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8th Feb 2016, 9:31 pm | #1 |
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"Davenports" Beer at Home
Evening all.
Can anyone recognise this TV from an old "Davenports" TV commercial? Possibly a Ferranti projection set? Thanks all. Kind regards. From Mike.
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9th Feb 2016, 3:00 am | #2 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Not a set I recognise, but I would guess at Ferranti too.
Having said that, the screen size looks a bit small for a projection set but the cabinet looks too good for it to have been knocked up as a prop. I wonder why she looks so happy about polishing the top of that telly... Tony.
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9th Feb 2016, 11:22 am | #3 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Perhaps she is on a promise of a glass of Tio Pepe afterwards!
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11th Feb 2016, 3:18 pm | #4 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
I think see's an American Vera Lynn look-alike who has decided to convert her TSC102 into a projection set but removed the Ekco badge.
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/B1C24W/broa...nic-B1C24W.jpg Peter |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
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For anyone unaware, Davenports were quite a substantial brewery in Birmingham who didn't own any pubs, which was very unusual back then. They had a huge home delivery network throughout the Midlands. Customers could phone the brewery and place one off orders but most customers had an account and had a crate or two delivered every week. They advertised heavily on ATV into the seventies. "Beer at home means DAVENPORTS!" was the marketing slogan. This was an era when the only way most people could buy beer to drink at home was from the 'jug and bottle' counter at the local pub, which was inconvenient and expensive. Off licences mostly sold wine and spirits, and supermarkets and corner shops were unlicensed. The Davenports business model worked well until licensing laws were relaxed and their range and prices became uncompetitive. |
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12th Feb 2016, 11:21 am | #6 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
And in case you was thinking of placing your Christmas 1967 order here is the advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1dC8c2cP4
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12th Feb 2016, 11:24 am | #7 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Paul,
I can remember seeing these adverts in the NW (Winter Hill country) during the 60's. I cannot remember when in the week they were seen. I have in mind the weekday/weekend franchise split. |
12th Feb 2016, 12:02 pm | #8 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
I don't know how far north their distribution network went. It certainly included Stoke, part of which was served by Granada in the 405 days.
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12th Feb 2016, 12:20 pm | #9 | |
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I believe that they were bought by Greenall Whitley, and the Birmingham brewery closed around 1989. They have since re-emerged in recent years, see here http://www.davenports.co.uk/ John |
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12th Feb 2016, 12:57 pm | #10 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
What happened to my post?
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12th Feb 2016, 1:22 pm | #11 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Mine disappeared too. I assumed that it had been deleted on the grounds that the names and locations of Davenports pubs were considered to be outside the scope of the forum.
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12th Feb 2016, 1:55 pm | #12 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Hi,
All I can say is that Philips sold around 1951 in France table sets with a projection screen of about 45cm diameter. So it really could be an original TV, or it is changed to playback 8mm or 16mm films just for the commercial. That will be a simple way to show a commercial on the screen inside another commercial. German Dalek
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12th Feb 2016, 4:09 pm | #13 | |
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12th Feb 2016, 4:14 pm | #14 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
Strange, I too though the lady looked American; if I hadn't been asked the OPs question I would have been certain it came from a US mag.
Here in the North, in the formative years of ITV we had a weekend service provided by ABC TV, allowing Granada to have a 'breather'. ABC also provided the Midlands weekend service ( so Lew Grade and his entourage at ATV could nip off down to London for the weekend) . This is why, I believe all the North and Midlands got the "Beer at Home adds". I remember a late middle-age chap, with specs (a bit like the bloke who played headmaster in Please Sir!) sitting in an armchair quoffing said beverage. At Christmas he got out of the armchair to exhibit a small barrel on the sideboard. My father, a Tetley's bitter man, used to hurl abuse at the set to the effect of the brew having the strength of gnats urine. |
12th Feb 2016, 5:21 pm | #15 |
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Re: "Davenports" Beer at Home
It was deleted as Off Topic for the forum, as were several others.
Closing time, drink up now!
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