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Fireball XL5
The astronaut John Glen became the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, on the “Mercury Atlas 6″ mission, circling the globe three times during a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood in the 1960s, Growing up in the 1960s, Technology
Tagged Culture, Fireball XL5, Life, Space Exploration, Travel, TV
Scrap Book Project – Childrens’ Television
Whenever a group of fifty somethings come together it is almost inevitable that at some point the conversation will sink towards nostalgia and this in turn will at some point get around to the subject of children’s TV. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood in the 1950s, Childhood in the 1960s, Children, Growing up in the 1960s, History, Holidays
Tagged Animal Magic, Blue Peter, Crackerjack, Flipper, Huckleberry Hound Show, Lassie, Magpie, Robinson Crusoe, Singing Ringing Tree, Skippy, Thunderbirds, Vision On, Watch With Mother, Zoo Time
Children’s Television in the 1960s
Whenever a group of fifty somethings come together it is almost inevitable that at some point the conversation will sink towards nostalgia and this in turn will at some point get around to the subject of children’s TV. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood in the 1950s, Childhood in the 1960s, Children, Growing up, Growing up in the 1950s, Growing up in the 1960s, History
Tagged Animal Magic, Blue Peter, Crackerjack, Flipper, Huckleberry Hound Show, Lassie, Magpie, Robinson Crusoe, Singing Ringing Tree, Skippy, Thunderbirds, Vision On, Watch With Mother, Zoo Time
Robots are Cleverer than Humans
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM and on February 10th 1996 it defeated Garry Kimovich Kasparov a Russian chess grandmaster and a player many consider to be the greatest World champion chess player of all time. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Innocence, Childhood in the 1960s, Growing up, History, Technology
Tagged Culture, Gary Kasparov, Life, Magic Robot, Robert the Robot, Robot Archie, West World
A Life in a Year – 16th October, Children’s Television
Whenever a group of fifty somethings come together it is almost inevitable that at some point the conversation will sink towards nostalgia and this in turn will at some point get around to the subject of children’s TV. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Innocence, Childhood in the 1950s, Childhood in the 1960s, Children, Growing up, Growing up in the 1950s, Growing up in the 1960s, History
Tagged Animal Magic, Blue Peter, Crackerjack, Flipper, Huckleberry Hound Show, Lassie, Magpie, Robinson Crusoe, Singing Ringing Tree, Skippy, Thunderbirds, Vision On, Watch With Mother, Zoo Time
A Life in a Year – 20th February, Space Travel is no longer Science Fiction
The astronaut John Glen became the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, on the “Mercury Atlas 6” mission, circling the globe three times during a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 … Continue reading
A Life in a Year – 10th February, Robots are officially cleverer than Humans
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM and on February 10th 1996 it defeated Garry Kimovich Kasparov a Russian chess grandmaster and a player many consider to be the greatest World champion chess player of all time. Here … Continue reading
Age of Innocence 