Retro Recipes

Fo your next retro-themed dinner party, here’s a collection of some of our favourite recipes from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

Hammer Screamers The first woman to scream for Hammer was probably Shirley Grey in William Hinds' second film, The Mystery of The Marie…
Dapto Leagues Club in the 60s, 70s and 80s Dapto Leagues Club was formed on 12 July 1955 at a public meeting in Mr Jim Timbs' Billiard Rooms in…
Hostess Trolley The LG Hawkins company introduced its "heated sideboard" in 1931, but it was 22 years before one of its designers,…
Sherbet: Around Australia in 350,000 Girls Denise is 12 years old. She is stamping her feet outside the 2GZ radio station in Orange, mostly to keep…
Almost Better Than The Real Thing From 1968 to 1982, studio-based musicians in the employ of Pickwick Records in Britain mimicked everyone from The Sex Pistols to Roxy…
The Beatles US Tour 1964 "We want The Beatles, we want The Beatles" was the cry that drowned out the noise of the jet airliners…
Marilyn Monroe in Korea (1954) In February 1954, actress Marilyn Monroe travelled to Korea to entertain the American troops stationed over there. Marilyn was asked…
Television in Australia The first television channel to win the race to air in Australia was Sydney's Channel Nine. A smiling announcer, Bruce…