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Love Letters Straight From The Heart...

The Birth of Do-It-Yourself - Is It Your Heaven or Your Hell?

Road Safety in the 1950s

Sweet cigarettes - 'What an outrage!'
The popularity of children's sweet cigarettes reached their peak during the 1960s and 70s.
With their red tips, they imitated the adult world along with the 'cigarette' cards that had previously become so collectable before the war.

The Great Little Film Quiz of 1930
How much do you remember the films of 1930?
Check out our Great Little Film Quiz from that very year.

The Way We Were - A 1960s Childhood
Charlie Fleischer once said,
If you remember the '60s, you really weren't there!
but here's a random list of items that might jog your memory of growing up in Britain in the 1960s which ones do you remember like they were yesterday.

British Chart Toppers of the 1960s
The Beatles dominated the pop scene in the 1960s with 17 chart-toppers giving them a combined total of 69 weeks at No.1, but before the days of Beatlemania, two other British acts were riding high in the hit parade which one was your pick of the pops?
But there were many other big stars of the decade.
We have selected two of our favourites to cast the spotlight on; Matt Monro and Helen Shapiro.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future!
In the post-war space-age era, a hero emerged, Dan Dare. What made him so popular was the success of a new colourful comic, the Eagle.

Billy Fury‚ What Gave Him the X Factor?
Often hailed as 'Britain's own Elvis Presley', Billy Fury was one of the nation's first rock and roll stars and a true pop idol.

Household Chores - Were They Women's Work, Men's Work or Children's?

Playground Memories: The Witch's Hat and the Swing Boats
What was your favourite playground equipment? Did it always involve danger!
Was it the witch's hat, the swing boats, plank or cheese cutter? Why do they all sound like medieval torture devices and were they really that dangerous?