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Packaging with a difference - advert issued by Northern Aluminium, Banbury, UK - 1953

The use of aluminium sheet or slugs to form tubes became popular int he mid-20th century before the widespread adoption of plastic for such pacaking. This advert by Northern Aluminium shows a range of tubes formed from their products by the Venesta Company for a range of well-known brands, some of which are still with us today, Colgate toothpaste being one. A range of shaving creams, seldom seen these days, include those by Yardley, Palmolive, Ingram and Shavallo. It would be wise not to mix them up with other products shown such as Le Page glue or Rawlplug plastic wood!

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Uploaded on August 20, 2017