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JdeBPIn answer to your question: No. (-:
It's not as narrow a window as you might think. The advert played for most of the rest of the decade, and went on to be parodied on comedy shows ranging from #TheTwoRonnies to #BeadlesAbout in the 1980s.
The Alex PerspectiveSorry @hovisbakery but I have to buy Kingsmill bread because @Sainsburys Ely have decided they aren't making enough money from your bread and have taken it off their shelves.
Lorry@alisynthesis I think my favourite is that Ridley Scott directed a UK 1970's advert for Hovis Bread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtnHA3bTXpA
All credit to his talent, it is probably one of the top 5 most iconic adverts in British TV history, and that is from a country that produces some fantastic ads.
Although now I want to find the Michael Bay advert, I hope there are lots of robots!
Iconic Ads - Hovis Bike Ride Advert digitally remastered
Old walkerA well known cobbled street called Gold Hill, in the town of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. This street was used in a popular 1973 television advertisement for a brand of bread called Hovis, and in various other film and television productions. May 2025.
#shaftesbury #dorset #england #hovis #goldhill #england
#shaftesbury #dorset #england #hovis #goldhill #england
Sourdough2021Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Can you remember the Hovis advert? Shaftesbury - what a lovely place!
#hovis #shaftesbury #dorset #photography
#hovis #shaftesbury #dorset #photography
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)Why the 1973 #Hovis ‘Bike’ #TVC is actually southern and not northern.
https://graylightfoot.co.uk/2023/10/04/deconstructing-the-1973-hovis-ad-2/ #TV #marketing #history #humour
Ghostsigns has movedThese Hovis signs were often painted on the back of their host bakeries as we discovered while researching the London book: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2020/12/22-hovis-ghost-signs-across-the-capital/.
Here's one from a bit further away.
"Refreshments. H. Pownall, Bride & Birthday Cakes. [Made With?] Hovis, Which Nourishes Most."
Range Rd, Stockport SK3
Streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kDYVkQP2JqSsEbRN9
#ghostsigns #ghostsign #hovis #baker #bakery #stockport #SK3 #cake
22 Hovis Ghost Signs Across the Capital | Ghostsigns
# Documentation of Hovis ghost signs across London, including archival photos and contextual research.
⚙️ Roy PhillipsI just et some #Hovis brown bread, the first time in many, many years. Was it always this sweet? It's more like American bread (a.k.a., cake).
Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯This is my home town. I am proud of it. Let's take up the message of the famous #Hovis ad... And let's shape the future based on our past and present, and our value and vision ... https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1719514574393590206#m