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How it works: The Motor Car

Posted on 09/12/202109/12/2021

FOR the last 50 years, I have never clearly understood the workings of the motor car. Back in the 70s, my eldest brother drove a Ford Anglia – my other older brother sat in the passenger seat and would manoeuvre the gearstick whenever the driver instructed “second gear… third gear…” I sat in the back […]

Get Stuffed with Kellogg’s Corn Flakes

Posted on 17/11/202120/11/2021

Woolworths: 35p off cassettes!

Posted on 21/08/202121/08/2021

Monopoly: Community Chest or Chance?

Posted on 14/08/202108/11/2022

The bread business in 1986

Posted on 04/07/202103/07/2021

Blakey’s

Posted on 26/06/202126/06/2021

THE throwaway society did not always exist. The old school attitude was to buy it, look after it, repair it, use it, repair it, use it until it was beyond repair, then buy a new one. When the longevity of shoes was considered, the cobblers or shoe repair shops came to mind: a replacement sole […]