What historic livery is this?

[Iskra]

I've just been watching the below youtube video and in it is an early pacer in a livery I've never seen before. What livery is it please?

The relevant time to watch is 0:15s-0:20s;

 

[randyrippley]

Isn't that the original Yorkshire livery the 141s were painted in?

 

[gg1]

It's the old West Yorkshire PTE livery

 

[416GSi]

Early WYPTE or West Yorkshire Metro livery before they adopted the Red Livery.

 

[416GSi]

At least we all agree!

 

[yorksrob]

The same colour scheme as a chewy, minty sweet called a pacer !

(a bit like a minty opal fruit for the youngsters).

 

[Journeyman]

The same colour scheme as a chewy, minty sweet called a pacer !

(a bit like a minty opal fruit for the youngsters).

Haha, I'd completely forgotten about those!

 

[yorksrob]

Haha, I'd completely forgotten about those!

Quite tasty as I recall !

 

[Journeyman]

Quite tasty as I recall !

Yes, quite a sweet and mild minty flavour.

 

[Iskra]

Thanks all

Video was before my time (just)

 

[pieguyrob]

I think the mark 1's look really smart in intercity livery.

 

[edwin_m]

The same colour scheme as a chewy, minty sweet called a pacer !

(a bit like a minty opal fruit for the youngsters).

The youngsters need to know that Opal Fruit is the former name for Starburst before they "did a Snickers" on it.

 

[yorksrob]

The youngsters need to know that Opal Fruit is the former name for Starburst before they "did a Snickers" on it.

I never recognised the "Starburst" interlude anyway.

 

[edwin_m]

I never recognised the "Starburst" interlude anyway.

Anyone remember Polo Fruits? I seem to recall they were horrid.

 

[yorksrob]

Anyone remember Polo Fruits? I seem to recall they were horrid.

I do now you mention it. They were ok, I seem to recall.

 

[davetheguard]

The youngsters need to know that Opal Fruit is the former name for Starburst before they "did a Snickers" on it.

Opal fruits: made to make your mouth water. Funny how old adverts stick in the brain.

 

[pieguyrob]

The polo fruits weren't that bad, but, can't have been a big seller or they would still be around.

 

[pieguyrob]

.... were available when the 141's were in the original WYPTE livery.

 

[edwin_m]

Opal fruits: made to make your mouth water. Funny how old adverts stick in the brain.

That particular worm has been in my ear ever since I saw them mentioned upthread.

The polo fruits weren't that bad, but, can't have been a big seller or they would still be around.

They always were a round with a hole in the middle.

 

[pieguyrob]

They always were a round with a hole in the middle.

That made me chuckle!

 

[gg1]

The polo fruits weren't that bad, but, can't have been a big seller or they would still be around.

They're still available:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nestle-Polo-Fruits-37-Pack/dp/B003T26B7M

 

[Ashley Hill]

And they stuck together so you'd have to prize them apart

 

[Ashley Hill]

Thought we may as well have this for those who remember them!

 

[Helvellyn]

Ah the days when Mum was using Jif and Oil of Ulay.

 

[Ploughman]

Ah the days when Mum was using Jif and Oil of Ulay.

Later to become Oil of Olay.

 

[Helvellyn]

Later to become Oil of Olay.

Which is why I made the reference because it was more rebrandings (Jif now being Cif).

 

[Bedpan]

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.... were available when the 141's were in the original WYPTE livery.

I think I read somewhere that they were called Snickers from the word go in the US, being named after a horse owned by the Mars family. (Until then I had no idea that Mars was the surname of the founder, I had assumed that Mars was named after the planet rather like Milky Way being an astronomical name. (Or was Milky Way the name of the street they lived in perhaps? ).

Quite why on Earth they decided to market "Snickers" as "Marathon" for 60 odd years I have no idea.

 

[Ashley Hill]

The Marathon name was briefly revived last year as some sort of promotion. AFAIK they were available in Morrisons but I never saw any.

 

[yorksrob]

Marathon has always seemed a better name for a chocolate bar than 'Snickers' which sounds too much as though it could be a plural or a verb to me. A 'Marathon' sounds like a physical thing.

As for 'Cif', it's always struck me as being too close to an STD for a cleaning product.

 

[Committee man]

There are some very funny replies on this thread which really gave me a good laugh, and believe me I could do with some at the moment so thanks.
On the subject of the mint 'Pacers' weren't they originally marketed as 'Opal mints', or did I imagine it? I'm not a big mint lover but thought they were pretty good.