Blimey, I was brought up on Color Climax and Rodox in the 70's. Found a rather large box that my uncle left behind when after renting out the top of my dads house at about the age of 9 or so. I can remember shaking when I first found them but after that it was compulsive viewing. A lot of the images are still burnt onto my retinas.
Haha, no, I think "Pirate" was a subsidiary of "Private" which was a bit later on, probably mid 80s. My uncle was a bit of a perv, I can remember him dumping the lot when he picked up his new girlfriend who was a good 20 years younger than him, the power of "mobile discos" ; )
My mum ended up burning all the pornos in the back garden after finding my little brother rifling through them whilst picking his nose.......it was quite a sad day.
Recently found a purchasing experience that is far more embarrasing & shameful - asking a chemist for Care Codeine Linctus lol. I think i pulled off my approach quite well, but by the way she emphatically said "NO" i think she had me sussed by the end even after all my diversions and build up. I dont think I'll be bothering asking for that again. Way too embarrasing. lol
CLUB! That was my favourite. Lots of classy-looking women hinting at lesbianism by pretending to kiss or being caught on the upstroke of cunnilingus, mere centimetres from the object of their 'desire'. When I started buying it at a very tender age they actually used to airbrush out the bumholes, which led to lots and lots of confusion on my part.
I am really glad that I grew up before internet porn.
EDIT: Yeah, Pirate was a subsidiary of Private, I think. It was where the ropiest-looking birds and their moustachioed admirers tended to congregate.
This would annoy fuck out me. I've never had cause to attempt to drink a bottle of cough syrup (unless you count Calpol. First ever drug addiction lol. Purple Calpol is the absolute tits!!!) so have never tried to buy anything containing codeine other than standard co-cos, but I'd be fucking fuming if I walked in the shop & said "See that thing, aye, that thing there, the one on that shelf that you have for sale, can I please buy it?" & the person said "NO!".... "Get to fuck, you're a fucking shop that sells things, I'm a person that wants to buy things, sell me that thing that you clearly sell. Fucking now! Stupid cow!"