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Category / Nostalgia

The Treachurous Train Bridge

This absurd yet also pretty awesome train crossing a river is in Georgia, on route 11, 14 km from Khertvisi to Akhalkalaki. The river below is also known for its strong currents, so definitely not the kind of water you want to be falling into. Pictures via Panoramio by Stettiner and Michálek Recycling at its…

The Green Hippie Beach Bus

Travel notes from Greece I found something neat-o today and thought I’d show you… Hidden in the trees behind an empty beach was this big old abandoned Mercedes bus. It looks like it was a bit of a hippie camping spot back in the day. Inside there’s not much to write home about, it was…

The Rise & Fall of the Greatest Ride that Ever Was

I went to a funfair for the first time in a long time on date night last weekend and the sights, sounds and smells of being around those rides caused an overwhelming nostalgia to stir inside me, pulling me back to my childhood. Ambling home clutching our funfair prizes and looking back at the flashing…

The Photographer on the Bridge: 50 Years of Undiscovered Street Snaps

The photographs of Arthur Fields are hiding all over Ireland; perhaps buried in an old dusty box, forgotten in a once treasured photo album or still close to heart in the breast pocket of someone’s coat. For fifty years, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Arthur stood on the same bridge in Dublin taking…

Invasion of the Hippies

A pretty interesting insight here on how some people saw the blossoming counter-culture of hippies in the 1960s as a serious threat to the younger generation, or mankind even. The 1967 report by Harry Reasoner talks about hippies as if they were some kind of alien species attempting to take over the world and infect its…

The Summer before the Storm: Paris, July 1939

In July 1939, Paris was just as it should be during the height of summer; the avenues inviting you to get lost in them and the night seeming as if it may never come. LIFE photographer, William Vandivert captured the calm before the storm in these stunning colour photos that have recently surfaced. Eleven months later, more than…

Tagging along with an Underground NYC Urban Explorer

Feel as if you’re tagging along right behind urban historian and photographer, Steve Duncan on his nocturnal exploration of the underbelly of New York. It’s exciting and tense as Steve guides us through the unknown while desperately trying to avoid getting caught: “It’s very worrisome to get caught doing something like this because a lot of…

The Neighborhood Leopard of 1960s Kensington, London

Meet Angela McWilliams and her pet leopard Michael, taking a walk on a leash in London, possibly Gloucester Road or Cromwell Road and in Hyde Park. This will no doubt spark a some fury with a few readers– but just try to remember (and be thankful) that this video is around 50 years old, when the public…

The Bohemian Coffee Houses of 1950s London

Before Starbucks took over the London high street, London had as many bohemian coffee houses as Paris does charming cafés. A meeting place for artists, writers, musicians, radicals and intellectuals, coffee houses had their own quirky themes and style. This 1959 newsreel gives us a glimpse into the golden age of London’s beatnik coffee bars… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nsRHHcq1P8#at=130]…

The Bond 1977 Lotus Submarine Found in a Storage Unit, Now for Sale

Like most Bond girls, once 007 had his way with her, this 1977 Lotus Esprit ‘submarine’ was cast aside, while James took his pick from an endless line up of other purring beauties. After filming in the Bahamas for her starring role in The Spy Who Loved Me, the submergible sports car was shipped to…

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