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[NickFitz]

If you weren't around, or at least old enough to have to fend for yourself, at the time that Halifax ad came out, you probably won"t understand why it grated so much.

It epitomised everything we despised about Thatcher's Britain. Given that they can, and could, compartmentalise ad broadcast by ITV region, I've never understood why they chose to broadcast it in regions like Central, as it was then

But maybe it was just the likes of us - students, graduates unemployed or on lowish incomes, Grauniad readers - who were enraged by it. Maybe the people who worked in hosiery and knitwear factories, and lived on the same estate their parents had been housed on in the 1960s, and saved up for holidays in Marbella, found it aspirational

The hosiery and knitwear factories are gone now. The estates are still crap, but with bad porches and conservatories tacked on to the houses piecemeal because of Right to Buy. The people seem to get by. The high level of crime committed by people from those estates is probably a statistical anomaly.

I think the one thing that annoyed me most about that ad was that the amount he took out of the cash machine, on a Sunday morning, because he needed to buy a pint of milk and the Sunday paper, was equivalent to about two months' dole. I wasn't on the dole myself at that time; but there's such a thing as rubbing people's nose in it.

Anyway. It's annoyed me for nearly thirty years, so it's unlikely to stop annoying me now. Enough about it.

[mudskipper]

And Match of the Day has just started.

And as if bed were some timefreeze mechanism, Match of the Day has just started again.

[Alias]

[barrydidit]

If you weren't around, or at least old enough to have to fend for yourself, at the time that Halifax ad came out, you probably won"t understand why it grated so much.

It epitomised everything we despised about Thatcher's Britain. Given that they can, and could, compartmentalise ad broadcast by ITV region, I've never understood why they chose to broadcast it in regions like Central, as it was then

But maybe it was just the likes of us - students, graduates unemployed or on lowish incomes, Grauniad readers - who were enraged by it. Maybe the people who worked in hosiery and knitwear factories, and lived on the same estate their parents had been housed on in the 1960s, and saved up for holidays in Marbella, found it aspirational

The hosiery and knitwear factories are gone now. The estates are still crap, but with bad porches and conservatories tacked on to the houses piecemeal because of Right to Buy. The people seem to get by. The high level of crime committed by people from those estates is probably a statistical anomaly.

I think the one thing that annoyed me most about that ad was that the amount he took out of the cash machine, on a Sunday morning, because he needed to buy a pint of milk and the Sunday paper, was equivalent to about two months' dole. I wasn't on the dole myself at that time; but there's such a thing as rubbing people's nose in it.

Anyway. It's annoyed me for nearly thirty years, so it's unlikely to stop annoying me now. Enough about it.

I was wondering what your issue was. It looked quite a nice advert to me, and certainly better than that Howard cretin, or the little oriental looking guy*. I hadn't considered the social backdrop

The last time I was working in Halifax they had stills from loads of adverts made up onto canvas frames to decorate the corridors. Going all they way back to the 1890's (or whatever). Some were quite interesting, if I can find my favourite I will post it.

* - Thomas Yau. I had to google it. He was little too, legend has it that he had to have a couple of bespoke staff uniforms run up for those adverts. I used to have his autograph somewhere from when I worked there. It was acquired by one of the team who thought it would be amusing to get everyone a dedicated photo.

[zeitghost]

Morning all.



Here we iz again.

[zeitghost]

And as if bed were some timefreeze mechanism, Match of the Day has just started again.

That's ever so scary.

Is that Jimmy Hill chap still doing it?

I'm sure he was the last time I caught 12.275 seconds of the prog by mistake some years ago.

[zeitghost]

I like the Flake advert with the lizard on the telephone & the Lambert & Butler add with the swimmers in the pool.

[zeitghost]

Can't find the cigarette ad.

Can find lots of silk cut ads.

Especially the "Rorke's Drift" one.

[mudskipper]

The one I couldn't decide whether I liked or hated was the one with Bright Eyes "First Day of my Life"

I love Bright Eyes (depressing tulipe is addictive) - so was pleased to hear the song on telly - but it's for a bank FFS.

(Can't find the ad - googling turns up the wrong one)

[norrahe]

Morning all