Rapid Retro: The Sunday Newspapers

A typical old school Sunday meant having a lie in followed by a stroll to the newsagents to buy a newspaper. Once back home, the Sunday newspaper was a major part of what made Sunday a day of rest and relaxation: a read at the breakfast table whilst enjoying a cup of NescafĂ© Gold Blend, […]

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The end for the Phone Book and Yellow Pages

British Telecom engineers in vans dashing around installing new telephone lines and phones. It was usual to see them getting out of their yellow vans and propping up their ladders against telephone poles to connect telephones lines to homes. This is my memory from the mid-seventies through to the early eighties. Prior to getting our […]

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