“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.