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‘A Faded Suburb with a Jaunty Air’ – Photos of Dalston 1979-1984

‘A Faded Suburb with a Jaunty Air’ – Photos of Dalston 1979-1984

In March 1972, a journalist called Geoffrey Wansell wrote in the Times about Dalston. The ...
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Watch This Hilarious Anti-Drugs PSA For A Surfing Monkey Coin Bank (1999)

Watch This Hilarious Anti-Drugs PSA For A Surfing Monkey Coin Bank (1999)

  In November 1999, Partnership For A Drug-Free America broadcast this PSA ad on TV. Before we ...
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The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

  From 1973 to 1981, bartender Shelly Nadelman photographed the patrons and surroundings of the ...
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The Most Drug Addled Movie Of All Time: The Mystery Of the Leaping Fish (1916)

The Most Drug Addled Movie Of All Time: The Mystery Of the Leaping Fish (1916)

    In 1916, Hollywood megastar Douglas Fairbanks starred in The Mystery of the Leaping ...
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The Relaxed Wife: Weird Adverts For Atarax Anti-Depressants (1957-1970)

The Relaxed Wife: Weird Adverts For Atarax Anti-Depressants (1957-1970)

  In 1957, the stressed could learn to relax by watching this video presentation by J.B. ...
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The Deaths of Mama Cass and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Mayfair Flat

The Deaths of Mama Cass and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Mayfair Flat

  Mama Cass Elliot famously died choking on a ham sandwich, everybody knows that. Except ...
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Early 80s Comedies: Cocaine Fueled Cinematic Insanity

Early 80s Comedies: Cocaine Fueled Cinematic Insanity

Have you ever seen the 1960s Peter Sellers film, The Party? If not, let me ...
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Reefer Madness: Mid-Century Anti-Marijuana Propaganda In Movies And Books

Reefer Madness: Mid-Century Anti-Marijuana Propaganda In Movies And Books

1951: Film depicting the downfall of a high school reefer smoker shown during anti-drug crusade. ...
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Yearbook ’78: A Look at Groovy Senior Slogans

Yearbook ’78: A Look at Groovy Senior Slogans

For Seventies nostalgia it doesn't get much better than old yearbooks. It's a front row ...
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From Uncool to Uncola – The Fabulous Psychedelic 7-Up Ads 1969-1973

From Uncool to Uncola – The Fabulous Psychedelic 7-Up Ads 1969-1973

No one really knows where the name 7-Up really comes from although we do know that ...
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Busted: Famous People Arrested For Smoking Marijuana (1949-1980)

Busted: Famous People Arrested For Smoking Marijuana (1949-1980)

Marijuana is the evil weed that will drive you to madness. Well, so they say. ...
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Texas 1970: A Warning To Pot Users

Texas 1970: A Warning To Pot Users

FLASHBAK to May 25 1970:     This warning sign states the penalties for bringing ...
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