05-10-2016, 09:47 AM
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1960: Teenage Fashions
A major factor in determining every teenage fashion is its capacity to offend the previous generation. This cartoon accurately portrays the bewilderment of the girl’s parents.
I know that I’m intruding into unknown territory here but I would imagine that this fashion trend didn’t last very long.
06-10-2016, 09:45 AM
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1960: Walking or Riding
At one level this joke is about the use of the word ‘walk’ when none the striking workers are in fact walking off the premises.
At another level I suspect that there is a political agenda at work here. The suggestion surely is that if they own something on wheels then they can’t be that badly paid. (Not many are riding on pedal cycles.) There are hints of ‘you’ve never had it so good’ here.
11-10-2016, 09:47 AM
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1960: Internal Dissension
That was the time of the Bevanites versus the Gaitskellites. After the unexpected death of Gaiters and Aneurin it was Wilson who inherited the throne. Prior to his elevation Wilson was a Bevanite but afterwards he behaved like a Gaitskellite.
Such bitter in-fighting within the Labour Party couldn’t happen now, could it?
11-10-2016, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Magoo
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1960: Internal Dissension
That was the time of the Bevanites versus the Gaitskellites. After the unexpected death of Gaiters and Aneurin it was Wilson who inherited the throne. Prior to his elevation Wilson was a Bevanite but afterwards he behaved like a Gaitskellite.
Such bitter in-fighting within the Labour Party couldn’t happen now, could it?
13-10-2016, 09:43 AM
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1960: Looking into the Future
I don’t know what would happen if a General was court-martialled but reduction to the rank of Private doesn’t seem at all likely. Premature retirement, I would have thought. The bottle of whisky and a loaded revolver scenario no longer chimes with the times.
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