Gypsy Creams
Harley Discs
Woman's Weekly / 26th March 1965
YES! Get yourself high and you too can fit in a nice dress! This article suggests that these pills were probably amphetamines, so presumably, if you didn’t have 20 shillings to spare once you came down, you put all the weight back on through eating normally, and, most likely, you put more on through comfort eating as well. The article linked to also gives details of modern diet pills, which don’t sound that pleasant either. As ever, eating sensibly and exercising regularly is the only proven long-term method of weight management, and you should talk to your doctor if you need support.
Tags: blatant sexism, diets, dodgy advice, health
5 Comments
Tanya Jones on 25 August 2011 @ 10am
Duh, I’d forgotten that! Another example of advertisers trying to make their products look cheaper!
Jam Shambles on 28 August 2011 @ 4pm
The silhouettes amuse me, the top one aside from having a tubby tum (and who doesn’t?!) has shapely legs, a nice pert bum and bigger baps than Miss Skinny Minnie at the bottom. I’ll choose the “ugly” fat thanks you drug addled fools!
Anonymous on 24 September 2011 @ 6pm
The modern equivalent would be Acai berry’s
the more things change…
Charlie Albright on 27 September 2011 @ 9pm
An age old mystery solved, so that is what it was all about ? – amphetamines.
I remember this lady in the local neighbourhood who (delicately put ) perhaps had a fuller figure, but was regarded as a bit loopy. For example the milkman saw her wallpapering her front room at 3 oclock in the morning. People felt sorry for her husband due to the raving rows.
Looks like now that the poor soul was only trying to slim
Londis on 24 August 2011 @ 10pm
“those unwanted pounds”
LOL it’s twenty shillings to one pound, so yes!