As the 1970s dawned, Austin decided that they would produce a Glam car for discerning middle-class suburban swingers using a name which had earned prestige…
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The Australasian Post (commonly known as the “Aussie Post”) was Australia’s longest-running continuously published weekly picture magazine, operating for 138 years from 1864 until its…
Before Automatic Teller Machines (ATM’s) were everywhere you had to withdraw your cash from a large building with human tellers and queues. OK, so we…
This early Atari title wasn’t exactly the black-and-white equivalent of a Swiss Alps nightmare, but it was the closest a video game could come in…
“Ding Dong, Avon Calling” The most successful door-to-door makeup enterprise in history, Avon has been bringing front door service to housewives since 1886. The company…
Trained as a Muslim theologian, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini became the arch-prophet of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran. Bitterly opposed to the Westernised regime of Shah Mohammed…
Cadbury’s answer to the Mars Bar was available in Britain between 1968 – 1977 and marketed as “a feast of a bar”. Consisting of nougat…
“Baader-Meinhof” became the popular name for the West German left-wing guerrilla group the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction), who were active from 1968 against the…
During the swinging 60s, men advanced to walking on the moon, and ladies reverted back to infancy. The 60s rejected the voluptuous hourglass curves of the…
Yuppie car rear-window signs proclaiming the presence of an ankle-biter in the car. The signs originated in 1985 as a way of informing rescue workers…
Launched in the UK in 1953, Babycham was the first alcoholic product to be advertised on British commercial television, with a campaign launched in 1957.…
“Bagism” was a satirical performance art concept created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the late 1960s to combat social prejudice and stereotyping. The…
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…
A simple cotton handkerchief, or sometimes just a crude cut of cloth, the bandana first became associated with the Old West. The cloth neckerchief was…
Bog-standard wafer biscuit with Bill Oddie ‘gringo’ advert. You can’t stand it with Bandit Get your chin off the floor Great big bar Bandit is…
Similar to Kit-Kats. Rather dull. The kind of confectionery product only ever to be found in workplace vending machines and canteens, along with (“Bridge that…
Barbara Ann Deeks was born in Shoreditch, London, in 1937 – the only child of John Deeks, a costermonger, and his wife, Rose, a dressmaker.…
In a 1950s West German tabloid comic strip, there lived a buxom blonde character named ‘Lili’. She was very popular in two dimensions, so it…
Barney & Friends was an inane PBS children’s television show about a stuffed purple dinosaur who grows and comes to life. The series quickly developed a…
Barney Bubbles is a cult figure among other designers but is barely known outside the field – unlike contemporaries and followers like Peter Saville, Neville…