This Week’s Girliemag Article – Fabulously Female
Fabulously Female What could be more female than a tall, voluptuous femme with long soft blonde tresses, large blue eyes? Absolutely nothing. In addition, upon looking at this doll, one enjoys the...
View ArticleOn This day in 1978 – Woman Takes World Sailing Record
Naomi James has broken the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. Her 53 ft yacht Express Crusader crossed the finish line in Dartmouth at 09:11 BST after almost nine months at sea. The...
View ArticleAlice Huyler Ramsey – The First Woman To Drive An Automobile Across The U.S.
Aug. 7, 1909 – Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City, Alice Huyler Ramsey, with three friends, arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the U.S.! "Alice...
View ArticleNorway
From the 33rd edition of “XXth Century Health And Pleasure Resorts Of Europe” published in 1933 GOVERNMENT – A constitutional monarchy. The King acts through his Council of State, who are nominated by...
View ArticleRound The World By Steam – 1889 “Deutsch Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft”
Formed in 1888 to operate services from Hamburg via Antwerp and the Cape to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The service commenced in July 1889, but within a couple of years, passenger services to...
View ArticleAs The Major In Faulty Towers Once Said….
… women are strange creatures. And when I came across these images I tend to agree. I’ve tried to grasp what’s going on here but my disorderly, whimsical mind has failed me (once again). On the other...
View ArticleNice Work If You Can Get It
Dr Swift has really found his vocation in life. Why stay in your musty doctor’s office and be bothered with boils, warts and other nasty bodily ills when you can spend you day applying the magic power...
View ArticleGreat American Cars Of The Forties – 1940 Packard One-Ten
The Packard One-Ten has never been treated kindly, even by the marque’s most ardent loyalists. Long snubbed as unworthy of the Packard name, it’s often been blamed for starting the make’s long, slow...
View ArticleThis Week’s Softdrink – Kuat!
A popular sweet drink in Brazil made from the extract of a red berry that grows in Venezuela and Northern Brazil and is high in caffeine, guarana originally got off to a slow start in the U.S. PepsiCo...
View ArticleNadia Gray – Romanian Film Actress
Nadia Gray (23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress. Born Nadia Kujnir-Herescu in Bucharest, she left Romania for Paris in the late 1940s to escape the Communist takeover after...
View ArticleOh Yes! Tight, Short, And In Tiger Patterns
Ava Gardener Diana Dors – Jayne Mansfield Arlene Dahl Rhonda Fleming – Laurette Luez Images found on Stirred, Straight Up, with a Twist Related articles Janet Leigh – American Actress...
View ArticleThe Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 2
No, no, NO! It is not what you think. Shame on you! You thought this was a picture of Aunt Mabel describing a specific detail on the male anatomy, didn’t you. But it is definitely not so! Aunt Mabel...
View ArticleRound Britain By Railway Posters – Lancashire Coast
Stretching from the Lune Estuary at Glasson Dock to the Kent Estuary at Arnside, the spectacular coastline of Lancashire provides surprising contrasts. From stunning sunsets, dramatic landscapes and...
View ArticleThe Strømmen Car
This two-seater is partly a mystery car. It is known that it was built in 1949 in Strømmen, a place in Skedsmo, Akershus, some 8 km from Oslo in Norway. The car weighed 200 kg and its top speed was 50...
View ArticleI’m A little Envious
Russ Meyer photographing the curvaceous June Wilkinson , 1950’s Related articles June Wilkinson (retrorambling.wordpress.com) June Wilkinson – British Glamour Model & Actress...
View ArticleThis Week’s Retro Recipe – Southern Chicken Gumbo
Gumbos (poultry, meat, fish or shellfish) are typical of Creole cooking with okra added to give the soup its glutinous quality. The soup evolved from a Choctaw Indian dish. Recipe HEREFiled under:...
View ArticleThis Week’s Retro DIY Project–A Classic Lap Desk
Plans and description in pdf format HEREFiled under: DIY project, Retro DIY projects Tagged: Do-it-yourself projects, Hobby projects, Lap desk, Woodwork
View ArticleOn This Day In 1964: Nelson Mandela Jailed For Life
The leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been jailed for life for sabotage. Seven other defendants, including the former secretary-general of the banned African...
View ArticleCentre Spreads From “La Vie Parisians”
Images found at PRINTSFiled under: Art, Illustration, Models & starlets, Nudes, Pin-ups Tagged: Erotic art, Erotic illustration, La Vie Parisienne
View ArticlePre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 38
1931 Wellesley Hornet Special ‘When the Wolseley Hornet was first planned, the inspiration was to provide the equivalent of first-class express travel in a small car for the first time,’ wrote The...
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