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Rapid Retro: the non-digital photography challenge

Posted on 16/03/202418/10/2025

BRING your roll of film to the chemist or photo shop, wait a week for them to be developed, then pray that you’ve got some decent photos. Remember… there was no way of deleting the photo once that shutter button was pressed, the deed was done, and you’d soon find out how good or bad […]

The Green Cross Code Man: fury and frustration

Posted on 04/03/202404/03/2024

Rapid retro: remembering Mr Juicy

Posted on 17/02/202417/02/2024

How to become a Milk Tray Man

Posted on 05/02/202405/02/2024

Rescue me! Alternative car breakdown cover

Posted on 08/01/202408/01/2024

Opal Fruits: made to make your mouth water

Posted on 02/12/202301/12/2023

THEY were made to make your mouth water. Even though now called Starburst, many hardcore old school consumers (myself included) still call them Opal Fruits. In this retro post, I take a fond and swift look back at some of their television adverts. Family getaways The 1974 advert featured a family of four stuck in traffic. The […]