How 1920s high society fashion pushed gender boundaries through ‘freaking’ parties: First panel of The Freak Merchants or, the Bright Young People by Arthur Wallis Mills, published in Punch (1930). Courtesy of Keele University The 1920s brought about a rise in androgynous fashion among a high society set that broke boundaries and caused controversy. This …
Noise pollution: how the sounds of the city were redefined as ‘urban music’ in 1920s Japan: Cash machines, elevators and escalators that talk. Jingles in department stores, train stations, supermarkets and shopping arcades. Loud speaker warnings about the dangers of riding on the bus or train, overlayed by sirens, car horns, traffic and pedestrians. “For …
How Tutankhamun became a popular spirit at seances in the 1920s: Masheter Movie Archive/Alamy It has been 100 years since the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled in the 14th century BC. Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in November 1922 by a team of predominantly Egyptian excavators led …
Check out this Paternoster image: Salisbury Railway Station before the old two storey buildings were demolished. In the 1920s. Image by denisbin Salisbury. Sir Montague( or Montagu) Chapman, Third Baronet of Westmeath near Dublin Ireland, used a loop hole in the Special Survey regulations of 1839 and selected his 4,000 acres for £4,000 in different …
A cool Paternoster image: Salisbury. Wesleyan Methodist Church in Salisbury built in 1858. Central arch was once the front door behidn the 1920s pediment. An ugly addition to such an historic building. Image by denisbin The first major railway line in South Australia from Adelaide to Gawler reached Salisbury in 1857. A local land owner …
Exposed to the Elements: A Strange 1920s Death on the Scottish Island of Iona: Nora Emily Fornario, known as Netta, was a young woman in England who had a lifelong fascination with magic. She studied occult subjects along with like-minded friends in the 1920s. : Weird News Have you tried: Farking?