Collectibles

I remember my Mum saving the labels from Black and Green's tea, and coupons from Trex cooking fat, in the 40's, but not what she swapped them for. They seemed to give good things away for very few coupons/stamps then. Nowadays the rewards don't seem to be nearly as good. Store points take forever to mount up to a decent amount. I have an Asda credit card. In spite of spending a lot of money on it recently for flights to Australia, I have the princely sum of £8.54 to claim!
I can't remember saving Green Shield stamps at all, but I'm sure that I must have. My memory isn't what it was!

We once got some posters of famous paintings, I think from collecting something on tea packets. One was the Mona Lisa which my dad 'framed' by sticking it on a piece of hardboard and putting some wooden beading around it that he had painted black. Another was called 'Peonies in a vase' which he explained was pronounced 'Ponies, as the 'e' was silent, so that's what we all called it - I think he was joking!

I used my Greenshield stamps for 3 Kilner jars nearly 40 years ago. Still going strong.

We bought a set of Prestige stainless steel saucepans with ours and I am still using them 48 years later!

We collected green shield stamps and the first thing we bought was a sleeping bag which we had for about 30 years. We saved tokens from the back of fruit pie packs and we had a light weight set of garden tools eg hoe, rake etc with a hanging rack which we are still using 45 years later. Yes we only just broke the last of the petrol station wine glasses.x

I liked the little men too bikergran.It was a different world then,now we can't offend anyone

Clear Pyrex cookware dishes with Green Shield Stamps - still got most of them! Mother smoked Embassy and I still have the teak breadboard and cheeseboard that she saved for. (Sadly she died from cancer and I so wish she hadn't smoked and we could have bought a thousand breadboards with the money spent on ciggies but - it is as it is.) I also got some lovely 'cut crystal' wine glasses from the local garage - I expect we paid for them in the long run but it was nice to get a gift!

My Mum gave me several books of green shield stamps when we got married 46 years ago. I git a pair of flanalette sheets which we were really pleased with. We still have them although they are used as dust sheets now!

I remember the Green Shield stamp shop in Bristol when I had just moved here. I bought towels and one is still used for the dog, and some lovely red glass sundae glasses and wine glasses which I needed but had no money to buy!
There were also pink stamps but I can't remember where they came from. Anybody know?
There were Co-op Dividend stamps which you swapped for groceries.
Then loads of petrol station ones, usually for glasses most of which were very nice and you can collect a set.

I can remember clearly the Green Shield stamps and the little book (and licking/sticking the stamps in!) Oddly, I can't recall the items we "bought" with them.

I bought an Ali baba linen basket with green shield stamps. I thought it was the height of sophistication!

I have a vague recollection of getting 7" vinyl records via a Summer County margarine promotion.

My dad smoked and he got embassy coupons which he used to get me a gold Saint Christopher ring which i still wear to this day .

Anchor butter only stopped doing these recently. I have a red silicone spoon and a child's apron, which comes in handy baking with GC.

Here's another couple who still have petrol station wine glasses!
My parents were both smokers, and managed to collect enough Embassy cigarette coupons to get a dinner service. Very nice plates and bowls in a pretty shade of green. We used them every day for years.

I still have the stainless steel cutlery from Kellogg's coupons, collected in the 60s. I also have a fairly recent Special K spoon.

When I was at school we all believed that any bus ticket whose number ended with a 7 was collectible. If we collected a million of them we could provide a guide dog. Don’t know who started the rumour but we collected them for ages. Grammar school girls. Not so bright then.

Used to collect the little men off marmalade jars.....not sure if we are allowed to say it. They were cute little characters and were collectable at one time if they were original ones.( I hated marmalade) lol still do.

Also going back a long time PG tips used to have little picture cards in and you sent away for the book to stick them in.I suppose a bit like the Football sticker books they have now.

I’ve still got the doll from collecting Kensitas cigarette coupons, she’s a pensioner now. I didn’t collect the coupons my dad did.

We collected Embassy cards (my mother smoked them) and Green Shield stamps.

Nowadays I collect points for a card system we have here in Germany, but I haven't redeemed them for ages, apart from a couple of small items for Christmas stocking fillers. I now have over 16000 points which I intend to use towatds getting a new pair of glasses, as there is an opticians chain associated to the card as well, but I don't really wear glasses much now I'm retired and haven't worn the last pair out yet.

Can't remember what we got with the cigarette cards back in the day but I do remember it was quite an event going to the Green Shield shop to redeem the full books of stamps.

I still have some Esso glasses and champagne flutes dating back about 30 years.

I forgot about the free train tickets from Persil. You collected the top of the soap powder boxes and got a free train ticket for each one you bought.
DH and I went to London from Glasgow with them. Half the train had them! The guard was not amused at all ?

Yorkshire tea. I saved coupons from the packs for a tea towel.

I forgot, Fairy Liquid used to (in the early 60s) give away a Wades Whimsy animal, sometimes a kitten, sometimes a bush baby, I still have 2 of each, they`re over 50 years old now.

Maxwell House coffee used to have gifts for labels. We must have drunk a lot of coffee, as we got cutlery, a clock, thermos flask, tea towels and a nice radio, which we still have.