1950’s Fashion: Skooldays

1950's Fashion: Skooldays

I really love the 1950s fashion. Breakfast at Tiffany's captured the end of the decad as it entered the new swinging sixties, but my what wondeful colours and bright fashions the fifites brought us - still looks good today. Men, on the other hand, were not very concerned with fashion. At work, they wore what amounted to ...

Ben-Hur : Movies

Ben-Hur : Movies

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur has to be one of my all time greats. This movie really hits all the right buttons, and its not just our opinion. In 1959 the 11 Oscars awarded to Bible Classic tale speaks volumes. Critics claim that the 1959 Ben-Hur is arguably the greatest of all epics. Ben-Hur is a ...

Slinky – Blast from the past

Slinky

From the Early 1940s this toy has been making its way down more stairs than an office worker working on the 50th floor! Today just juggle the original slinky back and forth in your hands or buy 2 and race them down stairs How did it all start? Well in 1943, a guy called Richard James, who was ...

Radio Times sign

Radio Times Wall Art

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 ...

The Famous Five: a tribute to childhood

The Famous Five

The Famous Five are probably the most famous of Enid Blyton's creations. With 21 adventures in the collection. Enid Blyton's original books were charmingly illustrated by Eileen Soper but there have been numerous interpretations and adaptations of the Famous Five over the years including continuation novels written by French author Claude Voilier, cinema films, stage plays, ...