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Showing posts with label Nostalgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nostalgia. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: You Once Needed a Radio Licence To Listen To The Radio?

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When tuning in legally required a licence. It was a paper licence that came in a variety of colours over the years, including light blue and...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: From Domestic Goddess to Women's Liberation - The Changing Role of Women

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  Changing expectations and the quiet revolution inside British homes. In the 1960s and 70s Britain , housework was seen as " women’s w...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: A Time When You Got Paid To Return Fizzy Pop Glass Bottles

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Pop bottle returns and the excitement of reclaiming a few pennies. Long before plastic bottles, ring-pull cans and multipack deals, fizzy ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The Twelve Posts of Christmas 2025 - Day One: The Christmas  Top 40 And The Number One We Waited All Year For

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The Twelve Posts of Christmas 2025 is my festive wander through memories, history, traditions, mishaps and moments — from childhood Christma...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: A Time When The UK Top 40 Music Chart Was Only Announced Once a Week.

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  No streaming stats — just the suspense of Sunday evening on Radio 1 .   A long, long time ago, before Spotify charts , YouTube views or m...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: When People collected 'Green Shield Stamps' to Get Their First Toaster or TV

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  Collected from supermarkets and petrol stations , saved in books, then traded in for household goods. Another journey, back in time to the...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Every Town Had a High-Street Record Shop With Listening Booths?

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  We had HMV , Woolworths , and tiny independents where you could test a single before you bought it. Back in the early to mid-1970s, I wo...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Did You Know…Life in 1960s/70s Britain: The 'Art' of the Comic Advert - The Age of a New Consumerism

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  I wrote yesterday about the advertisements on the back of kids’ comics back in the 1960s and 70s, specifically, X-Ray specs . The adverts ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Kids Could Buy X-Ray Specs from the Back of a Comic?

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  “See-through clothes!” promised the ads in Whizzer and Chips , The Beano , and just about every comic a kid could get their hands on. Enti...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: People Would Phone the Speaking Clock, Known As TIM (and some still do)?

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So yes, did you know people really did phone the Speaking Clock  — thousands of calls a day — just to set the time? Another wonderfully pe...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Until 1987, You Needed a Licence to Own a Dog in The UK?

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    So yes, did you know that until 1987 , you needed a licence to own a dog  — and it cost 7 shillings ? Another small detail from a time...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Flared Trousers Were Once So Wide They Got Caught in Your Bike Chain?

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  So yes, did you know that flared trousers were once so wide they regularly got caught in people’s bike chains? It’s one of those silly ...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Did You Know… Life in 1960s/70s Britain: Central Heating Wasn't Common in British Homes Until the Late 1970s?

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  So yes, did you know that for most UK households , central heating didn’t become the norm until the late 1970s? Many of us grew up in c...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

What’s in a Name? Forgotten British Names of the Past

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  Ever wonder what happened to names like Hilda , Norman , or Enid ? This nostalgic look back explores the once-popular British names that d...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

The Boy, the Bonfire, and the Man Called Guy – Remembering Bonfire Night

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It begins in October, with the sound of a loud bang in the early evening, followed by an occasional whoosh. It tells me Bonfire Night is al...
Friday, October 10, 2025

How Son of My Father Found Its Name - The Story Behind a Book Title, and a Half-Forgotten Song

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In 2022, I wrote a book called Son of My Father. I remember the moment the title came to me. I was pacing around my home, thinking — search...