Look what I found under my carpet

Keith_Mabbit.RXUK@eur.xerox.com
Thu, 25 Apr 1996 01:39:58 PDT

I had to lift the carpet in our house the other day to decorate, when
underneath
I found lots of newspapers dating back to the 1960s. Well of course I stopped
decorating then and spent all weekend reading them. One advert caught
my eye, In an old national newspaper from 1961 (Reveille).
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BEAUTIFUL VENUS is here from the U.S.A.

Now you can own the most wonderful plant in the world

MILLIONS of Americans are growing in their homes the 'Venus Fly Trap'.
It's eerie. It's fascinating. It's awesome. It's a living miracle of Nature...
A PLANT THAT THINKS FOR ITSELF AND CAN MOVE!
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The advert went on in this way throughout, finishing on
"Be the envy of your friends!"
The special offer was for 3 bulb crowns for 50 shillings (GB old money)

If there were millions of VFTs in American homes in 1961, how many are
there now ?. A small exaggeration I think :-)

Has anyone else found old adverts such as this ?

Keith