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Old 16-07-2010, 17:45   #197
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Re: What did you watch when you was a nipper?

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Originally Posted by sm_counsell View Post
Talking about TV , does anyone remember 'This is your life'? with Eamon Andrews
I can also remember the very first commercial I saw on my uncle's new TV
...The Esso sign means happy motoring........
I really am going back a long way!
I remember Mr Andrews and his big red book, the first advert on commercial TV was for Strand Cigarettes, the tag line was your never alone with a Strand, showed a bloke standing under a lamp post at night with his mack collar up and trilby hat pulled over his eyes, think today he'd have been pulled by cops on Stop and Search
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