Adverts from the 1980s

Rapid Retro: the rise and fall of cigarette advertising

Posted on 20/09/202520/09/2025

It doesn’t seem that long ago when cigarette advertising was the norm: they were seen on billboards, in magazines, in cinemas, in newsagents, on Formula One racing cars (remember the eye-catching Lotus with the striking black and gold of John Player Special?) and even in the world of professional tennis! Recently, I came across three […]

Rapid Retro: Halifax Cardcash

Posted on 24/05/202524/05/2025

Rapid Retro: Holidays & Coupons

Posted on 29/09/202413/10/2024

Rapid Retro: Sony Trinitron

Posted on 01/07/202401/07/2024

Rapid Retro: old school banking

Posted on 02/06/202402/06/2024

Changes seen by a Generation X child

Posted on 18/05/202418/05/2024

I was born in 1970. My 54th birthday is fast approaching and I still wonder how time has gone so fast… the years have been motoring along at full throttle! It was 50 years ago that I was having fun on the climbing frame at Harlesden Primary school. Remember the long spell of continuous hot […]