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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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Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice

Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice

FLASHBACK to May 1953:  23 year old Albert George Stokes of Corrie Street, Battersea, an ...
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The history of football doping: soccer’s biggest drugs cheats

The history of football doping: soccer’s biggest drugs cheats

THE news that England players took caffeine pills before their match against Poland – and ...
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Did Homer Simpson make his debut in this Icelandic comic?

Did Homer Simpson make his debut in this Icelandic comic?

DID Homer Simpson first appeat in an Iceland comic of 1949?   Spotter : Lemúrinn
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1938: Photos Inside the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York

1938: Photos Inside the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York

The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York, 1938. The place was, and still is, home ...
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1978: Debbie Harry teaches Americans how to Pogo dance

1978: Debbie Harry teaches Americans how to Pogo dance

1978: Debbie Harry teaches American how to Pogo dance. Spotter: Dangerous Minds
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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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