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Rosina Thu 18-Apr-19 08:52:33

This morning while applying mascara, I remembered the 'spit and scrub' type of the sixties. the small black and deep pink plastic case, the tiny black brush, and then 'Outdoor Girl' popped into my mind. Curious to see if anyone else remembered it I googled 'Outdoor Girl' - and it seems it is still going strong. Why do our brains retain these small facts? I know the words to the advertising jingle for 'Richard Shops'. Obviously I now need to steer my brain on to slightly more significant matters like paying some bills and walking the dog, but I did enjoy that little foray into my teenage years!

FarNorth Thu 18-Apr-19 22:52:00

I forgot! Michael Miles was 'your quiz inquisitor'.

Nancy with the wiggly bum, on 'Double Your Money'.
Double your money without any hitch, double your money that's how to get rich'.

What programme had Janice "Oi'll give it foive" ?

instagran Thu 18-Apr-19 22:39:27

"Triangular chocolate from triangular trees, Triangular honey from Triangular bees - TOBLERONE!"
"OO OO OO get some OO from Boots!"
"Fast on your feetabix Weetabix."
Those were my favourites, which we all used to sing loudly when they came on the telly

GrannyLondon Thu 18-Apr-19 22:04:29

I loved Courrege clothes too, but was more C & A on my Saturday job at the shoe shop wages.

callgirl1 Thu 18-Apr-19 21:57:24

Manns is the best brown ale,
Best brown ale,
Manns is the best brown ale,
Get some today.

Did anyone collect the little Wades Wimsey animals that came free with Fairy Liquid around 1963/4? I still have 2 kittens and 2 bush babies, will they be classed as antiques now?

DanniRae Thu 18-Apr-19 21:46:27

"Murrey mints, Murrey mints the too good to hurry mints"

My mum bought me some talcum powder in a pink plastic heart for my birthday that was Hartnell "In Love". I felt really grown up using it and loved the smell.

BrandyButter Thu 18-Apr-19 21:23:39

I always got smacked when Watney's Red Barrel came on as my younger sister was a little plump and I used to sing it at the top of my voice "roll out the barrel tonight....." and say it was my sister's song! I laughed, she cried and then a whop to my backside! It must have been worth it though as it did not seem to stop me smile

BrandyButter Thu 18-Apr-19 21:19:17

Ooow forgot about Aqua Manda perfume, it was my first grown-up perfume I ever bought smile

HurdyGurdy Thu 18-Apr-19 19:52:30

See the face you love, light up with Terry's All Gold.

Eveninks and morninks, I drink Warninks

Ssssshhhhh - you know who!

And the one that no one EVER gets, because they always think it's advertising something else - but
"chop chop, busy busy, work work, bang bang" - We still chant it at work when we're snowed under. (It's so good to work with people your own age, rather than just those young enough to be your kids! )

Coolgran65 Thu 18-Apr-19 19:51:45

Oh... Maybe it was Miner's Mascara. Would be more likely as it would have been cheaper than Max Factor.

Coolgran65 Thu 18-Apr-19 19:18:07

If also used the mascara in the tray with the brush. I think mine was Max Factor and it was Blue. Piled it on 2 or 3 times a day. Usually tried to comb my lashes between the numerous coats. I cringe when I think of what they were like.

Once, at the hairdressers, the stylist asked if my lashes were my own and I proudly told her that they were indeed my very own. It's only years later that I realise she probably took a look at these very thickly coated (matted) lashes and wondered what the hell they were.

At the time about 1968 I thought my lashes were fabulous.

pce612 Thu 18-Apr-19 19:14:16

Oh, the sixties...….. Block mascara, Pan stick on lips, Gala nail varnish in tiny bottles - nails painted pale green with flowers in burgundy and pink done with a very fine sable paintbrush, Goya face shapers palette...……….
Sea Witch hair colour, the advent of hair conditioner and deodorant (made travelling on the tube much more bearable), tights that went baggy at the knees, dangerously short skirts, clogs.....
I still wear Rive Gauche.

Teddy111 Thu 18-Apr-19 19:05:30

Boujois Rouge,Rosette Brune. Izal toilet paper. Green Shiels stamps. Horace Batchelor, K E Y N S H A M ,Bristol, predicted the football pools. He spelt out the word on the radio.

Oldfossil Thu 18-Apr-19 18:38:43

You’ll be a little lovelier each day
With fabulous, pink Camay!

‘ Babycham? I’d LOVE a Babycham
The genuine champagne Perry’

A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play!

sassenach512 Thu 18-Apr-19 18:19:01

Does anyone remember the plastic roses you used to get with Daz washing powder? I can't remember how many packet tops you had to produce to get one but my mother ended up with enough to fill a vase, they didn't half look tacky though ?

Fishpieplease Thu 18-Apr-19 18:11:11

Watney’s red barrel advert.....did it use to go “Roll out the barrel,we’ll have a barrel of fun”? Never tasted it,though!

winterwhite Thu 18-Apr-19 17:56:57

“You’ll look a little lovelier each day With fabulous pink Camay.”

Bijou Thu 18-Apr-19 17:48:31

jenni128. I too remember the Reg of my fathers car, Austin Seven, 1931, and the telephone number of that era when one had to ask the operator to connect you.

homefarm Thu 18-Apr-19 17:43:36

What about 'putting a tiger in your tank? and the sticker of just a tail that went on the edge of the door to the boot.

Nannyxthree Thu 18-Apr-19 17:07:10

I can't go to see 'The Nutcracker' ballet without hearing Frank Muir in my head singing 'everyone's a fruit and nut case'.
There was also one with the Milky Bar Kid but I can't remember the words. My all -time favourite is the Cola advert 'I want to teach the world to sing'.

Grandmama Thu 18-Apr-19 16:59:16

There used to be free gifts with petrol - I remember bullet hole transfers. They came in twos so I had one on the windscreen and one on the back window. Someone believed me when I told them that I had been fired at and the bullet had gone straight through the car.

In my student days we sometimes went to the 'beer-off' with a bottle and bought sherry from the wood.

farview Thu 18-Apr-19 16:58:48

Oh my mum used that mascara...lovely memories stirred.....

breeze Thu 18-Apr-19 16:16:46

Sorry mate. You're too late. The best peas went to farrows smile

missdeke Thu 18-Apr-19 15:42:53

Juliet27 We used to have that toothpaste too, but I thought it was called dentifrice.

rockgran Thu 18-Apr-19 15:38:15

The toothpaste in a tin was Gibbs dentifrice and for me it always meant that we were off on holiday! Then there were Quickies face cleansers for the journey and a tin of Cussons talc - Lilac Blossom or Blue Hyacinth. I used to love their bath cubes too - a staple Christmas gift for ladies along with a box of hankies. Such refinement!

Tish Thu 18-Apr-19 15:29:32

Do the shake and vac to put the freshness back
Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate...