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Anti-pregnancy poster from 1970

Anti-pregnancy poster from 1970

FLASHBACK to MArch 1970: The pregnant man poster was issued by the Health Education Council. ...
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A wonderful video of Speakers’ Corner from 1986

A wonderful video of Speakers’ Corner from 1986

LIKE Robin Popper, I too used to wander past Speakers' Corner on a Sunday (aka ...
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Pigeons: A pictorial history of humanity and the urban bird

Pigeons: A pictorial history of humanity and the urban bird

PIGEONS. One half of humanity seems hellbent on trying to murder them with harks and ...
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Hear the one about WWII remote controlled bomb-pigeons?

Hear the one about WWII remote controlled bomb-pigeons?

THE thing that really defines Britishness, is the man tinkering around in a shed, coming ...
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1930: A photobomber strikes in Birmingham, Alabama

1930: A photobomber strikes in Birmingham, Alabama

PHOTOBOMB of the day: the 1930 photobombing in Birmingham, Alabama: Spotter: Tim Blair
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1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever

1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever

FLASHBACK to 1854. William Snyder of Cincinnati had died. He was "killed by being swung ...
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Every day racism: this 1970s advert for Silk Cut cigarettes

Every day racism: this 1970s advert for Silk Cut cigarettes

YOU know that bemoaning of policial correctness, how it's always gone mad at the behest ...
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1966 snapshot: When a deer narrowly missed Ursula Andress’s right eye

1966 snapshot: When a deer narrowly missed Ursula Andress’s right eye

SNAPSHOT of the day harks back to 1966. Ursula Andress was sporting far glasses. Why? ...
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The Muppets Show took its theme song from 1960s Italian fantasy porn

The Muppets Show took its theme song from 1960s Italian fantasy porn

THE Muppets Show took its theme tune from the 1968 Italian film Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (Sweden: ...
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1980s muscle mags: when skin had shoulder pads

1980s muscle mags: when skin had shoulder pads

IN the 1980s, muscles were big news. Big muscles in big muscular power suits were ...
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Men’s fashion advertising – when Slax got the girl

Men’s fashion advertising – when Slax got the girl

BACK in the day, men's fashion was all about wearing trousers (Anorak's own-brand Comfi-Slax sold ...
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Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice (1953)

Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice (1953)

  FLASHBAK to May 1953:  23 year old Albert George Stokes of Corrie Street, Battersea, ...
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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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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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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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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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