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There are certain brands that kids recognise and consider prominent. What brands were very prominent for kids in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, but kids today no longer recognise, or if they do recognise them, they are no longer anywhere near as prominent as they were in bygone decades.
Some examples from the 1990s are:
Rover cars were ubiquitous but are now an increasingly rare sight on the roads. They are to kids today what Humber and Wolseley were to my generation.
SEGA. Still exists as a producer of games but no longer as prominent as it was when you could buy SEGA consoles.
Nokia. There was a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Nokia was considered the best make of mobile phone, and everything else was an imitation.
Hitachi / Sanyo / Amstrad / Mitsubishi. Does anybody still have any products from these manufacturers in everyday use? Even JVC seem to just be associated with projectors and headphones. Panasonic with microwaves.
Acorn. Archimedes computers were used in almost every school.
Raleigh bikes. Still around but nowhere as prominent as they once were. About 1 in 3 kids at my primary school owned a Raleigh.
CITV. It now has it's own dedicated channel but, unlike CBBC, it's very much a faded brand compared to the years when it was on regional ITV in the afternoon.
Regional ITV companies.
BT. Still around but it's presence seems to have diminished. Also Cellnet (now O2) and One 2 One (now T-Mobile).
Some examples from the 1990s are:
Rover cars were ubiquitous but are now an increasingly rare sight on the roads. They are to kids today what Humber and Wolseley were to my generation.
SEGA. Still exists as a producer of games but no longer as prominent as it was when you could buy SEGA consoles.
Nokia. There was a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Nokia was considered the best make of mobile phone, and everything else was an imitation.
Hitachi / Sanyo / Amstrad / Mitsubishi. Does anybody still have any products from these manufacturers in everyday use? Even JVC seem to just be associated with projectors and headphones. Panasonic with microwaves.
Acorn. Archimedes computers were used in almost every school.
Raleigh bikes. Still around but nowhere as prominent as they once were. About 1 in 3 kids at my primary school owned a Raleigh.
CITV. It now has it's own dedicated channel but, unlike CBBC, it's very much a faded brand compared to the years when it was on regional ITV in the afternoon.
Regional ITV companies.
BT. Still around but it's presence seems to have diminished. Also Cellnet (now O2) and One 2 One (now T-Mobile).
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