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Why does she look familiar?
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why does she look familiar?
That decorator looks distinctly dodgy!
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
That decorator looks distinctly dodgy!
Spindly legged metal tables and chairs were the height of modernity and fashion in 1965. No old fashioned wooden things for the likes of us, oh dear me no. How times change!
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Spindly legged metal tables and chairs were the height of modernity and fashion in 1965. No old fashioned wooden things for the likes of us, oh dear me no. How times change!
How the meaning of a word can change with the passage of time...
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
How the meaning of a word can change with the passage of time...
I've still got all these Lovely Lethal Lights!
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I've still got all these Lovely Lethal Lights!
The pyjamas haven't changed much but thank goodness this has. I hope they were fireproof!
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The pyjamas haven't changed much but thank goodness this has. I hope they were fireproof!
A crystal - or, to be more accurate, a geranium diode - radio. How I craved one when I was a child. Now I have a drawer full of them!
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A crystal - or, to be more accurate, a geranium diode - radio. How I craved one when I was a child. Now I have a drawer full of them!
Lurking in my Aladdin's Cave of a loft!
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Lurking in my Aladdin's Cave of a loft!
No star has ever posed and moved as magnificently as Joan Collins. When she executed a turn on camera her dress followed a few milliseconds behind. Wonderful. Why isn't she more of a gay icon?
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
No star has ever posed and moved as magnificently as Joan Collins. When she executed a turn on camera her dress followed a few milliseconds behind. Wonderful. Why isn't she more of a gay icon?
That's the exact set we had, second hand, in 1963 and on which I watched the first episode of Doctor Who. But I didn't hide behind the sofa. I had just turned 11 and was (in my own mind) far too grown up to be frightened! Years later I encountered the original TRADIS console at TC. I fondled it!
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
That's the exact set we had, second hand, in 1963 and on which I watched the first episode of Doctor Who. But I didn't hide behind the sofa. I had just turned 11 and was (in my own mind) far too grown up to be frightened! Years later I encountered the original TRADIS console at TC. I fondled it!
At first glance that ad for headphones might seem a trifle obscure. But as soon as I saw the stylised name 'Brown' I knew it was for headphones. Such was S. G. Brown's fame in the 1920's. I wasn't born that far back but I collect old wirelesses!
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
At first glance that ad for headphones might seem a trifle obscure. But as soon as I saw the stylised name 'Brown' I knew it was for headphones. Such was S. G. Brown's fame in the 1920's. I wasn't born that far back but I collect old wirelesses!
Bright emitters alert!
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Bright emitters alert!
Lisle St. When I worked in the area in 1970 Lisle Street, together with Tottenham Court Road and Edgware Road, was a veritable Mecca for war surplus electronic goodies. From which could be constructed pirate Medium Wave radio transmitters. Or so I'm led to believe...
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Lisle St. When I worked in the area in 1970 Lisle Street, together with Tottenham Court Road and Edgware Road, was a veritable Mecca for war surplus electronic goodies. From which could be constructed pirate Medium Wave radio transmitters. Or so I'm led to believe...
Amazing. Even as far back as 1927 - almost a century ago - we were nostalgic for Christmases gone by.
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Amazing. Even as far back as 1927 - almost a century ago - we were nostalgic for Christmases gone by.
In the 1950s we always had Eat Me dates at Christmas. Identical box & layout. About 10% of the dates were smooth and lovely, the rest were hard and horrible. Now we get Medjool and - even better - Zamli dates all year. Some progress is good after all!
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In the 1950s we always had Eat Me dates at Christmas. Identical box & layout. About 10% of the dates were smooth and lovely, the rest were hard and horrible. Now we get Medjool and - even better - Zamli dates all year. Some progress is good after all!
And one is still available!
October 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And one is still available!
I think the jury might be deliberating on that!
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I think the jury might be deliberating on that!
Was nothing safe from the dreaded bayonet lamp fitting plug??
October 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Was nothing safe from the dreaded bayonet lamp fitting plug??
I hope that cable terminated in a srep-down transformer and not directly to 240V mains!
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I hope that cable terminated in a srep-down transformer and not directly to 240V mains!
Oh JOY. Oh EXTREME joy! A record player with a Colaro Conquest auto-changer. Always my favourite: https://share.google/images/GcNWMAxxiDIBwZdph
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Oh JOY. Oh EXTREME joy! A record player with a Colaro Conquest auto-changer. Always my favourite: https://share.google/images/GcNWMAxxiDIBwZdph
Currants "Now the cheapest of all Dried Fruits." I wonder why that could be?
September 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Currants "Now the cheapest of all Dried Fruits." I wonder why that could be?
And still available. In Singapore or your nearest World Food aisle!
September 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And still available. In Singapore or your nearest World Food aisle!
And all these years later you can still get it. That's my Camp Coffee mornings sorted out for the foreseeable! But what's on 'Mother's' head? Is it some kind of bonnet arrangement? Or is it her hair?
September 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
And all these years later you can still get it. That's my Camp Coffee mornings sorted out for the foreseeable! But what's on 'Mother's' head? Is it some kind of bonnet arrangement? Or is it her hair?
Not long until Christmas now!!
September 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Not long until Christmas now!!
You'd think he could wait to get dressed before he started smoking!
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
You'd think he could wait to get dressed before he started smoking!