Tributes have been paid to a popular carpet salesman known for his 1980s TV adverts following his death aged 79. Batley-born Mike Smith, the driving force behind the Mike's Carpets chain of ...

Forget the actual programmes, the adverts are sometimes the best things on TV. That was especially true during the 1980s, which were a golden age for advertising, long before streaming became a thing.

Tributes have been paid to a popular carpet salesman known for his 1980s TV adverts following his death aged 79. Batley-born Mike Smith, the driving force behind the Mike's Carpets chain of ...

Mike Smith became a familiar face after his successful TV adverts in the 1980s. After a fire forced the closure of the Market in the 1970s, Mike expanded his business across the region , and at ...

Forget the actual programmes, the adverts are sometimes the best things on TV. That was especially true during the 1980s, which were a golden age for advertising, long before streaming became a thing.

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Forget the actual programmes, the adverts are sometimes the best things on TV. That was especially true during the 1980s, which were a golden age for advertising, long before streaming became a thing.

Forget the actual programmes, the adverts are sometimes the best things on TV. That was especially true during the 1980s, which were a golden age for advertising, long before streaming became a thing.