1970: Making a BANG with ANTIQUES! | Collector’s World | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK Collector’s World introduced us to William Keith Neal, owner of one of the greatest private collections of antique[…]
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1969: IPSWICH Fans – The BEST-BEHAVED In ENGLAND? | Nationwide | Classic Sport
Old UK While many football fans in England are making headlines for the wrong reasons, the Tractor Boys are making[…]
Read more1975: BEHOLD – The GOLDEN TOILET! | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK “We can’t tell you where it is. We can’t tell you who owns it. We only got this[…]
Read more1998: The Artist Formerly Known As PRINCE – What Should we call him in an Emergency?
Old UK Following his well-publicised 1993 name change to a seemingly unpronounceable symbol, fans and journalists have wrestled with what[…]
Read more1972: The PENSIONER Who Drives his DAD to WORK | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful
Old UK Fyfe Robertson reports from the Volkswagen factory in Ramsgate, where 65 year-old maintenance engineer Frank Turner is retiring[…]
Read more1967: How Effective are EAR DEFENDERS? | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech
Old UK John Parry demonstrates ear defenders, a new invention devised by explosive experts at the Ministry of Technology. Credit[…]
Read more1978: GINGER BAKER – Drummer Turned Polo Player | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music
Old UK Nationwide reporter Bernard Clark reports on Ginger Baker – the prodigiously talented but notoriously volatile drummer behind Cream,[…]
Read more1964: MUMMERS are PLANNING MY WEDDING | Six Ten | Weird & Wonderful
Old UK BBC Northern Ireland’s roving reporter James Boyce attends a traditional straw wedding in Derrylin, County Fermanagh and interviews[…]
Read more1951: Ben Nevis Race
Old UK Twenty-one hardy souls take part in the gruelling race up Ben Nevis. Credit BBC Archive
Read more1969: The Man Behind the Edinburgh Festival
Old UK The Edinburgh Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe are happening! Credit BBC Archive
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