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1954 IDLE Shuttering
Generally credited with developing the signature BMW kidney grille, the Ihle brothers, Frank and Thomas, of Bruchsal, Germany, also built such racing cars as a competition variant of the BMW Dixie....
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Doughnuts
At a jumble-sale this summer I picked up a stack of small cookbooks and among them was the one you can see in the illustration above, “Rumford Bakebok” from 1927. I suspect that it is translated from...
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This Week’s Retro DIY Project – A Croquet Set
Summer is here, at least on my side of the blue planet so it’s time to don the Bermuda shorts and head for the croquet field. And what better to play with than a set you’ve made yourself – Plans in...
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On This Day in1971 – Jim Morrison Found Dead
Jim Morrison, the lead singer of American rock group The Doors has died in Paris aged 27. He was found in a bathtub at his apartment at 17 Rue Beautraillis by his girlfriend, Pamela Courson. A doctor’s...
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A Little Easy Chair Travelling – Paris 1960
Related articles Rally-Spec 1960 DKW 1000 S Coupe (bringatrailer.com) 1960′s day (kingfisherclassblog.wordpress.com) Las Vegas, Nevada 1960 (retrochrome.net) Soviet City Tashkent in 1960s...
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Pre-War Classics Of The Road – Part 41
1934 Hispano-Suiza Type 68 Drophead Coupé The largest and most magnificent luxury car to be produced during the 1930s was the V12 Hispano-Suiza, which first appeared in 1931 with a 9424cc power unit,...
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This Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Teresa James
Originally from Houston, Texas, Teresa is based in Los Angeles where she has assembled a group of some of the top LA based touring and session musicians in her band, The Rhythm Tramps. They have been...
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The Mazda K360
The Mazda K360 (Japanese: マツダ・K360) is a three-wheeled light truck made by Mazda. It first went on sale in 1959 in Japan. Production ended in 1969. In total, 280,000 vehicles were produced. The...
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Maybe It’s Time ….
…….. to change the records in that jukebox. I know the French love those utterly sad and desperate love songs that tends to put you in the drabbest of moods, but filling the whole jukebox with songs...
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The Lure Of The Mad Men – Part 20
I’ve spent the first 19 parts of this series dissing members of the advertising profession so since I have been at least semi part of the profession for about 30 years I thought it was time to show an...
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So That’s The….
…. bastard that keeps tagging all over town. I must say I am a bit surprised – Ted Image found in GhastlyDelightsFiled under: People, Photography Tagged: Tagging
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Man, What A Trio
Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson Image from IndypendentThinkingFiled under: People, Photography Tagged: Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
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1960 Fiat Weinsberg 500 Limousette
One would think that there was a close relationship between the NSU and the NSU-Fiat companies, but this is not the case. In the late twenties, the majority shareholder in NSU, Jacob Schapiro, held a...
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This Week’s Soft drink – Primo Gassosa
These days when most of us reach for a soda on the supermarket shelf our options are limited to a few international brands that have cornered the market. And when we do grab it, it will most likely be...
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On This Day In 1963 – Philby Confirmed As ‘Third Man’
Former Foreign Office official Harold Philby has admitted he was the "third man" in the case of British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. Security services are now aware that using information...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – Marblethorpe & Sutton-On-Sea
Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. History Mablethorpe as a town has existed for many centuries, although part of it was lost to the sea in the...
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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 5
As you can see, Aunt Mabel was not at all pleased when she realised that the tour round the Continent she had signed up for was a non boozer. “Not a drop of the strong stuff, but fancy hats and...
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1954 IDLE Shuttering
Generally credited with developing the signature BMW kidney grille, the Ihle brothers, Frank and Thomas, of Bruchsal, Germany, also built such racing cars as a competition variant of the BMW Dixie....
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Doughnuts
At a jumble-sale this summer I picked up a stack of small cookbooks and among them was the one you can see in the illustration above, “Rumford Bakebok” from 1927. I suspect that it is translated from...
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This Week’s Retro DIY Project – A Croquet Set
Summer is here, at least on my side of the blue planet so it’s time to don the Bermuda shorts and head for the croquet field. And what better to play with than a set you’ve made yourself – Plans in...
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