1978: The STRONGMAN who lifts people with his TEETH! | Blue Peter| Weird and Wonderful
Old UK Strang the Strong and Geoff Capes appeared on Blue Peter to show their strength. Strang starts by attaching[…]
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1992: Sinclair ZIKE – Transport of the Future? | BBC News
Old UK Unperturbed by the failure of his electric tricycle, the Sinclair C5, inventor Sir Clive Sinclair is having another[…]
Read more1998: FURBY – TOY OF THE YEAR? | Newsround | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK Newsround’s Chris Rogers introduced us to the Furby, 1998’s (and posssibly 2023’s) must have toy. Credit BBC Archive
Read more1975: RONNIE RONALDE – Bird Mimic Extraordinaire | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK A lovely Nationwide feature on the bird mimic, singer and yodeller turned Guernsey hotelier, Ronnie Ronalde. Credit BBC[…]
Read more1959: BUY ANYTHING at this BELFAST MARKET! | Today in Northern Ireland | 1950s
Old UK “The young ones, the auld hands and the mugs – they’re all here…. Big or wee, they pay[…]
Read more1967: JOHNNY MORRIS tours NEW YORK CITY | DON’T WALK – WALK | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK On American Independence Day 1967, BBC Two broadcast Johnny Morris’s jaunt to NYC, filmed the previous October. Credit[…]
Read more1960: BBC TELEVISION CENTRE OPENS | News Extra | BBC Archive
Old UK When BBC Television Centre opened on 29 June 1960 at Wood Lane in West London, News Extra was[…]
Read more1977: SPIROGRAPH inventor at work on his NEW CREATION! | Tomorrow’s World | Science
Old UK After studying the intricate designs of a pound note, Denys Fisher came up with the idea for the[…]
Read moreAround the world in 1896! footage from 1800’s with added sound
Old UK Britannia Panopticon will be celebrating 120 years of film being shown in this building. This video shows footage[…]
Read morePerth streets in 1908
Old UK I am third generation Australian. Wonderful old film of Perth streets around the time my family migrated to[…]
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