For those that grew up in the UK and Ireland a strange change took place in every kids lunch box in the late eighties and early nineties. The Marathon bar was renamed to Snickers. Why Snickers? Why would anyone choose a name that rhymed with knickers? Apparently it was named after a horse owned by a ...
Tag Archives: 1930
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Match boxes
Whoopee Cushion
This blog wouldn't be complete without the good old Whoopee Cushion. The joke was funny once and once only. Ten out of ten for novelty factor. Whoopee Cushions Poo-Poo Cushions or even Raspberry Cushions were a practical joke toy that has withstood the test of time and still raises a chuckle today (for the first few ...
Liptons Supermarket
Liptons Supermarkets seemed to rise and fall overnight. During the Gateway, Spar, Somerfields and Safeways growth in towns and villages Liptons Supermarket came and then went. Yet it has a good backbone as it was created at the end of the 19th century by Sir Thomas Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland. His enterprise soon flourished and ...
Model Animals
Model animals for farms, zoos or circuses were always a part of childhood for me. Most toy shops had model sheep, cows, crocodiles or was it an aligator, giraffes, elephants, monkeys, pelicans and so on. Everyone needed a lion as he was king and nobody wanted the pigs and there was always one model that ...
Old Sweet Shops are Making a Return
It appears in my town that old "Sweet Shops" are making a returnHaving spent a weekend at the branding museum in London. England still has some excellent packaging on the old sweets that used to pave each shopping area. Surprisingly the sweet jars seem to be making a swift comeback with two in my local ...
Ultimate Top 3 Pop Culture Urban Legends – unless you know different!
We have decided to put together the ultimate list. We know we can't get everything right first time, so we are asking you to also add to the list if you think we missed something. Just to explain definitions: Pop Culture - shortened form of "Popular culture" is the culture — patterns of human activity and the ...
Radio Times sign
Radio Times wall art as seen in Grays, Essex Radio Times is an UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC Over the years the covers have made all sorts of collections. Starting in 28 September 1923 the BBC have continued to produce this Television guide on a weekly basis. The week including Christmas and the next week are published as one double-sized ...