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Flash Floor Cleaner TV ad's-SCOTTISH ACTRESS

chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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I have memories of a Scottish woman advertising Flash floor cleaner 'Flash Cleans Floors Faster' and wished to find out more about who the actress was and see some of the ad's again (maybe on YouTube)? However after doing some Googling she seems to have been erased from history. I think the ad's were going for a long time. Possibly from the 70's to the late 80's or even 90's. So why no record on the internet? :confused::(

Perhaps I am not searching very well?!

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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    Who knew that Flash is branded as 'Mr Clean' in the US?

    Source: Wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Clean
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,075
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    Her name was Molly Weir. I went to school with her niece.

    Her obituary.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/molly-weir-728652.html
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    bob up and down wrote: »
    Her name was Molly Weir. I went to school with her niece.

    That was quick! Many thanks. :) I wonder why there is so little record of her on the internet.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 12,075
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    I don't hang around chin! ;)
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    bob up and down wrote: »
    Her name was Molly Weir. I went to school with her niece.

    Her obituary.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/molly-weir-728652.html

    That is a shame. RIP Molly Weir :( Mind you she had a good inings. She was 94!
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    chuffnobblerchuffnobbler Posts: 10,774
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    MOLLY WEIR! A magnificent woman. Hazel McWitch in Rentaghost. Did a couple of Carry On films. Did some stuff with Victoria Wood. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

    Her Wiki page mentions ads for cleaning products:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Weir
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    I am going to see if I can get any of her books, sounds like she had an interesting story to tell of her life!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 61
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    chinchin wrote: »
    I am going to see if I can get any of her books, sounds like she had an interesting story to tell of her life!

    She did! I've got all her autobiographical books, they're well worth searching out, especially the first one, Shoes Were For Sunday. All about her childhood in the tenements in Glasgow.
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    doihaveto wrote: »
    She did! I've got all her autobiographical books, they're well worth searching out, especially the first one, Shoes Were For Sunday. All about her childhood in the tenements in Glasgow.

    Thanks for this. I think I'll try our library :)
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    VennegoorVennegoor Posts: 14,648
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    She had a daily gig on STV in the 70s. Teatime Tales, a 5 minute reminscence session.
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    Dilly DaydreamDilly Daydream Posts: 6,283
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    Just curious chinchin, any particular reason for the interest? Seems a bit random, that's all.
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    matchmakermatchmaker Posts: 1,106
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    Also sister of climber and broadcaster Tom Weir whose programmes "Weirs Way" still get repeated on STV!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Weir
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    Dilly Daydream wrote: »
    Just curious chinchin, any particular reason for the interest? Seems a bit random, that's all.

    I really don't know, something must have triggered off my memory. :confused:
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    Dilly DaydreamDilly Daydream Posts: 6,283
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    chinchin wrote: »
    I really don't know, something must have triggered off my memory. :confused:

    Maybe the witch connection then, it being halloween yesterday. Possibly. :)
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    Dilly Daydream wrote: »
    Maybe the witch connection then, it being halloween yesterday. Possibly. :)

    Good one, however I just remembered my Scottish friend from the forum (Scots rool) was chiding me about the state of my flat as I am not very domesticated! It must have been this that made me think of Molly, although there may be a connection with Rentaghost/Halloween as well. I used to love that programme! :)
    PS Don't tell Scots rool I said she was my friend It'll go to her head!
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    Dilly DaydreamDilly Daydream Posts: 6,283
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    chinchin wrote: »
    Good one, however I just remembered my Scottish friend from the forum (Scots rool) was chiding me about the state of my flat as I am not very domesticated! It must have been this that made me think of Molly, although there may be a connection with Rentaghost/Halloween as well. I used to love that programme! :)
    PS Don't tell Scots rool I said she was my friend It'll go to her head!

    Your secret is safe :D;)
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    I always remember her Flash catchphrase "cleans baths, without scratching".

    Used to see her in Pinner in the early seventies.
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    derek500 wrote: »
    I always remember her Flash catchphrase "cleans baths, without scratching".

    Used to see her in Pinner in the early seventies.

    I remember the 'Flash cleans floors faster' slogan, but not the 'baths' catchphrase strangely.
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    chuffnobblerchuffnobbler Posts: 10,774
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    derek500 wrote: »
    "cleans baths, without scratching"

    Gosh. I remember that, clear as day.

    Isn't it funny, getting whisked back in time by an advertising slogan?!
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    chinchinchinchin Posts: 125,860
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    I've been to our local library and ordered one of her books!
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    chuffnobbler wrote: »
    MOLLY WEIR! A magnificent woman. Hazel McWitch in Rentaghost. Did a couple of Carry On films. Did some stuff with Victoria Wood. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

    Her Wiki page mentions ads for cleaning products:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Weir

    Also appeared in "The High Life" - in one of the Flash ads she shrieked "get two" right at the end!
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