Companies/brands you remember that no longer exist

[Lady Whistledown]

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

 

[NF9]

Wimbledon..

 

[Horsham Gull]

RIP

 

[Tubby Mondays]

On the ferry vibe; do Sealink still exist?

 

[The Large One]

The South Stand roof used to be adorned with Rediffusion boards, then shortly afterwards their new TV channels 'CableVision'.

 

[Horsham Gull]

ahh shit i was dreaming again i thought this thread was companies you most want to see out of existance

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

What a great thread idea, Edna.

British Caledonian Airways, Southern Sound, TVS, Radio Brighton, Southern TV, Presto, Fine Fare, Gateway, Rediffusion, Oracle, TSB, Midlands Bank...

I'm sure there's plenty more from my childhood.

 

[philsussex]

Safeway

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

The South Stand roof used to be adorned with Rediffusion boards, then shortly afterwards their new TV channels 'CableVision'.

I'm voting Michael Robinson my Rediffusion Player of the Year for 1980/81.

 

[Horsham Gull]

how about

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The South Stand roof used to be adorned with Rediffusion boards, then shortly afterwards their new TV channels 'CableVision'.

Which reminds me: I'm pretty sure the reward for winning the Albion's Player of the Season back in the late 1980s was always a Rediffusion 14" colour television. Courtesy, probably, of Radio Rentals.

Woohooooooooo!

 

[Tubby Mondays]

Midlands Bank...

People have problems over the years the Midland Bank has very good ears...

 

[Lady Whistledown]

On the ferry vibe; do Sealink still exist?

Bought out by Stena Line, according to Wikipedia.

Townsend Thoresen was rebranded P&O Ferries. Apparently by the time they salvaged the wreck of the Herald of Free Enterprise from off the coast of Zeebrugge, the company had already scratched the TT logo from the funnel, so concerned were they by the impact of the disaster on their brand.

Priorities, priorities

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

People have problems over the years the Midland Bank has very good ears...

Was that really their advertising campaign? btw were they also the 'listening bank'?

 

[clapham_gull]

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

Whilst we at home had to suffer the inferior format of VHS, the professional Betamax format, Betacam went onto to become the industry standard and is still being used to this day.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

British Rail

and

(one for the geeks)

the blue and yellow InterCity 125 locomotives, as promoted by Sir Jimmy Savile, with the slogan This is the age of the train

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

are Farah Slacks still going?

 

[NMH]

Omo.
What happened? Was it invented by cockneys, but the aitch has been put back in for Pride??

Datsun. Why now 'Nissan'? Did too many Datsuns break down, so to escape the lawsuit they had a name-change?? Fiat seem to continue despite it all, so why not Datsun?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

North Stand roof at the Goldstone - Watneys Red Barrel.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Happy Eater restaurants