Just because I think this is rather a cute advert, and because I want ALL of that ice-cream.

Ah, so many questions, all of which can probably be covered by "Who? What?" and "Why?". Yes, milk of magnesia can neutralise stomach acid, but I can only surmise that putting it in a toothpaste was a ill-thought out idea, as I've never heard of it being able to prevent tooth cavities. Seeing as the Wikipedia article also mentions magnesium hydroxide's propensity to cause diarrhoea, I can only imagine that the product was quickly taken off the market due to customer, ahem, feedback...

Because, y'know, a bit of rough skin might damage them irreversibly, or something. All part of the rather depressing message sent to women that they not also had to work all the day long in the house, but they couldn't show any symptoms of having done so, because reality might upset not only their husband, but their children as well.

Heh! Yet another idea that's been reinvented for modern times: soap with moisturiser added, to avoid a 'tight' feeling on facial skin after use. It's telling that the advert assumes that make-up is needed for beauty, so their soap is also needed to remove it. No-one starts off with their own natural beauty in this world...

Crikey. Here we have a genuine example of a pre-TV star, ladies and gentlemen. His TV credits (according to IMDB), are meagre, yet this man was obviously a massive star back in his day. What confuses me is the illustration of Peter Cavanagh and his family, clearly taken from a photo. Why not just print the photo? It's also reassuring to know that he speaks for everyone in his love for HP sauce; after all, why would we want to hear from the rest of the family? The contract terms may have had something to do with it too, of course.

Heh heh! I love the naivety in assuming that women who live in London have some unique insight into dress sense. Evidence to the contrary is plentiful, and I've no doubt that the Fifties weren't any different in that regard. However, it's often the case that ambiguous sexuality is more tolerated in a large city: after all, what IS going on in that illustration?

There's an interesting claim here about Kit-e-Kat being so easy and clean to serve. Was this the first appearance of commercial pet food in the UK?

I can't get my head around the idea that Philadelphia soft cheese was once considered a luxury product. By 1969 standards, I must be living like a goddess every time I have it for breakfast because there's nothing else to eat. Well, that caviar gets eaten up so quickly...

I wondered why Women's Weekly readers needed advice on how to shampoo their hair, and then I read here that modern shampoo was only launched around 20 years earlier in the US, so it's quite probable that it was still something that readers needed advice on. Note also the question about 'toilet water'!

For those of us economising in the New Year. In actual fact, I was occasionally fed this stuff in my childhood, so, yes, I can taste it, but I'm not sure pork went anywhere near it. I know, I know, I'm a cossetted modern woman who doesn't know she's born...