Food, Glorious Food!

This short advert tells you that only real chickens can apply to be Shippam's chickens

15 seconds isn't long, you've got to say Crosse and you've got to say Blackwell, and you've got to say Branston Pickle!

In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?

Animated advert for the much loved strawberry ice lolly, with chocolate and sugar balls and a chocolate bar inside!

An advertisement for Rank Hovis McDougall’s Nimble bread featuring a female tennis player.

A mouth-watering glimpse of the art and craft that went into making and decorating Cadbury’s chocolates in the 1930s.

A world away from zany humour, Richard Lester shows he can also capture the easy opulence of the upper class nibbling After Eight mints.

From out of the vaults comes this pre-WWII cinema advert for ice-cream.

Three children stamp the ice cream packs with a "2p off" stamp. Look out for the special packs!

An animated spaceman finds a Star Bar which gives him an energy boost.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Kinema Kups, thanks to this delightful cartoon ad

Grace and power - the miracle of the “gravity runway”.

An advert for the Nimble brand of slimming-friendly bread that reinforces the concept of the word ‘nimble’.

Tri-ang model railways are a lure for children and big kids, but Kit Kat gets the grown-ups' attention

Tardy squirrel in Kellogg's ad

Pre-decimalisation nostalgia abounds in this advert for Shippam's New Chicken Supreme - and it's delicious on toast too!

Pilchards from Cornwall, mixed with tomatoes, are the best of the catch from Shippam's - in this short animated advert for cinemas

This charming animated advert from the 1960s - is for Seniors Pastes - and stars Sarah, the squeaky-voiced little girl with a monster appetite

Liverpool and England footballer Emlyn Hughes gets nostalgic when he takes a team of aspiring youngsters through their paces

Three-shot advert showing the package, several sizzling fish fingers, and a child gratefully eating them.

The teenager emerges into our culture in all innocence, fruit gums in hand, doing what all teenagers first do; buy a record in a record shop.

This 1960 Heinz ad boasts a recipe tip for some tasty flaked fish vol-au-vents.

Posters beckon you to tea in this colourful and nostalgic animated advert for Shippam's meat and fish pastes

An advert for Nimble bread that stresses its suitability as part of a calorie-controlled diet.

Chocolates and wealth, chocolates and taste, chocolates and elegance, chocolates and romance: the lifestyle of chocolates.

“Tis but thy name that is my enemy” is hardly an idea that lends itself to such a strong branded product, but it enlightens the otherwise humdrum.

Fresh from the 60s comes a nostalgic advert for some nostalgic food - as two hungry kids clamour for their Seniors Steak & Kidney Pudding

This nostalgic advert introduces all new CDF - Chicken Dog Food - for pampered pooches, puppies and their discerning owners everywhere

“If I’m in a vicious mood I crunch them . . . if I’m in a good mood I suck them slowly.”

At the heart of British family life… cornflakes!

Cheery ad for a certain well-known breakfast cereal.

The bar with unique bubbly texture, using a secret bubbly formula, giving rise to the bubbly banter of bubbly flirting.

The iconic Findus frozen food, a crispy pancake wrapped around a choice of four different fillings.

“Ooh, le Concorde!” Frosties join the jet age with a supersonic taste for breakfast.

Eye-wateringly sexist breakfast cereal ad advising women how to stay trim and stave off that puppy fat.

Any boy struggling to construct Meccano will deserve a chocolate break, though perhaps this won’t be as satisfying as completing the Meccano.

Ice-cream without the Lyons Maid Gold Seal is given the cold shoulder in this TV ad.

“An hour from now you’ll wish you’d had one”, and this cinema snack song will be stuck in your head long after that

A child’s fantasy of being in a place where Smarties are overflowing, and there are no adults around to spoil the fun.

The simple power of association. Not a “melt in your mouth”, but a macho “crunch it, chew it”, for “when you feel like a great big bite”.

A 1970s ad proposing Findus Battered Cod Steaks as the centrepiece of a healthy family meal.

Seventies nostalgia abounds in this advert for Shippam's Country Pot - for sandwiches with a bit of Ooooh-Aaar

An animated ad for Heinz Ploughman’s Pickle, reinforcing the image of the logo rather than the well-known product.

Boring sandwiches get a tasty Shippam's make-over in this classic comedy commercial from the 70s starring the legendary Roy Kinnear

Look out eggs, there’s a new meal in town. Behold the future of cooking - boil-in-the-bag!

This early Cadbury advert plays like a surreal outtake from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

Narrated in verse, this ad tells the story of young Mother Hubbard and how her day was improved by a tin of Heinz soup.

It’s a drink on a stick - It defies gravity! Revel in delight at this popular movie going ice lolly of the fifties.

Groovy space badges: “wear them proudly and eat lots of Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks”.

A dreamy Christmas advert for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

You have to admit, it’s a pretty flaky advert for chocolate.

Childhood obesity? This depression-era ad has kids singing the virtues of fat as an essential source of calories in impoverished times.

The best you can buy: early ad for Findus frozen peas.

Findus go out of their way to make their pie seem humble, but it all seems a bit fishy in this TV ad directed by Ridley Scott.

A witty ad for foil and clingfilm products, directed by none other than Lindsay Anderson.