Hannah Howe<p>15 October 1965</p><p>Hot on the heels of Thunderbirds’ launch on television, Century 21 released a set of mini-albums.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Thunderbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbirds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LadyPenelope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyPenelope</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
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Hannah Howe<p>The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press</p><p>15. Daily Herald 23 March 1963</p><p>In an opinion piece, the Daily Herald stated that Christine Keeler’s story must be told.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ChristineKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Wednesday 3 April 1963</p><p>Women who want to “spend a penny” in public conveniences will soon be freed from the tyranny of the turnstiles installed by many local councils. However, sixty-nine councils have so far refused to agree to the government’s suggestion of removing the turnstiles while eighteen councils are undecided.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marriage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Submarines</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>30 September 1965</p><p>Thunderbirds reached the nation’s tv screens. A preview from the Coventry Evening Telegraph linking Thunderbirds to John Drake - Danger Man.</p><p>The reviews the following day were universally good.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LadyPenelope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyPenelope</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Thunderbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbirds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press</p><p>14. Daily Herald 22 March 1963</p><p>Using parliamentary privilege, members of parliament revealed that rumours were circulating, linking Christine Keeler with a prominent member of the Conservative government.</p><p>By this time the level of press interest had increased dramatically - virtually all the national and local papers were covering the story.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ChristineKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Tuesday 2 April 1963</p><p>Colour TV tests with a French system called SECAM will be started by the BBC this month. ABC television, who have been testing this method for two years, will give a demonstration in Birmingham next month.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Motoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Motoring</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>2 September 1965</p><p>The Daily Express introduces Thunderbirds to its readers.</p><p>Four weeks of introductions led to the first episode of Thunderbirds, which premiered on 30 September 1965.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Thunderbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbirds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press</p><p>13. Daily Herald 21 March 1963</p><p>A break-in at Stephen Ward’s villa. Did this have anything to do with Christine, or was it unrelated? A lot of things were happening to her, and the people around her. Press and politicians were keen to understand what was going on.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ChristineKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Monday 1 April 1963</p><p>Sir Edmund Hillary has halted his latest Himalayan climbing expedition and ordered his whole team to help fight a smallpox epidemic that is sweeping through Sherpa villages. Doctors are already in the district and vaccines will be flown in.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Films</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/TrafficWardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficWardens</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Writing an article about football in 1963 for the Seaside News - Tottenham Hotspur became the first English team to win a European trophy - and waiting for the delivery of a new fridge - in 1963 only one in three households in Britain owned a fridge.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Football</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Fridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fridge</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>2 September 1965</p><p>The Daily Express introduces Lady Penelope to its readers.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LadyPenelope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyPenelope</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Thunderbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbirds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>9 June 1965</p><p>An advertisement for the comic TV Century 21. Do you remember this comic, or any of the items featured?</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LadyPenelope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyPenelope</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Daleks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daleks</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press</p><p>12. Daily Mirror 20 March 1963 </p><p>Belatedly, Scotland Yard begin an “urgent” search for Christine Keeler. Also, “certain developments” in the case are likely.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ChristineKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Sunday 31 March 1963</p><p>Dr Beeching, the man who axed the railways this week, was stopped in Totnes and informed that his Road Fund Licence expired in February.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Saturday 30 March 1963</p><p>Detectives wearing grass skirts arrested a rock singer. The detectives, who were also carrying mouth organs, called on American rock singer and band leader Jimmy “Baby Face” Lewis. They were there for an interview, but instead charged Lewis with peddling drugs to other entertainers. A list of 100 customers, including prominent show people from Hollywood, was found.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SummerTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SummerTime</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Paul<p>🎶 ooops, I did it ah-gain<br>I bought four more SCOOOOPES….<br>I have, no. <br>Self control.<br>🎶<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tektronix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tektronix</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroTech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/testEquipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testEquipment</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Friday 29 March 1963</p><p>Anyone who tries to escape from a new skyscraper prison in Stuttgart, West Germany will be seen on television. For a tv escape detector is one of the startling innovations at the jail. The whole of the inner-prison wall is covered by a photo-electric cell ray, which, once broken, lights the area, switches on the television screen and spotlights the departing jailbird for the warders. </p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Television</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Football</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
The Agency Review<p>Part of the attraction of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadMen</span></a> was the way it made viewers think about their own, non-1960s lives. And it still is. Which is why the insights in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnalyzingMadMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnalyzingMadMen</span></a> are still valuable. Our review: <a href="http://the-agency-review.com/analyzing-mad-men" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-agency-review.com/analyzin</span><span class="invisible">g-mad-men</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a> @MadMen_AMC @McFarlandBooks</p>
Hannah Howe<p>The Christine Keeler Story - As Told by the Press</p><p>11. Daily Record 19 March 1963</p><p>A mysterious letter, apparently sent by Christine. Was she in hiding, or was someone holding her against her will?</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ChristineKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspapers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>Thursday 28 March 1963</p><p>Beeching’s Blockbuster. The Railway Revolution. 2,228 Stations to Go. Dr Beeching proposes to close half of the country’s railway stations and rip up 5,000 miles of track. London fares will go up 2s in the pound and some season tickets will be stopped. One of the stations to close is the Welsh station of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Railways</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Football</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
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