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You must be Hank Marvin! Why are the Seventies so in vogue?

As a marketeer, I am always fascinated by well produced or quirky advertisements. I have come across this one which is really peculiar and surely appeals to most parents in particular those who grew up in the Seventies (like me). Personally I am a big fan of the era of Mad Men when advertising as we know it now was born. In this commercial the advertised products are not shown until the very…
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Names that time forgot: ‘Donald', 'Betty' biggest losers in names league since 1940 Census

Don and Betty Draper return in ‘Mad Men’ Series 5 on 27th March; but their namesakes now endangered – study by findmypast.co.uk From Donald (“Don”) Draper to Donald Trump, Donald Duck and Donald Rumsfeld… Donald’s once thrived, now threatened From Betty Draper to Betty White, Betty Boop, Betty Grable and Betty Crocker … Betty’s once flourished, now few Betty and Donald are…
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