Keeping alive the glorious spirit of 1976
Unrelenting nostalgics like myself do tend to look back to the 1970s through deeply rose-tinted spectacles. So, in the interests of balance, let me draw your attention to this hilarious article from the British satirical website The Poke.
Continue ReadingThere are so many things the 1970s will rightly be remembered for – glam rock, tank tops, flares and platforms, big hair, cold wars and cod wars, the fuel crisis, the unburied dead, power cuts, strikes, trades union militancy, the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, the Goodies, the long hot summer of 1976 to name but a few. But of all the memories that those of us who are of a certain age refuse to lay to rest, one of the most precious must surely be that of the splendid Lord Toffingham.
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