Guest post from Russ Holland. Blue Peter was the biggest children's TV programme in the UK from the 1960s to 1980s. It was very wholesome, but quite daring before the invention of risk assessment forms. I had to tell someone... From the days when it was acceptable to take your children's TV presenter, put a wooly hat on him so the bubble visor helmet fits, then send him out in a race on a sidecar outfit. Russ #television #1970s #sidecar

Guest blog from Norm at Motorcycho magazine. In simpler days, it wasn't easy to access your favourite motorsport. If you weren't able to actually attend an event your only other option might be to read about it in a newspaper or find out months later in some magazine. One option that was sometimes available was to listen on a long play vinyl recording. For many years the Isle of Man TT races were available on record. Called Sound Stories, each year’s race was captured in soun

We have limited stock of three small photography books that focus on archive footage from 1970s Britain. The Triumph Workers Lock-In 1974 shows a little-known period in the famous brand's history, when a workers' co-operative took over the ailing firm to try save it from closure. It's liimited to 250 copies of the first edition and we got the last handful. The other two, the Raw Punk Streets and Mods and Rockers Raw Streets show street photography, and the rank and file of th

Guest blog post from Serge Fabergé This week's update is in the name of style. All this muddy denim, beards and leather associated with motorcycles is butchly fabulous, but once in a while our continental friends remind us of other alternatives. Personally the alternative of a decent suit and Alberto Sordi's panache seems a very good option, and it apparently puts one in the orbit of svelte lovelies clad in skin tight low cut shiny leatherette which to be honest is the aim fo