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I was looking at a photograph of the A5a Home Stores, and suddenly realised that the packaging depicted is not generic but is (at least in part) copied from what was then available in the shops. (According to Nick, the model was released in 1961.)
Looking in the left hand window (as you look at the shop), we have Corn Flakes (with what appears to be a generic box design rather than e.g. Kellogg’s ), Jacob’s Cream Crackers (give me cardboard any day of the week!), Heinz soup and Heinz baked beans (and a big Heinz logo to act as an extra clue!). I assume that the bottles are orange squash, but I can’t identify the brand.
However, what’s in the right hand window? I can’t put a brand name to any of the packaging. (The pot-bellied jars on the middle shelf look like Ovaltine, but that always used to come in straight-sided tins.)
Would anyone like to hazard a guess as to the missing brands?

On the bottom right shelf, the circular packs look like Dairylea cheese triangles and on the middle shelf, it looks like a box of Kellogg's Rice Krispies possibly.

johnboy wrote:On the bottom right shelf, the circular packs look like Dairylea cheese triangles...

Looks good to me.

I've had these two A5 stores since new

If you look closely you will see that on one the oor opens inwards while on the other it opens outwards




My eyes aren' good enough to see how the goods on display inhe windows are depicted on the cover of the box

I've now removed the cattaracts from my camera's eyes

This is a better photo of the shop

I disagree with Nick - I don't see any Oxo cubes as he says in his description in the database


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On the left of the door I I see:
a Heinz 57 sign
Cans of Heinz tomato soup and baked beans
Jacobs crackers and bottles of orange squash ( I can't see a make)
Boxes of generic corn flakes

On the right I think I see:
Are those Rose's orange marmalade?
A box of generic Rice Crispies, Are those slabs of butter? I can't identify the bottles . Does anyone have any ideas?
Two cheeses (the one on te right must be Prime quality) and a tray of eggs at 5 shillings a dozen (pretty expensive for 1961!!!)
Some more rounds of cheese (Probably biger than Dairy Lea to be in scale)

This is an interesting snapshot of what was available in 1961 before the rise of supermarkets in the UK



Here is a better close up of the box

Without the Hein57 sign you can see it is a pretty accurate generic version of the actual produce on sale in the shop

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Lesney always pretty fabulous artists!