Dr David Clampin
@wwiiadvertising
Modern British historian, mainly focussing on British home front of the #SWW. Historic advertising obsessive, Development Executive for the History of Advertising Trust.
Such is the nature of my day job, I get to see a lot of advertisements thanks to the @historyofads.bsky.social extraordinary collections. However, was genuinely shocked by this for YOP ('FHM', Aug. 2002).
Check out this happening discotheque ('Smash Hits', 1983). I am classing the participants here as groovy young people which fit my definition of #teenagers as far as my @historyofads.bsky.social forthcoming, touring exhibition is concerned.
Check out the SHARP EL508A, it has it all. 'Smash Hits', Sept 16 - 29 1982.
Today's joy is thumbing through copies of 'Smash Hits' of the early 1980s. Check out these bad boys, why did they never catch on? October 28 - November 10 1982.
Goodness, there's a lot to unpack here. 'Crimplene', ICI Fibres, 'Honey, October 1967.
OMG, this was SUCH a thing in the late 1970s/ealry 1980s: pens on a cord around your neck. More innocent, simpler times. This from '19', December 1977.
Whatever happening to Country Lover shampoo? With a brand identity like this, what's not to like? c/o '19', August 1974, @historyofads.bsky.social
Just discovered that the sublime @historyofads.bsky.social have a pretty fair run of 'Just 17', '19', 'Over 21', and 'Smash Hits'. This is going to be a great day!
Spotted in Oundle School bookshop @gillianobrien.bsky.social. Takes all sorts.
December 1983 presents Berol DoodleArt! What a great joy these presented, often so vast in scale they had to be done on the floor, meaning the best Axminster got touched up as well. A merry #Christmas all round!
A lovely execution from Lego towards Christmas 1982. A slight dig at TV…
Look out #Liverpool, looks like #Norfolk have their own designs on the Fab Four.
Today’s offering, whether you want it or not, is a great press ad from Lego. Dating to November 1980, this was, in part, a reaction to the rise of electronic/digital toys.
This, from Hasbro, is a little weird to my mind. The 1983 Gloworm…
The wonderful Fisher-Price here offer their printing set of 1982. Yes, that ink will get everywhere with random letters appearing on your soft furnishings.