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Friday, 10 May 2013

'Mrs Marsh' from Colgate ads dies

'Mrs Marsh', the face of toothpaste brand Colgate, and the woman children of the 1970s and 1980s identified with so strongly - she'd dip her chalk into a blue-y liquid to show how "the flouride in Fluorigard gets into the [tooth's] enamel like liquid gets into this chalk" - has died.

In the ads, she demos her little chalk experiment, to which the child always replies: "Oooh, I does get in!"

Here are some of her ads:









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RIP Barbara Callcott, a part of our Australian heritage.

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