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1960s, 1970s, Transport •
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Comments Off on Baby You Can Ride my Bike
Here we pay our own small tribute to the humble bicycle; a machine so simple in its execution yet so joyous to ride that even some 130 years after the invention of the ‘double diamond’ bike frame we are seeing a veritable explosion in cycle use in the UK...
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1960s, 1970s, Art, Ephemera, Fashion, Sport •
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Comments Off on Game, Set and Patch – Tennis Wear Sewing Patterns
Back in the days when Nike was the Greek Goddess of Victory before she became the name of the world’s largest purveyors of sporting apparel, believe it or not, people actually used to make their own sports clothing using nothing more than a sewing machine,...
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1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Ephemera •
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Comments Off on QSL Cards – Soviet Style
A while back we posted about some groovy US QSL cards we’d discovered in a dusty vault in the deep recesses of the Internet and now, by way of a complete geographical and political contrast, one of our good readers has very kindly shared his collection of...
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1970s, 1980s, Music, Retro Advertising, Television •
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Comments Off on Lou Rawls – Affirmative Action Advert
One of our long-time favourites and a singer with an unmistakable voice lending his authority to an advert encouraging kids from minority backgrounds to find their talent in engineering. What’s not to like...
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1960s, 1970s, Ephemera, Vinyl •
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Comments Off on Cereal Thrillers – Cardboard Records
Previously we’ve looked at the short lived Hip-pocket record, this time we take a look at another long gone and forgotten format the cardboard cereal box record. The freebie plastic-coated paperboard records were embedded into the back of the cereal...
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1960s, 1970s, Film, Television •
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Comments Off on Actor Roddy McDowall Goes Ape
Roddy McDowall was often known as one of the nicest men in Hollywood. When asked about the actor’s popularity, fellow film star Ruth Gordon said “He has more friends than anyone I know” If you’ve seen any of Roddy’s Home Movies...
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1970s, Architecture, Literature, Magazine •
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Comments Off on Golden Homes – Seventies Australian Magazine
G’day folks. Today we’re going walkabout down under and taking a look at how the trendsetters in Oz were decorating their homes back in the early 1970s courtesy of the now sadly defunct Golden Homes magazine. Golden Homes was around during the 1970s and...
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Comments Off on Taken To The Cleaners – Laundry Adverts and Signage
Like the contents of the average laundry basket, this post is a real assortment as we have rummaged to find pictures from the past and present. Here we take a look at some signs, posters and window stickers from laundrettes and dry cleaners that time...
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1960s, 1970s, Ephemera, Fashion •
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Comments Off on Two Dimensional – Paper Dolls from the past
The first ever paper doll called Little Fanny (stop giggling at the back) was manufactured by London company S and J Fuller way back in 1810. Two years later the two dimensional dolls appeared in America, they were published by J. Belcher of Boston. Twenty...
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Comments Off on Working for the Cash Machine
Take a look at a piece of history kids. It’s 27th June 1967 and the excitement in the air is palpable as the UK awaits a very special unveiling. The man of the moment who will reveal the machine that will change the face of banking forever is ‘On the...
