My dad died when i was 11 years old, but i had an old bike and did a paper round earning the princely sum of £2 per week and i desperately wanted a new racing bike , My mum saved my money and added a little i think and aged 13.5 i managed to get a brand new on in a local shop cost £47 , a few months later me and a friend cycled to Skegness which was 80 miles away for a weeks camping holiday, we took the tent and everything with us , i had the bike until i passed my driving test aged 17 , did a lot of miles on the Raleigh bike , GREAT MEMORIES

Brought a tear to my eye if you grew up in Britain in the 70's and were lucky enough to get a bike you'd know how special it felt it was a luxury to have one times were hard but nice.

@C345OFR

5 жыл бұрын

A decent bike _still is_ a luxury, these days. Most sub-£500 bikes are made with parts that give up after a couple of years. And don't get me _started_ on Bicycle Shaped Objects!

@kailashpatel1706

4 жыл бұрын

buying on in the 1980s was expensive but god it felt good having one..

@jimmyd694

2 жыл бұрын

We used to ride downhill sitting on old books on top of vintage roller skates. Just how us Glaswegians rolled in those days :)

@yutehube4468

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It was the best present ever, a BMX. That's how you knew you were doing enough lol.

@jerryrawlings8885

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyd694 Big up all the Glaswegians.

Just seen this fir the first time in around 35 years Still knew the end and said it with him ‘I were right about that saddle though’ Man that just made me ridiculously sad.

@yutehube4468

2 жыл бұрын

Not at all. It's one of the most memorable and best adverts ever made.

@jbee9361

3 ай бұрын

I remember as a young kid, I drove my family crazy because I'd always ask,"What did he say at the end?"andI didn't understand it...lovely ad

RIP Bill Webster......you were right about that saddle though!

RIP Peter, Thanks for a nice memory of watching this as a kid and relating to it.

Damn. I remember this life was so much easier then and fun.

Wonderful memories when Britain was great.

@stephen2583

2 ай бұрын

Everythings become to fast. Just moved back to a village and everything has slowed right down again and you can really feel the difference. England is its villages.

Brings back a lot of memories, remember wanting a mongoose BMX, and my dad saying you'll break your neck trying tricks on one of them, and when I got it Xmas morning I could imagine the same watching through the curtains saying hell break his neck on that lol.

@christopherchristos7275

Жыл бұрын

Best days. I had the blue and yellow Raleigh Burner. We all used to ride for miles and miles during those long summer holidays! Best days 👍🏽

@neilstamp9444

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherchristos7275 great days and a great era .

@Carlin2810

Жыл бұрын

They had spin tech headsets aswell,proper BMX's,trick nuts n everything...LoL

@yutehube4468

10 ай бұрын

_"I were right about that neck though"_

i remember this advert, early 80s, i got a Raleigh Grifter and my brother got a Raleigh Chopper Mk1. Good Days, better than the Shower of shit world that we live in now

The Best Line ever, in any advertising ever, "Like Sitting on a razor blade"

I loved bikes growing up in the 80s…I still get excited when I see a Raleigh burner with skyways, never could afford one

Damn this really hits home.

Good old yellow pages, spent ages calling various shops in the 80's and ran a huge telephone bill, still happy days.

Where did you get classy commercials that you make you both sad and happy.....these 80's adverts were top dollar...

The days when you could sit down somewhere and look at a catalogue for hours dreaming about what you wanted lol.

@DJEonT1

2 жыл бұрын

I used to tick the stuff I wanted !

@cycleSCUBA

2 жыл бұрын

Great Universal by any chance?! 😂

@yutehube4468

2 жыл бұрын

@@cycleSCUBA and Empire Stores

@MichaelKingsfordGray

7 ай бұрын

The days where you could use your real name, and not use "lol".

I remember this advert being played in the cinema before A View to a Kill and Rocky IV started, in 1985.

@EvanSpicer-lo2sg

3 ай бұрын

Contains the Bertha Episode: The Great Painting Job

Better than nowadays adverts hands down.

So true, i remember in the early 80s every bike i had, special times

80's me dad bought me a centurion five speed racer RIP dad

Happy memories. Back when English was the first spoken language in Leeds.

@ZaydDepaor

3 жыл бұрын

They can update it now, finding a black Mercedes or BMW with a personalized number plate for the local drug dealer

@Jmf1190

2 жыл бұрын

What is it now?

@baronmeduse

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jmf1190 Him writing his post in Urdu shows us how oppressed he is.

@mohammedyusufal-hindi

Жыл бұрын

Yeh just like when your people invaded our lands and made everyone speak English. We are just returning you the favour

This must have been shown for years after '85. I remember it clearly and I was only 4 in 1985.

No mention of wearing a bike helmet back in those days 🤣 Great advert and memories I had a Striker

Can remember this like yesterday! Good ole days!🙋

RIP Peter Armitage who played Kevin Webster's Dad Bill in Corrie.

@chriswilson1853

5 жыл бұрын

I wondered if it was him.

@stingray4real

5 жыл бұрын

@@chriswilson1853 It is him though.

@chriswilson1853

5 жыл бұрын

@@stingray4real I know. But I wondered whether it was until you confirmed it.

@itsjemmabond

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't realise he was dead. Rest in peace.

@XoXo475

Жыл бұрын

@@stingray4real are you absolutely sure though? We know it’s him but are you certain?

The hopeful, happy look on the kids face to one of resigned disappointment....oscar worthy.

We rode Skyway's and Mongoose's up North at that time! Diamond Back.... Lmao! Shandy Boy.

The street scene was actually Maidenstone Hill in Greenwich. Not up north as depicted.

@EroticSludge

10 ай бұрын

I decided to search the comments to see if anyone had posted the filming location and wasn't let down. Thanks for this.

@timalloybhoy

6 ай бұрын

Yes, at Dutton Street, i believe ✅

Ahh , it were grim up North............all my pals down 'ere in the South in '85 were riding brand new Diamond back BMX's with twenties in their pockets every day for the chippy and the arcade machines in the local cafe , while the ol'man was off doin bish bosh , bish bosh and earning loadsamoney......................

@booldawg

7 жыл бұрын

.....and then had to hand it back in the early 90s when the recession hit.

@Robert-ri7mt

5 жыл бұрын

I was 7 i had a diamand back. Grim up in the nth lad.

@sliperysid

4 жыл бұрын

@@Robert-ri7mt Raleigh burner, but I lived In Bournemouth......"It weren't as grim, as up north lad.. I can tell thee".

@Jin-Ro

3 жыл бұрын

Bloody luxury. I lived in north and had plank o'wood with two dustbin lids for wheels, and broom for andlebars. I had to ride it out of lake in morning and ride 60 miles down to mines, where I'd dig for 23 hours before going home. Times w'ard back then, but we were grateful!

@yutehube4468

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jin-Ro That's nothing...

I always loved this advert as they used a copy of the Yellow Pages from Stoke on Trent. I remember buying lots of new tyres and puncture kits from White Rock cycles featured on the page they were looking at. It’s sadly long gone as the whole area was regenerated. Clearly not a potteries accent in sight in the advert though 😀

Brings tear to the eyes, Bob Brooks certainly new how to make ads....

Don't necessarily remember this commercial itself, but I do remember the song. Hadn't heard it in over 35 years.

RIP Peter Armitage

@paulyflyer8154

4 жыл бұрын

So sad. I hadnt realised until you said 😪

2 years later that lad was delivering bread to every village in the West Riding.

@adeh503

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 that's gold

@Seasider70

5 жыл бұрын

So what's his name mate?

@rogerramjet5302

3 жыл бұрын

Thirty years on and he's driving an Uber in Wakefield.

@madabbafan

2 жыл бұрын

Last on the round being old ma Peggerty's on top of the hill then free wheel back down the hill

They were just adverts. But they were better than what is produced now. More humanity to them.

Remember it well, made me cry this time...parents love for their child I guess

What a great actor Peter Armitage was. RIP

THAT WAS KEVIN WEBSTERS DAD IN CORONAITION STREET

@tombstoneharrystudios584

11 ай бұрын

You’re right! Thought I recognised him!

thank you x

I like the way the commentary said they're not just there for such and such. Yeh your a book with everything.

God how i remember that ,superb

I received a Raleigh Jeep "3 speed" when I was 10 years old - in 1975 - for my birthday. My mum and dad took me to Halfords in Paisley to try it out and order it for me. Up until then I used my sister's bike - which although was a girl's bike I felt privileged to actually have the use of a bike as many kid's didn't have one. I really wanted a Chopper but my dad had read that they weren't safe so I was offered the Jeep instead. My friend Graham Bell - now Monsignor Graham Bell - had a Jeep and after I got mine my other friend Graeme Lee got one. If I recall correctly the Jeep was around £26 and the Raleigh Chopper £32.

Happy memories

I wonder how many kids saw this and decided they wanted to be pro bike racers to build a team to win the Tour de France?

The 80s, marvellous. I had a Mongoose BMX...

The last ever printed copies of Yellow pages will be out in 2018

@BBC600

5 жыл бұрын

2019 actually but still rather sad.😢 www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/01/yellow-pages-to-stop-printing-from-january-2019

The kid is jack deam he has appeared in many t.v programmes since this ad when he was 13 he is 45 now & is still a t.v actor.

@kailashpatel1706

5 жыл бұрын

about my age..memories

@peterleak2858

2 жыл бұрын

It's not Jack Deam

I remember in 1982 I had to choose whether to have a dog or a bike for my 10th birthday. I was about to have a bike when my brother and parents took me to a Kennel Club registered Dog Pet Shop in Birmingham…. the bike never stood a chance.

@yutehube4468

2 жыл бұрын

In this advert you would have got both.

made a GIF from this

Worked my way up from a Tommahawk, Chopper and then Grifter.

Is that kid the actor Jack Deam?

Was that a one way road he was riding up the wrong way

@BigDavie2000

7 күн бұрын

No, it is a two way road (no no entry signs), just so narrow an entering vehicle needs to give way on entering.

I was desperate to have a Raleigh Chopper, unfortunately my Auntie rode my cousins Chopper and went over the handlebars! She couldn't wear a bra for weeks, as she scraped all her back, hence I never got the Chopper😢

1985? I could have sworn it was from the 70s.

Brilliant - Whats the dad doing next door tho ! :)

@Matelot123

Жыл бұрын

lol. Made me snort.

Why do I get a vision of that kid growing up into Karl pilkington?

@JonnyInfinite

3 жыл бұрын

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@DJEonT1

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonnyInfinite Thank you for this. First time I've seen it. Its gold !! :-)

They didn’t give a fuck about health and safety then, these were the days 😂

Looking back its a bit cruel to put that disappointment onto the kid knowing youve got one....just tell him if hes been a good lad bikes coming....

Who is the boy in this ad? He must be near on 40 by now!

@alexojideagu

5 жыл бұрын

46

Both charactor been in yellow pages and coranation to

Probably weighs a ton compared to the carbon treks etc

@C345OFR

5 жыл бұрын

Bet it'll last longer than a modern cf bike, tho ;-)

Is the wife a young Beverly Callard from Corrie ??

Who ever invented them bikes wants shooting! When I was a kid the amount of times I went over the handle bars! It’s a wonder I have kids with the height of that cross bar 😖

not one car on the Road lol😊😊

That kid looks like a young Josh Hartnett, but it can't be cos J H is American!

Didn't Bradley Wiggins look cute back then......

Jim mcdoalds corrie wifeliz

Rides the wrong way up a one way street....bloody cyclists!!!