God bless the 1980s. Had a tough few days and reached rock bottom, but something as simple as these old commercials has resonated with my soul and given me a small piece of happiness.
Noelle Thank you - do appreciate the kind words! As human beings we have to ride the highs with the lows - that’s part of life. Have hugely nostalgic views of the pre internet age of the 80s and 90s; maybe it was part and parcel of not having the stresses of adult life to contend with...
yes the simplest things are the best. Shame we dont find that out for years tho. People are the most important thing. Playing cards, dominoes or board games. Not just at Christmas. I remember a power-cut back in the 80s and my parents and I playing scrabble by candlelight! Those were the days, my friends.
@@andyc6542 Same here Andy. I've struggled to think things will get better but you know what? They will! We'll have a better year of it next year, I'm determined to! If you feel down keep doing what you're doing and seek more trips into nostalgia, it's incredibly therapeutic and cheers me up no end! Merry Christmas 🎅🎄
I loved Christmas back then. I remember finishing school and then we would go and pick my Nan up. She would spoil us rotten and fall asleep in the chair with a snowball drink in her hand!!!. Bless her
The 80s was a good decade as many have said, life was simpler, we amused ourselves with board games and we all came together on Christmas day in the evening, The Internet has made a huge impact but not always for the best.
This makes my heart hurt, such nostalgia! Takes me back to being a little kid when life was simple. Lost my Dad in Feb 2018 and Christmas just doesn’t feel the same anymore , these take me right back to those happy safe days.
@@kaytowsey2094 I am sorry to hear that. My adult children and teenager lost their dad suddenly last year in September. We were separated but it hit us all very hard. Christmas is the big one, I think.
How I miss the 80s when Life was just simpler and better. Music, films and even the start of the video games boom. Summer holidays went on for what seemed forever and the sun always seemed to shine.
The ads these days are determined not to be cosy or friendly and no longer reflect things that most people like or miss about Christmas. The magic is gone. Sterile and bland sadly
For me i'm not sure it was 'better' as I tended to not have any money and so on but I certainly do miss the period. One great thing about the 2020s is how in regards to entertainment boredom has been 'eliminated' at least for me!
Wish i was young again , I loved my mother and father miss them so much, and christmas was wonderful they would spoil us and we never noticed how hard it was for them because they never showed i think we forget that the miracle of christmas was being wrapped in love and people was so much nicer that time of year ,
@@loulou7963 Wish i had the wisdom when all these wonderful people was around us to show how truely blessed we are ,i would like to think that they saw in my eyes how safe and loved i felt, I hope that you have a lovely christmas and love in your life God bless you,
karl jones thank you that’s so so lovely of you. I’m sure our loved ones knew exactly what Christmas pasts meant to us. We can treasure them forever. I lost my beloved mommy to ovarian cancer last year. This is my second Christmas without her and I miss her every single second but I hope one day I am strong enough to do her proud x I wish you and yours all the very best for Christmas 🎄❤️🙏
@@loulou7963 Your mother was proud of you the second that she set eyes on you, Your mother is wispering in your ear telling you how proud she is of you and loves you, this is my second christmas with out both of mine, i lost them months apart, when i talk to mine in my head tonight i will ask them to find your mother and tell her what a lovely person with the ability to say kind words to a stranger i really hope your heart finds peace and you will always be surrounded by love, Thank you
I guess it’s because we were kids..... but that said these were indeed great times.. even when things were bad somehow I was still happy.. My beloved Nan was still with us.. I don’t really cope well in these modern days the way things have gone... I find myself constantly remembering these times😊😊😊😊
It’s true that back in the 80s they went all out with wall to wall Christmas ads. It was solid in the run up to Christmas and when it came it was a proper holiday. Everything shut down and it was you and the family going through the thick Radio Times deciding what to watch. I remember manning the video recorder on Christmas Day to record Raiders of the Lost Ark. Seeing ads for Our Price makes me sad!
@@alg4840 Agreed with Darth Bossk and yourself... I loved that things actually shut down over Christmas! You'd hardly hear any cars out on Christmas day either, just usually kids zooming around on their new push bikes! I was no exception!
I loved the 80s, I was 15 in 86 and seriously when the Enya ad came on I couldn't believe it was 33 years ago. One moment the year 2000 is the futuristic dream and now its old news.
Trollop 7 The whole idea of Christmas has been lost!, we have to be so PC about things now, for fear of upsetting someone! The main principle of Christmas is celebrating the birth of Christ, yet we can no longer have Christmas plays at ALL primary schools for fear of upsetting someone or someone’s faith! We no longer have grottoes with Father Christmas in ALL shopping centres for fear of upsetting someone! The shops have commercialised Christmas with putting way too much stuff in stores in October instead of December so elongating the commercial side of Christmas! Christmas should be treated with respect and a special time of year, bringing the spirit of Christmas alive! Christmas was Christmas back in the 80’s it was a happy and joyful time, with the feelings and excitement of Father Christmas coming to drop a present or two! Department stores used to have huge decorations and a grotto in store! Christmas carols would be sung at your door! We remembered the birth of Jesus Christ! With visits from the local church and we visited the local church to sing carols and acknowledge the birth of Jesus Christ! There was little technology and the internet back then, as more people would drop round for a Christmas toast, Christmas parties and it made it more fun and cosy! Technology in my mind now spoils the feelings of Christmas too! Many will sit glued to their phone, messages sent instead of Christmas cards etc! Now it’s Happy Holidays! Christmas carols have to be censored, Christmas decorations are banned in places for fear they could offend people of other faiths! It’s just not how I remembered! Do you remember it like that or are you born after the 1980’s? I am sorry if I have upset you and your faith by discussing my own thoughts on this matter, that is not my intention!
@@ElleMay I see, thanks. So basically, the De-Christianization of our culture, the rejection of tradition, the assault on family structures, and the commodification of Christmas. Tell me, what's a beautiful woman like you doing up so early on a Sunday morning writing essays?
Trollop 7 Thank you for that compliment, it’s graciously received! Yes basically, you’ve summed it up very well! As for writing essays early on a Sunday morning, I was trying to describe why I think Christmas isn’t like it used to be, to hopefully answer your question in the best possible way! I also enjoy writing, I might not be that good at it but try my best! Thank you 😊
I remember when Iceland was Bejam. They sold Halloween treats called Ice Screams! I do miss Woolworths though, especially the sweet counter. Don’t appreciate Phil Green for bringing down BHS so calamitously.
Ugh, true! I've done a few deliveries there to the old Liverpool Echo building mainly (some shopping centre hotel complex thing in the making?) And it's shocking to see just how worn out it all looks. Well, worn out mixed with new mickey mouse architecture which is blighting every major city currently. I used to love going to Manchester but it now just looks like a miniature London... not a good look. Why can't they just for the most part restore and repair to a good standard what's already there? All these once great and individual cities are losing their identities to a uniform, homogeneous look which will look horrifically dated in 10 year's time. Anyway, enough of my moaning, Merry Christmas! 🎄
Birkenhead markets the same not like it was grange Rd was busy shops have gone and shops would be all decarated for Christmas it's was brilliant not any more
You know from pressing play on this vid, to the moment it stops it relights that magic feeling of 80's christmas time. Thank you for letting me remember happy times
These days my eldest Brother and my Parents are too busy working on Christmas(while in their mid-late 60's) because they need the money due to how fucked the economy is now. I'm lucky if I can get the whole family at a table for a Christmas dinner these days. :(
Because it was a slow build up, December 1st was "Christmas stuff appearing on shelves" And by the 2nd week it was Christmas songs everywhere and the excitement building. Now, early October Christmas stuff is being pushed until Xmas eve
Omg how sad to see Woolworths, BHS, Our Price and Rumbelows. All high street icons while I was growing up and now no longer trading. Thank you for this trip down memory lane. The 80’s was the best era x
So many good memories watching these ads. I have lost so many good people since then, but everyone, think of all the good times with them and the fact they would never of wanted to see you upset. Remember all the joy they brought us. Be grateful we knew them and we are still here to remember them xx
Hardly any of those shops left now.Little did we know then that there would be a retail apocalypse in the future.We always thought there would be plenty of shops.Then came the Internet.
We all contribute towards it unfortunately. For ease of delivery, prices that outmatch those in shops, and greater variety. I miss the days of pre internet shopping, despite all of the above. Unfortunately, not sure we’ll ever see those days again...
@@ladytron9188 hardly an apocalypse , more a temporary lull. There are loads of wonderful shops on the British high streets. Charity shops, for example, have boomed in recent years. The Great British High Street will continue to be in rude health for many years to come.
Jason Edwards yeah, when husbands were ‘allowed’ to rape their wives, racism and bigotry was acceptable in everyday life including sit coms, a woman’s place was still considered to be in the home even if she worked as many hours as her husband. Jimmy Saville was still considered to be one of the nice guys, beatings in schools were still an acceptable way to teach children, four tv channels, BT had the monopoly on phones, AIDS was a killer, when we waited an average of ten years for films to go from cinema release to tv. Shops were closed for half the weekend, and don’t even think about trying to buy alcohol at a time convenient to you, it had to be within ‘licensing’ hours. I’m much happier living in the here and now.
@@JulieWallis1963 Well i was only about 7 or 8 back then so trying to buy alcohol at at time convenient to me wasn't really a a necessity or high on my agenda to me as obviously it was to you.
I worked in a department store in Cardiff in 1977. We had our Santa in place at the beginning of October. That doesn’t happen now thankfully. So, no, Christmas doesn’t start earlier every year. It actually starts later
October? I was in Pwllheli Woolworths on August bank holiday 2000 and they had the Christmas decorations out for sale. About 5 years ago I was in Stratford upon Avon in June and there was a Christmas shop open on the main road. Like Victor Meldrew said "They'll be draping tinsel over the Easter eggs soon"
Omfg bejam ! 😯😯 and those Croft original ads ! 😂😂❤️ and that sledgehammer video ! And music was awesome. Oh how I wish I could go back 😢 and all those Christmas adverts felt so Christmasy somehow !
Things were much cheaper then and bigger tins of sweets, but now I have my own kids it's all relevant they see Christmas as fantastic and will tell their kids the same
I've got some of the Boots Classical Collection CD's shown in the advert. Bought in 1990, almost 30 years ago, and still play perfectly! I played one just last night. Mind you, CD's are not indestructible. They do need treating with care.
was 14 when most of these adverts came out.. Im looking for earlier... Ads from 1981/82/83. But these were still excellent. Thankyou. Nicely collected and collated.
Back when I was just a teen but loving being around my family! Christmas was the best time of the year. Now it’s the sadest. These adverts brought back great memories thanks for posting !
I love 80s adverts, but I love 80s Xmas adverts even more. Takes me back to being a kid and Christmas being magic, when it was Christmas and the shops closed and sales started in January Christmas just isn't the same anymore now I'm older and have no family left to spend it with. Watching these ads just gives me a lovely feeling and wishing I could go back to these times
I know what ya mean mate. I hear what you say about Christmas. I used to spend my childhood Christmas's with my huge family at a big house in Guildford with all us boys/cousins having the best time ever. Now most of my uncles and my dad are dead. It's just me and mum lately. Sounds a bit sad but it's ok, we still have a good laugh. Hope you have a nice Christmas this year. xx
Be strong xx remember you are loved. I don't know if you have a faith but Jesus loves you. He loves you enough to die for all the wrong things you ever did so that you can enter into a relationship with God. Remember you are never alone xx
Ok look I will confess, I am 49 English living away in Ireland , it's a Friday I thave a drink or two in me and this will probably make me cry, my life is ace, nice job, great family BUT mate I miss the 80s, Mum n Dad alive and the joy of being a kid, in fact the sale a Cook's had me a Commodore 64 and a BMX , that was me !!! Who needs girls (that came in the 90s ...and it WAS worth the wait ;0) ) Whomever posted this I thank them, MTV, the kids TV, ATeam, knight rider, Dukes of Hazard , the music, Breakdancing, ATARI, Marty McFly Ghostbusters, Teenage Ninja Turtles, Transformers, HeMan and so much much more man we had it GOOD
Yes I remember it too and the advert with the singing vegetables imploring you to "don't go" anywhere else! Presto merged with Safeway and of course Safeway was then merged with Morrisons so I would imagine a few presto stores back then are Morrisons now. Or maybe not!
any one ever remember a advert near to xmas with a bad tempered chef trying to wrap a big turkey with small foil. and he lost it and threw it . used to be so funny, i think it was an old baco foil advert . it would have been around the early 1970's time. and on border tv.
I remember shopping at Bejams with my uncle. Really miss the 80s. Bit sad really when you see all the shops being advertised that are no longer around. 😢
Christmas in the 50is was special when dad said if you dont go to sleep FATHER CHRISTMAS wont come to our house we were very poor but very rich in my lovely memories both my parent shave passed on but God bless them for being my mum and dad xx
Wonderful memories from a wonderful much more simpler time. We have gained a lot since then but lost so much more. Greed has made Christmas soulless and empty. We have more to watch on Tv 📺 but most of it is rubbish. These adverts make want to go shopping the old fashioned way, with cash instead of apple 🍏 pay. I miss Christmas 🎄 how it used be.
Oh thank you for this post took me back when my parents were with me lost dad in 86 mum 98 if only for one Christmas they could come back to their grandchildren 😢
Rumbelows! Our Price ! Awww those were the days. I'm 39 so I was little in the 80s. Christmas was so magic . I try to do it for my own kids and keep it as traditional as possible.
Wow the nostalgia. I forgot about Woolworths, it was a great shop, I remember it had lots of Christmas chocolate and other interesting treasures in there all very cheap, perfect whilst Christmas shopping as a teenager. I remember me and my brother always seeing a carpet advert one Christmas and singing the song from the ad. Most people didn't have much money but we appreciated what we had. I hope we can all return to the values of the past as I think we went wrong with excessive technology and now the covid dystopia.
Those days are long gone 😔😔 I remember my dad filling car coz all petrol pumps will be closed for 3 days all shops only pubs & local off license will be open but everyone stayed at home with the family enjoying tv only 4 channels. Now Xmas is just business nothing to do with faith & family time. 😥😥
Little bit of useless trivia for you: Bejam was bought out by Iceland, what was unusual was that at the time Iceland was a small company with just a few shops. Bejam could have bought Iceland 10 times over... The top man wanted more time with his family so sold up for probably less than he needed... the risk could have bankrupted them
I don't remember Hillards at all. I don't wanna sound like a dick but was it a Northern thing? My first job was with London's Greenwich council computer unit. £70 a week. Awh
13:01 Next, search slideshows for this songs. Naturally there are many. 13:13 I remember this one with great fondness. The bold yet gentle sound of the strings brings fresh light and warmth to a delightful Christmas tune we know so well.
Our family was really poor that year, we had hardly anything but it's one of the Christmases that was most enjoyable. I made a lot of gifts on my sewing machine ! I didn't have any money for bought gifts. My husband took my young daughter to buy me Enya's tape. They went everywhere, they were sold out, but managed to find one in the end ! Glad you remember it too. That collection of songs was amazing, especially at Christmas for some reason! Happy memories 🌲🎄
@@vmm5163 i don't know if you have Netflix but (and I hope it's still on there) but there is a documentary on there called "Happy" the picture is a blue sky and smiley face clouds or something similar. It explains why all the poorer countries have the happier people in them than the wealthier countries. Wealth isnt all about money, as you were lucky enough to discover back then. People are the only really important "things". And once they are gone, there's no getting them back. Everything else can be replaced.
God bless the 1980s.
Had a tough few days and reached rock bottom, but something as simple as these old commercials has resonated with my soul and given me a small piece of happiness.
Noelle Thank you - do appreciate the kind words!
As human beings we have to ride the highs with the lows - that’s part of life.
Have hugely nostalgic views of the pre internet age of the 80s and 90s; maybe it was part and parcel of not having the stresses of adult life to contend with...
yes the simplest things are the best. Shame we dont find that out for years tho. People are the most important thing. Playing cards, dominoes or board games. Not just at Christmas. I remember a power-cut back in the 80s and my parents and I playing scrabble by candlelight! Those were the days, my friends.
Feel better soon Andy. Take care.
Stay strong!! Nothing lasts forever.......
@@andyc6542
Same here Andy. I've struggled to think things will get better but you know what? They will! We'll have a better year of it next year, I'm determined to!
If you feel down keep doing what you're doing and seek more trips into nostalgia, it's incredibly therapeutic and cheers me up no end!
Merry Christmas 🎅🎄
I loved Christmas back then. I remember finishing school and then we would go and pick my Nan up. She would spoil us rotten and fall asleep in the chair with a snowball drink in her hand!!!. Bless her
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Yes; and the Christmas season started around three weeks before 25th December, not mid June like nowadays!
That's what Christmas is about 🎅🎄🎁🌟♥️🕯
I’d go back in a Heartbeat
You and me both and loads of others I suspect!
Merry Christmas fella! 🎅
Even more now ( Christmas 2020 UK 😔)
Especially now with coronavirus
You'd only end up back here eventually.
So would I. Happier times less hassle,
The 80s was a good decade as many have said, life was simpler, we amused ourselves with board games and we all came together on Christmas day in the evening, The Internet has made a huge impact but not always for the best.
This makes my heart hurt, such nostalgia! Takes me back to being a little kid when life was simple. Lost my Dad in Feb 2018 and Christmas just doesn’t feel the same anymore , these take me right back to those happy safe days.
Sorry for your loss
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I'm so sorry for your loss. Christmas can be a hard one x
I lost my Dad October2016, and it certainly doesn’t feel like Christmas anymore.
These ads brought happy Christmas’s back.
Xxxx
@@kaytowsey2094 I am sorry to hear that. My adult children and teenager lost their dad suddenly last year in September. We were separated but it hit us all very hard. Christmas is the big one, I think.
I’m a 49 year old man who loves Christmas.... this brings me back
Same...although im 44
How I miss the 80s when Life was just simpler and better. Music, films and even the start of the video games boom. Summer holidays went on for what seemed forever and the sun always seemed to shine.
The ads these days are determined not to be cosy or friendly and no longer reflect things that most people like or miss about Christmas. The magic is gone. Sterile and bland sadly
Makes me feel very old.l miss those days so very much.god bless you all.
It was better wasn't it I'm not just imagining it. We had all we needed it's gone too far now.
There was something about summer evenings as a kid, they seemed to last forever. Playing out until it went dark. Then another sunny day tomorrow.
For me i'm not sure it was 'better' as I tended to not have any money and so on but I certainly do miss the period. One great thing about the 2020s is how in regards to entertainment boredom has been 'eliminated' at least for me!
Wish i could be back there sometimes.
It's ok, we're going back to the 70s in January if the Tories win the GE. You can relive all that wonderful nostalgia in real time! Gonna be great.
@@Irishgui83 Labour were in charge for most of 70s, hence the economic mess we were in at the start of the 80s.
Your not the only one 👍🏼
Me too , mum had no money but she made it magical ✨
Wish i was young again ,
I loved my mother and father miss them so much, and christmas was wonderful they would spoil us and we never noticed how hard it was for them because they never showed i think we forget that the miracle of christmas was being wrapped in love and people was so much nicer that time of year ,
karl jones I totally agree. I wish I could go back 💕
@@loulou7963
Wish i had the wisdom when all these wonderful people was around us to show how truely blessed we are ,i would like to
think that they saw in my eyes how safe and loved i felt,
I hope that you have a lovely christmas and love in your life God bless you,
karl jones thank you that’s so so lovely of you. I’m sure our loved ones knew exactly what Christmas pasts meant to us. We can treasure them forever. I lost my beloved mommy to ovarian cancer last year. This is my second Christmas without her and I miss her every single second but I hope one day I am strong enough to do her proud x I wish you and yours all the very best for Christmas 🎄❤️🙏
@@loulou7963
Your mother was proud of you the second that she set eyes on you,
Your mother is wispering in your ear telling you how proud she is of you and loves you, this is my second christmas with out both of mine, i lost them months apart, when i talk to mine in my head tonight i will ask them to find your mother and tell her what a lovely person with the ability to say kind words to a stranger i really hope your heart finds peace and you will always be surrounded by love,
Thank you
karl jones and thank you too. For your kindness and goodness. You have no idea what a comfort it is 💕💕💕
Amazing how big the tins of Roses were!
Jonathan Wilson before they tasted cheap and nasty too.
I was just thinking that! 😊
I bought Roses last year in a fit of nostalgia......never again!!! Bloody awful x
And that was when roses sweets were good quality.Now there made with cheap ingredients.
Rebecca Farrugia before the US brought Cadbury’s
This gives me that warm fuzzy feeling I used to have as a kid on the run up to christmas. You don't get adverts like this anymore 😢😞
warm feeling and sad feeling too
Wish these adverts were still here
I guess it’s because we were kids..... but that said these were indeed great times.. even when things were bad somehow I was still happy.. My beloved Nan was still with us.. I don’t really cope well in these modern days the way things have gone... I find myself constantly remembering these times😊😊😊😊
It’s true that back in the 80s they went all out with wall to wall Christmas ads. It was solid in the run up to Christmas and when it came it was a proper holiday. Everything shut down and it was you and the family going through the thick Radio Times deciding what to watch. I remember manning the video recorder on Christmas Day to record Raiders of the Lost Ark. Seeing ads for Our Price makes me sad!
Omg I agree!!!! This makes me want to go back so bad..... even for 1 Christmas Day!
It made making sure you'd got everything in a nightmare.
@@alg4840
Agreed with Darth Bossk and yourself... I loved that things actually shut down over Christmas! You'd hardly hear any cars out on Christmas day either, just usually kids zooming around on their new push bikes! I was no exception!
Very true, those were the days. Christmas seemed to last ages, Now it just flys by. The 80's were the best. Good times.
I loved the 80s, I was 15 in 86 and seriously when the Enya ad came on I couldn't believe it was 33 years ago. One moment the year 2000 is the futuristic dream and now its old news.
Man I miss Christmas as a kid. So lucky to have parents who brought the whole season alive.
When Christmas, was Christmas! Fantastic times! 🎄🎅🏽🍻🥂🍊🎁
And what is it now, Elle?
Trollop 7 The whole idea of Christmas has been lost!, we have to be so PC about things now, for fear of upsetting someone!
The main principle of Christmas is celebrating the birth of Christ, yet we can no longer have Christmas plays at ALL primary schools for fear of upsetting someone or someone’s faith!
We no longer have grottoes with Father Christmas in ALL shopping centres for fear of upsetting someone! The shops have commercialised Christmas with putting way too much stuff in stores in October instead of December so elongating the commercial side of Christmas! Christmas should be treated with respect and a special time of year, bringing the spirit of Christmas alive!
Christmas was Christmas back in the 80’s it was a happy and joyful time, with the feelings and excitement of Father Christmas coming to drop a present or two! Department stores used to have huge decorations and a grotto in store! Christmas carols would be sung at your door! We remembered the birth of Jesus Christ! With visits from the local church and we visited the local church to sing carols and acknowledge the birth of Jesus Christ!
There was little technology and the internet back then, as more people would drop round for a Christmas toast, Christmas parties and it made it more fun and cosy!
Technology in my mind now spoils the feelings of Christmas too! Many will sit glued to their phone, messages sent instead of Christmas cards etc!
Now it’s Happy Holidays! Christmas carols have to be censored, Christmas decorations are banned in places for fear they could offend people of other faiths! It’s just not how I remembered! Do you remember it like that or are you born after the 1980’s?
I am sorry if I have upset you and your faith by discussing my own thoughts on this matter, that is not my intention!
@@ElleMay
I see, thanks. So basically, the De-Christianization of our culture, the rejection of tradition, the assault on family structures, and the commodification of Christmas.
Tell me, what's a beautiful woman like you doing up so early on a Sunday morning writing essays?
Trollop 7 Thank you for that compliment, it’s graciously received!
Yes basically, you’ve summed it up very well!
As for writing essays early on a Sunday morning, I was trying to describe why I think Christmas isn’t like it used to be, to hopefully answer your question in the best possible way! I also enjoy writing, I might not be that good at it but try my best!
Thank you 😊
@@ElleMay You must be deep into your Xmas preparations by now, no?
Awww all these old stores! RIP Our Price, Woolworths, BHS , Bejam and others in 80s.
@ Katie Fraser: Bejam rebranded itself as Iceland, Katie.
Yes Bejam bought out Iceland then changed to Iceland! They still live on...
@@blazer666del unlike Rumbelows
Katie Fras
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I remember when Iceland was Bejam. They sold Halloween treats called Ice Screams!
I do miss Woolworths though, especially the sweet counter.
Don’t appreciate Phil Green for bringing down BHS so calamitously.
You know your old when you think Christmas was better 30 years ago.
The 80's love that era, brings so many memories
FF to Christmas 2020 in Liverpool. Boarded up shops, empty pubs, no joy, no spirit, endless misery. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Ugh, true! I've done a few deliveries there to the old Liverpool Echo building mainly (some shopping centre hotel complex thing in the making?) And it's shocking to see just how worn out it all looks.
Well, worn out mixed with new mickey mouse architecture which is blighting every major city currently. I used to love going to Manchester but it now just looks like a miniature London... not a good look.
Why can't they just for the most part restore and repair to a good standard what's already there? All these once great and individual cities are losing their identities to a uniform, homogeneous look which will look horrifically dated in 10 year's time.
Anyway, enough of my moaning, Merry Christmas! 🎄
@@skylined5534 Merry Christmas
Birkenhead markets the same not like it was grange Rd was busy shops have gone and shops would be all decarated for Christmas it's was brilliant not any more
How many people back then thought in 2019 we'd be watching these again on a phone over the internet?!
Me.
I never did but im so glad I can
Nobody.This was science fiction back then.👨💻😀
Get your drift. Didn't know about internet then 😉
And yet we take it all for granted. This would have blown my mind if I knew when I was a kid.
The joy of a 1980s Woolies Christmas ad!
Love this nostalgia when Christmas was exciting.
You know from pressing play on this vid, to the moment it stops it relights that magic feeling of 80's christmas time. Thank you for letting me remember happy times
Back when Christmas actually felt like Christmas
It certainly did
These days my eldest Brother and my Parents are too busy working on Christmas(while in their mid-late 60's) because they need the money due to how fucked the economy is now. I'm lucky if I can get the whole family at a table for a Christmas dinner these days. :(
I agree happy days
Because it was a slow build up, December 1st was "Christmas stuff appearing on shelves"
And by the 2nd week it was Christmas songs everywhere and the excitement building.
Now, early October Christmas stuff is being pushed until Xmas eve
And they didn't run these from November the f*cking 1st
I can remember when these adverts where on telly, seems like yesterday.😊
Definitely better days when these were about...didn’t appreciate just how good they were
Omg how sad to see Woolworths, BHS, Our Price and Rumbelows. All high street icons while I was growing up and now no longer trading. Thank you for this trip down memory lane. The 80’s was the best era x
More recently, not long before BHS closed down, I thought of them as being one of the best shops for buying Christmas presents from.
Tj Hughes oakkells big coops even the market was busy not any more
Better times back then!
Takes me right back. Wish I could relive these times was much better than these days. Christmas now isn't the same
So many good memories watching these ads. I have lost so many good people since then, but everyone, think of all the good times with them and the fact they would never of wanted to see you upset. Remember all the joy they brought us. Be grateful we knew them and we are still here to remember them xx
Hardly any of those shops left now.Little did we know then that there would be a retail apocalypse in the future.We always thought there would be plenty of shops.Then came the Internet.
We all contribute towards it unfortunately. For ease of delivery, prices that outmatch those in shops, and greater variety.
I miss the days of pre internet shopping, despite all of the above. Unfortunately, not sure we’ll ever see those days again...
Apocalypse? It's a shopper's dream now. Nowadays, thanks to online services, I barely have to move from my bed. That's progress.
Richard Biles The high st apocalypse.👍😀
@@ladytron9188 hardly an apocalypse , more a temporary lull. There are loads of wonderful shops on the British high streets. Charity shops, for example, have boomed in recent years. The Great British High Street will continue to be in rude health for many years to come.
used to love the woolies christmas adverts. and used to save the esso tiger tokens.
Ah i remember having to adjust the tracking while watching a video. This was a time when life was great, great to see again remember them all.
Wasn't life better back then no mobile phones , internet. happy days
Jason Edwards yeah, when husbands were ‘allowed’ to rape their wives, racism and bigotry was acceptable in everyday life including sit coms, a woman’s place was still considered to be in the home even if she worked as many hours as her husband. Jimmy Saville was still considered to be one of the nice guys, beatings in schools were still an acceptable way to teach children, four tv channels, BT had the monopoly on phones, AIDS was a killer, when we waited an average of ten years for films to go from cinema release to tv. Shops were closed for half the weekend, and don’t even think about trying to buy alcohol at a time convenient to you, it had to be within ‘licensing’ hours.
I’m much happier living in the here and now.
@@JulieWallis1963 Well i was only about 7 or 8 back then so trying to buy alcohol at at time convenient to me wasn't really a a necessity or high on my agenda to me as obviously it was to you.
julie Wallis I guess YOU had a bad time in the 80s 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jason Edwards too true!!!
@@JulieWallis1963 - It must have been tough round at your house. - We had alot of fun in the 80's - party on.
Really cool. I remember a lot of them. At least everybody was free. You know, normal.
Smiling, laughing etc.
Back when Christmas started at Christmas and not October like these days
Even then Harrods opened their Christmas Decorations department in August!
Agreed.
I worked in a department store in Cardiff in 1977. We had our Santa in place at the beginning of October. That doesn’t happen now thankfully. So, no, Christmas doesn’t start earlier every year. It actually starts later
@@mcculloch29 sshh! Everything was better in the past, I even got given a pair of rose tinted glasses that I've started wearing in recent years 😉
October? I was in Pwllheli Woolworths on August bank holiday 2000 and they had the Christmas decorations out for sale. About 5 years ago I was in Stratford upon Avon in June and there was a Christmas shop open on the main road.
Like Victor Meldrew said "They'll be draping tinsel over the Easter eggs soon"
Just hearing the old vhs/tv feedback brings back some good memories, these where the good old days gone but nog fogotten!!
Lovely memories Thankyou for sharing
Absolutely brilliant ads,no computers,no mobiles,just fun toys Xmas was ace in the 80s,I’m 50 tomorrow and still love Xmas
Omfg bejam ! 😯😯 and those Croft original ads ! 😂😂❤️ and that sledgehammer video ! And music was awesome. Oh how I wish I could go back 😢 and all those Christmas adverts felt so Christmasy somehow !
These are so these are so much more better than today’s adverts...they actually make you want to buy stuff and don’t just tell you a fairytale.
Mhairi Gibbons there’s no meanings to adverts nowadays
Love these, better than the current ones!
Wow remember some those adverts , takes me back to good times , when xmas felt like Christmas 🎄🎄 miss the 80's
Omg miss the old ads they were brilliant
Things were much cheaper then and bigger tins of sweets, but now I have my own kids it's all relevant they see Christmas as fantastic and will tell their kids the same
I've got some of the Boots Classical Collection CD's shown in the advert. Bought in 1990, almost 30 years ago, and still play perfectly! I played one just last night. Mind you, CD's are not indestructible. They do need treating with care.
I was born in 95 but my gosh I enjoy putting these on TH-cam at Christmas with my folks they remember these a lot
I used to clean for an Elderly lady and she had a 30 odd year old Bejam microwave oven that still worked really well.
I used to work for Hillards when I was a student, what a great blast from the past :-) Thanks for sharing
Life was better before internet and mobile phones.
It's annoying that I had to sit through new adverts to watch the old one's.
install "ADBLOCK FOR TH-cam" problem solved
@@TheMikeygas how?
Love these old ads nice one thank you 👌🏻❤️👍🏻😊
was 14 when most of these adverts came out.. Im looking for earlier... Ads from 1981/82/83. But these were still excellent. Thankyou. Nicely collected and collated.
I need to buy some old spice to remember my grandpa
Christmas was Christmas then and life was a lot easier.
When you could buy an eclectic mix from boots. I remember when you could buy your landline phone from there and walkmens.
Nicole Powell - I had a Boots own brand B+W portable TV!
Thank you for assembling and posting !
Forgotten how many alcohol adverts there were back then lol. Thank you for the great memories . X
Back when I was just a teen but loving being around my family! Christmas was the best time of the year. Now it’s the sadest. These adverts brought back great memories thanks for posting !
I love this channel feel like im 10 good memory's thanks for the great work neil
I wonder if kids growing up in the 80's from other European countries, witnessed the same amount of alcohol on their tv screens as us Brits did! 😂
I love 80s adverts, but I love 80s Xmas adverts even more. Takes me back to being a kid and Christmas being magic, when it was Christmas and the shops closed and sales started in January
Christmas just isn't the same anymore now I'm older and have no family left to spend it with. Watching these ads just gives me a lovely feeling and wishing I could go back to these times
I know what ya mean mate. I hear what you say about Christmas. I used to spend my childhood Christmas's with my huge family at a big house in Guildford with all us boys/cousins having the best time ever. Now most of my uncles and my dad are dead. It's just me and mum lately. Sounds a bit sad but it's ok, we still have a good laugh. Hope you have a nice Christmas this year. xx
@@hopebgood Thank you. I hope you have a good Christmas too, let's hope we get an end to Covid, that would be the best pressie ever
@@davem4544 :)
Be strong xx remember you are loved. I don't know if you have a faith but Jesus loves you. He loves you enough to die for all the wrong things you ever did so that you can enter into a relationship with God. Remember you are never alone xx
Ok look I will confess, I am 49 English living away in Ireland , it's a Friday I thave a drink or two in me and this will probably make me cry, my life is ace, nice job, great family BUT mate I miss the 80s, Mum n Dad alive and the joy of being a kid, in fact the sale a Cook's had me a Commodore 64 and a BMX , that was me !!! Who needs girls (that came in the 90s ...and it WAS worth the wait ;0) )
Whomever posted this I thank them, MTV, the kids TV, ATeam, knight rider, Dukes of Hazard , the music, Breakdancing, ATARI, Marty McFly Ghostbusters, Teenage Ninja Turtles, Transformers, HeMan and so much much more man we had it GOOD
I'm feeling so old now because I remember Presto supermarket.
Yes I remember it too and the advert with the singing vegetables imploring you to "don't go" anywhere else! Presto merged with Safeway and of course Safeway was then merged with Morrisons so I would imagine a few presto stores back then are Morrisons now. Or maybe not!
@@andrewholland1390 Yes. Our local Presto became Safeway, which became Somerfield which most recently became Asda.
aye, presto, also binns, and maypole. also gem. there is a blast from the past.
Someone give me a time machine so I can go back.
any one ever remember a advert near to xmas with a bad tempered chef trying to wrap a big turkey with small foil. and he lost it and threw it . used to be so funny, i think it was an old baco foil advert . it would have been around the early 1970's time. and on border tv.
Brings back 80 memories
Excellent stuff, thanks for uploading.
30 years ago and so many brands and companies no longer with us.
I remember shopping at Bejams with my uncle. Really miss the 80s. Bit sad really when you see all the shops being advertised that are no longer around. 😢
thanks for this neil, gosh it takes me right back . happy christmas everyone , take care of each other and enjoy !!
Christmas in the 50is was special when dad said if you dont go to sleep FATHER CHRISTMAS wont come to our house we were very poor but very rich in my lovely memories both my parent shave passed on but God bless them for being my mum and dad xx
Love can never be bought x
Wonderful memories from a wonderful much more simpler time. We have gained a lot since then but lost so much more. Greed has made Christmas soulless and empty. We have more to watch on Tv 📺 but most of it is rubbish. These adverts make want to go shopping the old fashioned way, with cash instead of apple 🍏 pay.
I miss Christmas 🎄 how it used be.
Im loving all the foods ..I could cry ...if only we know what was instore for us in 2020......
£12.99 for disney movies, that explains why santa never brought them.
Laura p That was a lot of money then.
yeah, could have got a couple of Transformers for that price.
Yeah it's funny how some Disney DVDs are now around £5 to £7 I'm Tesco and new Blu Rays are around £20!
Nostalgia overload.
Haha I remember so many of these... I don't remember beer being so cheap though lol
I love these so much, and I wasn’t even around in the 80s 😂
Love this!! Thanks
I was a child of the 80s and enjoying the nostalgia, but who the eff put cream on their jacket potatoes? @5:00 I'm offended OFFENDED I tell thee
beans or cheese was about it, back in the 80s.
Oh thank you for this post took me back when my parents were with me lost dad in 86 mum 98 if only for one Christmas they could come back to their grandchildren 😢
Rumbelows! Our Price ! Awww those were the days. I'm 39 so I was little in the 80s. Christmas was so magic . I try to do it for my own kids and keep it as traditional as possible.
Ah Rumbelows - they spent 10p or so on a stamp with a final reminder that I owed them 1p. Go figure.
The irony of not wanting to see a 5 second advert on a video of adverts
Wow the nostalgia. I forgot about Woolworths, it was a great shop, I remember it had lots of Christmas chocolate and other interesting treasures in there all very cheap, perfect whilst Christmas shopping as a teenager. I remember me and my brother always seeing a carpet advert one Christmas and singing the song from the ad. Most people didn't have much money but we appreciated what we had. I hope we can all return to the values of the past as I think we went wrong with excessive technology and now the covid dystopia.
Love it💖 thank you
Interesting how many alcohol-related adverts there were in those days!
Those were the proper days !!! Always looked forward to Christmas 🎄 ...... now not the same !!!
Those days are long gone 😔😔 I remember my dad filling car coz all petrol pumps will be closed for 3 days all shops only pubs & local off license will be open but everyone stayed at home with the family enjoying tv only 4 channels. Now Xmas is just business nothing to do with faith & family time. 😥😥
The Co-op advert is from the Anglia region, and nice to see Rainbow getting the top billing there.
Little bit of useless trivia for you:
Bejam was bought out by Iceland, what was unusual was that at the time Iceland was a small company with just a few shops. Bejam could have bought Iceland 10 times over...
The top man wanted more time with his family so sold up for probably less than he needed... the risk could have bankrupted them
Thanks for this!
British snowmen drink beer, while ours just eat soup lol
zestsoap20 Then melt!
Hillards was my 1st job. So the advert bought back memories.😊
I don't remember Hillards at all. I don't wanna sound like a dick but was it a Northern thing? My first job was with London's Greenwich council computer unit. £70 a week. Awh
Watching all these now just shows how wank Christmas is today, kids don’t av a clue now a days
Back when food and drink looked and tasted better 🤔🤔
13:01 Next, search slideshows for this songs. Naturally there are many.
13:13 I remember this one with great fondness. The bold yet gentle sound of the strings brings fresh light and warmth to a delightful Christmas tune we know so well.
Mandate, oh God the smell, lol
VHS videos at Woolworths stores... those were the days.. 😉
Before every household had the internet and people went outside to socialise
I actually remember the enya one very well gave me goosebumps
Our family was really poor that year, we had hardly anything but it's one of the Christmases that was most enjoyable. I made a lot of gifts on my sewing machine ! I didn't have any money for bought gifts. My husband took my young daughter to buy me Enya's tape. They went everywhere, they were sold out, but managed to find one in the end ! Glad you remember it too. That collection of songs was amazing, especially at Christmas for some reason! Happy memories 🌲🎄
Nineties tho surely?
October Sun - Nope. Her album Watermark was released in 1988.
@@vmm5163 i don't know if you have Netflix but (and I hope it's still on there) but there is a documentary on there called "Happy" the picture is a blue sky and smiley face clouds or something similar. It explains why all the poorer countries have the happier people in them than the wealthier countries. Wealth isnt all about money, as you were lucky enough to discover back then. People are the only really important "things". And once they are gone, there's no getting them back. Everything else can be replaced.
It’s a bit scary to think half the people in these ads are probably 70 odd now
ScrewInTheTuna Or dead
Indeed 3:56
Peter Gabriel
is 69