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Everybody Likes Popsicle

Back when I was a kid, my favourite was called Lollipop (see illustration) and it was and is still made by DiplomIs. When I need a little flashback to my childhood days I still buy one from time to...

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Oh Shit, I’m A Communist

My hair is longer than most of those poor hippie sod’s were back then – Ted ;-)Filed under: Campaigns, People, Photography Tagged: Communism, Demonstrations, Hippies, Marching idiots

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This Week’s Girliemag Article – Doll With Textured Tastes

Remember when all those textured stockings first hit the market a year or so ago? Well, it’s pretty surprising to think that at the time Candy Martin was in no way interested in any of them. She...

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1956 Bjelka

I couldn’t find anything about this car except from what it says on the first image. But from what I gathered from posts on several message boards there has long been a discussion on whether any of...

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The Sunday Comic – A Lesson In Democracy

Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Commercial television, Cultural mediators, Democracy, Moxie's

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The Moving Picture

I must admit that I don’t post animated gif’s very often. I worked a lot with them myself before I discovered Flash. Few animated gifs impress or amuse me, this one on the other hand did both – Ted...

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I Want One!

Wells Coates, Radio Eco AD 65, 1932/34. E. K. Cole Ltd. England. © Viktoria and Albert Museum Image found at I live in the first trailer in the park…Filed under: Design, Retro technology Tagged: E. K....

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Round The World By Steam – 1906 “Cie Gie Transatlantique”

The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (shortened to "CIE. GLE. TRANSATLANTIQUE", or CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established...

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London Anno 1959 – Part 5

REGENT STREET – In this view one is looking down the street from the Oxford Street end towards the Quadrant at the Piccadilly end. Regent Street was originally designed by John Nash between 1813 and...

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Oooops!

Image found at 1950sUnlimited Filed under: Models & starlets, Photography Tagged: Bathing, Blunders, Boobs, Flashing, Unfortunate

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Uncomfortable

Image found at 1950sUnlimited Filed under: Holidays, Nature, Nudes, Pastime Tagged: Naturism, Nudism, Strange meetings;Uncomfortable

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Finalists For The Donnybrook Apple Queen, 1954

Finalists for The Donnybrook Apple Queen, 1954 In Context The Apple Festival has a long tradition. The first was held in 1954 in Donnybrook the brain child of Mr Alan Frost, councillor of the then...

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Great American Cars Of The Forties – 1946-48 Pontiac

In late 1945, American automakers started picking up where they’d left off before World War II. Pontiac was no exception. Introduction of brand-new post-war designs was some three years away for most...

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Soda & Soft Drink List Rebuilt

When starting to update the Soda & Soft Drink list for “The Softdrink Project” I realised that the page had crashed so I had to rebuild it. This is now done ;-) Another thing I discovered when I...

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This Week’s Softdrink – Club Cola

Club Cola is the name of a cola soft drink once very popular in East Germany. Originally manufactured at the request of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and other governmental organizations, Club...

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Oh, To Be A Kid Again

Filed under: Advertising, The fifties Tagged: Cowboy costumes, Cowboys and Indians, Kid stuff

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Soft Drink & Soda News – Frostop Root Beer Is Back

Columbus, Ohio • Aug 16, 2014 Columbus-based Frostop breathes life into root beer popular in the 1950s   Frostop will also bring its root beer and other sodas to your door through its catering...

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Round Britain By Railway – Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (pronounced /ˈnɒtɪŋəmʃə/ or /ˈnɒtɪŋəmˌʃɪə/; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east,...

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Suddenly….

I felt like camping VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Filed under: Camping, Models & starlets, Traveling Tagged: Slide shows

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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 10

Aunt Mable’s 7th husband Conrad (he was German) was a naturist and Mabel was not hard to convert, she was no stranger to nudity as you may have noticed. Complaints from their neighbours in the posh...

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