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The 1951 Festival of Britain – maps, thrills and the Skylon (photos)

The 1951 Festival of Britain – maps, thrills and the Skylon (photos)

THE 1951 Festival of Britain aimed to break all that post-war austerity with a display ...
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The Iter Avto was the world’s first SatNav

The Iter Avto was the world’s first SatNav

THAT SatNav not working as it should? Have a heart for the orginal version, the ...
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Stars and their vinyl records – photos

Stars and their vinyl records – photos

VINLY was once the coolest thing around. The famous faces posed with their hit parade, ...
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Flashback to 1934 – How to mesmerise a chicken

Flashback to 1934 – How to mesmerise a chicken

FLASHBACK to 1934 - How to mesmerise a chicken:
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The story of Prince Charles’ comedy – from The Goons to nowhere

The story of Prince Charles’ comedy – from The Goons to nowhere

IN his introduction to Andy Secombe’s book, Growing Up With The Goons, Prince Charles has declared ...
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The British Council archive – 120 films of life in the 1940s

The British Council archive – 120 films of life in the 1940s

THE British Council is the "UK's international cultural relations body", delivering cultual propaganda to make Britain great in ...
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Girl Watcher magazine of 1959 taught men how to stalk and ‘collect’ women – photos

Girl Watcher magazine of 1959 taught men how to stalk and ‘collect’ women – photos

IN 1959, men of a certain disposition could buy Girl Watcher magazine, the organ that ...
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Huston’s Drugs Store is a high street museum – photos

Huston’s Drugs Store is a high street museum – photos

HUSTON'S Drugs Store in Houston, Texas closed down year ago. If you peep inside you ...
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The Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship – when smiling was contagious

The Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship – when smiling was contagious

IT'S 1986  and we're at the Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship. The rules are clear: ...
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Vintage adult film posters – when drawings were XXX-rated

Vintage adult film posters – when drawings were XXX-rated

WITH pornography now a utility piped into the homes of the consumer by BT and ...
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The Argos catalogue 1976 – featuring the After Eight mints silver-style Gun Carriage

The Argos catalogue 1976 – featuring the After Eight mints silver-style Gun Carriage

FLASHBACK to 1976. Argos is the high street darling. Richard Tompkins, creator of those Green ...
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NS-Frauen-Warte was the Nazi magazine for women – photos

NS-Frauen-Warte was the Nazi magazine for women – photos

WHAT did Nazi women read in those heady days of German superiority? NS-Frauen-Warte was the ...
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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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