Bill Walker
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He's probably got trainers on.
The FOC thread.
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See also Bronco. Great tracing paper.
Protein Junkie
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I remember pleading with my Dad to buy enough petrol from Esso to qualify for a free coin.
On a different note, and I hope I’m not imagining it, but didn’t Bowyers or Walls out a mini set of transfers including a background scene in their Sausages?
Where have all the freebies gone?
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the-ecstacy-of-eight
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I know what you mean. How are siblings supposed to truly hate each other from an early age if there are no fist fights revolving around who gets the baking soda submarine out of the Rice Krispies? The world's gone to shit!
(I think the "authorities" got rid of them as they were seen as incentives for using more "bad" products than was necessary and the freebies were often targeted at kids - fucking nanny state bullshit if you ask me)
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I thought it because the companies decided it was too expensive and too time-consuming for them to carry on giving things away.
I remember having a scale model of the QE II, complete with a battery-powered engine that I'm sure my parents sent away for with coupons on Kellogg's cereal boxes, maybe just Corn Flakes.
JULES
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I remember nearly choking on a plastic brontasaurus freebie in a bowl of crispy fuckin crunchies or whatever they were called aged 5
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I’ve still got that Coin collection in the loft somewhere.
My dad was a rep, so he used loads of petrol, and quickly collected this set for a young footy mad me.
I still have it, had it framed, it's a nice memory of him.
Thanks dad.
Protein Junkie
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That’s a great memory !
One of my most treasured possessions.
I can still vividly remember him giving me the little packets that the coins came in, and me eagerly opening them to see if it was one I needed, or one I already had.
I didn't realise it at the time, but it must have given him a lot of pleasure too, seeing my face light up.
It's the small things that sometimes mean the most.
remember arthur mann
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Tight arse dinner lady or whatever they were called would only give you one sheet. No IBS in them days.
the-ecstacy-of-eight
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I would've loved that QE ii model, you lucky bastard :)
I was just using the "cigarette card" reasoning, which I seem to remember also applied to the "breakfast cereal" toys, and applying it across the board to all other free gifts that we used to get, but your reason sounds much more plausible for the profit margin obsessed, money grabbing world of now-a-days.
Penfold the Duke
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Somehow I’ve got 2? Also one they did much later.
Anyone remember these,
Busts of 16 top players available from Cleveland Petrol stations, my brother and I took it turns each to get them, couldn’t believe my luck when I got the Colin Bell one instead of Billy fucking Bremmner for the 3rd time running!
bladdered
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Yes, those toilets, I think they were called, we’re not a patch on the modern litter tray.
Bill Walker
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It's the Beatles messing around between takes but who remembers the theme John's playing?
The Third Man, great series.
The Third Man, great series.
Let's play a game. Name the players, from left to right, back row first.
I'm old enough to remember who they should be, but I'm struggling to recognise most of them.
I'll guess 2nd on the left on the top row is Colin Bell and Bobby Moore is two doors away to his left, but other than that, nothing.