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: steveparkes; Smurf Admin; Posts: 3277; Joined: Wed May 26, 2004 6:39 am; Location: London & Nottingham; Website: http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

Postby steveparkes » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:38 am

Hi All,

my friend at work (who also collects smurfs) was having a clear out and came across an old 'Look-in' comic (popular in the UK in the 70s). He brought it in for me as it had a smurf/national garage promotion on the back page. I've scanned it and linked it to my website. You can find it here:

http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk/national.htm

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Postby Pitufo » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:28 am

Lovely, Steve...

How old is this advertisement????(about)

JOAQUÍN

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Postby steveparkes » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:34 am

December 1st 1979 Joaquin

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Postby André » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:54 am

I love those ads Steve.

And it is always nice to see when they released the smurfs.

André

In Sweden the smurfs are blue ( and yellow).

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Postby steveparkes » Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:18 pm

so do I Andre, it takes me right back to my childhood, and like you say it's good for dating things

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Postby CapriSmurf » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:40 pm

In those days I had a tiger in my tank! on reflection shame I didnt get my petrol from National.

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Postby bradley » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:12 pm

great promotion page!

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Postby steveparkes » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:25 am

thanks all, glad you liked it too

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Postby bundleofkent » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:53 am

Check out the yellow/blue/white colours on the smurf running with the petrol pump at the bottom: as said before it explains the UK yellow variations...

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Postby steveparkes » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:04 pm

yup, well national garages were yellow/blue & White so I guess smurfs fitted quite nicely with thier colour scheme Martin

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Postby bundleofkent » Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:46 pm

I didn't explain myself well: the yellow colours were introduced specifically to match the National colours. This is the first time I have seen a smurf with a yellow petrol pump-it ties what was previously a theory nicely together!!

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Postby steveparkes » Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:29 pm

lol yes that's what I meant aswell Martin

I know what you mean

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Postby Beers » Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:15 am

How i miss those garages !

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Postby steveparkes » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:30 pm

me too mr beers, me too

Long, long ago, deep in the forest, there was a hidden village where tiny creatures lived. They called themselves the Smurfs. They were good.

http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

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Postby Tojo » Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:09 pm

That is a wonderful advert Steve. Thanks for posting it for us

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Postby steveparkes » Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:13 pm

you're welcome Tojo

Long, long ago, deep in the forest, there was a hidden village where tiny creatures lived. They called themselves the Smurfs. They were good.

http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk

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