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A delicious Mushroom Marvel Cake for #NationalCakeDay 🍄 🍰
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A delicious Mushroom Marvel Cake for #NationalCakeDay 🍄 🍰
It's #EspressoDay...to celebrate here's an ad from the 1970s for 'Pocket Coffee' which is 'espresso coffee in a cup of chocolate': www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
#espresso #coffee #chocolate #advertising #archives #heritage
#espresso #coffee #chocolate #advertising #archives #heritage
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's #EspressoDay...to celebrate here's an ad from the 1970s for 'Pocket Coffee' which is 'espresso coffee in a cup of chocolate': www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
#espresso #coffee #chocolate #advertising #archives #heritage
#espresso #coffee #chocolate #advertising #archives #heritage
Is television like holding up a 'Magic Mirror to the World' as envisioned by this Ekco ad from 1947? #WorldTelevsionDay 📺
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is television like holding up a 'Magic Mirror to the World' as envisioned by this Ekco ad from 1947? #WorldTelevsionDay 📺
Calvert's Carbolic Toilet Soap for #WorldToiletDay
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Calvert's Carbolic Toilet Soap for #WorldToiletDay
We could do with a raincoat today...and one for the dog ☔
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We could do with a raincoat today...and one for the dog ☔
A very kind and thoughtful present in this 1985 ad for Yellow Pages: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #WorldKindnessDay #advertising #archives #heritage #trains #hornby
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A very kind and thoughtful present in this 1985 ad for Yellow Pages: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re... #WorldKindnessDay #advertising #archives #heritage #trains #hornby
Here's another good one...
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Here's another good one...
1995 Royal British Legion - Poppy Appeal
'William Henry Rigby '
Agency: McCann-Erickson
Director: Anand Tucker
Production Company: The Producers
Art Director: Derrick Hass
Copywriter: Justin Rogers
Music: Barrington Pheloung
#RemembranceSunday
'William Henry Rigby '
Agency: McCann-Erickson
Director: Anand Tucker
Production Company: The Producers
Art Director: Derrick Hass
Copywriter: Justin Rogers
Music: Barrington Pheloung
#RemembranceSunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
1995 Royal British Legion - Poppy Appeal
'William Henry Rigby '
Agency: McCann-Erickson
Director: Anand Tucker
Production Company: The Producers
Art Director: Derrick Hass
Copywriter: Justin Rogers
Music: Barrington Pheloung
#RemembranceSunday
'William Henry Rigby '
Agency: McCann-Erickson
Director: Anand Tucker
Production Company: The Producers
Art Director: Derrick Hass
Copywriter: Justin Rogers
Music: Barrington Pheloung
#RemembranceSunday
🎄This Christmas, you can wear a little piece of advertising history — the Quality Street Christmas T-Shirt www.next.co.uk/style/su7072...
Not only does it celebrate one of Britain’s most beloved brands, but a percentage of every sale supports HAT ☃️
#Brands #Christmas #Advertising #Nostalgia #Charity
Not only does it celebrate one of Britain’s most beloved brands, but a percentage of every sale supports HAT ☃️
#Brands #Christmas #Advertising #Nostalgia #Charity
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🎄This Christmas, you can wear a little piece of advertising history — the Quality Street Christmas T-Shirt www.next.co.uk/style/su7072...
Not only does it celebrate one of Britain’s most beloved brands, but a percentage of every sale supports HAT ☃️
#Brands #Christmas #Advertising #Nostalgia #Charity
Not only does it celebrate one of Britain’s most beloved brands, but a percentage of every sale supports HAT ☃️
#Brands #Christmas #Advertising #Nostalgia #Charity
Happy Guy Flakes' Night! 🔥 🎆
#GuyFawkes #Nov5th #Bonfire #BonfireNight #Fireworks #Cadbury #Flake #Advertising #Archives #Heritage
#GuyFawkes #Nov5th #Bonfire #BonfireNight #Fireworks #Cadbury #Flake #Advertising #Archives #Heritage
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Guy Flakes' Night! 🔥 🎆
#GuyFawkes #Nov5th #Bonfire #BonfireNight #Fireworks #Cadbury #Flake #Advertising #Archives #Heritage
#GuyFawkes #Nov5th #Bonfire #BonfireNight #Fireworks #Cadbury #Flake #Advertising #Archives #Heritage
A Sweet Way to Spend #Halloween 👻 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A Sweet Way to Spend #Halloween 👻 🎃
One of the earliest #Clarks ads we have scanned is from 1937 and is for the Joyance and Sark range of sandals.
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#advertising #archives #brands #heritage #footwear
@shoemakersmuseum.bsky.social
#advertising #archives #brands #heritage #footwear
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One of the earliest #Clarks ads we have scanned is from 1937 and is for the Joyance and Sark range of sandals.
@shoemakersmuseum.bsky.social
#advertising #archives #brands #heritage #footwear
@shoemakersmuseum.bsky.social
#advertising #archives #brands #heritage #footwear
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sad news that the creator of so many iconic and memorable film posters, Drew Struzan, has died: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... #art #film #movies #posters #rip #design #advertising #marketing
October 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sad news that the creator of so many iconic and memorable film posters, Drew Struzan, has died: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... #art #film #movies #posters #rip #design #advertising #marketing
Another in the series can be seen here: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
Agency: J Walter Thompson (JWT)
Advertiser / Client: Brooke Bond Oxo
Director: Terry Hughes
Production Company: James Garret & Ptnrs Ltd
Art Director: Tony Tonkin
Copywriter: Geoff Weedon
Agency: J Walter Thompson (JWT)
Advertiser / Client: Brooke Bond Oxo
Director: Terry Hughes
Production Company: James Garret & Ptnrs Ltd
Art Director: Tony Tonkin
Copywriter: Geoff Weedon
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Another in the series can be seen here: www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...
Agency: J Walter Thompson (JWT)
Advertiser / Client: Brooke Bond Oxo
Director: Terry Hughes
Production Company: James Garret & Ptnrs Ltd
Art Director: Tony Tonkin
Copywriter: Geoff Weedon
Agency: J Walter Thompson (JWT)
Advertiser / Client: Brooke Bond Oxo
Director: Terry Hughes
Production Company: James Garret & Ptnrs Ltd
Art Director: Tony Tonkin
Copywriter: Geoff Weedon
1924 Picards' Perfect Coffee Maker...make it so
#InternationalCoffeeDay 🖖☕
#InternationalCoffeeDay 🖖☕
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
1924 Picards' Perfect Coffee Maker...make it so
#InternationalCoffeeDay 🖖☕
#InternationalCoffeeDay 🖖☕
We visited Norwich Castle yesterday to see the results of the recent renovation and restoration project. It looks fantastic, the team there have done a brilliant job, definitely worth a look if you're in the area.
October 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We visited Norwich Castle yesterday to see the results of the recent renovation and restoration project. It looks fantastic, the team there have done a brilliant job, definitely worth a look if you're in the area.
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Earlier in the year we were delighted to be contacted by Middlesex University, who were generously offering to donate a vast collection of vintage press #advertising, known as ‘The Colin McArthur Collection’, to the Trust: www.hatads.org.uk/news/241/Mid... #archives #heritage #art #design
September 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Earlier in the year we were delighted to be contacted by Middlesex University, who were generously offering to donate a vast collection of vintage press #advertising, known as ‘The Colin McArthur Collection’, to the Trust: www.hatads.org.uk/news/241/Mid... #archives #heritage #art #design
Robert Redford 1936-2025
September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Robert Redford 1936-2025
Very efficient #copywriting in this ad for Dodge Brothers cars from 1916
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very efficient #copywriting in this ad for Dodge Brothers cars from 1916
Kim Gehrig directs epic John Lewis ad:
The cinematic spot continues the brand’s celebration of 100 years of its Never Knowingly Undersold promise www.creativereview.co.uk/kim-gehrig-j... via Creative Review
The cinematic spot continues the brand’s celebration of 100 years of its Never Knowingly Undersold promise www.creativereview.co.uk/kim-gehrig-j... via Creative Review
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Kim Gehrig directs epic John Lewis ad:
The cinematic spot continues the brand’s celebration of 100 years of its Never Knowingly Undersold promise www.creativereview.co.uk/kim-gehrig-j... via Creative Review
The cinematic spot continues the brand’s celebration of 100 years of its Never Knowingly Undersold promise www.creativereview.co.uk/kim-gehrig-j... via Creative Review
We are excited to announce that we have appointed four senior industry figures to our Board of Trustees, extending its diversity of expertise and reach, in the year before we celebrate our 50th anniversary:
www.hatads.org.uk/news/239/His...
#advertising #archives #brands #marketing #heritage
www.hatads.org.uk/news/239/His...
#advertising #archives #brands #marketing #heritage
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We are excited to announce that we have appointed four senior industry figures to our Board of Trustees, extending its diversity of expertise and reach, in the year before we celebrate our 50th anniversary:
www.hatads.org.uk/news/239/His...
#advertising #archives #brands #marketing #heritage
www.hatads.org.uk/news/239/His...
#advertising #archives #brands #marketing #heritage