Shippams
I bet I'm not the only one who grew up in the 50's eating Shippams Paste! I remember my mother being particularly fond of the bloater, which we children hated. But the irony is that it is still on...
View ArticleThe appeal of old photographs.......
The appeal of old photographs.......http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/apr/13/retronaut-photographs-vintage-pictures-twitter-historyinpix-indiahistorypic-nostalgia-history#
View ArticleBarbers
What has happened to the Barbers thread started by Ossie? It seems to have disappeared?
View ArticleA Journey With Santa Claus - Jack Warner
Hello everyone I'm new so I hope I'm posting this message in the right place. My Mum is 71 and her most prized possession is her 78rpm records which she inherited from her father. Her most fond...
View ArticleThe Farnborough Air Show Disaster
The Farnborough Air Show Disaster While looking through youtube I came across this newsreel film of the air show disaster. Many of us will recall this piece of newsreel and the event. On looking at...
View ArticleEast End Cinemas in the Fifties.
The Imp, Canning Town.The New Imperial, as it was properly titled, stood at the start of the Silvertown Way opposite Canning Town station and the Bridge House Pub.Originally a variety theatre it was...
View ArticleThe Winter Hall, East Ham
Went there quite a bit although I couldn't dance to save my life. I spent a small fortune on buying new shoes and stockings to replace those I destroyed whilst tripping the not so light fantastic....
View ArticleWitchcraft not the song.
I have just stumbled upon this fascinating wartime story. The content almost beggars belief but it's fact, I can't help wonder what the late David Banner would think of such a happening. It's a long...
View ArticleWho would you have liked to be?
Assuming you could be anyone who entertained us in the 50s, who would that be and why?I gave up wanting to be Stanley Matthews, Freddie Mills, Roger Bannister etc ad have finally opted for William...
View ArticleBilly Cotton Was Responsible
Amongst others for torturing us almost daily with these "played to death on the wireless" numbers. Remember them? No? Then you weren't born or had no radio.
View ArticleIllustrated
When I was a young boy - early fifties, many of the barber shops I went to had old magazines on the chairs for clients to read while they waited for their haircuts. I remember a very common one was...
View ArticleMick & Monterency
Anyone got a link to the Jigsaw theme? I remember Mick and Monterency and can still hum part of the tune of Jigsaw.
View Article1950s trainspotter ?
Ian Allan, trainspotter - obituaryRailway book and magazine publisher who drove the post-war schoolboy craze for trainspotting Telegraph:...
View ArticleBritain in the 1950s.....
Britain in the 1950s.....a good newsreel compilation (52 minutes)You Tube:
View ArticleLife in 1957 - the best of times ....?
Life in 1957 - the best of times ....? Daily Mail:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4150296/Yes-1957-really-happiest-year-ever.html
View ArticleJunior Express: 5 a side football comp
Hello, Can anybody help with this half remembered comp, please? I think it was a National Indoor 5 a side competion organised by Junior Express ( or possibly another Junior newspaper) and about 1956...
View ArticleMidweek Fling
Does anyone recall a magazine for teenagers called 'Midweek Fling'. Originally there was a popular magazine called Weekend Mail. Previously it was called 'Forces and Overseas Mail'. Around 1956/1957...
View ArticleOld Photographs - London in the 1940s and later....
Old Photographs - London in the 1940s and later....A nice selection...:http://londonist.com/london/history/here-s-what-london-looked-like-in-the-1940sMore...
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