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Adverts and packaging of the past, from Retropia by Transdiffusion

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An exciting Sound Library System! YES! Now your reel-to-reel come in... boxes. (1966)

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The government has cracked down on Hire Purchase in 1966, so Radio Rentals is offering you... cheaper Hire Purchase.

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It’s what the people want: reel-to-reel tape recorders that look like furniture. (1965)

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19″ for only £8.20 a week (in 2018 prices) at DER in late 1965.

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19″ for only £7.30 a week (in 2018 prices) at DER in early 1965.

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MEN! Are you on holiday somewhere with no electricity or water? The Sahara, perhaps. Climbing Mount Everest. Butlin’s in Minehead. Your shaving worries are over. (1965)

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Insure your TV with Rediffusion’s Redisurance for only a few redishillings every redimonth. (1960)

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Before the flu jab was developed, this palpable nonsense existed. (1965)

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Want cream in your hair? Use a Twink! (1965)   What?

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250,000 women wear this every day. You can spot them: they’re the ones passed out in the street from not being able to breathe. (1965)

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A switch for your TV that’s so simple, even a woman could use it... if she’s not off listening to her ‘Lady Margaret’ portable radio. (1955)

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The perfect way to pay for your wedding in 1965 - Premium Bonds

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A huge 24″ rear-projection TV, so you can see every single one of the 405-lines available, for only 95gn (that’s £2,600 in today’s money). (1955)

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Life’s a gas. (1965)

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Can YOU find Dora Bryan’s Hotpoint? (1965)

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Give him a big red one. No, not like that. (1966)

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The knives are out for Granada in 1965