Anyone remember Green Shield Stamps?

Butterfly_Brain

aloiseb wrote: »

I remember the 70s ones - we only ever managed to save up nearly one book full (my Dad obviously went for the cheaper garages...) and I remember wondering how anybody ever managed to collect the 1000 odd you needed to get a family car!

There was a little attempt to revive it in the 80s I think - that must have been what turned into Argos.

But the thing I most remember is a spoof which was done by the Goodies - a Goodie Green Stamps catalogue - in the Goodies' Criminal Record Book. It included such numbers as a lampshade marked "GREEN thing to hang from the ceiling. Will provoke hours of interesting conversation, eg "Please take that green thing down from the ceiling". Comes complete with red thing."

Ah, those were the days....:o

The Goodies were brilliant, my favourite was the giant fluffy kitten, followed by Ecky Thump :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Gigervamp

When my son was 8, he discovered hubby's Goodies video. The episode with Kitten Kong was played on loop!

Inspiringmumma

I'm amazed! This is the second time in a month Green Shield Stamps have come into my radar, not previously since they stopped trading. My dad collected them with petrol and mum with shopping. Our garden sun loungers were the first acquisition. We had an electric blanket, an iron and pans that I can remember. I loved sticking the stamps into the book and being amazed when an armful were produced taken to the store on Deansgate in Manchester, where they were counted against the chosen item and the customer waited for someone to pick the coded item from an unseen warehouse at the back - not dissimilar to Argos. Many thanks to JackieO for bringing back memories of my mum using a blanket and sheet covered table to do the ironing, and the electric cable plugged into the wall and into the back of the iron, got frayed with use. I can't remember if new cables were available. I suspect they were because everything we had lasted a lifetime.

lingojingo

We used to take armsful of full books to the Green Shield Shop in town, but I can't remember what we exchanged them for

ThemeOne

Green Shield Stamps seemed to be a big feature of life in the 60s and 70s. I remember some shops gave Pink Stamps instead which weren't regarded as so good - I've no idea how you redeemed them - certainly don't remember a Pink Stamps shop!

hummingbird

My mum used to collect both the green shield and co-op blue stamps, but we didn't lick the stamps - we dampened a sponge and plonked the stamps onto it before sticking them in the book! Very sophisticated !!:rotfl:

The funny thing is, although we collected books and books of stamps, I can't remember one single thing that we got with them!!:money:

Tigsteroonie

My main memory of Green Shield stamps - and Co-op stamps - was that my mother had a cloth shopping bag that she would use every day to carry shopping done that day, her purse, an umbrella, and various other sundries. The stamps would fall to the bottom of the bag along with receipts.

Every now and then, she'd get me to clean her bag out, throw all receipts, and stick the stamps into books. By this point the stamps were creased, grubby, and frequently had unidentified bits/crumbs on the glue side. They tasted awful and grated on my tongue. But, good little girl that I was, I stuck them in as instructed!

wondercollie

Am I the only one that remembers the stamps that the NAAFI did in BAOR?

They were a pinkish red?

I_luv_cats

ThemeOne wrote: »

Green Shield Stamps seemed to be a big feature of life in the 60s and 70s. I remember some shops gave Pink Stamps instead which weren't regarded as so good - I've no idea how you redeemed them - certainly don't remember a Pink Stamps shop!

And Co-Op stamps.


The check-outs assistants used to hand them or till spat them out AND Arcade slot machines used to pay them out as prizes too.

zaksmum

ThemeOne wrote: »

Green Shield Stamps seemed to be a big feature of life in the 60s and 70s. I remember some shops gave Pink Stamps instead which weren't regarded as so good - I've no idea how you redeemed them - certainly don't remember a Pink Stamps shop!

I remember the pink ones too. Can't remember the name of them though.

My mum got a Readicut Rug Kit with hers. It was a nightmare of a thing... you got a big rug sized sheet of a mesh-like fabric and a load of cut rug material and a tool like a crochet hook. It came with a pattern and sort of colour by numbers guide.

Mum was enthusiastic for about 10 minutes then got fed up with it so we kids were roped in to finish it.

It took about three months to complete and lasted years.