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This Week’s Retro DIY project – Toys From Scrap Wood
A woodwork project published in “Popular Mechanics” in January 1932 With some pieces of soft wood like pine, a collection of spools, a few sharp tools and a little ingenuity, you can make an endless...
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Dancing With Aunt Mable
“Johnny, be a good boy and ask aunt Mable for a dance. Nobody’s dancing with her.” “Oh please Mum, no. Her perfume smells terrible and she always press my face into her bosom. I can hardly breath.”...
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And Sometimes It All Works
Image found at ratak-monodosicoFiled under: Humour, Illustration Tagged: Heads, Work sheets
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 29
1927 OM Type 665 Superba Aptly named Superba, the Type 665 OM of 1927 had a 1991cc, side-valve engine with a remarkable turn of speed. Two of these machines finished equal fourth overall in the 1924 Le...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – The Hellcats
I found it absolutely impossible to find anything about this superb all-girl garage-rock band on the net and there is no information what so ever on the covers on the the LPs I have. I have decided to...
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Irina Demick – French Actress
Irina Demick (16 October 1936, Pommeuse, Seine-et-Marne – 8 October 2004), sometimes credited as Irina Demich, was a French actress with a brief career in American films. Born Irina Dziemiach,...
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King-Size Coca-Cola Commercial – 1961
A 1961 Coca-Cola commercial featuring some hyperactive people dancing. The commercial features a catchy jingle: "Coca-Cola Gives You That Refreshing New Feeling". Text and video found on YouTube via...
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The Lure Of The Mad Men – Part 8
Text from this 1957 Listerine ad: Somebody Loves Me… When other girls of her age were out with their boy friends of a Saturday night, Marilyn sat home with Rover. Good, old faithful Rover … he didn’t...
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Grand-daddy’s Sauce – Part 29
All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977 That Explains It Captain: (Indicates plaque on the floor) Here is where Nelson fell, Your Majesty...
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Beryl Markham – British-Born Kenyan Author, Aviator, Adventurer & Racehorse...
Beryl Markham (26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a British-born Kenyan author, aviator, adventurer, and racehorse trainer. During the pioneer days of aviation, she became the first woman to fly...
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Hal Phyfe – Painter, Photographer & Illustrator
Great-grandson of Duncan Phyfe, the iconic furniture designer of the early republic, Herold Rodney Eaton "Hal" Phyfe was born in Nice, France, to a New York society family. Trained as a sculptor in...
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Don’t Go Scavenging For Food In The X-Files Archives
Filed under: Humour, PhotoShop Tagged: Baby food, PhotoShop humour, Scavenging, X-files
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The Sunday Comic – A Contemplative Man
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Moxie's, Stress, The Sunday comic
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This Week’s Girliemag Article – Beautiful Blossom
Beautiful Blossom The best reason yet to recognise China "There comes a time in every girl’s life," quips lovely Lyn-Tie, Hong Kong born Chinese singer and actress, "when she realizes that she either...
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The 1954 Kroboth Allwetter Roller 200
Designed and built in 1954 by Gustav Kroboth in Bavaria, Germany the Kroboth Allwetterr Roller 200 was a 2-seater vehicle with an open body that had low cut doors and a fold a way pram type hood. The...
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Don’t Look Down!
Marjorie Hillick, the "Maud Allan of the skies" performs a dance on an uncompleted New York skyscraper with only her trusty tambourine for company. A movie from 1925 found on BFI’s Youtube pageFiled...
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Skútry Manet A Tatran – Manet And Tatran Scooters
The Slovak company MANET came into existence mainly through the production of two wheeled motor vehicles with small displacement. Manet 100 The 100 came on the market as Manet scooter 1958. It had a...
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Denmark
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 CONSTITUTION - Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, in which the legislative authority is exercised by...
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You Can Leave Your Hat On
Baby, take off your coat…real slow Baby, take off your shoes…here, I’ll take your shoes Baby, take off your dress Yes, yes, yes You can leave your hat on You can leave your hat on You can leave your...
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The 1959 Bugatti OTI
The Bugatti Motor company was first formed in 1909 in Molsheim, France. Bugatti’s founder;Ettore Bugatti, however had built and designed his first vehicle in 1901. As an apprentice to the bicycle...
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