Ipod Celebrated over 50 Year Anniversary a few years back - Proof! Ok we know that back in 1958 the ipod wasn't top on you're grannies shopping list, but you have to admit this is a superb photoshop image. If it was true.... can you imagine Elvis and the Beatles going to number one in "The Hit Parade" ...
Category Archives: Pop Culture
1970s Fashion Icons
So when the seventies hit the high street, who was it having the big fashion input. Which seventies icon effected your fashion sense? Here are some famous fashion icons we think you may remember from the groovy decade Farrah Fawcett The seventies fashion icon Farrah Fawcett defined a generation of beauty queens with her bouffon beach-blond hair has to ...
Pop Culture in the 90s
The Clangers
Today we present The Clangers Episode List. The Clangers were The Soup Dragon along with Granny Clanger, Major Clanger, Mother Clanger and Tiny and Small Clanger. Made by Smallfilms production, the Clangers were originally written in a series of children's books by Oliver Postgate. The Clangers were very popular for kids from 1968 through to 1972 and ...
Janet and John or Alice and Gerry?
Many kids were brought up on Janet and John You could say the old-fashioned way, but was it the best way Innocence really did exist in these days. Mabel O'Donnell and Rona Munro from New Zealand, and published by Row Peterson. Originally there wer known as Alice for Janet and Gerry for John. Then James Nisbet bought the rights ...
Camberwick Green Toothpaste
Camberwick Green Toothpaste Camberwick Green Toothpaste, now how wrong is that!? After having Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green they decided it was time for a Toothpaste for kids. These soft plastic tube depicting Captain Snort from Pippin Fort or Dr Mopp were full of strawberry or orange flavoured toothpaste. Gordon Murray’s peerless creation defined the genre in so ...
1964
1964 was a leap year that saw Martin Luther King, Jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize, James Bond released his third outing with Goldfinger along with all the merchandise and comedian Harry Hill was born in 1964. The Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. Meanwhile Roald Dahl was busy writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 1964 If you were ...
1963
A 1963 Holiday took place around the country by driving around in your Volkswagen camper van. The Beatles couldnt seem to do anything wrong as everything went to number one. You probably started your day off before school in 1963 with either Cocoa Puffs,Cocoa Krispies or Capn' Crunch cereal Hergé's Adventures of Tintin first became an animated cartoon in 1963, and while the ...
1962
So what do you remember in 1962? The year Marilyn Monroe was found dead. You probably had better site than the ever popular Mr Magoo, while The Flintstones and Dino lunch box was in charge of your school lunch Many children were also engrossed in reading about the adventures of the Famous Five. As Enid Blyton led them on ...
1960
You may of been driving around in a 1960 Humber Hawk Series II while lower budgets enjoyed the 1960 Austin Mini Seven rather than the Aston Martin DB5. Most bored kids had hobbies that nearly always included stamp collecting or postcard collecting. You may of been into gardening. If so then the 1960s UK Ladybird Indoor Gardening Book was essential for any ...