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“If your hair gone with the wind?” – sign in a wig shop, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London People were keen to fix their hair in the 1980s. Before the buzzcut became the norm for men with a thinning thatch and hair extensions for women became popular, Peter Marshall spotted high street shops selling wigs. … Continue reading "Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London" The post Wigs: Selling Hair in 1980s London appeared first on Flashbak.
TERRY-Thomas had arrived. It wasn’t exactly overnight but most people thought so. It was 1946 and he was compèring a revue called Piccadilly Hayride at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The post Terry-Thomas, Jimmy Tarbuck And The Diamond Cigarette Holder Heist appeared first on Flashbak.
‘First thing that happened at the airport was this group of Rastas saw us and they were, like ’hey Johnny Rotten mon! God save the Queen!’. And we looked at each other and smiled and were like, “we gonna be cool here”‘. —Dennis Morris John Lydon still knows how to piss people off, not … Continue reading "Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978" The post Johnny Rotten in Jamaica, 1978 appeared first on Flashbak.
Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong at night between 1974 and 1989. The Canadian photographer’s pictures show us a city full of promise alive after dark, much as Gerry Cranham did with his night shots. He returned to the city many times after his first visit as a teenager in 1974. “Hong Kong is … Continue reading "Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989" The post Hong Kong Nights 1974-1989 appeared first on Flashbak.
In 1976, German-born photographer Walter Rudolph went to Ibiza. We’ve been there twice before, in the 1980s with Oriol Maspons (NSFW) and a group of British lads. In ’76, the Spanish island was a relatively untested destination for visitors to explore. In 2025, 19 million tourists arrived. Rudolph’s pictures were part of the process that … Continue reading "Ibiza 1976:" The post Ibiza 1976: appeared first on Flashbak.
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Despite ultimately achieving victory, the Soviet Union lost tens of millions of people during World War II. As the people bled for their country, so did the cities eschew plumes of dust and smoke from deep within the bricks and mortar of their foundations. Moscow, the Soviet capital, was a glittering prize for the […]
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Have you ever heard of Ulanqab prefecture, a small (by China’s standards) jurisdiction of 1.5 million people lost in the middle of the Inner Mongolian steppe?
