Advert from 1977 for the British TV rental company ‘British Relay’.
This advert on the right is originally from the Glasgow Herald (November 1969) promotes British Relay (prominant in many Ayrshire towns) as a source of rented TV. The first regular colour broadcasts in Europe began on BBC2 1st July 1967 followed by BBC1 and ITV in 1969. As well as renting televisions, British Relay provided a cable service of TV and radio signals.
Info gleaned from www.threetowners.com
Yellow pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category, rather than alphabetically by business name and in which advertising is sold. As the name suggests, such directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term yellow pages is now also applied to online directories of businesses. The name “Yellow Pages” is protected in the UK where it is a trademark of British Telecom.
Info gleaned from Wikipedia
Yellow Pages 1996 ad
1986 British telecom advert promoting the new phonecards.
1985 advert from the UK for Yellow Pages of a Son trying to find a train for his Dad.
The term Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, categorized according to the product or service provided. As the name suggests, such directories are usually printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term Yellow Pages is now also applied to online directories of businesses.
1985 commercial for BT.
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