{"id":62937,"date":"2026-03-11T11:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=62937"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:46:58","slug":"thunderbirds-sauce-bottles-booze-cigarettes-and-the-beatles-a-trip-to-the-museum-of-brands-west-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/thunderbirds-sauce-bottles-booze-cigarettes-and-the-beatles-a-trip-to-the-museum-of-brands-west-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, booze, cigarettes and the Beatles &#8211; a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-01.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Focussing on the history of consumer culture from Victorian times to the present day, the Museum of Brands is a fascinating place to spend a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/thunderbirds-sauce-bottles-booze-cigarettes-and-the-beatles-a-trip-to-the-museum-of-brands-west-london\/brands1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brands1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands1-135x93.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-02.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty to see here, from old radios to fag packets, beer cans, toys and brand packaging over the decades.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-03.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moonbase Alpha!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/thunderbirds-sauce-bottles-booze-cigarettes-and-the-beatles-a-trip-to-the-museum-of-brands-west-london\/brands\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brands\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/brands-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-04.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-05.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-06.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-07.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-08.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-09.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was tempted to head west to see the Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 exhibition, billed as a &#8221; celebration of Sci-fi Toys and Collectables.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Running until the 19th April 2026, the display celebrates the landmark anniversaries of Gerry Anderson\u2019s ground-breaking series Thunderbirds (first broadcast in 1965) and Space: 1999 (first premiered in 1975).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-10.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-11.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-12.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-13.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-14.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-15.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-16.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-17.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-18.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The museum&#8217;s permanent &#8220;Time Tunnel&#8221; exhibition reveals how\u00a0 consumer society has evolved since Victorian times, with brand designs covering <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">royal coronations, two world wars, man landing on the moon and right up to the digital age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-19.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-20.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-21.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BBC model an early Ziggy Stardust prototype.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-22.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-23.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was intrigued by what the &#8220;Amazing Miss Britain 1951&#8221; actually looked like, and a quick search online revealed the disappointment looming for any purchasers:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62992\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/thunderbirds-sauce-bottles-booze-cigarettes-and-the-beatles-a-trip-to-the-museum-of-brands-west-london\/miss-brit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miss-brit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,987\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"miss-brit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miss-brit.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miss-brit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miss-brit.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/miss-brit-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-24.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty of still familiar brands to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-25.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-26.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bond&#8230; Shhamesh Bond.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-27.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-28.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wo remembers Ski yoghurt?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-29.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PrinzSound was own-brand electronics arm of Dixons, a huge UK retailer who vanished after merging with Carphone Warehouse in 2014 and then being swallowed up whole by Currys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-30.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fab gear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/museum-of-brands-2026-31.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderbirds, sauce bottles, cigarettes and the Beatles - a trip to the Museum of Brands, west London\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofbrands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of Brands<\/a><br \/>\n111 \u2013 117 Lancaster Road<br \/>\nNotting Hill, W11 1QT<br \/>\nLondon, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Times<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday \u2013 Saturday: 10:00 &#8211; 17:00<br \/>\nSundays: 11:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 020 7243 9611<br \/>\ninfo@museumofbrands.com<\/p>\n<h4>Join the community discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/london-art-exhibitions-installations-and-events-photos-and-chat.374789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London art exhibitions, installations and events \u2013 photos and chat<\/a>\u00a0[over 300 posts]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focussing on the history of consumer culture from Victorian times to the present day, the Museum of Brands is a fascinating place to spend a couple of hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1765,194,456,17,193],"tags":[34,10,2853,1195],"class_list":["post-62937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-london-features","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-art","tag-london","tag-museum-of-brands","tag-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/museum-of-brands-2026-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-gn7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62937"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62998,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62937\/revisions\/62998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}