These long, toothy hair accessories made your skimpy little ponytail look long ‘n’ layered. Very popular in the early to mid-80s and still available in £1 shops.
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Denis Healey
Born in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1917, Denis Winston Healey was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford.
He served in the army during...
Irn-Bru
Such is the remarkable popularity of Irn-Bru in its native Scotland that it outsells both Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
In the 1980s, the drink’s tagline was...
Waterbeds
In 1968, Charles Prior Hall, a furniture designer in California decided to create the world's most comfortable chair.
Taking his cue from the very popular...
Carlos the Jackal
"Carlos the Jackal" was, in fact, Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. He was nicknamed 'The Jackal' after the character in Frederick Forsyth's novel Day of The...
Liquid Paper
Bette Nesmith Graham never set out to be an inventor, believing her vocation in life was to be an artist.
However, shortly after the Second...
