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Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 09:10 on 31st March 2008 When I was but a lad, I used to look forward to Mum buying the groceries because a) it's always a good idea to eat and b) I collected the cards from Brooke Bond tea. I'm sure it was Brooke Bond, if I'm wrong, I apologise and hope someone will correct me. I remember it was tea leaves, not blooming bags, and it came in a green rectangular box about the same size as a light bulb box. I recall collecting 'Transport through the ages', trees, cars and so many more that I have forgotten the name of. This would have been in the late sixties, very early seventies. If anyone has any,either cards or albums, I'd love to know, maybe you could take some pictures, it would bring back some memories to see them. Like a lot of things I used to have, they have disappeared in time, more's the pity! Please let me know, Andy. |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:13 on 5th April 2008 Yes I remember them Andy, wild birds, flowers, wild animals, trains etc etc I collected them as well, so did my sister. We used to fight over who's turn it was when our mum bought the tea LOL happy days. |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:30 on 9th April 2008 Isn't it strange how things like that go missing? I just wish I could remember what I (or my mum) did with them. I always have a look at the local car boot sale, hoping one day to find some of them again. |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 08:33 on 9th April 2008 You will probably find them on ebay Andy. you can find ANYTHING on there |
Jen Strath Posts: 122 Joined: 11th Feb 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 14:39 on 10th April 2008 Over here it was Bushells and Liptons...and as well as the cards you could collect tokens to redeem against certain household items. I remember my mum getting a teapot....and I collected the cards much to the disgust of my brothers |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:35 on 11th April 2008 Lyn...if I could work out how to go on E-bay without getting tins and tins of Spam filling my computer I would take a look. Great idea though! Jen....it sounds like very much the same sort of thing. We have Liptons here too , as I'm sure you're aware. Getting a teapot with tokens from packs of tea makes sense, I wonder if I could get another van free with all the diesel I buy?!!? |
MariaGrazia Posts: 711 Joined: 25th Mar 2008 Location: Italy | quotePosted at 16:06 on 11th April 2008 What about this one? : http://www.BrookeBondCollectables.co.uk/ |
Gives Up! ' Posts: 1934 Joined: 30th Apr 2005 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:21 on 27th January 2009 Andy, my brother has books with cards in them. I can recall transport, batman and robin, and others which I can't quite remember but wild flowers might have been one of them. Where the cards were collected from I don't know! |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:31 on 27th January 2009 And fag cards...meaning inserts from cigarette packets for those of you from across the pond! |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:40 on 27th January 2009 Yes Ron, I have various cigarette cards and the albums you stuck them in of the Royal Family in the 1930s, King George VI and the Queen Mother mostly, off the top of my head. |