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The Incredible Story of the ‘Prostitutes Padre’ – the Vicar of Stiffkey

The Incredible Story of the ‘Prostitutes Padre’ – the Vicar of Stiffkey

The Reverend Harold Francis Davidson, Rector of the small Norfolk coastal village of Stiffkey for twenty-five years, was utterly besotted and bewitched by pretty young girls. Of that there is no doubt. How he behaved in the company of said pretty young girls was more up for debate. ...
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Buy Prints The Extraordinary Kodachrome Photographs of Hardwicke Knight

The Extraordinary Kodachrome Photographs of Hardwicke Knight

From street scenes that showcase bustling, post-war London life in the 1950s to touching rural portraits of Knight’s family on Dorset Beach, in Yorkshire and other places of scenic beauty across the Britain, ...
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Brooklands, and the Amazing Women Racing Drivers of the 1930s

Brooklands, and the Amazing Women Racing Drivers of the 1930s

In 1933 The RAC gave permission for women to drive at Open meetings at Brooklands on equal terms with men. It meant that the nineteen-thirties became the heyday for women racing drivers. ...
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Buffalo Nation: Malcolm McLaren Introduces Hip Hop On The Tube, 1982

Buffalo Nation: Malcolm McLaren Introduces Hip Hop On The Tube, 1982

"Then the floor broke loose and kids started to spin on their heads or do robotic movements, almost letting an electric wave run through their arms and hit the other side of their fingertips" ...
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British Amusement Park and Fun Fair Postcards from the 1960s

British Amusement Park and Fun Fair Postcards from the 1960s

The seaside amusement parks were founded in the late 19th and early 20th century, but their origins can be traced back in Britain to the annual fairs that took place throughout the country and to the pleasure grounds that evolved during the 18th century. They were also influenced by the Amusement Parks in America such as Coney Island which opened in Brooklyn in the 1890s. ...
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Pictures of London Railway Stations in the 1970s

Pictures of London Railway Stations in the 1970s

Photos of various railway stations in London run at that time by the Nationalised British Rail. ...
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Errol Flynn, And His Girlfriend Beverly Aadland

Errol Flynn, And His Girlfriend Beverly Aadland

 I earned seven million dollars for brandishing a sword, riding a horse and screaming ‘Charge!’ I did not deserve it, but I certainly didn’t mind spending it. The public has always expected me to be a playboy and a decent chap never lets his public down. ...
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Jack’s Slides Of New York City In the 1960s

Jack’s Slides Of New York City In the 1960s

Jack Lillywhite spent his spare time taking photos of New York City ...
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The Marriage and Death of Judy Garland, and her Duet with Johnnie Ray

The Marriage and Death of Judy Garland, and her Duet with Johnnie Ray

‘The spotlight on the absent, not to say dead, Judy’s stool seemed a bit much. But that, as sure as hell, is showbiz.’ ...
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Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Millions of Far-Out Cats

Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Millions of Far-Out Cats

"He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world” - H.G. Wells ...
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Dance A-Go-Go: Getting Down on Vintage Vinyl

Dance A-Go-Go: Getting Down on Vintage Vinyl

Here's a stack o' wax featuring folks from around the world doing everything from the old-school Charleston to boogieing-down to some Euro-disco. ...
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Peter Firmin: Remembering Bagpuss and How Emily Loved Him

Peter Firmin: Remembering Bagpuss and How Emily Loved Him

"Once upon a time / Not so long ago / There was a little girl and her name was Emily / And she had a shop..." ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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