Old-fashioned Advertisements

[MildredHubble]

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There was an insurance broker in the town where I lived a long time ago called "Arnott". They used to hand out window stickers for your car that said "WE ARNOTT INSURED".

 

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These actually still exist! Most people don't know that modern tyres are designed to be retreaded a couple of times. I haven't done it myself but considering how simple it probably is, I might do it at some point in the future.

 

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Cabaret restaurants were still quite popular when I was a kid but I haven't seen one for many years now.

 

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In the 1960s Australia was establishing more heavy industry and we needed to import more skilled workers to keep up with demand. The White Australia Policy was still in place then so - British Only.

We'd ship your whole family out here for the princely sum of 10 pounds, and when you got here there was already a 3 bedroom house and a job lined up for you. Many of the people that took up that offer couldn't cope with our climate and soon went home again. These people became known as Ten Quid Tourists.

 

[Lisa1970]

Wonderful thread, more please!

 

[Luca]

I hope these aren't too inappropriate, I tried to filter out all the NSFW ones but these are still hilarious and I'm crying lol
Not necessarily "old fashioned," but they are still advertisements...

 

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My Mum had one of these when I was a kid.

 

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From 1952. Give the kids a slug of vodka before they go to bed.

 

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[Forest Cat]

This is just an old tourist ad for Denmark. Nice graphics and very Danish. Summer vibe, Danish beaches are very nice.

 

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[AGXStarseed]

One for a mostly defunct Fast Food restaurant here in the UK (although it still exists in South Africa, based on what I've heard):

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One for a mostly defunct Fast Food restaurant here in the UK (although it still exists in South Africa, based on what I've heard):

Wimpy

We had them here when I was a kid, the name came from a popular cartoon about a homeless man who was always on the bite. "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a burger today." was one of the popular lines in the cartoon.