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British youth in the 1950s

Photography by Bert Hardy and Alex Dellow

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Dominic Monaghan in ‘SPIVS’ (2004), dir. Colin Teague

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A Dictionary of the Underworld compiled by Eric Partridge.

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Dominic Monaghan and Nick Moran in ‘SPIVS’ (2004), dir. Colin Teague

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‘SPIVS’ (2004), dir. Colin Teague

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Joseph Levy, the Euston Tower and the Changing Face of Post-War London - Flashbak

For almost 20 years after the Second World War a few London property developers, often acting in collusion with London County Council (LCC), drastically changed the capital’s skyline forever. Traffic was a huge concern for the city’s post-war planners and this coincided with a voracious and almost insatiable demand for office space. So while buildings … Continue reading "Joseph Levy, the Euston Tower and the Changing Face of Post-War London"

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Blitz spirit? It's another bonanza for spivs and thieves | World news

Blitz spirit? It’s another bonanza for spivs and thieves | World news

There has been much talk during the current crisis of wartime measures and the “blitz spirit” amid the reports of good deeds and selfless volunteering. What may receive less publicity are the activities of those, as in the second world war, who will use these extraordinary circumstances not so much to help others as to help themselves.

While the traditional picture of wartime Britain is of a…

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Concrete Boots

I associate concrete boots with the likes of underworld gangs or the Mafia. However, this one is a funny story.

Velvet Suit

You know how it is when you reach your late teens and early twenties. Always trying to impress the girls, (speaking from a boy/man point of view). Trouble is at that age, you never quite seem to have enough money to do the things you’d like to do. A fancy car, big house,…

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