In the 1980s, if you liked a song you went out and bought the single on 7-inch vinyl. If you loved it you went out and bought…
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Founded in late 1958 by George Winters, 16 Magazine set the standard for all teen magazines. many imitators popped up over the years, and 16 withstood…
The 1954 Chicago Auto Show was the venue for the unveiling of the Ford FX-Atmos – a concept car built by the Ford Motor Company.…
The 2-XL was a “robot with a personality” manufactured and released by Mego Corp. in 1978. This small ‘talking’ robot came complete with an 8-track…
This weekly British science fiction-oriented comic was first published by IPC Magazines in February 1977, with editor Tharg the Mighty (aka Pat Mills) offering readers…
In late 1974, Gough Whitlam’s Australian Labor government allocated a new AM radio license to the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) for a “youth-style” radio station…
Stereoscopic films had been around since the 1920s, but the 1950s was unquestionably the golden age of 3-D, with excited teenagers flocking to the cinema…
Every self-respecting woman of the 1950s and 1960s displayed a bottle of 4711 Eau de Cologne on her dressing table, and it’s a scent that…
THE BAWL GAME Baby-sitting. Self explanatory really. BOSS We know who the boss is…. Bruce Springsteen, of course. And as a verb, it means to…
“You like it, it likes you” Originally marketed as a patent medicine for hangovers and mood stabilisation, the lemonade drink – created by Charles Leiper…
ADIDAS Brand-name graffiti appearing primarily on running shoes, including a pair that glows in the dark. AGEISM Discrimination against the elderly for being old. AIR…
“Skate or Die!” With its funky circular joystick and boom box cabinet, there was no mistaking 720° in your local arcade. Starring a brightly-attired slacker…
This was the first practical way to play recorded music in your car and was invented in 1964 by Bill Lear and developed by a…
“Awesome” is equal to or slightly better than “Cool”, certainly better than “Bad” (or “Bitchin”) and about on a par with “Gnarly”, but definitely nowhere…
The A-line was first introduced by Christian Dior in 1955, but the style was too extreme a departure from the tiny waist, full skirt dresses…
The Automobile Association (The AA) was founded in London on 19 June 1905 by a small group of motoring enthusiasts under the temporary name “Motorists’…
1 9 3 6 – 1 9 8 9 Abbott “Abbie” Hoffman was a US left-wing political activist, and founder of the Yippies (Youth International…
Abigail became the undisputed Number One female sex symbol in Australia during the 1970s, primarily as a result of her playing Bev Houghton in the…
During the 1950s and 1960s fascination with the Abominable Snowman (or Yeti) reached fever pitch. The Himalayan half-man, half-ape joined the Loch Ness Monster and the…
Opened in 1938 and originally built as a transport cafe to serve motorists on the new (at the time) A406 North Circular, the Ace Cafe…