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Quality Street: the retro comparison

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WHEN I THINK about Christmas confectionery, Quality Street comes to mind. Now, I know these days the plastic tubs seem more popular, but visually these don’t cut the mustard. In my retro mindset there’s only one Quality Street format suitable for Christmas: the tin tub. For me it’s the original and best. The icing on […]

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The retro TV set: brutality in action

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Slinging the aerial across the room was one way to express anger and frustration and was the pre-warning of what was heading the TV’s way. OUR treatment of the old TV sets was brutal. Even though they were heavy, bulky and pretty robust we really laid into them: kicks, slaps, punches and stonings were some […]

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