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Stella Scooters

Stella (known by different names in different countries) is a model of a vintage-style scooter imported into the United States by Chicago-based Genuine Scooters since 2003, and manufactured by LML in...

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Retrorambling’s Visitors Service – Part 16 – Wyddor Gymraeg / The Welsh Alphabet

Here are the names of the letters in Welsh The pronunciations are given in Welsh, since it is to all intents and purposes a phonetic alphabet (or a WYSIWYG!) – and in any case, in what other language...

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Roald Dahl Celebrated On Stamps

        I’ve always loved Roald Dahl’s books and have read them over and over again, First in Norwegian as a kid and later in English – Ted Filed under: British, Design, Illustration, Literature...

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The Cushman Retro Look Scooter

K-jack, a company with an expertise in newspaper vending machines (no joke!), throwing it’s hat into the vintage scooter ring. they’re making the curious looking Cushman scooter with very few updates,...

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A Happy 21st Birthday to Tempest Storm!!

A Happy 21st Birthday to Tempest Storm!! When you’re born on the February 29th of a Leap Year, it doesn’t matter that you’ve been kicking around Planet Earth for 84 years. You still only get to...

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Modern Science Decipher Ancient Love Letters

Article found at “modernmechanix.com” Filed under: Article, Literature, Vintage Science Tagged: Ancient lettering, Babylon, Deciphering, Love letters

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Marguerite Chapman – American Actress

Marguerite Chapman (March 9, 1918 — August 31, 1999) was an American actress. Born in Chatham, New York, she was working as a telephone switchboard operator in White Plains, New York when her good...

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The PTV Mini Car

Built in Manresa, near Barcelona, by Automoviles Utilitarios S. A., the pretty little PTV (named after company owners Perramon, Tacho and Vila) was the second-biggest-selling microcar in Spain, next to...

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Davy Jones Of The Monkees Dies Aged 66

Lizo Mzimba looks back at the career of Davy Jones on BBC News UK to day Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed. He died in his...

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White Rock Beverages

White Rock Beverages (White Rock Products Corporation) is an American beverage company located in Whitestone, NY. The company was established in 1871 by pharmacist H.M. Colver in Waukesha, Wisconsin....

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A.L.F.A 40-60HP Aerodinamica – 1914

The A.L.F.A 40/60 HP was a race and road car made by Italian car manufacturer A.L.F.A (later called Alfa Romeo). This model was made between 1913 and 1922 and was designed by Giuseppe Merosi, just like...

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London in the 1960s

A tour of the famous landmarks of London in 1960. Filed under: British, Holidays, Places, The sixties, Traveling Tagged: England, Landmarks, London

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On This Day In 1969 – Concorde Flies For The First Time

The supersonic airliner, Concorde, has made a "faultless" maiden flight. The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just 27 minutes before the pilot made the decision to land....

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Hedy Lamarr In Extase

Ecstasy – Extase in Czech and German – is a Czech film made in 1933 by the Czech director Gustav Machatý. It stars Hedy Lamarr, credited under her original surname Kiesler, and Zvonimir Rogoz. The film...

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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin – Russian Illustrator

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Били́бин; 16 August [O.S. 4 August] 1876 – 7 February 1942) was a 20th-century illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva and...

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SS La Champagne & SS La Navarre

SS LA CHAMPAGNE La Champagne was a 7,087 gross ton vessel, length 493.4ft x beam 51.8ft, two funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. Accommodation for 390-1st, 65-2nd and 600-3rd...

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Cigarette Vending Machine – 1931

Cigarette vending machine in England delivered a lit cigarette for a penny, 1931. A penny for your lungs – Ted Image and text found at “Standing At The Edge”   Filed under: British, Retro technology,...

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Jean-Gabriel Domergue – French Painter

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889—1962) was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women. Domergue was born on March 4, 1889 in Bordeaux and studied at the École nationale supérieure des...

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One Of The Most Badass Women Alive

Saw this picture on imgur and just had to post it here, because this is without a doubt, one of the most badass women alive. Meet Katrina Hodge, a corporal in the British Army and Miss England 2009....

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Autumn Brook; Smedstad, Oslo

There’s a foot path right up on the left bank out of view and I can follow it all the way from where I live a good 3 km further north and all the way down to the small artificial lake at Smestad. It’s...

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