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"Bohemian Rhapsody" is regarded as one of the greatest singles of all time. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The make up of the song is part of its appeal as it has no chorus and is made of disjointed ...
Any one remeber the great Zoom ice-lolly of the seventies by Lyons Maid? Or how about the Strawberry and Vanilla ice-lolly caled Fab. Remember Jubilee lollies or the Space 1999 ones? If you were a boy and you wanted to be a man, then you would opt for the Cider Quench a real mans ice-lolly, ...
Agatha Christie seems to of written more books and plays than anyone can produce. We all have favorites and mine is "Then they were none" renamed because of the original title was politically incorrect. Truth be known, she wrote around 80 books and plays. She is considered the best-selling writer of books of all time ...
The Green Cross Code Man was a fictional superhero character created in 1975 and used until 1990 as an aid to teaching young children the Green Cross Code, and for promoting general road safety. David Prowse was a bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe and is well known for his portrayal of Darth Vader in the Star ...
"La-le-la-le-la Look-in". Look-in was a long running children's magazine centred around ITV's television programmes in the UK, and subtitled the "Junior TV Times". The first Look-in magazine came of the presses in January 1971 and ran for 23 years until March 1994.It was full of interviews, crosswords and competitions, and it had pictures and pin-ups of ...
Ah, now the Hillman Imp is a car I'm very fond of as it was among my earliest cars i owned. It was quite unique as it had a rear engine. It was in production from 1963 to 1976. Known internally as the "Apex", the Imp was intended as a rival to the Mini. A key ...
Z Cars was a British television Police drama series in Lancashire. In January 1962 the BBC produced the first series and ran for 16 years until September, 1978. For many at the time, the title music was as memorable as anything else. It was the type of tune you could whistle or hum to quite happily ...
When it came to a serious fashion statement in the classroom, nothing stood out more than white socks sandwiched between the black trousers and black shoes of the school uniform. Most schools never dreamt of including the colour of the socks as it was a foregone conclusion from the previous centuries that all school boys would ...
In the sixties and early seventies there wasn't the choice of prints and paintings available on the mass scale you find today in the high street. This meant the average house had quite a limited choice unless they were into fine art and commissioning a local artist to paint there pets. Therefore as well as the ...
One of the classic designs over the years is the Penguin book. In recent times this iconic design has even been used on deck chairs, bags, t-shirts and other household items. But how did it all start? Back in 1935, if you wanted to read a good book, you needed either a lot of money or ...
