Rare Photographs of Princess Diana and Steffi Graf From a Tennis Match in London, 1988

Princess Diana played tennis with German tennis player, Women’s Number One at the time – 18 year old Steffi Graf – at the Vanderbilt Raquet Club in London on June 10, 1988.

Princess Diana earlier unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the European Office of the Women’s International Tennis Association. After unveiling the plaque, Princess of Wales then went onto court to play mixed doubles with: Charles Swallow, a Director of the Vanderbilt Club, against Steffi Graf with Lord Willoughby De Broke.

Cool Pics That Show Interior Styles of Kitchens For Each Month of 1960

These cool pics from Hotpoint appliance 1960 calendar from Todd's, 14240 E. 14th Street, San Leandro, California that show interior styles of kitchens for each month of 1960.

1960 January

1960 February

1960 March

1960 April

1960 May

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A Toast to the New Year With Cool Shots of Ladies Drinking in the Early 20th Century

The New Year is coming! Let's cheer it up by toasts from ladies in the early 20th century.

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Mask Dances by Margaret Severn

Margaret Severn (1901–1997) was an internationally acclaimed dancer who was most famous for using more than a dozen different Benda masks in The Greenwich Village Follies of 1921. She also played a dancer in the film The Good Provider (1922).

Born in Birmingham Alabama, she lived most of her life in New York, and toured extensively in Vaudeville from 1922–1928. She was Paris based in the 1930s, and retired to Vancouver Canada in 1970.

A film about her work, Dance Masks (1982), was made by Peter Lipskis, distributed by The University of California, Berkeley Extension Media Center, and reviewed by Choice. These photographs, from the series 73-Mask Dances (Margaret Severn), taken by Nina Leen for LIFE Magazine in 1944.

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Vintage Photos and the Story of Mary Hopkin Met The Beatles in London in 1968

The singer Mary Hopkin’s appearance on television talent show “Opportunity Knocks” was broadcast on May 5, 1968. Her performance led to a contract with The Beatles’ Apple Records, and the multi-million selling debut single Those Were The Days.

The edition of “Opportunity Knocks” was shown just two days after Hopkin’s 18th birthday. The program showcased performances from new acts which were judged by public vote. It was recorded two days before transmission at ABC Television’s studios in Didsbury, Manchester.

The model Twiggy saw Hopkin’s performance on “Opportunity Knocks”, and suggested to Paul McCartney that the singer might be a good act for Apple to sign.

“I was a 17-year-old schoolgirl working at weekends with a group of local boys in a folk/rock band, and after about six months the group split up, so I carried on solo. Then my agent, to my absolute horror, put my name down for an audition for “Opportunity Knocks”, a good show for hopefuls in the music business but not really the sort of thing I wanted to do. But he persuaded me to go along for experience, so I went and sang a couple of songs; and the next thing I heard was that I’d been chosen for one of the programs.

Rather reluctantly I made my appearance which, amazingly enough, Twiggy watched. She met with Paul McCartney that following weekend and when Paul was chatting to her about the new record label they were forming, Twiggy mentioned me. About two days later I got a telegram saying, ‘Ring Peter Brown at Apple Records’. It sat on the shelf for three days until my mother insisted I ring him.

I was a great Beatles fan so I’d heard all about the Apple boutique, but I didn’t make any connection between the Beatles and this Peter Brown telegram. So I rang up and was put through to this guy with a Liverpool accent, who invited me to come up to London and sign a contract. Being a cautious young Welsh girl, I thought, “That’s a bit sudden!”, and became a bit evasive, so this guy said, “Well, go and ask your mum then!” I dragged my mother to the telephone and she proceeded to practically drop the thing because he said, “Oh, this is Paul McCartney, by the way!” I remember racing down the road to tell all my friends who I’d been talking to. The next day they sent a car for us and off I went with my mum to the big city.

We went to the Dick James Music studio. Paul was in the control room and I did a couple of demos for him - Joan Baez and Donovan songs - broke a guitar string and muttered some swear words into the mike. We had lunch - he took us to the Angus Steak House which we were really impressed by - and I sailed through the day in a haze, painfully shy and totally in awe of Paul. I went back home and about two days later somebody rang and said, “Yes, we’d like to sign you.” So I made another trip to London and Paul said, “I’ve got a song that might suit you. I found it years ago and gave it to Donovan and it didn’t work out, I gave it to the Moody Blues, they loved it but it didn’t happen, and I’ve been looking for the right sound for it.” Then he strummed this song called Those Were The Days. I loved it immediately, but I must say that I’d probably have liked anything he would have played me at the time! A lot of people think Paul wrote the song, but he didn’t. Anyway, we recorded it a couple of weeks later, and five weeks after the release, in September 1968, I was number one.”

Mary Hopkin
Record Collector, 1988

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32 Fascinating Photos That Show the Tram System of Porto in the 1970s

In 1872, the Companhia Carril Americano do Porto à Foz e Mattosinhos (CCAPFM) opened the first mule tram line in Porto, connecting Rua dos Inglezes (nowadays Infante) with Foz (Castelo) and Matosinhos.

In the next year, a branch line from Massarelos to Cordoaria was opened. A second company, the Companhia Carris de Ferro do Porto (CCFP) (the Porto Tramways Company), was established in 1873, and it opened a line from Praça Carlos Alberto via Boavista to Foz (Cadouços) in 1874. More lines were added through the 1870s until the 1890s.

The tram system of Porto in the 1970s

CCAPFM and CCFP merged on 13 January 1893, using the latter's name for the resulting company. Electric traction was introduced in 1895. The last mule-drawn car was retired in 1904, and electrification was complete with the elimination of urban steam engines in 1914.

In 1946, the city purchased the tram system from CCFP and took over its operation, with a new municipal company, Serviço de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP). By 1949, it reached its maximum length of 81 kilometers with 150 kilometers track length.

The 1960s and the 1970s were marked by a continuous dismantling of tram tracks and a preference for cheaper bus transport. The system shrank from 81 kilometers with 192 cars in 1958, to 38 kilometers with 127 cars in 1968, to 21 kilometers with 84 cars in 1978, to just 14 kilometers with 16 cars in 1996. The last remaining line (18) was the start of the current heritage tram system.

These fascinating photos from Guy that show what the the tram system of Porto looked like in the 1970s.

Porto STCP 167, a 1934 Brill 28 type 4-wheel semi convertible tram on Rua dos Martires da Liberdade on route 8 to Paranhos on 11 June 1974

Porto STCP 210, a 1940 CCFP built Brill 28 type 4-wheel semi convertible tram at Amial crossover on route 7 from Batalha to Sao Mamede on 10 June 1974

STCP 113, a 1908 locally built 4-wheel tram shunting at Boavista Depot on 11 June 1974

STCP 122, a JG Brill built 4-wheel semi convertible tram probably of 1912, turns at Praca de Liberdade in front of Avenida do Aliados on 12 June 1974

STCP 129, a 1910 Brill 23 semi convertible platforma salao 4-wheel tram, turning from Rua da Boavista into Travessa Figueiroa to Praca on 12 June 1974

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45 Lovely Color Pics of Tuesday Weld in the 1960s

Born 1943 as Susan Ker Weld in New York City, American actress and model Tuesday Weld began acting as a child, and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s.

Weld won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade she established a career playing dramatic roles in films.

Her work, often as a featured performer in supporting roles, was acknowledged with nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Play It as It Lays (1972), a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), an Emmy Award for The Winter of Our Discontent (1983), and a BAFTA for Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Since the late 1980s, her acting appearances have been infrequent. Weld was reunited with Tony Perkins in an episode of Mistress of Suspense (1990).

In 1993 she played a police officer's neurotic wife in Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. She had her last small roles in Feeling Minnesota (1996), Investigating Sex (2001) and Chelsea Walls (2001).

Take a look at these lovely color pics to see the beauty of young Tuesday Weld in the 1960s.

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