The Life & Times Of Aunt Mable – Part 17
Aunt Mabel claimed to always be able to dress for the occasion, and as young Johnny’s mother used to say “I’m never sure what’s worse, the dressing or the occasion.” The occasion this time was to try...
View ArticleThis Week’s Retro DIY Project – Pedal Driven Lathe
Whether you’re planning on going green in your workshop or prefer working with traditional hand tools, here’s some old plans for a pedal driven lathe. Click the symbol below to download the plans in...
View ArticleThis Week’s Retro Recipe – Cherry Pie
Here’s a delicious cherry pie recipe for you (Featuring Bird’s Custard of course) You’ll find the recipe HEREFiled under: Advertising, Advertisments, Fifties chow & drinks, The fifties Tagged:...
View ArticleWords From A Man Of Great Imagination
"The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings. And the sea is precisely their best vehicle, the only medium through which these giants (against which terrestrial animals, such...
View ArticleCricket Explained
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When they are all out, the...
View ArticleThis Week’s Favourite Female Singer – Part 1 – Eleanor McEvoy
Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is one of Ireland‘s most accomplished contemporary singer/songwriters. McEvoy composed the song "Only A Woman’s Heart", title track of A Woman’s Heart, the...
View ArticleAre The Bloody Frogs Taking Over The Net
What the f**k is happening, almost all my social media connections have turned to French. I tried to open my two Twitter accounts and both of them has turned to French. And I’m no longer logged in and...
View ArticlePinterest Too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both my Pinterest accounts were in French when I opened them tooFiled under: Comments
View ArticleThe History Of Tea
I needed a large cup of Twining’s loose weight Assam, with a dash of honey and some tea history to shake off all of that French that infested my screen – TedFiled under: Facts Tagged: History, Tea
View ArticleThe Forgotten Ones – Deborah Watling
Deborah Watling (born 2 January 1948) is an English actress best known for her role as Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor in the BBC television series Doctor Who. Watling was born...
View ArticleBy The Way ….
….. Aunt Mable was quite a challenge as a child too ;-)Filed under: Comments Tagged: Aunt Mabel
View ArticleThe Sunday Comic – Reaching A Dead Mother
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Dead mothers;Reaching the dead, Nigeria letters, Nigeria scams
View ArticleThis Week’s Girliemag Article – Cathy’s Private Pagan Isle
A digital recreation of an article published in Click Magazine Vol2 No1 1964 The soft whispering of palm trees … the lulling sound of gentle surf kissing white beach … the warm, zephyr-like tropical...
View ArticleMan, That Must Have Been ….
…one hell of a fart :-o Image found on ratak-monodosicoFiled under: Humour, Tackieness Tagged: Farts, Lenin
View Article1968 BMW R60/2 With A Steib S350 Sport Chair
Images found on Aphid Pinterest albumsFiled under: Motorcycles, Retro technology, Transportation, Traveling Tagged: 1968, BMW R60/2, Steib S350 Sport Chair
View ArticleChet Baker and His Music
TidiousTed:A great post that deserves reblogging from more people than me. A good read, muscleheaded :-) Originally posted on The Muscleheaded Blog: Plaque in Amsterdam (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I...
View ArticleLondon Anno 1959 – Part 13
CHANGING THE GUARD ‘They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace; Christopher Robin went down with Alice … .’ Many people think of the catchy little tune to A. A. Milne’s words when they happen to be...
View ArticleRound The World By Steam – British India Steam Navigation Company
British India Steam Navigation Company ("BI") was formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company. The company had been formed out of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co, a trading...
View ArticleGreat American Cars Of The Forties – 1949 Cadillac Series 62
Cadillac made a ton of history for 1949. To its trendy, year-old "fishtail" styling the division added a modem and potent overhead-valve V-8, its first new engine in 12 years, plus a major new body...
View ArticleThis Week’s Softdrink – Sun Crest
Sun Crest is a brand of flavored carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Dad’s Root Beer Company, LLC. of Jasper, Indiana and owned by Hedinger Brands, LLC, except for 6 countries in Asia owned by...
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