As I was just a kid in those days my pocket money would not stretch to buying my family Christmas pressies, so everyone gave me their Green Shield stamps and I saved all year. It was so exciting to go to the Green Shield shop in Southampton, we didn't have one on the Isle of Wight! Xmas pressies all round!
I remember my mother saved them and finally got her a soft bonnet hair dryer....that she used for years while watching Tele....as she said ..why pay for a wash and set when I can do it at home ......i remember getting the stretch man dolls...i saw the other week one sold for 10k still in the box....
Here in the states, we had S&H Green Stamps. They were essentially the same as your Green Shield Stamps. Mum would collect the stamps and stick them in the books for all sorts of items, like the items that you show, Six. Your vid still brought back the memories. Thanks! 🥰
Dear sixties child thanks for the this post I well remember green shield stamps, and licking and sticking them into the books, by the way there is a scene in The Beatles film Hard Day's Night, where John Lennon says, something like " don't worry son, will get you the finest lawyers, green shield stamps can buy" I have just discovered your channel and it's fantastic once again thank you.
Yep, mum saved for ages to us kids a space hopper to take on our camping holidays! And there it is, 7:13s in, we drooled over that page so much! I remember the face of thE soppy kid with his trike & teddy in the trailer like it was yesterday!
Wow! Such vivid coloured backgrounds and we'll displayed goods made everything stand out. Deliciously Sellable. Live models looked like they were in their own homes, so convincing. Unlike today where boring, grey background. Goods in straight lines. No cheerful models to demonstrate scale, use nor real colour of the items they're trying to sell. Photography was of top quality in those days. Digital photography will never have that
OmG, I remembered the taste of the stamp glue. I must have been about 3 years old. I remember looking in that book at 04:28 and dreaming of that go-kart. My stingy Mum never bought that for me even when I was bugging her for months on end, lol. Amazing. England was the absolute best country to be in back then.
Now I know where my first guitar came from! How many other kids skipped the 'boring' parts of the catalogue and went straight to the toys? I remember my mother making sure the stamps went into each square almost perfectly and the satisfaction of having a full book. I remember that ad as well. Good work. Cheers.
I'm one of 4 kids, when one of us was born, the next one up would get a present "from the baby". When my sister was born, I got a doll, bought with green shield stamps. I've still got it.
I remember my parents used to have people knocking on the door with books full of stamps the people were given 75p I think it was then we used to come over to blackpool and they would cash them in at a shop for crimbo pressies for 1.50 a book if I remember correctly
anyone else in the UK remember a cardboard spaceship playhouse thingy in the early to mid 70's. Came in as flat packed and printed on one side with dials and such. The other sides were silver, the whole rocket slotted together. You could only fit one inside at a time but they were so much fun.
Hiya Sixties Child! Have you seen the 'Throway History' channel here on youtube? I was just there, and thought of you. Hence the quick plug! And yes Green Shield Stamps, SIGH! Also my mum's Co-Op divvy number, tattooed on my brain, that ended up in stamp form too...
My mum got me a dressing gown (but it was really a adults house coat) from Brentford nylons with the stamps. I was only 10, the thing was way too big for a child, had zero warmth and I hated it. And it was blue not pink 😠
in todays money each stamp would of been worth 0.03p you would have to spend £1064 for the kenwood chef The original Kenwood Chef was not cheap. It cost 30 guineas in 1966 (around £400 in today's money).
