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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 uncles's new TV
...The Esso sign means happy motoring........
I really am going back a long way!

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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 :D

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Anyone recall 'In Town Tonight' : a weekly magazine programme chaired by McDonald Hobley. A bit like a latter day Jonathon Ross, but without the foul mouth.

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I remember it Stumped, think it used to be on around 6pm on a Saturday night, always opened with a shot of Alexandra Place with the TV antenna on top with air waves radiating from it, can remember the music though

Just found this on Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Town_Tonight

or maybe this is better

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/intown.htm

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how about The Cisco Kid..i wur only a kid back then

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They soon pulled that advert 'cos it made smokers look like sad loners !!

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In actual fact it ran a hell of a sight longer than ads do today

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It ran fer years T.V. n Cinema as i recall.

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Intro was followed by the voice of a newspaper seller calling out "In town tonight," as traffic circled the statue of Eros in central London. Remember Hobley interviewing Robert Mitchum when he was passing through during the filming of Ryan's Daughter which was set in Ireland. The author J.B. Priestley was on the same program. 'In Town Tonight' and 'War in the Air' were very popular programs at the time. Recall seeing film footage of Belson and Austwich which scared the pooh out of me as a gullible teenager.

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Of Course your right Stumped was eros not ally pally as I stated earlier, have been trying to find something on the Tube but have drawn a blank so far, but I'll keep looking:D

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do your remember CRACKERJACK>
circa 1960

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Oh Dear ! And I've been trying for 40 odd years to forget it !

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I have:D

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was the first advert not

GIBBS SR Toothpaste

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It was - Sept 22 (or 21) 1955.

Strand advert came in 1959 & the brand was discontinued in the early 60s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_(cigarette)