We love old adverts, they look great, provide a fascinating window into the past and are great for researching and dating vintage items. The following galleries are intended to become a database of old adverts. If you are able to contribute to these galleries please get in touch.
Aertex 1959 (Womens Weekly)
Aligator 1969 (Nova)
Bally 1975 (Vogue)
Barkers 1952 (Sunday Dispatch)
Beard's 1967 (The Field)
occara 1969 (Nova)
BOY 1981 (NME)
Braemer 1953 (Tatler)
Brevitt 1946 (Ideal Home)
Brevitt 1947 (Ideal Home)
Brevitt 1948 (Ideal Home)
Burton 1966 (Sunday Times Magazine)
C&A 1973 (Sunday Times Magazine)
Celon 1969 (Nova)
Charles Butler 1965 (Women's Own)
Clara Reid 1968
Clarks 1951 (Illustrated)
Clarks 1956 (Picturegoer)
Clarks 1970
Colin Glascoe 1969 (Nova)
Craigmere 1954 (Sunday Pictorial)
Crimpelene 1966 (London Life)
Deanes 1986 (Womens Weekly)
Debenhams 1932 (Tatler)
Delta by Lotus 1951 (Picture Post)
Delta 1951 (Illustrated)
Dents Gloves 1955 (Woman & Home magazine)
Devonshire 1955 (Woman & Home magazine)
Dickins & Jones 1955
Donbros Nil Sim-Il-Ie 1955 (Woman & Home)
Dorthy Ward 1964 (Daily Mail)
Dorothy Ward 1965 (Daily Mail)
Dorville 1949 (Ideal Home)
Ever-Rest 1944 (Picture Post)
Fairway 1963 (Womens Weekly)
Fenwick 1930 (Tatler)
Gamages 1952
Gor-Ray 1949 (Ideal Home)
Gor-Ray 1949 (Ideal Home)
Gor-Ray 1951 (Ideal Home)
Gor-Ray 1951 (Ideal Home)
Gor-Ray 1952 (Ideal Home)
Gor-Ray 1957 (Picturegoer)
Gor-Ray 1957 (Picturegoer)
Gor-Ray 1957 (Picturegoer)
Hebden Cord Company 1966
Holmes 1969 (Nova)
Holyrood Knitwear 1947 (London Illustrated News)
JA Davis & Sons 1966 (Practical Motorist)
Jager 1955 (Tatler)
Jaeger 1969 (Tatler)
Jaeger 1970 (Tatler)
Joyce 1951 (Illustrated)
Joyce 1952 (Picture Post)
K 1954 (Ideal Home)
Kangol 1952 (Picture Post)
Kangol 1960
Kayser Bondor 1953 (Tatler)
Lammermuir 1977 (Peoples Friend)
Leodian 1965 (Daily Mail)
Lilley & Skinner 1949 (Ideal Home)
Lilley & Skinner 1949 (Ideal Home)
Lotus 1950 (Tatler)
Manfield 1936 (Tatler)
Marshall Ward 1973
Marshall 1968
Martin Leather 1952 (Illustrated)
Morley 1965 (Sunday Times Magazine)
Newman's 1953
Norvic 1953
Opti-Lon 1966
Norvic 1965 (Women's Own)
Oral 1952
Oral 1953
Peter Scott 1962 (Tatler)
Portland 1951 (Illustrated)
Portland 1952 (Picture Post)
Portland 1965 (Women's Own)
Portland 1976
Pringle 1953 (The Queen)
Pringle 1954 (Tatler)
Pringle 1956 (Edinburgh Festival Programme)
Pryce Jones 1955 (Woman & Home)
Quelrayn 1969 (Nova)
Raindears 1971 (My Weekly Magazine 1971)
Saxone 1947 (Ideal Home)
Saxone 1949 (Ideal Home)
Saxone 1949 (Ideal Home)
Scholl 1965 (Women's Own)
Scholl 1968 (Photoplay)
Scholl 1969 (Nova)
Skarco 1952
Skarco 1960
Skerry 1963 (Womens Weekly)
St Michael 1970
Swallow 1951 (Illustrated)
Swan 1965 (Women's Own)
Tuisku - Ogden Smiths Ltd 1969 (The Field)
Valstar 1954 (Ideal Home)
Wallis 1969 (Nova)