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Brands we dont see around any more

  • 19-01-2012 06:36PM
    #1
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    I was reading today that Kodak have filed for bankruptcy. I was very surprised as it's a giant of a company that even managed to coin a phrase, "a Kodak moment"

    It got me thinking about what other brands are no longer with us;

    The Our Price chain of record stores.
    AIWA. Once a very popular Hi-Fi and Walkman clone maker.
    and Radion Washing Powder! :D

    Any others?


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Comments

  • #2
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,646 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    This!


  • #3
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    The radion box was giving children epileptic fits..


  • #4
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Loadsamoney wrote: »
    Radion Washing Powder! :D

    You remember Mr Motivator too so, what a legend

    Not sure about the ad though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvmHggJ-U8


  • #5
    toexpress
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭toexpress


    Do we all remember Findus French Bread Pizzas I used to love those. In fact I want one right now if anyone has one in the bottom of a freezer let me know (I dont care HOW out of date it is)


  • #6
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,291 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Naff jackets


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  • #7
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Loadsamoney


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    This!

    The KVI brand was Crazy Prices wasnt it?


  • #8
    Park Royal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 722 ✭✭✭Park Royal


    Symingtons celery soup.......small packet , similar to a cig packet....

    lovely for stews....

    Symingtons were taken over by Campbells ???


  • #9
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Lada


  • #10
    bicardi19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭bicardi19


    Joe Bloggs


  • #11
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Vanilla Coke
    Coca Cola with lime
    Last time I saw either of them was about six years ago :(

    In mid nineties Chicago Bulls were the biggest sports brand around, bigger then Man Utd, NY Yankees and San Francisco forty niners.
    Loads of Irish people with Bulls caps, have seen one this decade or the decade before.

    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:


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  • #12
    youtube!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭youtube!


    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.


  • #13
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Vanilla Coke
    Coca Cola with lime
    Last time I saw either of them was about six years ago :(

    In mid nineties Chicago Bulls were the biggest sports brand around, bigger then Man Utd, NY Yankees and San Francisco forty niners.
    Loads of Irish people with Bulls caps, have seen one this decade or the decade before.

    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:

    Indeed you can.


  • #14
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    fruit of the loom..


  • #15
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,646 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Loadsamoney wrote: »
    The KVI brand was Crazy Prices wasnt it?

    Yeah that was it! Loved Crazy Prices!


  • #16
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Heroin?


  • #17
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    LA Gear runners. Because they were ****e, extremely expensive and fell apart within weeks

    :D Were they the ones with the strips of lights around them?


  • #18
    chamois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭chamois


    it the radion man the guy from the halifax ads? lol


  • #19
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Sindri wrote: »
    Heroin?


    Still going around, just not in bottles now ;):)


  • #20
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    Jolt Cola


  • #21
    beachpebble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭beachpebble


    Vanilla Coke can still be found in some of the new 'old fashioned' Sweet shops


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  • #22
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Siemens mobile phones

    I was a loyal customer and owned quite a few

    Oh most everyone else had their Nokia 3310 but I was very happy with my Siemens

    Google tells me this division went bust in 2006. They are missed :(


  • #23
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    youtube! wrote: »
    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.

    Nor in the UK, because of a lousy reputation.


  • #24
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 33,615 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    youtube! wrote: »
    Lancia Cars (at least not in Ireland) oh and tiffin bars.

    Tiffin bars are still in my local corner shop. And I'm fairly sure they're not left over from 1984 stock...


  • #25
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Golly Bars...no idea why tbh.


  • #26
    Loadsamoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Loadsamoney


    Uriel. wrote: »
    Jolt Cola

    Can we try and avoid the sweets/crisps/drinks on this? Ive seen endless threads on here for them already ;)


  • #27
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Can you still buy Doc Martins? :confused:

    Indeed you can, I bought a pair a few weeks ago


  • #28
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Good aul "Yellow Pack"!


  • #29
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Jif.


  • #30
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    Haven't seen Sunny D in a while.


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  • #31
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Kodak
    They just filed for bankruptcy. They fell a long way from the biggest camera and film manufacturers in the world to bankrupt.


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