From chocolate bars to Calpol, they are some of the nation’s most nostalgic brands
People can still afford brands I’ve been living of supermarkets own brand stuff for years now as I can’t justify the expense.
The number 88 bus should go to Nuremberg.
Must have used grok to generate that slop.
Allegedly a real stock photo. London genuinely can look that ludicrously British on a coronation or similar day.
- Rolls-Royce - German owned
- Radio Caroline - British owned
- Twinings - British owned
- Cadbury - American owned
- Bass - Canadian/American owned
- Burberry - British owned
- Transport for London (TfL) Roundel - British designed
- Calpol - not a single product, just the British name for paracetamol
- Mini - German owned
- BBC - well, who knows at this point
So that’s not a great track record for our most iconic brands.
Calpol is a brand of children’s liquid paracetamol
The default position in any successful British venture is to sell it to overseas investors who will turn it in a shadow of itself to milk the residual goodwill.
Calpol is a children’s brand of medicine.
It is remembered fondly because it tastes nice and we’re not allowed it after we get too old and we just have to swallow bitter tablets instead. But all British children remember pretending to be sick so they could have a spoonful of joy
