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Argos have put all their catologues online a http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/
I can still remember every page of the toy sections in them. My kids can’t believe it when I told them it was like looking at Amazon is now.
That’s me sorted for tonight’s reading
Never been into Argos or Macdonalds so this is all new to me .
B
The Freemans or Grattan catalogue was my “book of dreams” back in the day.
Pete
Amazing looking through these! Electric blankets, health lamps and spice racks....memories
Nice Seiko from 81/82 when I was 9/10....
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*Heads straight for the watches section*
Wish there was “Index: The Catalogue Shop” version...think I bought more of my watches from there when I was a kid.
I really enjoyed that for about 15 mins, but started to feel melancholy about the things I used to ask my mother to buy for me when I was a kid because I didn't realise how poor we were growing up.
I wanted for nothing and looking back I feel a bit guilty.
I'll give her a big hug tomorrow.
Sorry to dampen the mood - Great find!
Originally Posted by ptcoll
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I can remember the Amstrad stack system, and the in car Sharp radio cassette player with APSS track search! Halogen days Rodney.....
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
this
Amazing to look back at when 'Cellular Phones' came to Argos, total up the cost of the phone, a scientific claculator, a dictaphone, databank, decent camera, photo album, video recorder, tv, hifi, plus all the other stuff we have on a phone now, not to mention a watch.
Egg timer, stopwatch.
Brilliant this. Looking back at things I’ve had in the past and memories.
Noticed and Omega for sale for £127 in one of the late 70s editions!
Ahhhhh memories.
Always had an Argos catalogue laying around. They were as thick as the yellow pages
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I met my now wife in 1997, she was buying her first flat so for her birthday I went to Argos and kitted our the kitchen, looking back through the 1997 edition I see it all!
Wow times have changed! 74/75 edition page 99 top right corner.
Absolutely awesome - many thanks for posting.
And cudos to Argos for doing this - that is quite some undertaking and really well presented.
TZ'ers might find this online calculator useful to see what prices would actually be in today's money - it's often quite surprising as in how much cheaper many items are today comparatively. I've just been browsing cameras from 1982, and a fifty quid camera then would be £175 now.
You can set it to any year and any amount.
http://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/infl...1982?amount=50
eg, crappy Amstrad hifi in 1982 would be the equivalent of £700 now...
Ferguson VHS recorder would be pushing £2k in today's money... and Astrowars a cool £100...
ETA - I've found the quickest way to find stuff is to go right to the end page - the index - and then go from there.
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So clever my foot fell off.
Well they've brought back some memories. Bookmarked for later perusal.
This is so cool. I used love looking through the Argos catalogue.
Oooh, I shall spend a few hours having a look through some of these...
Always used to be a great event when the Argos catalogue was coming out too see what new toys were coming out :)
Used to flick through it with my nephew in 1985, (I think) when he was 3.
As soon as he recognised something - he’d dab the finger that had been up his nose a second previously, on a picture and name it.
We would get to the clock section, and he would triumphantly dab a pudgy finger to item No 5 and and shout:
”Googo-Lock!”
Great memories!
Great nod to Bill Bailey and fun move by Argos.
Flicking through I hadn't even remembered they sold hand tools - the Impact Driver I bought for 4.49 in 1985 I used only this summer and still have most of the bits for ! The metal box is long gone however.
This is brilliant. The nostalgia wave hit me hard
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Nice Seiko from 81/82 when I was 9/10....
I knew it was in there, just had never seen the Autumn / Winter 1987 catalogue online before ....
http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/1987-88.html#page=48
Stainless Seiko 7A38-7190 SAA053J - Argos cat. # 251/4958
This one came (from eBay) with its Argos till receipt:
Sure enough, the following year, in the Autumn / Winter 88/89 catalogue, there was the stainless 7A38-7280 SAA119J - even cheaper !!
http://argosbookofdreams.co.uk/1988-89.html#page=54
Just looked though this and the old halcyon days come back, I just have to go somewhere between 84 and 86 and search out my first camera that I ogled over in the catalog, a Praktica MTL5 with 50mm lens and the 135mm Zeiss telephoto, I loved that camera!!
Now that is cool!
The vertex chronograph on page 147 of 74/75 is pretty sweet for £33.95
What an awesome site, I used to read these cover to cover!
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