women are treated merely as posessions
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Maria Magenta
master brummie
...no worries about shiny nose or faded rouge...
Maria Magenta
master brummie
The Kipper Girl in #180 looks demonic!
Smudger
master brummie
I think if someone stuck a plate of kippers & a glass of milk in front of me i would look demonic too.!
Smudger - well spotted. Seems they're still called Porage too. A bit of history and the present day Tesco online ad for Scotts
"......... an old question over the spelling of ‘porridge’. If you buy Scott’s oats the packet tells you you are eating ‘porage’. This is a word made up by A & R Scott in Glasgow when they launched Scott’s Porage Oats in 1914, and combined the old Scots word poray with the French word potage."
I like this ad - HP sauce - nice and bright, of it's time, 1950s. And of course I ALWAYS take HP sauce with my lobster daaaarlings. Viv.
Smudger
master brummie
Cor blimey, HP sauce with lobster, how common! I have champagne with mine. Did you know that cor blimey was a mangled version of God blind me. Probably mangled by our Cockney friends.
Lobster and champagne Smudger ? Oh so yesterday! Can anyone identify the pile of something on the lower left plate? Bear in mind it's supposed to be complemented by HP sauce. Viv.
Maria Magenta
master brummie
It look like a pile of cream crackers, but that doesn't make sense.
That's what I thought Maria. But it seems odd. Viv
Think that's probably it Mike. Thanks.
For all you football referees and policemen here's the Acme whistle. Viv.
For all you football referees and policemen here's the Acme whistle. Viv.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
paul stacey
master brummie
I was and always will be an "Ansell's Mild beer", drinker from the tender age of 15 years, had my first pint in the car park of (The Stonehouse Pub), Weoley Castle.paul
Interesting use of Nelson image on the Warship Week banner. That was a really big banner too. Viv.
Although old adverts I used these very two items over the weekend. You can't beat a Brillo pad for cleaning roasting tins. And a marmite sandwich is a great snack (only in my opinion) any time of day. Viv.
devonjim
master brummie
Marmite! Each of my two daughters bought me a large jar(personalized) for Christmas. During WW2 our local grocer (Tennant's on the Warwick Rd. at Tyseley) each week kept a jar for us "under the counter" so we could have our daily fix
I like this 1929 advert for a Soho Road supplier of quality furniture. The range is called "Emvee" quality furniture. Obviously a range intended to put your neighbours noses out of joint! Viv.
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