These are two sets of footballers top trumps from about 1980. The players are mostly from the the old English First Division, with a few high profile British footballers that played abroad thrown in, too. And Stan Bowles. There were 32 cards in each pack.
These packs have been so thoroughly mixed up over the years that I can’t tell you which cards were in which pack, I’m afraid, and I’ve lost the title cards and the rules. Now we’ll never know how to play.
I am truly sorry.
This is the audio from a children’s book and tape version of the Howard the Duck film, from 1986. Unfortunately, we don’t have the book that accompanied the tape anymore. It was, I suspect, one of the most beautiful artifacts ever created by man.
The constant quacking noise throughout is a prompt to tell you to turn the page of your book, but it sounds like it’s a sound effect for highlighting punchlines all the way through, which adds immeasurably to the story.
Thanks to Chriddof for this.
This is a complete copy of a Radio Times from November 1983, with the localised listings for the region THE NORTH 1. It was published by BBC Publications.
The best thing about old magazines is almost always the advert. Especially old computer adverts.
I also quite like this advert for coal – the fuel of the future.
Good old futurstic coal.
The rest of the magazine can be seen by clicking on the images in the gallery below.
Many thanks to N Fishwick for sending me these scans.
This audio documentary on how to choose a computer for your business was produced by Double Tee Productions in the early 80s.
It was distributed on cassette tape, possibly with a magazine, or maybe on its own, I don’t know. The box it came in had no sleeve, anyway, and the label on the tape is little help.
The section on side 2 that addresses concerns that the computer might take over your company (at about 8 minutes 50) is quite touching. It reminds me of the opening page from How it works… The Computer which starts “There is something about computers that is both fascinating and alarming.”
Thanks to Chriddof for these MP3s.
This is a fairly pointless post, even by my standards, but I found an old Crossbows and Catapults instruction booklet the other day, and the front cover is really wonderful.
The rest of the instruction booklet is just diagrams and rules, and I cannot be bothered to scan it all in.
