Blue Cavern

Hi All,

my friend at work (who also collects smurfs) was having a clear out and came across an old 'Look-in' comic (popular in the UK in the 70s). He brought it in for me as it had a smurf/national garage promotion on the back page. I've scanned it and linked it to my website. You can find it here:

http://www.nationalfriends.co.uk/national.htm

Lovely, Steve...

How old is this advertisement????(about)

December 1st 1979 Joaquin

I love those ads Steve.

And it is always nice to see when they released the smurfs.

so do I Andre, it takes me right back to my childhood, and like you say it's good for dating things

In those days I had a tiger in my tank! on reflection shame I didnt get my petrol from National.

great promotion page!

thanks all, glad you liked it too

Check out the yellow/blue/white colours on the smurf running with the petrol pump at the bottom: as said before it explains the UK yellow variations...

yup, well national garages were yellow/blue & White so I guess smurfs fitted quite nicely with thier colour scheme Martin

I didn't explain myself well: the yellow colours were introduced specifically to match the National colours. This is the first time I have seen a smurf with a yellow petrol pump-it ties what was previously a theory nicely together!!

lol yes that's what I meant aswell Martin I know what you mean

How i miss those garages !

me too mr beers, me too

That is a wonderful advert Steve. Thanks for posting it for us

you're welcome Tojo