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[mininuts]

Enjoy




http://www.retronaut...catalogue-1976/

[Bungle]

never knew they were going that long ago

[OllieTheWelder]

Looks like they sold mini seats :)

[toyboy396]

never knew they were going that long ago

Same as that.. I thought they were a late 80s firm

[Steely]

Love those car stereos.

[oltonlad]

thats ace........................

[Shifty]

I remember some of the toys, matter of fact I'm fairly certain some are still in the attic!!

[onefastmoke]

love the way you could go into argos and buy an air pistol lol

[#shropshire]

There that old. OMFG

[Ethel]

So who else is going in today to try out some of those catalogue numbers?

[chrisandsarah]

Didn't realise they had space hoppers back then

[Mini Cheddars]

I think Argos started in '73.

I work there so I'm allowed to know.

[OhDear]

wonder if they have an old radio in stock ill pop down tommorow

[AVV IT]

Jeez!!... That was like looking through the entire contents of my house as a child!!

My parents clearly bought everything in Argos, the plates the saucepans, the lamps, even the first calculator I ever saw was in there!!

.... No hang on, I seem to remember that Argos stores actually used to be the "Greensheild Stamp" shops (where you exchanged your Greensheild stamps for goods in the "Greensheild Stamps Catalogue", up until Greensheild stamps went bust in the early seventies). I'm fairly sure that all the old Greensheild Stamp shops were then re branded as Argos stores, which is probably why they are still a catalogue based retailer today.

So it's not that my parents bought everything in Argos, it's because everything they owned actually came free with Greensheild Stamps......The Tightwads!!


EDIT: For those of you are too young to remember, Greensheild Stamps were like a primitive version of nectar points, that you collected at participating petrol stations and supermarkets. They were actually gummed paper stamps though, and you used to have to lick the back of thousands of them and then stick them into a book. Once you had filled up enough books, you could then exchange your completed books for goods at a Greensheild Stamps shop.

Edited by AVV IT, 04 March 2012 - 08:37 PM.

[oltonlad]

i remember greenshield stamps........lol........my mom used to get them when she shopped at lo-cost......which was next to woolworths where i bought all of my (warped) records from............why were the records always warped in woolworths anyway???...................