Category Archives: Historical

Rare and Unusual Celebrity Photos

 

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European Economic Theory According to Edmund Blackadder

  Baldrick: “What I want to know, Sir, is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there’s only one type of money that the foreign people use. And … Continue reading

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Another Busy Day for the Old Baked Bean

Her Majesty Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith on the throne since 1953   The Old Baked Bean Doing … Continue reading

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Nancy Wake: Kiwi Legend

NANCY WAKE: KILLED AN SS SENTRY WITH HER BARE HANDS One of the most decorated Allied servicewomen of World War II, Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was known to the Gestapo as “The White Mouse” for her ability to evade detection … Continue reading

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Vintage Cigarette Ads

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Flatulent Führer and his Dubious “Doctor”

THE MADMAN AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE The Nazi leader wanted to control the world, but he couldn’t even control his own digestion, and nor could his half-baked doctor, writes Tony Perrottet, adding perhaps a touch more detail than you might … Continue reading

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Fight Night Update

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Heaphy Track MTBs Irk IRD

DOC Brands One-day Riders “Tax Evaders” Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray The Inland Revenue Department today acted on a report by the Department of Conservation that mountain bikers cycling the Heaphy Track in a single day … Continue reading

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DOC Workhorse Barry Chalmers Hangs up Saddle

 By Paul Murray for KEEP   Department of Conservation (DOC) staff from Westport and Karamea Estuary Enhancement Project (KEEP) members met on March 16 for a working bee at the Karamea Estuary to celebrate the retirement of long-serving DOC employee and … Continue reading

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Use of Overt Sexual Imagery and Innuendo in Advertising

     

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