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Post-Punk Pirates, Princess Diana And Bow Wow Wow At World’s End

Post-Punk Pirates, Princess Diana And Bow Wow Wow At World’s End

  "The skull and crossbones was too much of a cliche. In a book from ...
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Johnny Cash: I Was Almost Killed By A Rare Tennessee Ostrich In 1981

Johnny Cash: I Was Almost Killed By A Rare Tennessee Ostrich In 1981

  On what would have been his birthday, we hark back to 1981, when Johnny ...
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Visible Girls: Inspirational Photos of Female Subculture in 1980s Britain

Visible Girls: Inspirational Photos of Female Subculture in 1980s Britain

In the early 1980s, Anita Corbin took photos of young women dressed in the garb ...
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Bette Davis Introduces Her Mustard Gelatin Ring (1981)

Bette Davis Introduces Her Mustard Gelatin Ring (1981)

No amuse-gueules, suburban dinner parties (or, worse still, urban ones), egg white enemas, coulis, gastro-pubs, wheatgrass juice ...
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Gratuitous Nudity In Argos Catalogues (1978-1981)

Gratuitous Nudity In Argos Catalogues (1978-1981)

  Argos is a retailer that anyone in the UK is familiar with, but not ...
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TV Tops Issue 1 Full Scan: 10th October 1981

TV Tops Issue 1 Full Scan: 10th October 1981

  Issue 1 of TV Tops magazine hit the shelves on 10th October 1981. The magazine competed ...
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Tom Baker Dr Who Merchandise: Greetings Cards, Great Underpants, A Weird Action Doll And A Spanx Leisure Suit

Tom Baker Dr Who Merchandise: Greetings Cards, Great Underpants, A Weird Action Doll And A Spanx Leisure Suit

Tom Baker played the Doctor in the TV show Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981. He was ...
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Captive Audiences: 1981 Television Commercials

Captive Audiences: 1981 Television Commercials

With TiVo, DVR, Instant Streaming, etc. who watches commercials anymore?  Once upon a time, suffering ...
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Smash Hits Magazine ’81: A Look Inside (When Ska and Synthpop Ruled)

Smash Hits Magazine ’81: A Look Inside (When Ska and Synthpop Ruled)

Smash Hits lasted from 1978 to 2006. It hit its peak in the 1980s, primarily ...
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1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

You should see the first photo when Pele was wearing shorts: Brazil legend Pele gets a ...
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Mods In A Cage And Police On The A23 To Brighton: The 1981 Lambretta Rally

Mods In A Cage And Police On The A23 To Brighton: The 1981 Lambretta Rally

Police detain 'Parka' wearing youths in parcel trucks before putting them on the train out ...
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Forgotten Fads: The Great Pocket Bedazzlement of ’81

Forgotten Fads: The Great Pocket Bedazzlement of ’81

  It certainly wasn't a high water mark in fashion history, but insanely popular nonetheless; it ...
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