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‘Knit One, Purl One, Kill One’: 1970s Emasculating Action Man Knitting Patterns

‘Knit One, Purl One, Kill One’: 1970s Emasculating Action Man Knitting Patterns

In 1960s and 70s Britain there was arguably no toy more masculine than Palitoy’s Action ...
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Funky Science Textbook Illustrations From The 1970s

Funky Science Textbook Illustrations From The 1970s

  HAVE a look at a 1977 grade school science textbook.  Each page features distinctly seventies children ...
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Classic Sleazy Reads: The Christina Books

Classic Sleazy Reads: The Christina Books

  THE Christina books lasted through the Seventies and the Eighties, through several authors at ...
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Medieval Easter Bunnies That Want To Kill You

Medieval Easter Bunnies That Want To Kill You

Medieval margin illustrations of killer rabbits ...
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The British New Wave Films and the Books That Inspired Them

The British New Wave Films and the Books That Inspired Them

A slight relaxation of censorship by the late fifties together with the invention of lightweight portable cameras and faster film stock made it easier for directors such as Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson to make films on location away from London and the usual film studios. ...
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1940s Pre-Code Comic Book Horrors And Dr Wertham’s 1954 Seduction of the Innocent

1940s Pre-Code Comic Book Horrors And Dr Wertham’s 1954 Seduction of the Innocent

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well ...
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Those Swinging 60s Sweater Studs That Made Men Easy And Women Yield

Those Swinging 60s Sweater Studs That Made Men Easy And Women Yield

YOU’VE seen them – those needle-craft booklets that were so popular in decades past.  When it ...
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Abnormal Tales: 33 Vintage Lesbian Paperbacks From the 50s And 60s

Abnormal Tales: 33 Vintage Lesbian Paperbacks From the 50s And 60s

“TWISTED”, “Depraved”, “Warped” – these are words often found on the covers of sleazy lesbian ...
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Kill The Toff: The Prolific John Creasey And His Class Act

Kill The Toff: The Prolific John Creasey And His Class Act

THE Toff, or to give him his proper name, the Honourable Richard Rollison, was the ...
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10 Reasons Aerobics In The 1980s Was Crazy Awesome

10 Reasons Aerobics In The 1980s Was Crazy Awesome

BY THE 1980s, the Baby Boomers, who had enjoyed the Sexual Revolution as trim youth, suddenly ...
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Loads Of Women Running From Houses: The Gothic Romance Paperback

Loads Of Women Running From Houses: The Gothic Romance Paperback

  THE Gothic horror tradition can be traced back to any number of sources.  Mathew Lewis' ...
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Horror TV Boom: The 5 Best X-Files Knock-offs From The 1990s   

Horror TV Boom: The 5 Best X-Files Knock-offs From The 1990s  

  CHRIS Carter’s landmark TV series The X-Files (1993 – 2002) proved not only a ratings ...
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