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Post by Nightfly on Aug 14, 2022 14:35:30 GMT
2 The BSM one i don't remember and looks to be 83 to 85 perhaps. I think this might have been 83 or even earlier, Del. I was having lessons with BSM in 1985 and I remember paying £9.75 (40 times ! ) as opposed to the £3.69 in the ads. The Trophy Bitter ad is familiar and I remember the jingle. I think the guy with the big pint is Tony Peers. He featured in the first series of Esther Rantzen's The Big Time. He was a wannabe stand up comedian getting hints from people in the business for his first TV appearance on Seaside Special. I think he ditched stand up for acting and was quite successful doing the rounds of soaps, Summer Wine, All Creatures Grunt & Smell, Where The Heart is etc.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 14, 2022 14:49:16 GMT
Thanks for the info Nightfly. Bet they had a laugh and a good on expenses booze up that day As for the BSM ad £3.65 does seem a bit cheap in relation to its apparent age. Even if you take the Metro as one of the the earliest (W reg ?) it would date it as 1980. Maybe its a discount for a large package of lessons. Found these: Haven't seen the OSL holiday ad for years. And isn't that Mr Spooner from Are You Being Served ?
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Post by Three Litre on Aug 14, 2022 15:17:07 GMT
2 The BSM one i don't remember and looks to be 83 to 85 perhaps. I think this might have been 83 or even earlier, Del. I was having lessons with BSM in 1985 and I remember paying £9.75 (40 times ! ) as opposed to the £3.69 in the ads. The Trophy Bitter ad is familiar and I remember the jingle. I think the guy with the big pint is Tony Peers. He featured in the first series of Esther Rantzen's The Big Time. He was a wannabe stand up comedian getting hints from people in the business for his first TV appearance on Seaside Special. I think he ditched stand up for acting and was quite successful doing the rounds of soaps, Summer Wine, All Creatures Grunt & Smell, Where The Heart is etc. I seem to remember paying £5 to BSM in '77, only had a few paid lessons, just to understand the test route. Dad taught me the rest.
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Post by Cartman on Aug 14, 2022 17:33:39 GMT
I paid £3.00 an hour driving lessons in 1977, a local one man driving school with a yellow Mark 1 Escort
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 14, 2022 18:42:35 GMT
I paid 10 quid a lesson in 1993. That was only available as part of a package of 10 lessons. It was about 12 quid an hour at the time. The £3.69 BSM price must be a discount price as part of a package because they were usually expensive.
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Post by Three Litre on Aug 14, 2022 18:49:34 GMT
I paid £3.00 an hour driving lessons in 1977, a local one man driving school with a yellow Mark 1 Escort Pretty sure mine was a Mk2 Escort, the clutch was much sharper than Dad's Vauxhall Victor FE so I used that for the test.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 16, 2022 10:59:34 GMT
Another set from 1980 The British Rail Awayday ad seems familiar and I know the Elastoplast one the others are new to me.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Aug 17, 2022 16:09:46 GMT
Came cross these 70's motoring related adverts with a few actual car ones mixed in too, with some racing legends too featured:
Don't remember some but do remember the odd few including the Sealink advert song and the Unipart jingle.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 17, 2022 20:43:32 GMT
Nice one Gerald 👍 I've not laid mincers on most of those ads before. The Sealink ad from 79 seems familiar.
By the way for those who wondered the Fiat would be £15,400 in todays wonga.
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Post by Nightfly on Aug 17, 2022 21:19:02 GMT
Came cross these 70's motoring related adverts with a few actual car ones mixed in too, with some racing legends too featured: Some gems in that collection. Those Brut aftershave ads with Henry Cooper and various sports stars where he always seemed to pop up at random in locker and shower rooms. I can just imagine the agency selling the idea to Henry. No mate, I don't think it will look odd at all. Take the Strongbow ads. No-one bats an eyelid about drinking in a pub where a psycopath fires a crossbow into the bar without warning
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