Sir Anthony Eden succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister in April 1955. Having been a brilliant Foreign Secretary, he was seen as the natural and promising heir.…
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The folks at the Schaper company were definitely the kings of the insect games. They first hit it big in 1949 with the delightful construct-a-bug…
1 9 1 8 – 1 9 8 1 Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as president from 1970 to…
Apple Computer Company was founded on 1 April 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs to produce and market the “Apple I” personal computer, designed…
In 1977, 26-year-old Steve Wozniak and 29-year-old Steve Jobs marketed their new invention, the Apple II personal computer. In 1984, the revolutionary Apple Macintosh was…
Launched in 1993, Apple’s Newton MessagePad was the first ‘Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)’, a hand-held computer designed for organisational and communication tasks. The paperback-sized device…
In 1995, Apple partnered with the Bandai Company to create a gaming console called the Apple Pippin, which surprisingly was not a success. In fact,…
Aqua Net’s glue-like hold has been making hair happy for decades: teen girls fumigated their parents’ bathrooms when they were shellacking their beehives back in…
Early 1950s fore-runners of arcade games included photo booths which became a national craze and shuffle games which moved beyond bowling with Deluxe Shuffle Targette.…
1 9 5 1 – Current (UK) 20,000+ x 15 minute/12 minute episodes Set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire…
Fifty mighty Argonauts, bending to the oars Today will go adventuring to yet uncharted shores Fifty young adventurers today set forth and so we cry…
The Ariel 3 was a three-wheeled moped produced by BSA in the UK and launched in 1970. With a Dutch Anker 50cc two-stroke engine situated…
1 9 2 8 – 2 0 1 4 One of the most deeply polarising figures in Israeli history, Ariel Sharon served as the country’s…
Designed for use on model railway layouts, Arkitex sets (there were ten: five in O gauge and five in OO/HO gauge to match with Tri-ang…
Toy trends come and go, but old soldiers never die. In times of war, in times of peace, those valiant fighters we call Army Men…
Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Arthur Scargill became a miner on leaving school and was soon a trade union and political activist in the Young…
In the years after Star Wars (1977), anything involving outer space, zippy interstellar craft and dangerous battles was golden. Into this arena of sci-fi fantasy came…
Astrid Kirchherr is best known for her striking photos of The Beatles taken during their first stay in Hamburg, which were later reproduced around the world. Ironically,…
Californian Nolan Bushnell created a game called Pong in 1971. The following year – with $250 of his own money and a matching investment from partner…
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was a toy lab set produced by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, an American athlete, magician, toymaker, businessman and inventor of…