Memories of products from the 70's....
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I'm not sure if this was in the 70,s, maybe the late 60,s, but it was probably the worst advert of all time.
Strand cigarettes and the catch phrase, "your never alone with a strand"
Whatever happened to that poor guy in the white mac, who was in the advert.
At the time me and most of my mates smoked, but none of us would buy that brand as it inferred you were "billy no mates".
Strand cigarettes and the catch phrase, "your never alone with a strand"
Whatever happened to that poor guy in the white mac, who was in the advert.
At the time me and most of my mates smoked, but none of us would buy that brand as it inferred you were "billy no mates".
Eddie M said:
i had a long fibreglass skateboard with "california slalom" trucks and green kryptons.
also had a bowlrider with blue bowlrider kryptons.
i remember them gullwings though with the split axle, very innovative.
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Ahhhh. the old broad bowlriders, now for some reason part of me believes that the red kryp's were the fastest, but I also seem to remember they were the softest, so therefore, i'd imagine they were actually the slowest.
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Thermo said:
Great wasn't it
noseall said:Eddie M said:
i had a long fibreglass skateboard with "california slalom" trucks and green kryptons.
also had a bowlrider with blue bowlrider kryptons.
i remember them gullwings though with the split axle, very innovative.
whoa they are fetching some good money now, I reckon a genuine deck would go for some too. Im almost sure mine must be down my mothers attic. I had red wheels too, I also had a set of "Hang 10" wheels, brown with feet going around the outside if I remember correctly. But the kryps were the fastest by far. Used to keep up with the boys on their "Grifters" down the hills, and they were in 3rd gear! Until... I got speed wobble and came off
Eddie M said:
This made me chuckle. My first car also lacked many of these! It was a banged up old 1989 Nissan Micra 1.0
I still hate micras, even the brand new one - the seats are still too hard! The heater was surprisingly efficient. 
jeez.......one of the not so good things in remembering the 70s is you realize that here and now yer just about too old to remember them.
but.....i am recalling my first car...
1974 Ford Pinto station wagon....spray painted silver because the light blue paint had faded...with dark blue vinyl seats that could cook ya alive in the summer. No A/C....only am radio, no power steering, no power brakes and it was 4 cylinders and not the car to have when you were in a hurry. oh....and high school...i graduated in 74.
but i DO remember clarence the cross eyed lion......thanks for that
but.....i am recalling my first car...
1974 Ford Pinto station wagon....spray painted silver because the light blue paint had faded...with dark blue vinyl seats that could cook ya alive in the summer. No A/C....only am radio, no power steering, no power brakes and it was 4 cylinders and not the car to have when you were in a hurry. oh....and high school...i graduated in 74.
but i DO remember clarence the cross eyed lion......thanks for that
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noseall said:
Hmm. '79 rings a bell, but I shall stand corrected.
They looked like burnt cornish pasties (sorry, rich!), and tasted like them too!!
id like to start a 60's product post but im too bloody senile to remember now 