Showing posts with label 1970’s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970’s. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Cutting - Michael Rennie dies (1971)

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11th June 1971 Click to Read Michael Rennie was an English born film actor who, after a short career in films on this side of the p...
Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Advert - Triumph Dolomite (1970's)

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Click to Enlarge A 1970's Triumph Dolomite from Henley's of Bournemouth, what more could you want?
Sunday, 15 March 2015

Cutting - Audie Murphy obituary (1971)

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1st July 1971 Click to Read Audie Murphy was one of 12 children in a poor tenant farmer family in rural Texas. His father came and ...
Friday, 13 March 2015

Advert - Nolan's Furniture store (1970's)

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1970's advert for Nolan's Furniture store in Southbourne. 'All stock at bargain prices' just like those never ending ...
Sunday, 1 February 2015

Cutting - Mines kill BBC man (1974)

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9th August 1974 Click to Read After a long history of Greek and Turkish clashes over the running of Cyprus, England became involved...
Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Advert - NUR Ballot (1972)

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Click to Enlarge The 1970's have become synonymous with industrial unrest and this 1972 National Union of Railwaymen advert is a ...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Cutting - Batman is Banned (1979)

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September 1979 Click to Read Australia in the 1970's and they are blaming children's bad behaviour on their desire to copy ...
Friday, 12 December 2014

Advert - Prison Service jobs (1970's)

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Click to Enlarge If you fancied yourself as Mr Mackay or Mr Barrowclough from Porridge then the Prison Service was the job for you, i...
Sunday, 7 December 2014

Cutting - I'm Not Bank Raid Mr Big (1977)

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June 1977 Click to Read The Bank of America in Mayfair, London was robbed of £8million in 1976. After the inside man turned informa...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Random Cutting - Death of Harold Lloyd (1971)

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10th March 1971 Click to Read I think I became aware of the silent film comedian Harold Lloyd when I saw the compilation film '...
Friday, 14 November 2014

Random Ad - 3D Film (1973)

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Click to Enlarge If you thought 3D films were something new then you obviously hadn't seen 'Supersonic Super Girls' back ...
Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Random Cutting - Mick Jagger (1979)

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4th May 1979 Click to Read The Rolling Stones' singer, Mick Jagger had married Nicaraguan born Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias in 1971...
Sunday, 19 October 2014

Random Cutting - Margaret Rutherford dies (1972)

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May 22nd 1972 Click to Read Margaret Rutherford had a stage acting career starting in 1925 at the Old Vic Theatre and ending in 196...
Sunday, 21 September 2014

Soyuz 11 Disaster (1971)

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Daily Mail dated July 1st 1971 Click to Read Click to Read The three man crew of Soyuz 11 were returning Earth after spending 2...
Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Random Cutting - Georgi Markov affair (1978)

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30th September 1978 Click to Read Georgi Markov was a Bulgarian novelist, playright and disident who defected to the West in 1969 a...
Friday, 22 August 2014

Random Ad - Triumph Dolomite (1970's)

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Click to Enlarge The Triumph Dolomite range was introduced in 1972 but mention of the Sprint dates this advert to at least 1973.
Sunday, 17 August 2014

Nixon to be Impeached (1974)

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Sunday Mirror dated Sunday June 28th 1974 Click to Read The House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against President o...
Sunday, 27 July 2014

Maggie at Number 10 (1979)

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Daily Express dated Friday May 4th 1979  and Daily Mail dated Saturday May 5th 1979 Click to Read Click to Read The 1979 Gene...
Friday, 18 July 2014

Random Ad - Jobs in Iran (1974)

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Click to Enlarge Come and teach young Iranians 'the maintenance and repair of current British Armoured Fighting Vehicles' in ...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Random Cutting - IRA Letter Bombs (1976)

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26th May 1976 Click to Read 26th May 1976 Click to Read Lord Justice Sebag Shaw was an IRA target because in 1973 he had s...