Friday 29 March 2013

Those were the days

I am occasionally given interesting entry forms from competitions from long ago or overseas - no use to enter now, of course, but still interesting. For instance, look at this one which was on the label of a pack of Co-op tights back in 1977.

The tights cost 22p a pair which using this handy calculator  means they would be about £1.07 now, and entrants needed to buy three pairs to get the tokens to enter, but just look at those prizes!
  • a silver Ford Fiesta Car
  • a trip to New York for two on QE2
  • a silver mink fur coat
  • 100 runners up prizes of £10 gift vouchers (about £50 in today's money)
I think if I'd been a comper then I might have been stockpiling tights!

3 comments :

  1. Wow! Much better prizes. Far too many fridge magnets on offer nowadays for my liking.

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  2. Wow ... 1977 those were the days ..

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  3. Remember the 'order of merit' comps? There used to be loads but not seen one in years. The good old days of comping eh!

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