Retrograde. Bamboozlement! More Bamboozlement!

Coffee, Butter, Chocolate, Chappal, Toothpaste


5 Star Energy Bar ad 1971. More than a decade later it was selling for a princely sum of Rs. 5.



Amul Butter girl, year 1968


Bata Ad, year 1963


Nescafe Coffee ad from 1965


Colgate Dental Cream, 1958 Ad.
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Found these in a HT special dated July 11, 2009.
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  1. Dear Vinayak ji
    when we were in school we had FLEX shoes . They sold well . I do not know what happened to that company.
    Good work.

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  2. I can talk about great Bata shoes. And Kashmiri's Gola boots. In Kashmir 'Gola boot' was the word for the sports shoes. It turns out "Gola' in fact is an old shoe company from Britain. Must have been quite popular in Kashmir.

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  3. Gola Shoes .....i remember i too had black pair when i was in Class 1st,felt like a superhero when i wore those :)

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