Adverts from Jersey Topic 1966 - Part 2

The Battle of Flowers and Miss Jersey Battle of Flowers was big then. Springfield was still a venue for these events and I remember visiting an Ideal Homes Exhibition there once.

I love the style of the clothes for children - quite old fashioned in the 1960s.

Le Lievres was still around and selling china. They also had a wedding service, where you could buy dinner sets for a wedding present (or parts thereof).

Another advert for Miss Battle of Flowers selection.

The Revere closed and is now demolished! I've never heard of Kents at Quennevais.

The Old Court House at Gorey is now flats.

An interesting advert for Le Riches (now gone) showing the beach, not the stores!

Cars back then had sharper edgeds.

I'd never heard of gas refrigerators.

British United.

British United Airways (BUA) was a private, independent British airline formed as a result of the merger of Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960, making it the largest wholly private airline based in the United Kingdom at the time. British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) was the new airline's main shareholder. At its inception, BUA assumed the aircraft and operations of its predecessors. These included a fleet of 90 assorted fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters that continued to operate mainly non-scheduled services. Gatwick became BUA's main operating base while Stansted was the main base for trooping flights until 1964. In November 1970, B&C sold BUA to the Scottish charter airline Caledonian Airways for £12 million (£197.5 million today). At that stage, it operated an all-jet fleet of 20 aircraft and employed a staff of 3,000.


And an advert from drink - prices were cheap for booze in Jersey back then. A major holiday draw. 

Still in production as Long John Special Reserve, this long-established standard blend was named after the legendary ‘Long John’ Macdonald, who founded Ben Nevis distillery. Its malt was supposedly a key ingredient, though Long John’s core later became Tormore, which began distilling in 1961.

Now owned by Pernod Ricard, and still widely drunk in France, Long John claims to contain 48 different malts. It has light, cereal notes, a distinct sweetness and a short finish.