No. 22 The first resident at #22 Ramsay Street was stripper Daphne Lawrence (Elaine Smith), and when she moved in with Des (Paul Keane), wacky…
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Seventy pounds of gelignite ripped through the apartment block at No. 96 Lindsay Street on 8 September 1975 in an attempt to win back viewers…
Dudley Butterfield (Chard Hayward) High-camp caterer and lifelong movie buff Dudley was involved in a long-running gay relationship with Don Finlayson before he realised he…
My earliest recollections of school are from the mid-1960s when I began going to the local Infant School in South Yorkshire, where I grew up.…
A selection of behinds-the scenes photographs from the golden days of Coronation Street – the official Guinness World Record holder of the title for the longest-running…
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In the 1970s and 80s, a panel beater’s council house in Sheffied (South Yorkshire) doubled as “Studio Electrophonique”, a recording studio that was the launchpad…
Members of The Beatles’ fan club were rewarded with a special seasonal gift each Christmas between 1963 and 1969 – their very own 7″ Beatles…
In 2020, with COVID-19 raging and much of the world locked down, working from home and communicating via Zoom and other online video conferencing platforms,…
During the summer of 1967, The Beatles’ Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club album had shot straight to the top of the UK and US album charts. A…
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Since the advent of commercial television, ratings represented a matter of life and death on the air for virtually every television star and series. As…
“John, please don’t go. They’ll kill you,” screamed one of the 500 young Beatlemaniacs who braved the London rain to watch John, Paul, George and…
On 3 April 1953, a small magazine – about 5 inches by 7½ inches – with Lucy and Desi’s new baby on the cover, appeared…
30 January 1969 The Beatles made their last ever live appearance together on 30 January 1969, putting on a free lunchtime concert on a hastily…
The Old Grey Whistle Test, That’s Life!, Juke Box Jury and Crackerjack were all made in front of large audiences in what the BBC called…
The huge success of Playboy magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, led to the creation of a chain of ‘Playboy Club’ nightclubs and resorts…
10 December 2021 Michael Nesmith, singer, guitarist and songwriter with 1960s pop group The Monkees, has died at the age of 78. After the break-up…
The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe) failed an audition as Billy Fury’s backing group but drew a consolation prize…
4 November 2021 Lionel Blair, the veteran actor, dancer and entertainer, has died at the age of 92. Born Henry Lionel Ogus, he grew up…