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Rapid Retro: the typewriter

Posted on 17/08/202417/08/2024

THERE’S something stylish about a typewriter on display. On recent trips to Turin and Amsterdam, I’ve seen some beautiful typewriters in a hotel reception and in a bar. The typewriter has similar status to Singer sewing machines when it comes to attractive nostalgic decor. Sleek, bulky, plain, robust, cool, elegant: the typewriter comes in a […]

Rapid Retro: Sony Trinitron

Posted on 01/07/202401/07/2024

Heinz: the lost trio

Posted on 22/06/202422/06/2024

Rapid Retro: old school banking

Posted on 02/06/202402/06/2024

Changes seen by a Generation X child

Posted on 18/05/202418/05/2024

Rapid Retro: Nesquik

Posted on 20/04/202420/04/2024

DO you remember when the Nesquik tub looked like this? Can you believe that Nesquik was introduced to the UK in 1957? Me, being a 70s child, consumed an abundance of milk during my primary school days… remember those little bottles of milk that was given out at break time? My consumption at home was […]