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Is Nobody Reading Anymore
I came across this on a blog to day: I was rewatching Matilda the other day and got up to the point where she and Miss Honey meet for the first time in the classroom, and she mentions that her favorite...
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Victorian Inventions – Part 27
From “Victorian Inventions” by Leonard De Vries published by American Heritage Press in 1972 On 2nd July 1869 a demonstration was given in a hall in Shell Mound Lake, California, with a small model...
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The DeCastro Sisters
The DeCastro Sisters was a female trio singing group: originally they consisted of Peggy DeCastro (1921–2004), Cherie DeCastro (1922–2010) and Babette DeCastro (1925–1992). When Babette retired in...
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SS Canberra
SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of...
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This Week’s Softdrink – Tizer
Tizer is a red-coloured soft drink sold in the United Kingdom. The name originally comes from the phrase ‘Tizer the Appetizer’. It was launched in 1924 by Fred Pickup of Manchester when it was known...
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Moxie’s – Comic Strip Background–Part 6
Moxie’s Café’s Regular Patrons – Part 5 Veronica Sybille Sinkebotten Hildre Astrologer Self-proclaimed Healer Suzanne Stephanie Würtz von Mehlen Unhappily Married Uninterested Fashion Shop Owner Paul...
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Lucky Sod
Ikette Ann Thomas, Larry Lynch, the only white band member to tour with Ike & Tina Turner and bassist for The Contors, and Tina Turner showing off some stocking welt. Image and text from Silent...
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Paris, 20 November 1903
Paris, 20 November 1903: the ghostly form of an airship floats past an equally ghostly Eiffel Tower, before a very solid crowd of completely entranced spectators. It is Le Jaune, ‘The Yellow’, the...
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I Hope All Them Donkeys Are Dead
Michael Harding, a British comedian, writer, radio personality and song artist has a story on one of his records about a lot of families in his street going to Blackpool in a charabanc they had...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (/ˈmæn/; Manx: Ellan Vannin, pronounced [ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn]), otherwise known simply as Mann (Manx: Mannin,IPA: [ˈmanɪn]), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the...
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The Amazing Record Eater
Quite popular around my neck of the woods back in the late sixties, early seventies. You could get holders for it to mount below the dashboard on your car. And it really deserved the name, it ate 45’s...
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Let There Be Light
Ford Model TT customized for street light maintenance, 1926 Image found on A Saucer Full Of Wheels Lot of fresh air, exercise, communal service, the lot. Nice job, if the hand breaks works properly...
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Valaida Snow (June 2, 1904 – May 30, 1956)
Trumpet player, singer and dancer – the woman who became so adept, so quickly at the trumpet that she was dubbed “Little Louis” after Louis Armstrong, who said she was the second best player in the...
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Bringing Home The Bacon
You are probably familiar with the phrase “bring home the bacon.” In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the...
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The Retro DIY Project – Wheeled “Snack Shack”
A digital recreation of a DIY project published in “Popular Mechanics” in January 1940 If you’re a good enough cook to dare to try to flog your kitchen products to the general public and not just the...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Springtime Fancy Cake
A recipe from an ad for Dexo Vegetable Shortening and A&P published in 1953 You’ll find the recipe HERE Related articles This Week’s Retro Recipe – Tuna Devils (retrorambling.wordpress.com) This...
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Yorkshire Steam Fair – Summer, 1981
Back in 1981 I went to London with a good friend and the plan was to stay there for three weeks, but the extremely hot weather made us change plans. We called a B&B we had stayed at several times...
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Sylvia Sorrente – French Actress
Sylvia Sorrente was born on July 31, 1941 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Ne nous fâchons pas (1966), Danza macabra (1964) and L’éternité pour nous (1963). Related articles Helga...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 26
1925 Delage DIS In 1922, Delage built a prototype sports car based on his successful 2.1-litre Type DE, but fitted with an overhead-valve conversion designed by Henri Toutee which more than doubled the...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Melissa Martin
Philadelphia based Melissa Martin is one of today’s leading Blues and Swing vocalists. Long-time leading lady of the blues, Melissa’s voice and performance simmer irresistibly. Equally adept at Rockin’...
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