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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!

Purpledaffodil Thu 18-Apr-19 15:29:13

I had white lipstick and also white patterned stockings. It was a couple of years before tights came out. My father hated both and said I looked like a ghost. And does anyone remember black and white PVC hats and coats? They were supposed to be in the style of Courreges, but were more C and A?

FarNorth Thu 18-Apr-19 15:20:04

'This is me, Michael Miles, saying Good night, Good Luck and Cheerio to you all.'
( Take Your Pick.)

FarNorth Thu 18-Apr-19 15:17:15

'Mabel! Black Label.'

I liked Harry Worth. The window thing was at the start of his show.

'This is luxury you can afford by Cyril Lord.
Squash it, and it just springs back.
Wash it, and the colour stays fast.
Give it the treatment, the family treatment.
Enkalon is made to last for years and years and years and years and....
This is luxury you can afford
By Cyril Lord.'

(Do I win a coconut?)

Juliet27 Thu 18-Apr-19 15:16:40

Ah yes Janejane60 it was probably Eucryl

Juliet27 Thu 18-Apr-19 15:11:05

When I was a child our toothpaste was solid in a flat tin and you rubbed your wet toothbrush over it. I remember it being pink. Anyone else have that?

Daddima Thu 18-Apr-19 15:01:40

? Everyone’s a fruit and nut case?

?Graded grains make finer flour?

Bazza Thu 18-Apr-19 15:00:32

Thanks Sassanch512, been driving me mad for years trying to think what it was. I thought it was some kind of sausage!

jenni123 Thu 18-Apr-19 14:43:33

Not only useless jingles I remember. I am now 77 and I remember the Reg No of my Dad's first car, also remember the telephone number we had when I was growing up. I will never need this info again but retain it, other things I do need or would like to remember I can't

Whiteanemone Thu 18-Apr-19 14:41:21

BassGrammy..... with mild green fairy liquid. Think it was Nanette Newman?

JaneJANE60 Thu 18-Apr-19 14:32:37

The hard toothpaste in a tin was called EUCRYL. Tasted awful.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Thu 18-Apr-19 14:31:35

1001 cleans a big, big carpet for less than half a crown. I think that's how it goes.
Toberlone out on its own.
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our Club.

JaneJANE60 Thu 18-Apr-19 14:29:15

Does anyone remember Gordon Moores toothpaste? It was deep red. It stained your gums so apparently made your teeth whiter. I’m desperately trying to recall other things from the past now !

Bijou Thu 18-Apr-19 14:26:35

“We are the Ovaltines happy boys and girls.” “ mash means Smash”

Theoddbird Thu 18-Apr-19 14:24:43

Maxfactor...turquoise lid. Water did not give you the right consistency as spit did...hahaha

Amee Thu 18-Apr-19 14:12:23

All I can remember is a rose appearing from his thumb!
Can't remember much else about Harry Worth either smile

sassenach512 Thu 18-Apr-19 14:07:50

Norman Vaughan, was he the one who used to go "swinging" (thumb up) "dodgy" (thumb down)
Harry Worth takes me back, he never gets a mention these days. He always came across as a bumbling old duffer but that was his act. Can't say I found him very funny though.

Amee Thu 18-Apr-19 14:00:54

Cooee Mr Shifter, we still use that line now!

Also 'go to work on an egg'. 'Roses grow on you' Norman Vaughan I think.

Does anyone else remember Harry Worth, standing on the corner of a glass window, and lifting an arm and leg in the air? My sister and I used to do lots when out shopping with mum. Not sure if it was for an advert or not though.

sassenach512 Thu 18-Apr-19 13:57:53

Sorry Bradfordlass fat finger syndrome again ?

sassenach512 Thu 18-Apr-19 13:55:31

Bradgfordlass you forgot the best bit after "cooee Mr Shifter" on the PG Tips ad, its "daad do you know the piano's on my foot?" and dad says, (tinkling the ivories) "you hum it son, I'll play it" grin

Rosina Thu 18-Apr-19 13:49:12

Singlegrannie, yes - I had forgotten Miner's 'Way out pink' - I wore that too. The 'Richard Shops' jingle is driving me crazy right now - 'wish I hadn't thought of it this morning. I also remember 'tasty, tasty' etc. but not what the product was - so that wasn't very good advertising! I do agree that it's a wonder we didn't all go blind, or suffer with non stop conjunctivitis thanks to spitting on the brush or the mascara block. Like many other things that would be frowned upon now, we somehow survived without damage.

sassenach512 Thu 18-Apr-19 13:47:28

It was Kellog's Bran flakes Bazza and they still are smile

Bazza Thu 18-Apr-19 13:41:01

Tasty tasty very very tasty, they’re very tasty. Can’t remember what it was that was tasty, but who came up with that jingle?!

Sueki44 Thu 18-Apr-19 13:36:36

Remember Lucky Numbers sweets?
Lucky Numbers,Lucky Numbers,
Chocolate and chew,
You’ll be lucky,I’ll be lucky,
He’ll be lucky too.

Or words to that effect!

missdeke Thu 18-Apr-19 13:34:28

Remember so many of these but the one that sticks in my mind is

Sirdar Wools are better by far
S-I-R-D-A-R
Sirdar Wools are better by far
You love what you knit with Sirdar!

Strange as I am not a knitter grin

4allweknow Thu 18-Apr-19 13:31:17

Remember the mascara well. Used to use saliva for the moisture. Horror of horror nowadays. Anyone remember the hard toothpaste in a round tin. Used to have to scrub the stuff with your tooth brush to get any on.