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Tastes Great!

A smorgasbord of culinary delights and thirst-quenching refreshment awaits in this collection of food and drink adverts.

You are what you eat? Advertisers have long presented our food choices as much more than just a cure for hunger, but as a key lifestyle decision. The right purchase can help make you who you want to be; keep you and your kids happy, fit and healthy; save you time and keep you on the go; or impress your dinner party guests of your 'home cooking' skills - all as part of a balanced diet, naturally. And for liquid refreshment, try our choice of soft, hard, hot and cold drinks commercials, offering everything from social pick-me-up to elixir of family contentment. Cheers!

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Love on the RangeLove on the Range

Advert19396 mins

An animated Western mock-opera about Horlicks? Bring it on!

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Cadbury's Chocolate The Factory in a GardenCadbury's Chocolate The Factory in a Garden

Advert19313 minsSilent

A mouth-watering glimpse of the art and craft that went into making and decorating Cadbury’s chocolates in the 1930s.

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Lyons Ice Cream - KinemaLyons Ice Cream - Kinema

Advert19342 minsSilent

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Kinema Kups, thanks to this delightful cartoon ad

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Newcastle Brown Ale MonumentNewcastle Brown Ale Monument

Advert19721 mins Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Workmen clean an oversized bottle perched on a factory chimney. At lunch, two beers are delivered to them by helicopter.

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Shippam's Chicken SupremeShippam's Chicken Supreme

Advert19601 mins

Pre-decimalisation nostalgia abounds in this advert for Shippam's New Chicken Supreme - and it's delicious on toast too!

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Heinz Tomato Ketchup : Fish PattiesHeinz Tomato Ketchup : Fish Patties

Advert19601 mins

This 1960 Heinz ad boasts a recipe tip for some tasty flaked fish vol-au-vents.

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Heinz Baked Beans : Common MarketHeinz Baked Beans : Common Market

Advert19721 mins

In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?

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Elsie and the Brown BunnyElsie and the Brown Bunny

Advert19218 mins Location: Bournville

This early Cadbury advert plays like a surreal outtake from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

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Good Strong CoffeeGood Strong Coffee

Advert19682 minsSilent

Far-out guys and groovy gals drop doses of good strong coffee in this psychedelic 1968 ad for the hot black stuff.

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Heinz - Egg BoxHeinz - Egg Box

Advert19831 mins

Look out eggs, there’s a new meal in town. Behold the future of cooking - boil-in-the-bag!

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After Eights: TerraceAfter Eights: Terrace

19651 mins Location: York

A world away from zany humour, Richard Lester shows he can also capture the easy opulence of the upper class nibbling After Eight mints.

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Lyons Ice CreamLyons Ice Cream

Advert19381 minsSilent

From out of the vaults comes this pre-WWII cinema advert for ice-cream.

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Black Magic: TaxiBlack Magic: Taxi

19641 mins Location: York

Chocolates and wealth, chocolates and taste, chocolates and elegance, chocolates and romance: the lifestyle of chocolates.

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RHM Nimble: Mini CarRHM Nimble: Mini Car

19641 mins

An advert for Nimble bread that stresses its suitability as part of a calorie-controlled diet.

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Findus: FishsticksFindus: Fishsticks

Advert19630 mins

Three-shot advert showing the package, several sizzling fish fingers, and a child gratefully eating them.

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Carling Black Label Bike GirlCarling Black Label Bike Girl

Advert19711 mins

Men and women enjoy a beer together in this atypical 1970s ad.

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RHM: Nimble: Lunch DateRHM: Nimble: Lunch Date

Advert19610 mins

An advert for the Nimble brand of slimming-friendly bread that reinforces the concept of the word ‘nimble’.

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