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Rowntrees fruit gums - all my friends eat Rowntrees fruit gums. Oxo cubes Tides in dirts out Aaaaarrrrr Bisto gravy better by far Must be loads more...................... Mary in Spain

Carol - you have way too much time on your hands. That makes my memory loss seem even worse!!

Fry's chocolate cream?

I remember I drink Idris when i'm dry Idris is the squash to buy I like idris, I drink Idris, Idris when i'm dry. my favourite is. voice 1- mine is a cold house voice 2- why don't you heat it! v1- my heater's empty I think v2- why don't you fill it v1 - I'm out of paraffin v2 - well here's the answer ring for pink v1- can I afford it v2 - most economical, only a penny per hour v1 - now will you tell me who will deliver it, V2 - ring this number right now...ring hunter1234

Hi Carol, I too remember the Pepsodent ad but what about, 'The Esso sign means happy motoring, Esso sign means happy motoring, Call at the Esso sign'. The writers put a lot of thought into that one.lol.

Something about 'when the peas go pop' and a little boy popping his mouth with his finger - I think it was Birds Eye. Blimey I'll be trying to remember that properly all afternoon now - DOH

A couple spring to mind: 'Sorry mate, your too late, the best peas went to Farrows' Also something about ' I drink Idris when Im dry.........' I used to be quite scared about what must have been a toothpaste ad where little men came out at night in your mouth and used to attack your teeth with pick axes! Susan

The bedtime routine one about switching off the lights etc, had a really annoying/catchy song!

I think the first ad was for Gibbs SR toothpaste who remembers the one with the catoon man for Lyons quickbrew tea and he always said it dosn't need one for the pot John

Watch out watch out theres a HUMPFREY about - was this to do with Milk? I recall a straw?? lol Clarks shoes - 'My mummy said when I grow up I'm going to be a proper little madam'

Gwynne, great minds think alike I was going to suggest the pepsodent one, can hear the tune going round in my head now as well as the esso blue one. How about Desmond Carrington trying to swop a washing powder (Tide?) Fairy liquid of course but that continued for quite a few years. Camay Ann Glos

murray mint the to good to hurry mint is one of mine hands up who can remember the first add ? eileen

I'll have a think. This was one of the earlier ones. . You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent. I'll see if I can recall earlier ones but with no TV as a young child and infrequent trips to the cinema, this might be as early as I can remember. Gwyn

I seem to remeber the govt ads more one was about road safety and meeting strangers it featured a boy and his cat charlie, and it use to always go 'charlie says' and it would end up with the lad throwing a fish to the cat and it landed on his nose and the cat wolfed it down and was left with a fish bone on his nose. Another one was for swimming and safety 'Meet Mike he swims like a fish' and Mike woud go 'hi' in an aussie accent. It would show some pathetic cartoon bloke drowning in the background. Then there was one trying to get us to eat more cheese, and it featured a kid in the supermarket with the mum at the counter and the kid saying 'don't cheat on the cheese mum 'Think every kid in the 70's was going round the shops with their mother saying it.pmsl. Think these wer 70's ads. catherine xx

Carol what about Esso Blue xx

why don't you heat it!

Mine is for pink paraffin mine is a cold house!