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1970s Lunchboxes of Schoolyard Shame (Part 1)

1970s Lunchboxes of Schoolyard Shame (Part 1)

Any child of the 1970s well remembers the metal lunch pails – always decorated with ...
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Words of Yore: 7 Great Quotes from Decades Past

Words of Yore: 7 Great Quotes from Decades Past

Here is a potpourri of wonderful quotes from yesteryear – some profound, some just humorous.  ...
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‘Saint’ Leonard Cheshire VC: I ‘Saw The Face of Christ’ In The Turin Shroud, Survived Nagasaki And Opened For Pink Floyd

‘Saint’ Leonard Cheshire VC: I ‘Saw The Face of Christ’ In The Turin Shroud, Survived Nagasaki And Opened For Pink Floyd

ON March 7th 1955, the Daily Sketch asked: "Is This The World's Greatest Picture?" Readers gazed upon ...
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Mini Skirt Monday #6: Vinyl Double-Takes

Mini Skirt Monday #6: Vinyl Double-Takes

How many album covers over the years featured a woman in a miniskirt? It would ...
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A Video Of Jim Henson’s 1961 Papercut Jazz Animation

A Video Of Jim Henson’s 1961 Papercut Jazz Animation

  Before he achieved fame with the Muppets, Jim Henson, a skilled animator as well ...
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An Unsightly Mess: Men’s Shorts in the 1970s

An Unsightly Mess: Men’s Shorts in the 1970s

In the 1970s, shorts lived up to their name.  For the ladies there were hot ...
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8 Movie Songs From the 1970s And 1980s That Will Destroy Your Will To Live

8 Movie Songs From the 1970s And 1980s That Will Destroy Your Will To Live

If I can offer any advice to my readers it’s to take care of yourself ...
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976-Evil? 5 of the Strangest 1-900 Horror Hotlines of the 1980s and 1990s

976-Evil? 5 of the Strangest 1-900 Horror Hotlines of the 1980s and 1990s

    Although originally created in the early 1970s for an entirely different purpose, the ...
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Fatal Effects of Masturbation: 1844 French Guide To Death-By-Onanism Prevention

Fatal Effects of Masturbation: 1844 French Guide To Death-By-Onanism Prevention

The Fatal Consequences of Masturbation is a 1844 tome on the perils of onanism. Try ...
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The Hostess with the Mostest and her Self-Heating Trolley

The Hostess with the Mostest and her Self-Heating Trolley

The Hostess trolley has been around for over sixty years, although to most of us ...
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Great Movie Quotes As Told By Archie Comics

Great Movie Quotes As Told By Archie Comics

  This quote from Conan the Barbarian (1982) is a well-loved movie line; yet, now it's even ...
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In 1980 The Advert Told Us: ‘Atari 800 Will Never Become Obsolete’

In 1980 The Advert Told Us: ‘Atari 800 Will Never Become Obsolete’

In 1980 Atari was hot. The Atari 800 was futeuproofed. As the advert said: “It will ...
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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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