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1970: In a Gentlemen’s Club

Another unusual picture by ffolkes.

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'Fermenting'! Good word. I might start to use it.

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might be a bit smelly JBR

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True, but if it's the right sort of stuff I could drink it.

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1965: Life with no ‘record’ button

I wondered if it was ‘The World at War’ that they are missing. Although Bud was an American, he was living in Britain when this cartoon appeared in Punch. It turns out that ‘The World…’ was shown between 1973 and 1974. He must have been thinking of another series.

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1971: To see ourselves as others see us…

I feel quite confident that they do not. However, by 1971 it was realistic for the cleaning ladies to be asking that question.

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1978: Irony

The point of course is that it was the opposite that was happening.

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1965: A good school choice for ambitious parents

As the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein was seen as a major wealth creator.

Schoolboys wearing caps, again! No doubt it was meant to be a private fee-paying school.

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1965: The ‘Great’ Train Robbery

The success of this criminal gang attracted a great deal of media attention at the time. No doubt much of this interest was caused by people wondering how the criminals would escape the law. In fact, most were caught easily. Ronald Biggs escaped successfully to South America. When his money ran out, he returned to Britain fully expecting that he would go to prison for the rest of his life but that he would get medical treatment. In fact, he was released on compassionate grounds and spent the last four years of his life alternating between hospital treatment and residence in nursing homes.

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1965: Learner Driver

The examiner seems to think that she will not go on trying to pass the test until she finally succeeds.