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Clothes catalogues

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  • 23-02-2014 1:34am
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    willfarmerman
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    What was the name of the company that sold clothes. Via catalogue in the 90s. Catalogue. In nearly every house in the country?
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    Gongoozler
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    Kays catalogue?


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    Talib Fiasco
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    The Farmers Journal?


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    weldoninhio
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    willfarmerman wrote: »
    What was the name of the company that sold clothes. Via catalogue in the 90s. Catalogue. In nearly every house in the country?

    Family Album


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    Chancer3001
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    Argos.

    Sugradh

    Guinness book of records.

    Ireland's own.


    That's the complete collection of books catalogues in my house


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    delw
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    Victoria's Secret? ;)


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    JuliusCaesar
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    Littlewoods?


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    willfarmerman
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    Family album is the one I think. I never remember anyone at home buying out of it but they would arrive periodically. Wife remembers same but neither of us could name it


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    Chucken
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    Oxendales.


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    groucho marx
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    Oxendales


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    freshpopcorn
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    Family Album or Oxendales.


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    The Dagda
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    Shhhh don't tell the farmer about Amazon.

    Yeah Family Album is good for clothes, reasonable too... :shiftyeyes:


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    Chucken
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    Family album became Kays....or the other way around :confused:


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    wazky
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    Whatever one had the latest shtyles from the Milan or Paris.


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    Stavros Murphy
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    This thread is heading for knickers. And over shoulder boulder holders...ahh, the mammories.


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    holystungun9
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    Gongoozler wrote: »
    Kays catalogue?

    Def responsible for my knicker fetish!


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    Chucken
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    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    Argos.

    Sugradh

    What was the name of the other school thing like that?
    I think it began with the letter "A"....I think?


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    Chucken
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    Chucken wrote: »
    What was the name of the other school thing like that?
    I think it began with the letter "A"....I think?

    No. It began with "S".
    Siamsa.

    Now I'll sleep easy :)


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    Davarus Walrus
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    Zara are knocking out top class style at the moment. Very modern.


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    Candy_Girl
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    Family Album ...you could buy a pair of knickers by the week.


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    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    Littlewoods?

    I remember littlewoods was the pools. Do they do that anymore?

    Jeez, I'm getting old!


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    fineso.mom
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    Chucken wrote: »
    What was the name of the other school thing like that?
    I think it began with the letter "A"....I think?


    Are you thinking of the alphabet,,definitely began with A then lots of other letters and it used to finish with zed but now it finishes with zee


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    Sir Arthur Daley
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    I used love the clothes collection on the Playboys magazines in the 90s.


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    Molester Stallone
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    Chucken wrote: »
    No. It began with "S".
    Siamsa.

    Now I'll sleep easy :)

    We had Sonas as well in primary school


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    Mickey H
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    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    This thread is heading for knickers. And over shoulder boulder holders...ahh, the mammories.

    Surprised it took 15 posts to get to the knickers. :D


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    Stavros Murphy
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    Mickey H wrote: »
    Surprised it took 15 posts to get to the knickers. :D

    They're very shy around here. :D


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    BillyMitchel
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    Defo family album. Clothes were a lot more expensive too.

    Go looking for the knickers and bras section and go pull the willy off myself at the sight of a nipple. For all you younger folk that was the way before we had the Internet.


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    willfarmerman wrote: »
    Family album is the one I think. I never remember anyone at home buying out of it but they would arrive periodically. Wife remembers same but neither of us could name it

    They now trade as Littlewoods.


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    Beasty
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    Family Album - their head office was in O'Connell Street. Kays was a sister company but I think that by the time they expanded into Ireland they basically issued the same catalogue with a different cover. Then there was another sister company, Morses, who sold door to door. In 1998 the parent company took over Argos, and in 2003 the mail order business was sold off to the Barclay brothers who then combined it with Littlewoods. Argos took over Homebase around 2001 and now both form part of the Home Retail Group


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    Cienciano
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Family Album - their head office was in O'Connell Street. Kays was a sister company but I think that by the time they expanded into Ireland they basically issued the same catalogue with a different cover. Then there was another sister company, Moses, who sold door to door. In 1998 the parent company took over Argos, and in 2003 the mail order business was sold off to the Barclay brothers who then combined it with Littlewoods. Argos took over Homebase around 2001 and now both form part of the Home Retail Group

    And I used to fap at the bra section


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    Beasty
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    And I used to fap at the bra section
    Well here's something especially for you - a page from the 1972 "Great Universal" UK catalogue

    http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz195/BeastyofNCD/mailordercat1.jpg?t=1292591617


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