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5 giorni fa · In the 1960s, the BBC produced a then-rare workplace comedy with The Rag Trade (1961–1963, 1977–1978) written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney. The success of the series was due partly to the strength of the female ensemble playing the workforce, who included Sheila Hancock, Barbara Windsor and Esma Cannon.
5 giorni fa · The Stroud film-maker and photographer, Alasdair Ogilvie, has just published a book intriguingly titled A Night at the Fishmongers’Arms. This pub in Wood Green North London was home to the Wood Green Jazz Club in the 50s and into the 60s but by the 70s had morphed into a club for Teds and Rockers. Alasdair’s book of around 40 photographs ...
4 giorni fa · Allow us to elaborate. Within old school ballroom and drag culture, a “trade” is a masculine-passing LGBTQ+ guy who has a certain edge to their look. But the phrase has evolved, and within the Drag Race lexicon, it now simply means a queen who looks sexy and attractive and is considered the best of the season by their fellow queens, the ...
3 giorni fa · The Journal claims to have sent the first news report, on the Dow Jones wire, of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Its headquarters, at One World Financial Center, was severely damaged by the collapse of the World Trade Center just across the street.
3 giorni fa · Along with Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis, she was one of the three actors to appear in all 74 episodes of the series. After "On the Buses", Karen reprised the character of Olive, now a factory worker, for two seasons of "The Rag Trade" (1977-78).
5 giorni fa · e. The Iranian Revolution ( Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn] ), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution ( انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī ), [4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
3 giorni fa · Louisa Creed began making rag rugs in the late 1980s, long before people were having green thoughts. She succeeded, where alchemy failed, in transmuting dross into gold. Her genius was to turn rags to riches! My Rag Rug Life by Louisa Creed is published by Rylett Press: ISBN: 978-1-8380529-35. For further information and book purchases click here.
