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16 Apr, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Instructions on how to type your own picture of Kojak.

You never know when you might need to... #FridayFeeling
Instructions on how to type your own picture of a sad Siamese Kitten.

He's seen things...
Instructions on how to type your own picture of John Paul II.

This came free with my John Paul I instructions...
Instructions on how to type your own picture of a lovely Red Setter.

Sorry this is so dog-eared...
Instructions on how to type your own picture of Elvis Presley.

He's all shook up...
All these instructions are from this excellent 1982 book by typewriter art aficionado Bob Neill.

And here's the link if you want to try typing a few: archive.org/details/bob-ne…

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17 Apr
It was a food revolution with a shelf life measured in years, changing how Britain cooked as well as what we ate. The staple diet of a generation, whose very name could conjure up the flavours of the faraway east.

Today in pulp I look back at Vesta ready meals... Image
Batchelors Foods had been in business since Victorian times and specialised in dried produce and soups. And by 1959, inspired by the American 'TV dinner', they decided to bring the idea of ready meals to the UK. Image
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16 Apr
Many readers have asked me "why do so many pulp covers feature women in ripped red blouses standing in swamps while a man who looks a bit like David Bowie fights off an unusual animal attack?"

The answer is pulp artist Wil Hulsey...
Wilbur "Wil" Hulsey was the undisputed king of the animal attack pulp cover. You name it, he'd paint it attacking you in a pool of stagnant water.
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14 Apr
Time for a pulp countdown now, so here's my top 10 book titles that would make great prog rock album titles!

Everyone loves a 10 minute drum solo, right?
At #10: Murdock's Acid Test! Side one is mellow acid jazz, but side two is all stream of consciousness poetry and percussion...
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11 Apr
Today in pulp I head to Carnaby Street in the 1960s!

It's a swinging shindig...
Carnaby Street in London's Soho gets its name from Karnaby House, which was built in 1683. But it's fame comes from fashion. It all started in 1957 when John Stephen opened his men's outfitters His Clothes, specialising in the Mod look.
To make his store stand out Stephen painted the outside canary yellow and played pop music. Soon other fashion retailers opened up nearby and the street became one of the must-see places for the swinging sixties shopper.
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9 Apr
Number 6 is, erm, something...

129 Ways To Get a Husband (part one). McCall's magazine, January 1958.
129 Ways To Get a Husband (part two)...
129 Ways To Get a Husband (part three).

Congratulations if you had "demonstrating fishing tackle" on your marriage to-do list...
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8 Apr
Monday 23 June 1984 seemed like a normal day. The latest issue of Tammy was out, with the latest instalment of The Forbidden Garden and the new Secret Sisters strip. Little did we know it would be the last issue ever!

Today in pulp I ask: whatever happened to Tammy?
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IPC acquired Girl in 1963, so you can guess what happened next...
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