This week's Sepia Saturday caused me a bit of a dilemma. Should I dig out some of my vintage postcards which related to celebratory occasions, which I'm sure I've done for a previous post, or search for something new. I decided on the latter and after some searching I came across nothing short of Jubilation.
Jubilation! Beauty contest winner, Miss Stoke City, c.1969
So where did I find this source of jubilation I heard you wonder? Well, it was in none other than the programme for the 1968/69 season's division one football (soccer) match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur. Not only is Miss Stoke City inside the magazine but she also graces the front cover too, which is normally the territory of dramatic penalty box action shots.
Jubilation! Beauty contest winner, Miss Stoke City, c.1969
But that's not all. I couldn't possibly let this post go by without also including some of the vintage advertisements from the programme. Natural in the 1960's to associate beer with both the fans and the players I guess.
Vintage advertisement for Worthington's beer from Stoke City football programme, c.1969
An interesting abbreviation for the name of this coach company.
Vintage advertisement for the Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., from Stoke City football programme, c.1969
Rogues in town indeed.
Vintage advertisement for Rogue suede shoes, from Stoke City football programme, c.1969
That's all folks. If anyone reading this is interested in football (soccer) programmes then check out my Etsy football programme store where I have vintage programmes from Stoke City and many other clubs.
Good gracious, that brought back memories. I was living in Stoke (well Newcastle-Under-Lyme) in 1969 but I don't think I went to any of the Stoke City matches that year. But the shops and the buses - I remember them well - and even the rather mediocre Worthingtons beer!
ReplyDeleteGreat old advertisements!
ReplyDeleteThose shoes! I don't remember any like that in the States, though...they look kind of Robin Hood-ish...
ReplyDeleteAh, Worthington 'E' is a distant memory now.
ReplyDeleteFunny timing -- I've been researching a canal boat trip in England and Stoke-on-Trent keeps popping up.
ReplyDeleteA friend recently had a picture of framed vintage advertisements on the wall. Looked terrific! Think I will do that one day!
ReplyDeleteWe had breakfast with some of our grandkids this morning. Yesterday we'd been to our grandson's Little League football game & I was explaining how what we call "football" here is actually "soccer" in European communities. He looked a bit puzzled for a moment, then wanted to know if we call our kind of football "football", and we call soccer "soccer", then what do the Europeans call our kind of football? Good question! My best guess was "American football"? What do you call it??? :)
ReplyDeleteAnd we Aussies have a home-grown game that we love called 'footy' - Australian Rules Football. It's nothing like soccer or American Football. The Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (Yes, cricket, just to confuse the issue) attracts 100 000 people and viewers around the nation.
Delete@La Nightingail - yes, you're right. We call it American Football over here in the UK.
ReplyDeleteOld ads are very appealing. As are old sepia photos.
ReplyDeleteAdverts from the 60's have a look that is very identifiable, but I'm not sure they match the classic commercial art styles of the early 20th century.
ReplyDeleteGreat vintage ads...and post! It is such a shame that you stopped posting.
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