She has what must be Britain’s best-known silhouette – yet for 40 years she has been anonymous herself. Since 1964, the sign displaying a little…
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In 2014, executives from 100 British toy companies were invited to cast their votes on the games which they thought had most shaped the industry and childhoods over…
There were always more differences between albums and singles than just the price and size. Singles, by tradition, carried the vital new ideas of music,…
In the movies, few brand names are as instantly recognised or as redolent of a certain genre of filmmaking as that of Hammer. What Disney…
1969: Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, America bombs Vietnam, and dozens of Minis bring Turin to a standstill. Nostalgia Central takes you behind the scenes of The Italian…
Shrimp Fisherman – Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) Commercial Photographer – Live A Little, Love A Little (1968) Water Skiing Instructor – Clambake (1967) Frogman – Easy Come, Easy…
The Ronnie Lane Memorial Concert. Royal Albert Hall, London. 8 April 2004 For anyone up to speed with the tragic trajectory of Ronnie Lane, the…
School dinners, “kiss-catch”, free milk, bob-a-job week, Bonfire Night, snowball fights, power cuts . . . ee bah gum! Wath-upon-Dearne is in South Yorkshire (in…
The first woman to scream for Hammer was probably Shirley Grey in William Hinds’ second film, The Mystery of The Marie Celeste (1936). Among notable actresses whose…
He has always been keen to skim over what has been called his ‘lost year’. And one look at the photographs on this page perhaps…
The two pre-eminent British bands of the gaudy 1960s marked the grey dawn of the 1970s in very different ways. The Beatles marked it by…
Born in 1938 in the Scottish town of Pittenweem, in Fife, Ian Stewart was working as a shipping clerk at a London chemical company when…
Only Fools And Horses has been named as the nation’s favourite British sitcom in a poll conducted by Channel 4. The network, which revealed a…
From the halcyon days of flying-V guitars, pink trousers, silver satin jackets and glitter on the cheekbones, I present here for your listening pleasure the Nostalgia…
1 9 6 8 The original Sherbet lineup emerged from the ashes of two Sydney bands, The Downtown Roll Band and Clapham Junction. Englishman Clive…
Australia. February 1980 They come into view just after midday, two Letz Commodores, heading out of Brisbane, travelling south on Pacific Highway, heading for Surfer’s…
On 27 December 1960 The Beatles appeared at the Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool in a performance widely regarded as being a turning point in their…
It’s really quite simple: This is Moonbase – These are the folk who are supposed to stop the UFO’s entering the Earth’s atmosphere in the…
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 Bewitched, Bewitched, You’ve got me in your…
The first television channel to win the race to air in Australia was Sydney’s Channel Nine. A smiling announcer, Bruce Gyngell (pictured below), announced, “Ladies…
