Quatro Drink 1984
Published October 1, 2010 | 
Quatro Drink ad from 1984
Quatro was a canned fizzy drink produced from 1982-1985 in the United Kingdom. From 1983 to 1985 it was commonly available in the UK, though production and sale of the drink ceased there in the late 1980s.
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Leave a commentPoison Perfume 1984
Published October 1, 2010 | Poison Perfume advert from 1984.
Christian Dior (21 January 1905, Granville, Manche – 24 October 1957), was an influential French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.
Christian Dior was born in Granville, Manche, a seaside town on the coast of France. His family, whose fortune was derived from the manufacture of fertilizer, had hopes he would become a diplomat, but Dior only wished to be involved in mostly fashion, but sketching as well. To make money, he sold his fashion sketches outside for about 10 cents each. After leaving school he received money from his father so that in 1928 he could open a small art gallery, where he sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso.
PIFCO 1980
Published September 30, 2010 | Advert fro PIFCO electrical appliances from 1980
In 1963, they needed to expand the company to increase production and needed more capital. They were forced to sell the company to Tube Investments (TI), a conglomerate of electrical appliance brands. Production was moved to Wombourne in Staffordshire, where it was shared with Creda and to Blythe Bridge, in a former aircraft factory now owned by Indesit. Russell became technical director of Creda, then managed Turnright. TI sold off their consumer brands, with the company going to Polly Peck, managed by Asil Nadir in the late 1980s. Polly Peck collapsed and Russell Hobbs was bought by Pifco based in Failsworth in 1991, then by Salton on 4th June 2001. Pifco, the British manufacturer of appliances such as teasmades became known as Salton Europe. The parent company, Salton Inc., is based in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a Canadian division in Ontario. In March 2002, Salton Europe closed down their factory in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, moving their last bit of production to China.
In December 2007, two longstanding companies in the small household appliance business, Salton, Inc. and Applica Incorporated, combined their businesses through a merger. As a result of the merger, Applica became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salton. In December 2009, the combined company (formerly known as Salton, Inc.) changed its name to Russell Hobbs, Inc.[7]
Russell died on 16 February 2006 aged 85.[8] Hobbs died on 11 April 2008 aged 91
PG Tips Monkies Ad (James Bond) 1980s
Published September 29, 2010 | 
PG tips is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Unilever UK, which claims Britons drink 35 million cups of PG tips a day.
In the 1930s Arthur Brooke launched PG Tips in the UK tea market under the name of Pre-Gest-Tee, suggesting that the tea could be drunk before food was digested (pre-digestive). Grocers quickly abbreviated it to PG.
After the Second World War, labelling regulations ruled out describing tea as aiding digestion—a property previously attributed to tea—and by 1950/1 the PG name was officially adopted. The company added “Tips” referring to the fact that only the tips (the top two leaves and bud) of the tea plants are used in the blend.
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Posted in Food & Drink | 1930s, 1980s, chimps, grocers, james bond, leaves, monkeys, pg tips, tea, tea leaves, tea market, tea plants, unilever uk | Leave a commentParker Harlequin Pen 1980s
Published September 29, 2010 | Parker Harlequin Pen advert from the 1980s
The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. It is currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid.
George S Parker, the founder, had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his “Lucky Curve” feed,[1] which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen body when the pen was not in use. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928.
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