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Katharine Hepburn …
… taking five and a smoke during the filming of “The African Queen” one of my all time favourite movies. Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in the same movie, what more can you ask for – By the...
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London Anno 1959 – Part 4
BURLINGTON ARCADE – This covered passage, with its fashionable little shops, runs from Piccadilly to Burlington Gardens. The reason for its building is a curious one – the annoyance caused to Lord...
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This Week’s Softdrink – Sussex Golden Ginger Ale
Sussex Golden Ginger Ale is a "golden" ginger ale originally bottled in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is produced by Canada Dry Mott’s, a subsidiary of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The...
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Great American Cars Of The Forties – 1946-1948 Ford Sportsman
The singular 1946-48 Ford Sportsman is memorable not so much as a car as for its mission. Simply put, it was designed to lure buyers back to the showrooms after World War II by adding a touch of...
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The Ural Gaucho Rambler Limited Edition
Russian motorcycle maker Ural is known for its adventurous, old-school, go-anywhere bikes, and it is releasing a new limited-edition model to celebrate the original adventurer – the American cowboy....
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Patent Print For Monopoly
Patent print for a board game apparatus called Monopoly filed August 31, 1935. Sheet 1 of 7. Inventor Charles B Darrow. I’m a real shark at Monopoly, no one wants to play it with me anymore even...
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Round Britain By Railway Posters – N0ttingham
Nottingham (i/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ not-ing-əm) is a city in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. Nottingham is known for its links to the legend of Robin Hood and for its...
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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 9
Here’s a photo of Aunt Mabel and her 12th. …..or was Cedric her 13th. husband, well, never mind. The image might lead an unsuspecting viewer to believe that this was staged for the photographer, but...
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Elvis Presley Fans Rejoice!
Elvis’ Palm Springs Honeymoon Home for Sale The ultimate Elvis pad is now up for sale in sunny Palm Springs, California – complete with Rock ‘n’ Roll memorabilia. In 1962, Look Magazine featured the...
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This Week’s Retro DIY Project – Kansas 4H Woodworking Plans
Not one plan for you to day my DIY friends, but 21. A whole book actually. Kansas 4H Woodworking Plans published by Kansas State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension...
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This Week’s Retro Recipe – Savoury Bacon-Cheese Pie
A recipe from an ad that was published in “Chatelaine Magazine” in February 1960 From the ad: Here’s a simple but sophisticated main-dish … a savoury bacon-cheese custard pie! Actually, this is a...
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How One Of The Most Beautiful Women In 1940s’ Hollywood Helped Make Certain...
Did an exotic actress from Vienna, considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood in the 1940s, really invent wireless? Not exactly, but the non-sensationalized facts of the matter are no less...
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A Little Retro Beach Glamour
What more can I say ;-) – TedFiled under: Glamour, Holidays, Models & starlets Tagged: Beach babes, Beach beauties, Beach wear
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his Weeks Favourite Female Singer – Loreena McKennitt
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle...
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Members of Buffalo Bill’s Troupe. Edmonton, Alberta, 1914
Image found at VintageEveryday In context: William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in the Iowa...
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Yes, I Think It’s About Time Now ….
…. for another picture gallery featuring one of my all time favourite fifties bombshells, Anita Ekberg When young Ted was a small boy Scandinavian magazines was crammed with images of Anita,...
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Retrorambling’s Visitors Service – Part 18 – How To Sit Down Gracefully
A little service for my female visitors, useless for my male visitors of course as man just usually just drop down like a sack of potatoes in any type of seating ;-) Related articles Retrorambling’s...
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Man, The Things You Get Away With ….
…. before you reach pubertyFiled under: People, Photography Tagged: Being excused, Copping a feel, Daring, Frisky, little boys, Puberty
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The forgotten Ones – Talitha Getty
Talitha Getty born Talitha Dina Pol (18 October 1940 – 14 July 1971) was an actress of Dutch extraction, born in the former Dutch East Indies, who was regarded as a style icon of the late 1960s. She...
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The Lure Of The Mad Men – Part 24
Take a good look at that picture visitor and ponder this; Is his wife buying flat, stale coffee just to get spanked. Her facial expression seams to indicate that she’s quite enjoying it. On the other...
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