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I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Everyone delights to spend their summer’s holiday Down beside the side of the silvery sea I’m no exception to the rule In fact, if I’d my way I’d reside by the side of the silvery sea. But when you’re...
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Henry Patrick Raleigh – American Illustrator
The illustrator Henry Raleigh started and ended life in poverty and despair. But in between, he spent decades painting high society pictures and living the opulent life of one of the best paid...
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Life In Bed With Mansfield
Quite honestly visitors, it isn’t often I envy a dog. But it does happen – Ted Images found at “A Slip Of A Girl” Filed under: Actresses, Models & starlets, People, PhotoShop Tagged: Jayne...
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Ella Kate Ewing – The Missouri Giantess
Ella Kate Ewing (March 9, 1872 – January 10, 1913) was a Missouri woman considered the worlds tallest female of her era. She would use her great height to earn a living as a sideshow attraction,...
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Piaggio Ape Calessino
Evocative of Italy in the 50′s, and featured in Fellini’s Dolce Vita, the Piaggio Ape is a legendary four-seater leisure vehicle originally designed by aeronautical engineer Corradino d’Ascanio. In...
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Seeing London Part 1
Tour of London and environs in the 1920′s by Burton Holmes. London, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Houses of Parliament, Thames River, street urchins, St Stephens tower, Big Ben, Cleopatra’s Needle,...
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June Knight – American Broadway And Film Actress
June Knight (January 22, 1913 – June 16, 1987) was an American Broadway and film actress. Aged 19, she appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha! (1932). She would be featured in four other...
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1959 Opperman Unicar Model T
Opperman, a tractor manufacturer in England saw the success of the Bond Minicar and decided to build a new Microcar for the British market. The first model from Opperman was the Model "T" Unicar. It...
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Holiday Cine Film Butlins Bognor Regis 1961
To regular visitors to this blog my slight obsession with the British seaside holidays in the last century is no secret, so here’s a amateur movie from Buntlins Bognor Regis from 1961. It used to be a...
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Sun Crest Flavoured Carbonated Soft Drink
Sun Crest is a brand of flavoured carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Dad’s Root Beer Company, LLC. of Jasper, Indiana and owned by Hedinger Brands, LLC, except for 6 countries in Asia owned by...
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Penny Edwards – American Actress
Vivacious blue-eyed blonde Penny Edwards was born in New York City in 1928 and displayed signs of musical talent as a youth. She began studying dance by age six and, as a teen, appeared on Broadway in...
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Thee Midniters
Thee Midniters were an American group, amongst the first Chicano rock bands to have a major hit in the United States. Also they were and one of the best known acts to come out of East Los Angeles in...
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Harold Frederick Kells – Photographer
An amateur photograph, Harold Frederick Kells (1904-1986) gained international prominence in the mid-1930s for his composite figure studies and pictorial landscapes. In the late nineteen twenties he...
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Muriel Ostriche – The Face Of Moxie
Muriel Ostriche (24 May 1896, New York City – 3 May 1989, St Petersburg, Florida) was an American silent film actress. She was also the face of Moxie. With her brown curls and gamine beauty, brunette...
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On This Day In 1957 – Arthur Miller Found Guilty Of Contempt
US playwright Arthur Miller has been convicted of contempt of Congress. The conviction relates to an investigation last year by the House of Representatives’ Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)...
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The Mighty Sandwina – Strong Woman
The mighty Sandwina was born as Kate Brumbach in 1884 in Vienna, Austria to Bavarian parents. Her parents were circus strength performers of rather hearty proportions in their own right. Her father...
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Trains vs. Planes
I’ve always loved riding on trains and have done so all over Europe, Africa and Asia. I prefer a nice ride in a decent train over going by air any time. By train your mind arrive with the rest of you,...
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Home Decoration By Annette Johnson
Annette Johnson was one of Harrison Marks‘ favourites. He first gave readers a glimpse of her on the fly page and page 32 of Kamera No.54 (mid ’63). She was then seen again in No’s 55 and 56 before...
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Edward Johnston’s Typeface For The London Underground Railway – Designed 1916
Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by and named after Edward Johnston. It is well known for its use by Transport for London. Johnston’s former student Eric Gill also...
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Farting Alarm Clock
“Things you never knew existed” is a site featuring exactly that. And what’s more, most of the things are things you could live happy the rest of your life never knowing existed. A good example is this...
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