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On This Day In 1970 – The Beatles Film “Let It Be” Opened In New York.
Let It Be is a 1970 documentary film about the Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. The film features an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – K C Jelly Roll
A recipe found on The Daily Bungalow’s Flickr sets You’ll find the recipe HERE Related articles American muffin (andrewscookery.wordpress.com) Glazed Sweet Rolls Recipe (kraftrecipes.com) Banana Bread...
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This Week’s Retro DIY Project – 16th Century X-Chair
Plans and description in jpg and pdf format HERE Related articles The Retro DIY Project – Outdoor Desk (retrorambling.wordpress.com) The Retro DIY Project – Three Model Planes...
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Pommac – Classic Swedish Soft Drink
My family’s week-end cottage (now mine) is quite close to the Swedish border and we often went to Sweden to do some shopping when I was a Kid (and I still do). My parents always bought Pommac and they...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 34
1929 Lincoln Club Roadster The Lincoln company, founded by Henry M, Leland after he left Cadillac, was taken over by Ford in 1922, and the cars were injected with some much-needed style by the gifted...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas (born February 18, 1941, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans”. Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha...
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Indian 1940 Civilian Scout
Indian is an American brand of motorcycles originally manufactured from 1901 to 1953 by a company in Springfield, Massachusetts, US, initially known as the Hendee Manufacturing Company but which was...
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Grand-daddy’s Sauce – Part 35
All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977 Health For All Ronnie Barker’s Comment: In 1890, when there was no Trades Descriptions Act,...
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Cheeky Little Sod…
. . . and without as much of a vestige of discretion. Shit, the things you get away with before you reached puberty- TedFiled under: Advertising, The seventies Tagged: legs, little boys, Mini skirts,...
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The 1933 Rollfix
The Rollfix was manufactured from 1933 in Hamburg-Wandsbek. (Germany). Two models were made with a 2-seater vehicle and an estate car. Interestingly whilst both vehicles were 3-wheelers they used a...
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This Week’s Girliemag Article – Eve, Meet A Swedish Beauty
We know that you’ll excuse a certain jubilant elation on our part as we point with pride at the standards that we have set for the cover page and centrefold of this the first issue of Eve. Oh weary...
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The Sunday Comic – A Hopeful Explorer
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Moxie's, Shakespear Transcribed, Speed dating
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Aunt Mabel Pub-crawling In The Old Country
Aunt Mable on a pub-crawl with her travelling companions on a trip to England. She was obviously proud of her new bloomers and saw no reason not to show them to all and sundry. Her friend Mrs...
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Sometimes Aunt Mabel…
… get real tipsy, put on her tiara and take a bath in gin and fresh blueberries. She claims it does wonders for her complexion and makes her skin smooth as silk. Besides she says, it taste...
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What Those Stupid Segways Should Have Looked Like From The Start
Welcome the "Vespa Segway", a daring and extremely cool idea coming from Spain. The name says pretty much everything about this contraption: we’re dealing with a Segway-like personal transportation...
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This Week’s Retro DIY project – A Small Colonial Bench
A sturdy bench was a commodity much valued in the American colonies. It provided a welcome place to rest weary legs after a long day of hard work. Most early homes enjoyed several benches. Back then,...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Mocha Devil’s Food Cake
Hersey Chocolate Corporation published a promotion booklet in 1937 called “HERSEY’S Favourite Recipes”. You can see the cover page above, two kids stuffing themselves with chocolate cake. Here is one...
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Coles Phillips’ Illustrations For Holeproof Hosiery
Clarence Coles Phillips (October 1880 – June 13, 1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles...
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The Tatra 49
Tatra 49 is a model of vintage motor tricycle made by Czech manufacturer Tatra. It was manufactured between 1929 and 1930. It was developed with an aim to offer a commercial car at as low cost as...
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On This Day In 1968 – Manchester Utd Win European Cup
Manchester United have become the first English club to win the European Cup beating Portuguese side Benfica by four goals to one. Ten years after the Munich air crash, which killed eight of Matt...
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