 | Thoughout the fifties and sixties Bird's custard was a year round family favourite dessert. In this lovely 1953 Christmas ad, the Bird's brand is beautifully represented by a snowman holding a flaming Christmas pudding and a large jug of custard and a poster at his feet declares ... "Everybody knows Christmas pudding is always better with BIRDS Custard" see this yummy visual treat in more detail here |
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Whilst Coca Cola dominates the soft drinks vintage ad scene it's easy to forget Schweppes the huge soft drinks brand that was never afraid to break the mold with their quirky amusing Schweppervesence ads. Here's a couple of 'Schwepping days to Christmas' ad for now, and you can be sure I will be adding a lot more Scheppervescence to this blog
John Bull Magazine was a popular UK weekly established in 1824 and published for 100 years when it was finally merged with Weekend Magazine, In it's heyday the magazine featured views and articles from some of the best known popular writers and thinkers of the day and was a champion of the illustrators art. With some of the most distinctive and charming front covers ever produced. Depicting post war british life. Here I have presented a few seasonal covers from my personal collection. I hope you enjoy their charm as much as I do. See more classic John Bull illustrations in our new index.
Three lovely sports themed 1950's Guinness ads are scanned from my personal collection. Part of a series of cheery ads with outdoors sporting themes. Each of which featured a whimsical poem. Hopefully I will be able to add the other 9 in due course. Click each image to view larger.
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