Doing the round on social media at the moment . That brief window of time in the 70s when wargaming was 'cool' , White Horse whisky - you can take a 'White Horse Anywhere ' the young woman is Catherine Schell who stared in the Callan movie again with wargaming as part of the plot . I would guess the model figures and table are by Peter Gilder .
The ideal image we had back then of what things would be like once we reached adulthood...I'm still waiting.
ReplyDeleteYes never arrive in the North of England I'm afraid.
DeleteLove the caption.
DeleteThe reality is me in my Mountain Warehouse shorts and shirt, drinking Lidl's Spanish lager, chasing next door's dog out of the garden before it ****s on the lawn.
It's how it should have been .
DeleteGreat find Tony! It all does look great! The 70's were the best!
ReplyDeleteYes rose tinted spectacles perhaps but everything was fresh and new.
DeleteI made a blog post about this advert more than three years ago. Details at https://palousewargamingjournal.blogspot.com/2023/04/glory-days.html.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info , these thing come around again.
DeleteI missed the "wargaming being cool" era - I guess I was around 10 -14 years old; regardless of TV programmes involving Peter Gilder and co, and the Callan film etc, wargaming was NEVER cool in any social structure I inhabited! I occasionally see attractive young women in YouTube doing painting demos etc - I have never come across any of them in the flesh (so to speak) either!
ReplyDeleteI never came across it either , but was reassured that Callan having wargaming figures elivated it from 'playing with toy soldiers' .
DeleteThis is what goes on in my house every evening.
ReplyDeleteStill a classic. A hobby of wealth and taste!
ReplyDeleteHi Tony,
ReplyDeleteSplendid find! That White Horse whisky ad is proper classic 70s nostalgia. Catherine Schell, Peter Gilder's figures, and a glass of scotch—it certainly painted a glamorous vision of the hobby!
All the best, Andy
Yes a brief period in time.
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