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The Sounds of Silence, Seventies Style Censorship

The Sounds of Silence, Seventies Style Censorship

THE re-release of the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen, 25 years after its last ...
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Flashback to 1976: The Raleigh Grifter helps boys pull models

Flashback to 1976: The Raleigh Grifter helps boys pull models

VINTAGE sex can sell anything advert of the day. It's July 21 1976, The Press ...
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Sir Oswald Mosley and the ‘Blackshirts’ British Union of Fascists – in photos

Sir Oswald Mosley and the ‘Blackshirts’ British Union of Fascists – in photos

MUCH talk of the rise of extremism in mainland Europe. In the 1930s, Great Britain ...
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Flashback photo: 1926 – St Kilda goes without

Flashback photo: 1926 – St Kilda goes without

FLASHBACK photo of the day: September ,3, 1926 - St Kilda, the island in the ...
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Flashback: Anti-German demos break out in London

Flashback: Anti-German demos break out in London

FLASHBACK: May 13, 1915 - Anti-German demonstrations in Chrisp Street, Poplar, London in response to ...
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The Invisible Mother – how loving mums got the perfect photo (gallery)

The Invisible Mother – how loving mums got the perfect photo (gallery)

THE burka took off because the loving mum wanted the focus of attention to be ...
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Vintage weight-gain adverts – when fat was fulfilling

Vintage weight-gain adverts – when fat was fulfilling

FAT. The Government, the press and the fat hate it. Once upon a time, the ...
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A history of Olympic gender scandals

A history of Olympic gender scandals

GENDER has been an issue at the Olympics for some time. Not every athlete fits ...
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Flashback: Tom Hancocks of High Wycombe invented The Segway in 1962

Flashback: Tom Hancocks of High Wycombe invented The Segway in 1962

FLASHBACK: Tom Hancocks of High Wycombe invented The Segway in 1962
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FLASHBACK: Parliamentary punch-ups

FLASHBACK: Parliamentary punch-ups

AS concerns grow about the possibility of an intolerant reception for black players and supporters ...
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Vintage ad of the day: Change your Y-fronts every day of the week

Vintage ad of the day: Change your Y-fronts every day of the week

FLASHBACK to April 1971 - the cool kids are wearing Y-fronts every day of the week! ...
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Whirl magazine – the 1960s lads mag scans

Whirl magazine – the 1960s lads mag scans

WHIRL magazine was a short-lived US publication for men who liked their women available for ...
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    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    Dave Lee's guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book ...
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    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    How snapshots told the story of the day the world changed ...
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    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Some of the best parts of Chandler's notebooks were his compilations of pickpocket lingo, jail house slang, and terms used by Narcs ...
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    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    In January 1948 the Observer film critic, C.A. Lejeune, made no attempt to hide her disapproving tone when reviewing the Boulting Brothers’ Brighton Rock: “Graham Greene’s savage story about a couple of race-course gangs and their fancy ways with a razor is one of the most brutal things I have seen on 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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    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    You know the story, or a version of it, if you’ve seen 24 Hour Party People. New Order—or rather, their manager Rob Gretton—opens a club with Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in 1982. From the start, it’s a financial disaster... ...
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    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    Cass Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich; everybody knows that. Except that she didn’t. ...
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    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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