Old Adverts

[CatmanV2]

Where can I buy some Girl beer!

C

 

[Zep]

...er, MY house has asbestos siding. At this moment.

Just remember, it’s not scratch and sniff….

 

[DLax69]

Where can I buy some Girl beer!

C

They call it "hard cider" these days.

 

[DLax69]

 

[DLax69]

Just remember, it’s not scratch and sniff….

Not vintage, but...

 

[CatmanV2]

They call it "hard cider" these days.

Only in Leftpondia!

C

 

[P5Nij]

 

[P5Nij]

 

[midlifecrisis]

Love the 5 digit phone number in the first advert. Shows how lower the population used to be

More likely, not many people had a phone.

Urmston 4344

 

[midlifecrisis]

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One year later...why did you buy that thing, it's always in the garage being fixed.

 

[RodTungsten]

More likely, not many people had a phone.

Urmston 4344

Our nursery in my grandfather’s time was Lytham 48 which became 735448.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Our nursery in my grandfather’s time was Lytham 48 which became 735448.

I can still remember my favourite Aunties number, my cousin now lives in the house and I asked him for his number, and it's still the same after 50 years of family ownership...Urmston nnnn....

 

[CatmanV2]

1977 Bawdeswell 324

More likely, not many people had a phone.

Explosion in phone numbers in short. When I was a kid:
House phone between 4 of us.
Mum's Switchboard. Say 50 users : 0.02
Dad's base line. Say 200 users: 0.005

So that's 1.025 numbers between 4 or 0.256 numbers 'each'

In our current house there are two of us
Landline
Mrs C mobile
My mobile
My other mobile
Car number
Mrs C's direct dial
My direct dial

That's 3.5 numbers each, on average, before we add the 'main' office lines. (call it 0.02 each)

So 3.52 numbers each. 13 fold increase

C

 

[midlifecrisis]

1977 Bawdeswell 324



Explosion in phone numbers in short. When I was a kid:
House phone between 4 of us.
Mum's Switchboard. Say 50 users : 0.02
Dad's base line. Say 200 users: 0.005

So that's 1.025 numbers between 4 or 0.256 numbers 'each'

In our current house there are two of us
Landline
Mrs C mobile
My mobile
My other mobile
Car number
Mrs C's direct dial
My direct dial

That's 3.5 numbers each, on average, before we add the 'main' office lines. (call it 0.02 each)

So 3.52 numbers each. 13 fold increase

C

So nothing to do with the massive population explosion from 1981 (56,357,500) to 2021(66,983,500) (census years)?

Maybe someone should stop watching GB News...

 

[CatmanV2]

So nothing to do with the massive population explosion from 1981 (56,357,500) to 2021(66,983,500) (census years)?

Maybe someone should stop watching GB News...

Well I *was* going to leave it to my colleague, but...

That would make a ballpark 0.3 numbers each, assuming in line with the population.

C

 

[DLax69]

Well I *was* going to leave it to my colleague, but...

That would make a ballpark 0.3 numbers each, assuming in line with the population.

C

I'm just shocked you still have a landline. Is that what your fax machine is plugged into?

 

[CatmanV2]

I'm just shocked you still have a landline. Is that what your fax machine is plugged into?

That's a fair call. For years it's been 'required' to deliver broadband. Now it's VOIP, I'm aiming to get rid of it next month when our contract is up for renewal.

Total waste of time, literally one person and scammers use it.

C

 

[philw696]

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Love seeing these old adverts takes me back to being a boy especially seeing the guys in suits and the ladies in dresses and the cars are just so beautiful.
Being a boy in the 60's was wonderful for me.

 

[Harry]

 

[Oneball]

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No carrots?