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Bruce Forsyth

Donovan/Royal Dutch Shell: The Good Old Days

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Bruce Forsyth (above) as a rather camp cowboy: Video Link

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By John Donovan

There was a time, from the early 1980’s into the 1990’s when our company Don Marketing, had a great relationship with Shell.

We devised a host of successful forecourt petrol sales promotions involving a distribution of several hundred million game cards. 

The games caught the imagination of the public and the news media. 

A 30-minute video compilation from over 30 years ago features some of our games for Shell, such as Shell Make Money, which boosted petrol sales by 30% not only in the UK but also in other countries.  read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

John Chambers and Shell Bruce’s Lucky Deal

John Chambers, Managing Director of Don Marketing during the period of several major national and international promotions for Royal Dutch Shell, including “Bruce’s Lucky Deal”, a playing card themed “Every Card Can Win” scratch card game in 1985 featuring legendary UK TV star, Bruce Forsyth.

This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
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