People forget how huge the soaps were back in the 60s and 70s. You couldn't look anywhere without seeing adverts for Corrie ice lollies and Crossroads sweet cigarettes. Kids couldn't get enough of the escapades of their favourite characters like Elsie Tanner and Amy Turtle.
Manufacturers couldn't keep up with the demand for the official ATV Crossroads motel playset so Susan Stranks off of Magpie showed everyone how to make their own from old egg shells and potato peelings.
It was fab. You had to be there.
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A year or so ago, I tweeted an ad for a Sapphire & Steel ice lolly which seemed to go down well on social media - particularly those who genuinely thought they remembered them from their childhood.
Indeed, some eBay entrepreneur - believing it to be a real ad - turned it into a fridge magnet. (He was told of his error!).
Here's this year's nostalgic ice lolly.
Mmmm.
Real liquorice water ice!!
You may recall some covers I posted for some early Doctor Who DVDs late last year.
It appears that my post was a little premature - particularly the footnote regarding the re-launch of the Doctor Who VHS range in 2005.
I've uncovered some material from the BBC Branding and Exploitation Archive in Taunton which throws a little more light on the abandoned project.
No other material exists other than a handful of cover proofs and a copy of a trade ad.
I tried phoning Ken Barlow about his participation but the lady at the Granada Television switchboard told me to 'piss off' in a rather broad Mancunian accent.
Charming...!!
I've always wondered what the local news on soap operas was like.
What's it called?
Who presents it?
Why am I wondering this?
Hello?
Hello?
Is anybody there???
Manufacturers couldn't keep up with the demand for the official ATV Crossroads motel playset so Susan Stranks off of Magpie showed everyone how to make their own from old egg shells and potato peelings. 
