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Here are a selection of brand names, clever marketing ideas, images and sounds, everyday items and trivia which have made a lasting impression upon me. |
It's no coincidence that this section traces some company histories and includes advertising and lyrics, because it is the clever, catchy sounds and images which tend to be the most memorable.
Times change, products evolve, tastes and fashions move on and manufacturers always have to make a profit. This simple rule explains why many of the once well-known household names are no more!
Click on the images to remember more..
Faded Books
Books from your childhood which you'd almost forgotten...
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Books from your childhood which you'd almost forgotten! |
A look at some of the culture, styles, fashions, products and 'fab gear' of less austere times...
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A brief look at the some of the culture of decades not so long ago. |
Faded Delights: Cakes, Confectionery and more...
Here we look at a selection of sweets, drinks and foods, which once were, or still are, in demand.
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The secret of the Black Magic box and other memorable sweets, drinks and slogans. An assorted collection to satisfy your cravings... |
Here we check out the more serious facts and plenty of trivia too!
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Bar Codes - The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. |
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Legacy lamps: These days it's considered pretty dim to use filament lamps (light bulbs). |
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Traditionally, the brightness of an electric lamp was rated by its wattage, e.g. 100w, 60w, 40w. However, as CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) produce the same illumination for a much lower rating, e.g. 11w, the existing 'brightness standard' is no longer a useful measure of output. |
Famous bands, decimal money and making music; songs and lyrics...
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The Hammond Organ with Leslie speakers and drawbars, Music Workshop Stage I as part of the Singing for Schools, and other faded notes... |
Faded Screens: Film, TV & Computing
A selection of memories from film and television programmes and early computing...
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Stars of the small screen(s), technicalities and more. |
Faded Stars:
Stars of film and television of not as long ago as you thought?
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Stars of film and television - a look at some memorable DVDs which have been released... |
Faded in Time: Adam Adamant & Doctor Who
Travellers in time and space, part of the very fabric of 20th century Britain!
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"The Doctor? He's always been around. He's part of the very fabric of space-time in the 20th century, and beyond." |
Alphabets and writing paper...
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The Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) spelling system was designed by Sir James Pitman (grandson of the man who devised shorthand) to help young children learn to read more quickly. |
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