Companies/brands you remember that no longer exist

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

King & Barnes.

 

[Cian]

Brands go to die in Dublin, we still have NTL cable, Tower Records and until a few months ago, Dixons.



Tylers Shoes
B&I Line ferries
Bell Liner containers on lorries
Kwik-Save
Texas Homecare
Radion washing powder

 

[clapham_gull]

Not a brand or company but I wonder whether kids these days even know what these things are.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Remember the hype when they launched THIS crap:

 

[NMH]

The Townsend Thoresen reference on another thread got me thinking. I don't believe they exist any more, presumably due to their unfortunate habit of leaving the back door open on their ferries.

So on the subject of long forgotten brands or companies: I give you- the Betamax video

Psst, you could (last time I looked) still acquire a betamax machine. However the price is through the bleedin' roof and you'd need to actually go to a high-end dealer to find (or order) one. This MAY have changed in the last couple of years mind.
The betamax tape has been used for studio-quality sound recording - though with digital stuff all around us, that may have been squeezed to a tiny corner of the market.
Personally, I like tube equipment, t'aint nothing like them bulbs what take ages to warm up, but sound amazing and rich compared to the tin thin sanitized and numbered sound-wave. Yuk. (yes folks, "yuk" is making a comeback).

Oh and by the way Edna - your signature is gay.
Men allow you to talk nowadays you silly moo - still not necessarily to listen to the silly drivel, but you are allowed to rabbit.

 

[chez]

Not a brand or company but I wonder whether kids these days even know what these things are.

I still have one of those TDK ones with a recording of Southern Sound on the night we lost to Gillingham at home in the league cup when their keeper got sent off, they put the 2nd shortest player on the pitch in net (only David Gipp was shorter) and we STILL lost on penalties!!

Tont MIllard reporting and Chris Hutchings scoring for us!

How how very sad am I !!

I'm gonna have to dig that out now!

 

[clapham_gull]

Super Mousse

 

[chez]

Also somebody mentioned Radio Rentals. I'm sure they had a shop in Churchill Square where come 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon, groups of men would congregate to watch the vidiprinter in action on Grandstand.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

We had a SodaStream at home when I was a kid.

Looking back, I cannot fathom who came up with the idea that chucking a bunch of vile tasting syrup into supposedly carbonated but ultimately flat water would be somehow better than spending- what was it it in 1985- 25p? on a can of proper Coke?

The gas cylinders ran out after about three presses of the button, and the flavourings bore absolutely no resemblance to the branded drinks they were supposed to be. An utterly futile product, and yet apparently it still exists.

Seriously, who would buy a SodaStream now?

 

[chez]

Does anybody remember a bubblegum called "Teenagers" from the early to mid 80's?

I did try to get a picture from google but you try typing teenagers bubblegum into google!!!!!!

 

[clapham_gull]

The worst drink ever ?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The 2Ball Screwball.

It was an ice cream, kids. Honestly.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The perfect, flexible friend to buy your SodaStream with:

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It's when classic brands get hi-jacked by others that I get really pissed off.

 

[chez]

I'm trying to do a virtual walk along Western Road in the 80's. This is first I can remember that is no more.

 

[clapham_gull]

The 2Ball Screwball.

It was an ice cream, kids. Honestly.

I was telling someone about that the other day.

The mixture of bubblegum and ice cream was genius.

Do you remember the six million man lolly ?

A lemonade lolly with bubblegum in the centre.

 

[chez]

I was telling someone about that the other day.

The mixture of bubblegum and ice cream was genius.

Do you remember the six million man lolly ?

A lemonade lolly with bubblegum in the centre.

I love screwballs. 6 for £1 in Sainsbury's at the moment. They never last long in my freezer. Don't remember the 2 ball ones though.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Marathon bar & Opal fruits

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The 2Ball Screwball.

It was an ice cream, kids. Honestly.

Just like BIG BALL BUM was chewing gum.

 

[clapham_gull]

Marathon bar & Opal fruits

Opal fruits were brought back for a shot period last year, but sadly gone again I understand.