William Henry Cosby Jr was born in 1937 in the Mount Airy section of Germantown in Philadelphia. He attended Germantown High School but dropped out…
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William George Hayden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, the son of an Irish-American sailor. He was educated at Brisbane State High School and served in…
When the moody Forever and Ever topped the UK charts for Slik on Valentine’s Day 1976 it completed a remarkable ten years at the top for its…
He may not have looked as space-ready as Major Matt Mason, but don’t let Billy Blastoff’s cherubic little face fool you. This kid packed the…
William ‘Billy’ Smart was born in 1894, one of 23 children born into a fairground family from London. He worked with his family at the…
The BILOfix wooden toy construction range was produced and marketed in Denmark in the 1960s first by the Lego company and then by a separate…
The Bionic Woman was a spin-off of another bionic-themed prime time hit, The Six Million Dollar Man. In the dramatic opening credits of the show,…
The biorhythm arcade machines of the 1970s were certainly akin to fortune-telling machines, but with all those lines and numbers, they gave the impression that…
What do you give your old man with his steakhouse grill? In which a gang of builders leave a building site in the back of a…
The Birkenstock family of Germany created their first shoe business in 1774, and by 1897, the contoured insole would change the name of footwear forever.…
While the real things were precious gems and very expensive, it became a fad to create fake gems under the label of birthstones. Usually coloured…
During the sexually liberated ’70s, when the rule of thumb was “if it feels good do it”, gay sexuality seemed a lot less taboo. Rock…
In the late 60s and early 70s, the Black Light brought a new dimension to our world. White T-shirts and teeth suddenly would glow in…
Black Magic is a British brand of boxed chocolates originally created by Rowntree’s in 1933. Sold as an affordable version of an (at that time)…
The Black Panthers wanted to be the vanguard of a revolution that would create economic, social and political equality across gender and colour lines. Since…
Born in Wigan in December 1906, Louisa May Merrifield was known throughout the town as a drunkard who had been sacked from several jobs due…
Hollywood saw major dollar signs, so a machine was quickly invented which churned out movies showcasing the style, rhythm and badness which Whitey could never…
A British icon in the 1990s, Mr Blobby was the pink-and-yellow-spotted sidekick of Noel Edmonds. The character starred in many episodes of Noel’s House Party, released…
Blow Football was extremely simple. Each player had a straw and used it to blow the lightweight ball into the other person’s goal. It required…
In 1954, the British Pullman Car Company was taken over by the British Transport Commission and the following year its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, announced…