Old Argos Catalogue

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• Moany Liza Posts: 22,757

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  10/12/10 - 16:26 #2

  

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• Hugh Jboobs Posts: 15,316

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  10/12/10 - 16:27 #3

  Photographing pages of a catalogue? It must be exciting to be you!
  
  ;)

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,229

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  10/12/10 - 16:27 #4

  I wasn't even alive then :eek:

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• gmphmac Posts: 2,212

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  10/12/10 - 16:27 #5

  Moany Liza wrote: »

  

  
  It's an old Argos catalogue

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• L_Silverwolf Posts: 770

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  10/12/10 - 16:29 #6

  Eternal Beau china set! Excellent!

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• SJ_Mental Posts: 16,138

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  10/12/10 - 16:32 #7

  Crikey brings back some Xmas memory's for me in the toy section hehe

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 5,566

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  10/12/10 - 16:34 #8

  I wasn't even born untill the 90's, but I still enjoyed looking at this.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,243

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  10/12/10 - 16:34 #9

  Awesome, my mother used to sit me in front of an Argos catalogue every Novemeber and instruct me to choose things I wanted for crizzle. I don't doubt at about 6 years old, I would have chosen stuff from that very catalogue.
  
  Edit: Spring/Summer so perhaps not!
  
  Another edit: Page 239 of the catalogue I do remember - I had Crystal Barbie (I vividly remember being torn between her and the one with the red and white dress). I also had the horse. My word, my ma was Argos mad (she still is :rolleyes:) - p240, I had the My Little Pony stable with Lemondrop. This is bringing a wee nostalgic tear to my eye...The white cot on page 242, p244 the Fisher Price kitchen set (the green gingham cloth underneath is a bag for all the items - my mum brought our pet snake into school in it 4 years later)
  
  Apologies, if you've read this post. Very boring to anyone but me!

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• LostFool Posts: 90,650

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  10/12/10 - 16:37 #10

  gmphmac wrote: »

  It's an old Argos catalogue

  
  No, it's an historical copy of the "Laminated Book of Dreams"
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4JubUvY8w

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• Moany Liza Posts: 22,757

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  10/12/10 - 16:42 #11

  gmphmac wrote: »

  It's an old Argos catalogue

  
  Yes - but I think my point still stands.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 5,566

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  10/12/10 - 16:43 #12

  They have Soda Stream, Cat Litter Trays and Doorbells all on the same page! What were they smoking?

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• kookiethekat Posts: 2,867

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  10/12/10 - 16:45 #13

  They had microwaves in the 80's?
  
  I never knew that, they are so expensive as well lol.

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• Moany Liza Posts: 22,757

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  10/12/10 - 16:47 #14

  LemonGrove wrote: »

  They have Soda Stream, Cat Litter Trays and Doorbells all on the same page! What were they smoking?

  
  I think you'll probably find that the 1985 catalogue was a fraction of the size it is now.

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• koantemplation Posts: 101,293

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  10/12/10 - 16:54 #15

  Nice to see the ZX Spectrum at £119 and a briefcase to carry it in.

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• _radioamerica Posts: 4,921

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  10/12/10 - 16:57 #16

  I never thought I'd have this much fun looking through a 25 year old catalogue

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• LostFool Posts: 90,650

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  10/12/10 - 17:00 #17

  kookiethekat wrote: »

  They had microwaves in the 80's?
  
  I never knew that, they are so expensive as well lol.

  
  I think we got our first microwave around 82-3-ish. Huge, heavy metal thing it was. My parents used it until it finally packed in a few years ago so it lasted over 20 years. They don't make things to last like that any more.

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• fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,498

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  10/12/10 - 17:07 #18

  I notice we had no store back then but Colchester did
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3592223965/in/set-72157619206330728/

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• jarryhack Posts: 5,076

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  10/12/10 - 17:10 #19

  My son has just been laughing at the personal stereo's....I loved mine....guess he much prefers his ipod....:D

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• fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,498

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  10/12/10 - 17:15 #20

  Some nice Digital Cameras
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3593106504/sizes/l/in/set-72157619206330728/

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• mathertron Posts: 30,083

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  10/12/10 - 17:21 #21

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3593465768/in/set-72157619206330728/
  
  YES!!!!:p

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• Fieldfare Posts: 2,739

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  10/12/10 - 17:23 #22

  Gosh, 25 years ago. The design of lot of things haven't changed much have they! I'm quite relieved about that, I thought looking at that would make me feel ancient but it doesn't really. Cheers clarribo, I enjoyed that.

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• fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,498

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  10/12/10 - 17:24 #23

  I used to have these
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3593111380/sizes/l/in/set-72157619206330728/

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• Pisces Cloud Posts: 30,239

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  10/12/10 - 17:27 #24

  kookiethekat wrote: »

  They had microwaves in the 80's?
  
  I never knew that, they are so expensive as well lol.

  
  Look at the price of some of those portable TVs too. :eek:

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• mathertron Posts: 30,083

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  10/12/10 - 17:28 #25

  fmradiotuner1 wrote: »

  I used to have these
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3593111380/sizes/l/in/set-72157619206330728/

  omg yeah me too, jesus christ arent digital cameras just the best invention ever
  
  paying for a roll of film, probly wrecking it getting it in the camera taking 32 dodgy shots, probly wrecking the film taking it out, paying again getting it developed and then finding like one good shot out of all the blurry shots hahaha

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• fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,498

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  10/12/10 - 17:33 #26

  Looks great
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3592573427/in/set-72157619206330728/

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