The 6 feet of bubble gum was originally sold in a container like a chewing tobacco canister. Eventually, the manufacturer became PC and the tobacco…
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Buck-a-roo! came from Milton Bradley. The idea was to load the buck-a-roo mule with picks, shovels and all kinds of stuff. But if it got…
Buddy was published weekly by DC Thomson from 1980 to 1983 and was aimed at “boys who like action, adventure, mystery and sport!” though most…
Budgie Toys was formed in 1959 by Sam and Harry Morris, who had tried unsuccessfully to market a range of model trucks in 1958. Unfortunately,…
Launched on 7 February 1976 by DC Thomson, Bullet was their attempt to produce a tougher, more hard-hitting comic to appeal to older boys. Priced at 7p,…
When World War II ended, American lingerie companies were ready to launch whole new line of underwear using the parachute silk, rayon and nylon tricot…
You just had to love a game whose entire philosophy on life was summed up in its three-syllable title: Bump ‘n’ Jump. That’s all there…
My other car is a . . . I brake for . . . Love is . . . Honk If You Love Jesus Jesus…
Fragrant with the whiff of jolly hockey sticks and pigtails, Bunty first appeared in January 1958 as the first “picture paper” for girls. The weekly comic was…
This long-running Fleetway comic was launched on 28 May 1960 and was published weekly until 4 January 2000. During its 40-year run, Buster absorbed many other comics…
Buster Brown was a mischievous youngster from the comic strip of the same name – the creation of Richard Fenton Outcault. The little blonde boy…
South African-born William (“Billy”) Butlin spotted two things in the 1930s: First, British holidaymakers were routinely turfed out of their boarding houses and not allowed back…
Skegness on the Lincolnshire Coast is where the Butlin’s story began. Founded in 1936 by Billy Butlin, it was the UK’s first-ever holiday camp. Construction…
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, on 20 January 1930, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr graduated third in the class of 1951 from the United States…
Cadbury concoction of the sick-making variety. Coconut, caramel and whole cherries encased in milk chocolate – uuurrgh, no more for me, thanks. Lasted for about…
The most popular kids of the 1980s had ugly fat squished faces, stumpy arms and chubby little hands . . . They were The Cabbage…
In the days before Starbucks and Café Latté on tap from every corner coffee shop, the height of sophistication and convenience for the serious java-loving…
When they first appeared they were bulky and expensive. Three years after Texas Instruments invented the silicon chip, four function calculators (add, subtract, multiply and…
In 1966, at the height of the popularity of his “Supermarionation” TV shows, Gerry Anderson developed a concept for a new television series. Candy and…
Imagine that the Brothers Grimm invented a board game. Now take out the witches. Welcome to Candy Land. Eleanor Abbott was recovering from polio when…