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RIP Sheffield Steel
John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014)Filed under: British, Music, People, Rock, Rythm and blues Tagged: Joe Cocker, John Robert "Joe" Cocker, Sheffield Steel
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A Whole Bunch Of Christmas Babes
Filed under: Actresses, Models & starlets Tagged: Debbie Reynolds, Diana Dors, Doris Day, Dorothy Lamour, Gina Lollobrigida, Janet Leigh, Jayne Mansfield, Linda Darnell, Mary Tyler Moore, Mitzi...
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Want One!
Note that Santa is dressed in blue, he was originally, before the advertising agencies started to take interest in him – Ted ;-)Filed under: Toys Tagged: Christmas, Old toys
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Child Labour
Who would have thought fat jolly old Santa kept plump small arian children prisoner up there at the North Pole forcing them to make toys all year round. Naughty, naughty Santa.Filed under: Humour,...
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Well, I Guess It’s Time For This Now
Norway became a free nation again in 1905 after about 400 years and the flag became an important part of the Christmas cards in the period after that. That and the “nisse” of course. And this nisse...
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On This Day In 1977 – Star Wars Fever Hits Britain
Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars – a movie which is already setting US box offices alight.Bracing the cold weather, young and old...
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Saturday Quiz: Guess That Ass
Let’s see how well you have studied classic celebrity backsides visitors. The question is simple; Who’s famous ass is this? Tip: Hugh Hefner used to call her “the bossom” And last week’s ass belonged...
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The Life & Times Of Aunt Mabel – Part 28
This is the last picture of aunt Mabel’s eighth husband Benjamin (usually called just Bennie). Alive that is. When the criminal investigators arrived they took a whole bunch of pictures after aunt...
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On This Day In 1964 – Campbell Speeds To Double Record
Donald Campbell has broken the world water speed record, becoming the first man to break the world land and water speed records in the same year. He reached an average speed of 276.33mph (444.71km/h)...
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 540,000 times in...
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Cliff Clavin On Beer
Filed under: Food & drinks Tagged: Beer, Cheers, Cliff Clavin, Smartness
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And Now It’s Time For…..
Akershus fortress’ fireworks over Oslo inner harbour By the way, the large building in the picture is not the fortress, it is the Oslo harbour storehouse. The picture is taken from the fortress...
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The Sunday Comic – An Unwelcome Passage
Filed under: Comix, Humour, Illustration Tagged: Elvis Presley, From the heart, Singing
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Saturday Quiz: Guess That Ass
Let’s see how well you have studied classic celebrity backsides visitors. The question is simple; Who’s famous ass is this? Tip: She was Playmate of the Month in Playboy magazine in May 1955 and in...
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The 1956 Spick and Span Calendar
Images found on oldfetishmags.comFiled under: Ephemera, Glamour, Models & starlets, Photography, Pin-ups, Pinups Tagged: 1956, Calendars, Spick and Span magazine
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The Argocat
Fireman Bainbridge in the Argocat at Reigate fire station, Surrey, 1971. The new vehicle has been designed by a company in Canada where it is used for forestry work, duck shooting and as a beach...
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No Better Way ….
…. to get scratchy records Image found at beatnickdaddioFiled under: Models & starlets, Music, Photography, The forties Tagged: Babes, Playing records, Records, sand
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Hand Colouring & Filter Play
A digital painting of Bettie Mae Page Greyscale + light sepia tinting + digital hand colouring + reduced watercolour filtering. Original to the left. By the way, R L Wood is just an anglofication of my...
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Hand Colouring & Filter Play – Part 2
A digital painting of Geri Tamburello Greyscale + light sepia tinting + digital hand colouring + reduced watercolour filtering. Original to the left. A softer and lighter photo, so a harder image to...
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1970s Denim Leisure Suit Hell
YES! I was 17 in 1970. I wore leisure suits. So WHAT!! Everyone did, and we thought we looked swell. I sincerely apologise for that temporary lack of cool – Ted Images from FlashbakFiled under:...
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