Culture and Civilization
The Lobster Waitresses of Hackney’s
Short entertaining history of Hackney's here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 09, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Culture and Civilization, Food, Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Lady Fishbourne’s Complete Guide to Better Table Manners
Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners, Janet Perlman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 05, 2019 -
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Category: Antisocial Activites, Culture and Civilization, Customs, Etiquette and Formal Behavior, 1970s
Condemn Sunday Picnics
Life in 1898.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 08, 2018 -
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Category: Antisocial Activites, Authorities and Experts, Culture and Civilization, Food, Nature, Religion, Nineteenth Century
The Can Museum
It seems to me that you could profitably waste many hours exploring The Can Museum.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 05, 2017 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Culture and Civilization, Products, Retailing, Collectors
Charlie Does Dan
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 05, 2017 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Music, Crossovers and Mashups, Cartoons, Twentieth Century
Civilization
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 25, 2017 -
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Category: Culture and Civilization, Music, Foreign Customs, 1940s
Yanks in the UK
This makes Brexit all the more mandatory!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 27, 2017 -
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Category: Antisocial Activites, Culture and Civilization, Family, Sexuality, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Europe, North America
The Life and Death of 9413
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 22, 2017 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Culture and Civilization, Money, Movies, Surrealism, 1920s
The Playground Jungle
You could easily spend hours at The Playground Jungle, investigating all the childhood lore you half-recall, whether silly or naughty.Here's a seasonal ditty I had never heard of:
We three kings of Leicester Square
selling ladies underwear
how fantastic, no elastic
not very safe to wear
O, star of wonder, star of light
the royal knickers caught alight
how fantastic, no elastic
guide me to the traffic lights
Or you could also buy their book.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 08, 2016 -
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Category: Antiques, Anachronisms and Throwbacks, Culture and Civilization, Customs, Children
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