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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
1 week ago
Card heavily inspired by Peter Saville's sleeve for New Order's Blue Monday. Black background, white handwritten text in concentric semi-circles on the left hand side and right hand side, in alternate spaces. Underneath, an exclamation mark again in white text (like the holes in a floppy disk case, and a colour coded message on the edge, aping the Blue Monday Saville code. Which will be explained at the end. A-Z of some events for March 1983, from the centre reading outwards: '99 Luftballons' Austin Maestro 'Blue Monday'/'The Beach' CMT / The CD (UK/US) / Dazzle Ships Dear Ladies / 'Don't Talk To Me About Love' Eliminator / Mo Farah / The Final Cut / Heartburn Hergé RIP / The Hurting / Inarticulate Speech of the Heart 'Is There Something I Should Know?' / 'It's Like That' / 'Let's Dance' Monty Python's The Meaning of Life / 'Mornin'' / Lupita Nyong'o / Rafe Spall Script for a Jester's Tear / 'Speak Like a Child' / Switch / The Thorn Birds (TV) Thunder and Lightning / True (LP) / Tucker's Luck / Tracey Ullman's 'Breakaway' (C) WWT JSL MMXXIII / Carrie Underwood / William Walton RIP / Rebecca West RIP / Widows (TV series) the colour code at the bottom of the card (sourced from the code on the reverse of the related New Order Power Corruption and Lies LP sleeve, again designed by Peter Saville) reads: M A R C H 1 9 8 3 W W T '

Card heavily inspired by Peter Saville's sleeve for New Order's Blue Monday. Black background, white handwritten text in concentric semi-circles on the left hand side and right hand side, in alternate spaces. Underneath, an exclamation mark again in white text (like the holes in a floppy disk case, and a colour coded message on the edge, aping the Blue Monday Saville code. Which will be explained at the end. A-Z of some events for March 1983, from the centre reading outwards: '99 Luftballons' Austin Maestro 'Blue Monday'/'The Beach' CMT / The CD (UK/US) / Dazzle Ships Dear Ladies / 'Don't Talk To Me About Love' Eliminator / Mo Farah / The Final Cut / Heartburn Hergé RIP / The Hurting / Inarticulate Speech of the Heart 'Is There Something I Should Know?' / 'It's Like That' / 'Let's Dance' Monty Python's The Meaning of Life / 'Mornin'' / Lupita Nyong'o / Rafe Spall Script for a Jester's Tear / 'Speak Like a Child' / Switch / The Thorn Birds (TV) Thunder and Lightning / True (LP) / Tucker's Luck / Tracey Ullman's 'Breakaway' (C) WWT JSL MMXXIII / Carrie Underwood / William Walton RIP / Rebecca West RIP / Widows (TV series) the colour code at the bottom of the card (sourced from the code on the reverse of the related New Order Power Corruption and Lies LP sleeve, again designed by Peter Saville) reads: M A R C H 1 9 8 3 W W T '

March 1983 #WhenWasThings #BlueMonday

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
1 month ago
Gold outline and white text on red background with events from February 1986, in the style of Janet Jackson’s Control album sleeve: Text on left: After a Funeral / Gemma Arterton / Black Venus / The Bourne Supremacy / Boy George on The A-Team / Car Trouble / Castaway / Charlotte Church / Control / Dear John / ‘Digging Your Scene’ / Every Second Counts / Farrington of the F.O. / Figures of Enchantment / F/X / Halley’s Comet / Hannah and her Sisters / Frank Herbert RIP / The Hitcher / ‘The Honeythief’ / Hot Metal / ‘Hounds of Love’ / King of America / ‘Kiss’ Text on right: ‘Love Comes Quickly’ / ‘Love Missile F1-11’ / Mir / Dandy Nichols RIP / 9 1/2 Weeks / No Surrender / Olof Palme RIP / Pixar Studios / Poguetry in Motion / Pretty in Pink (film) / Salvador / ‘Sheep’ / ‘Stripped’ / TTV / ‘Trumpton Riots’ / The Ultimate Sin / You Again? / You Should Be So Lucky / Frank Zappa on Miami Vice (C) WWT JSL MMXXII

Gold outline and white text on red background with events from February 1986, in the style of Janet Jackson’s Control album sleeve: Text on left: After a Funeral / Gemma Arterton / Black Venus / The Bourne Supremacy / Boy George on The A-Team / Car Trouble / Castaway / Charlotte Church / Control / Dear John / ‘Digging Your Scene’ / Every Second Counts / Farrington of the F.O. / Figures of Enchantment / F/X / Halley’s Comet / Hannah and her Sisters / Frank Herbert RIP / The Hitcher / ‘The Honeythief’ / Hot Metal / ‘Hounds of Love’ / King of America / ‘Kiss’ Text on right: ‘Love Comes Quickly’ / ‘Love Missile F1-11’ / Mir / Dandy Nichols RIP / 9 1/2 Weeks / No Surrender / Olof Palme RIP / Pixar Studios / Poguetry in Motion / Pretty in Pink (film) / Salvador / ‘Sheep’ / ‘Stripped’ / TTV / ‘Trumpton Riots’ / The Ultimate Sin / You Again? / You Should Be So Lucky / Frank Zappa on Miami Vice (C) WWT JSL MMXXII

Because Control is 40. #WhenWasThings

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
3 months ago
#WhenWasThings events from December 1965: Yellow text zig-zagging across black background. Dec 1965 in white. Think Charlie Brown's T-shirt in negative. 'Barbara Ann' / Barney is My Darling / Battle of the Bulge / 'California Dreamin' / 'Can You Please Crawl out Your Window?' / A Charlie Brown Christmas / The Dating Game / 'Day Tripper' - 'We Can Work It Out' / Richard Dimbleby RIP / Doctor Zhivago / The Flight of the Phoenix / 'Going to a Go-Go' / 'I Fought the Law' / 'It Was a Very Good Year' / Jackanory / 'Lightnin' Strikes' / W Somerset Maugham RIP / Max's Kansas City / 'My Generation' / A Patch of Blue / The Power Game / The Race Relations Act / Rip Rig & Panic / Rubber Soul / 'Second Hand Rose' / The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / Supermarket Sweep / That Darn Cat! / 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'' / A Thousand Clowns / Thunderball / 'Tijuana Taxi' / Turn! Turn! Turn! WWT (C) JSL MMXIX

#WhenWasThings events from December 1965: Yellow text zig-zagging across black background. Dec 1965 in white. Think Charlie Brown's T-shirt in negative. 'Barbara Ann' / Barney is My Darling / Battle of the Bulge / 'California Dreamin' / 'Can You Please Crawl out Your Window?' / A Charlie Brown Christmas / The Dating Game / 'Day Tripper' - 'We Can Work It Out' / Richard Dimbleby RIP / Doctor Zhivago / The Flight of the Phoenix / 'Going to a Go-Go' / 'I Fought the Law' / 'It Was a Very Good Year' / Jackanory / 'Lightnin' Strikes' / W Somerset Maugham RIP / Max's Kansas City / 'My Generation' / A Patch of Blue / The Power Game / The Race Relations Act / Rip Rig & Panic / Rubber Soul / 'Second Hand Rose' / The Spy Who Came in from the Cold / Supermarket Sweep / That Darn Cat! / 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'' / A Thousand Clowns / Thunderball / 'Tijuana Taxi' / Turn! Turn! Turn! WWT (C) JSL MMXIX

From the #WhenWasThings vault: December 1965.
Because it's 60 years today since a Beatles album and a Beatles double-A sided single. This was only the eighth instalment of WWT, and with this one, I think I knew had something.

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
3 months ago
#WhenWasThings events for November 1968. White block capital text on white background, except for the words 'November 1968' in black text. ALBATROSS / ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS / ASTRAL WEEKS / TUNDE BAIYEWU / THE BEATLES / ENID BLYTON RIP / MARK BONNAR / BUILD ME UP, BUTTERCUP / BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS / MARTIN CARR / CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER / COUSIN KATE / CREAM FAREWELL CONCERT / DAWLEY NEW TOWN RENAMED TELFORD / THE DOUGHNUT IN GRANNY'S GREENHOUSE / DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE / EIVETS REDNOW / EVERYDAY PEOPLE / FACES / FATHER, DEAR FATHER / SETH GILLIAM / KATHLEEN HANNA / HEAD / I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME / IN WATERMELON SUGAR / ALEX JAMES / THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY / JOHN AND CYNTHIA LENNON DIVORCE / THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / THE MARBLE INDEX / TRACY MORGAN / NIXON ELECTED US PRESIDENT / ODB / MERVYN PEAKE RIP / PLEASE SIR! / PARKER POSEY / LA PRISONNIERE / RELEASE OF AN OATH / DAWN ROBINSON / SAM ROCKWELL / ERICK SERMON / THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN / SON OF A PREACHER MAN / SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL / THIS IS MY COUNTRY / TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ACT / UHURA AND KIRK KISS ON STAR TREK / UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1: TWO VIRGINS / WEE TAM AND THE BIG HUGE / OWEN WILSON / KIRSTY YOUNG (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

#WhenWasThings events for November 1968. White block capital text on white background, except for the words 'November 1968' in black text. ALBATROSS / ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS / ASTRAL WEEKS / TUNDE BAIYEWU / THE BEATLES / ENID BLYTON RIP / MARK BONNAR / BUILD ME UP, BUTTERCUP / BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS / MARTIN CARR / CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER / COUSIN KATE / CREAM FAREWELL CONCERT / DAWLEY NEW TOWN RENAMED TELFORD / THE DOUGHNUT IN GRANNY'S GREENHOUSE / DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE / EIVETS REDNOW / EVERYDAY PEOPLE / FACES / FATHER, DEAR FATHER / SETH GILLIAM / KATHLEEN HANNA / HEAD / I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME / IN WATERMELON SUGAR / ALEX JAMES / THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY / JOHN AND CYNTHIA LENNON DIVORCE / THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / THE MARBLE INDEX / TRACY MORGAN / NIXON ELECTED US PRESIDENT / ODB / MERVYN PEAKE RIP / PLEASE SIR! / PARKER POSEY / LA PRISONNIERE / RELEASE OF AN OATH / DAWN ROBINSON / SAM ROCKWELL / ERICK SERMON / THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN / SON OF A PREACHER MAN / SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL / THIS IS MY COUNTRY / TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ACT / UHURA AND KIRK KISS ON STAR TREK / UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 1: TWO VIRGINS / WEE TAM AND THE BIG HUGE / OWEN WILSON / KIRSTY YOUNG (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

This was the 100th #WhenWasThings card, which I did for November 1968. Obviously a White Album reference. I think everyone will find the ALT text useful for this one. (In fact I fear this will be illegible on this platform, but we'll see.)

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
3 months ago
Events for November 1984 arranged in the style of the NOW That's What I Call Music album covers: NOV 84. Multi-coloured text (yellow, red, light blue, green, pink and white) all on a brown background card. 1984 (for the Love of Big Brother) / Alf / Arena / Gemma Atkinson / Aural Sculpture / Bachelor Boys / Band Aid recording / The Box of Delights (TV) / Brewing Up with Billy Bragg / Building the Perfect Beast / The Clairvoyant / 'Easy Lover' / 'Everything Must Change' / Delta Goodrem / Lucas Grabeel / Hatful of Hollow / Xavier Herbert RIP / Chester Himes RIP / The Hits Album / 'I Want to Know What Love Is' / 'I Would Die 4 U' / 'It Ain't Necessarily So' / Scarlett Johansson / The Killing Fields / Martin Luther King Sr, RIP / Like a Virgin / Missing in Action / A Nightmare on Elm Street / 'Neutron Dance' / Now That's What I Call Music 4 / 'Obsession' / 'Police Officer' / 'The Power of Love' / A Private Function / Reckless / The Riddle / 'Shout' / 'Since Yesterday' / Supergirl / 'Thank God It's Christmas' / Tickle on the Tum / Treasure / Tropico / 'Upside Down' / 'We All Stand Together' / 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' / Zoolook (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Events for November 1984 arranged in the style of the NOW That's What I Call Music album covers: NOV 84. Multi-coloured text (yellow, red, light blue, green, pink and white) all on a brown background card. 1984 (for the Love of Big Brother) / Alf / Arena / Gemma Atkinson / Aural Sculpture / Bachelor Boys / Band Aid recording / The Box of Delights (TV) / Brewing Up with Billy Bragg / Building the Perfect Beast / The Clairvoyant / 'Easy Lover' / 'Everything Must Change' / Delta Goodrem / Lucas Grabeel / Hatful of Hollow / Xavier Herbert RIP / Chester Himes RIP / The Hits Album / 'I Want to Know What Love Is' / 'I Would Die 4 U' / 'It Ain't Necessarily So' / Scarlett Johansson / The Killing Fields / Martin Luther King Sr, RIP / Like a Virgin / Missing in Action / A Nightmare on Elm Street / 'Neutron Dance' / Now That's What I Call Music 4 / 'Obsession' / 'Police Officer' / 'The Power of Love' / A Private Function / Reckless / The Riddle / 'Shout' / 'Since Yesterday' / Supergirl / 'Thank God It's Christmas' / Tickle on the Tum / Treasure / Tropico / 'Upside Down' / 'We All Stand Together' / 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' / Zoolook (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Another of my #WhenWasThings month-in-history cards, this time one I designed for November 1984. If you'd like to order an exclusive commission for yourself or a loved one, email me for further details! whenisbirths@yahoo.com

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
3 months ago
#WhenWasThings Events for November 2000, white/silver and occasionally maroon text on black background, arranged as the sleeve from Eminem's Stan single. (NOVEMBER 2000 - the Es and the number 2 appear reversed) 102 Dalmatians / The Beatles: 1 / Malcolm Bradbury RIP / Chocolat (film) / Charlie's Angels (film) / Russ Conway RIP / 'Don't Tell Me' / 'Good Fortune' / Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars / 'He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot' / Human Remains / In a Beautiful Place out in the Country / It's All About the Stragglers / Judith Keppel wins £1m on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? / Stephanie Lawrence RIP / Lovers Rock / Mama's Gun / Victor Meldrew RIP / Dick Morrissey RIP / Endeavour Morse RIP / 'Never Had a Dream Come True' / 'One More Time' / One Touch / Hugh Paddick RIP / Quills / Rugrats in Paris: The Movie / Sue Ryder RIP / 'Same Old Brand New You' / Len Shackleton RIP / Bim Sherman RIP / 'Since I Left You' / Sound Loaded / L. Sprague de Camp RIP / 'Stan' / Tomorrow Comes Today / Stanley Turrentine RIP / Unbreakable / The Unutterable / The W / 'Walking Away' / What the Romans Did for Us / Catherine Zeta-Jones marries Michael Douglas (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings Events for November 2000, white/silver and occasionally maroon text on black background, arranged as the sleeve from Eminem's Stan single. (NOVEMBER 2000 - the Es and the number 2 appear reversed) 102 Dalmatians / The Beatles: 1 / Malcolm Bradbury RIP / Chocolat (film) / Charlie's Angels (film) / Russ Conway RIP / 'Don't Tell Me' / 'Good Fortune' / Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars / 'He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot' / Human Remains / In a Beautiful Place out in the Country / It's All About the Stragglers / Judith Keppel wins £1m on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? / Stephanie Lawrence RIP / Lovers Rock / Mama's Gun / Victor Meldrew RIP / Dick Morrissey RIP / Endeavour Morse RIP / 'Never Had a Dream Come True' / 'One More Time' / One Touch / Hugh Paddick RIP / Quills / Rugrats in Paris: The Movie / Sue Ryder RIP / 'Same Old Brand New You' / Len Shackleton RIP / Bim Sherman RIP / 'Since I Left You' / Sound Loaded / L. Sprague de Camp RIP / 'Stan' / Tomorrow Comes Today / Stanley Turrentine RIP / Unbreakable / The Unutterable / The W / 'Walking Away' / What the Romans Did for Us / Catherine Zeta-Jones marries Michael Douglas (C) WWT JSL MMXX

A #WhenWasThings card I designed five years ago exactly. I do exclusive commissions like this. Perfect for birthdays, Christmas etc. Email in bio, as they say. Please share if you like it.

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago
Events for Nov 1975. Black text on pink background, Os in the text represented as white bubbles (champagne, geddit): 'Art for Art's Sake' / Betamax VCR / A Boy and His Dog / 'Convoy' / Crisis? What Crisis? / The Dead Father / Emu's Broadcasting Company / For Pence and Spicy Ale / Forget-me-Not Lane / A Funky Thide of Sings / Get Right Intae Him / 'Glass of Champagne' / 'Golden Years' / Graham Hill RIP / The Hissing of Summer Lawns / The History Man / Horses / 'Hurricane' / 'I Believe in Father Christmas' / 'Let's Womble to the Party Tonight' / 'Love Rollercoaster' / 'Love to Love You Baby' / 'Mamma Mia' / 'Miss You Nights' / 'No Regrets' / Ommadawn / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Pier Paolo Pasolini RIP / Pour Down Like Silver / Pressure Drop / Q6 / Ricochet / The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Salo / Spanish Train and Other Stories / 'Squeeze Box' / Street Life magazine / The Sunshine Boys / Elizabeth Taylor RIP / Trinity Tales / 'Wake Up Everybody' / Wonder Woman / Zuma WWT (C) SJL MMXIX

Events for Nov 1975. Black text on pink background, Os in the text represented as white bubbles (champagne, geddit): 'Art for Art's Sake' / Betamax VCR / A Boy and His Dog / 'Convoy' / Crisis? What Crisis? / The Dead Father / Emu's Broadcasting Company / For Pence and Spicy Ale / Forget-me-Not Lane / A Funky Thide of Sings / Get Right Intae Him / 'Glass of Champagne' / 'Golden Years' / Graham Hill RIP / The Hissing of Summer Lawns / The History Man / Horses / 'Hurricane' / 'I Believe in Father Christmas' / 'Let's Womble to the Party Tonight' / 'Love Rollercoaster' / 'Love to Love You Baby' / 'Mamma Mia' / 'Miss You Nights' / 'No Regrets' / Ommadawn / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Pier Paolo Pasolini RIP / Pour Down Like Silver / Pressure Drop / Q6 / Ricochet / The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Salo / Spanish Train and Other Stories / 'Squeeze Box' / Street Life magazine / The Sunshine Boys / Elizabeth Taylor RIP / Trinity Tales / 'Wake Up Everybody' / Wonder Woman / Zuma WWT (C) SJL MMXIX

Six years ago, I did a #WhenWasThings for November 1975, this was only the sixth instalment but it was the first one where I thought, The design for this could be anything, could go anywhere...

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago
Alternately orange and red text, arranged diagonally on a bright yellow background with black jail-like bars. November 1957 events: 4.50 from Paddington / The Adventures of Twizzle / April Love (film) / 'At the Hop' / Jennifer Batten / The Big Beat / Bombers B-52 / 'Dance to the Bop' / The Diamond Smugglers / Doctor Zhivago (novel) / Don't Go Near the Water / Beniamin Gigli RIP / Gordon Gould designs the first laser / 'Great Balls of Fire' / The Habit of Loving / Ofra Haza / Jailhouse Rock (film) / Erich Korngold RIP / Laika RIP / Lyle Lovett / The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour / Dolph Lundgren / Mackinac Bridge, Michigan / Colin Mochrie / The One That Got Away / 'Party Pops' / 'Rock & Roll Music' / Mike Score / Lori Singer / Ed Stourton / Porl Thompson (c) WWT JSL MMXXI

Alternately orange and red text, arranged diagonally on a bright yellow background with black jail-like bars. November 1957 events: 4.50 from Paddington / The Adventures of Twizzle / April Love (film) / 'At the Hop' / Jennifer Batten / The Big Beat / Bombers B-52 / 'Dance to the Bop' / The Diamond Smugglers / Doctor Zhivago (novel) / Don't Go Near the Water / Beniamin Gigli RIP / Gordon Gould designs the first laser / 'Great Balls of Fire' / The Habit of Loving / Ofra Haza / Jailhouse Rock (film) / Erich Korngold RIP / Laika RIP / Lyle Lovett / The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour / Dolph Lundgren / Mackinac Bridge, Michigan / Colin Mochrie / The One That Got Away / 'Party Pops' / 'Rock & Roll Music' / Mike Score / Lori Singer / Ed Stourton / Porl Thompson (c) WWT JSL MMXXI

November 1957. 'No AI was involved.' #WhenWasThings

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago
The events of October 1995, in a design inspired by the colourful pink/purple/dark blue sleeve of Dubstar's fabulous debut album, Disgraceful. Text arranged around edges of pink flowers etc. 51 Pegasi discovered / All Change / All You Can Eat / Kingsley Amis RIP / Assassins / BBC Learning Zone / Beyond the Clouds / The Blue Flower / Don Cherry RIP / Copycat / Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom / Dead Presidents / Different Class / 'Diggin' On You' / Do You Like My Tight Sweater / Disgraceful / Doja Cat / Get Shorty / 'Hand in My Pocket' / Seamus Heaney Nobel Prize for Literature / Hollyoaks / Shannon Hoon RIP / How to Make an American Quilt / 'I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)' / I'm with Stupid / Ima / Insomniac / Jackson's Dilemma / Jake's Progress / Leaving Las Vegas / Viveca Lindfors RIP / The Lone Ranger / Mallrats / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness / Mighty Aphrodite / Erika Morini RIP / Nelly et Mr Arnaud / Nuisance / Power of a Woman / Henry Roth RIP / Scream, Dracula, Scream! / Raoul and the Kings of Spain / Robyn is Here / Strange Days / Terry Southern RIP / To Die For / Up All Night / Vauxhall Vectra / (What's the Story) Morning Glory? / 'Where the Wild Roses Grow' / Mary Wickes RIP / 'Wonderwall' / Woman's Gotta Have It (C) WWT JSL MMXX

The events of October 1995, in a design inspired by the colourful pink/purple/dark blue sleeve of Dubstar's fabulous debut album, Disgraceful. Text arranged around edges of pink flowers etc. 51 Pegasi discovered / All Change / All You Can Eat / Kingsley Amis RIP / Assassins / BBC Learning Zone / Beyond the Clouds / The Blue Flower / Don Cherry RIP / Copycat / Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom / Dead Presidents / Different Class / 'Diggin' On You' / Do You Like My Tight Sweater / Disgraceful / Doja Cat / Get Shorty / 'Hand in My Pocket' / Seamus Heaney Nobel Prize for Literature / Hollyoaks / Shannon Hoon RIP / How to Make an American Quilt / 'I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)' / I'm with Stupid / Ima / Insomniac / Jackson's Dilemma / Jake's Progress / Leaving Las Vegas / Viveca Lindfors RIP / The Lone Ranger / Mallrats / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness / Mighty Aphrodite / Erika Morini RIP / Nelly et Mr Arnaud / Nuisance / Power of a Woman / Henry Roth RIP / Scream, Dracula, Scream! / Raoul and the Kings of Spain / Robyn is Here / Strange Days / Terry Southern RIP / To Die For / Up All Night / Vauxhall Vectra / (What's the Story) Morning Glory? / 'Where the Wild Roses Grow' / Mary Wickes RIP / 'Wonderwall' / Woman's Gotta Have It (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Last day of October, so here's some things that happened exactly 30 years ago this month. You can order exclusive commissions of handmade cards like this for yourself or loved ones for any month in history - email in bio - and yes, this is my handwriting. #Oct1995 #WhenWasThings #ChristmasIsComing

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago

Had forgotten I had done a #WhenWasThings for Oct 95. Will put it up tomorrow.

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago

I will over the coming weeks be posting new versions of various #WhenIsBirths and #WhenWasThings cards to push the fact that I still do exclusive and bespoke commissions. And Christmas is coming.

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
4 months ago
Events from Oct 85. Pink and white text on a black background, emulating the set and costume of Billy Connolly's TV special for London Weekend Television. Afterburner / An Audience with Billy Connolly / Back in the DHSS / 'Burning Heart' / Francesca Bertini RIP / Black Venus / Blessings in Disguise / 'Bring on the Dancing Horses' / 'Cities in Dust' / 'Cloudbusting' / Commando / 'Cruisers Creek' / Marina Diamandis / Dog Eat Dog / Dreamchild / 'Election Day' / 'Flag Day' / Frankenchrist / Galloping Galaxies! / Girls on Top / GWR / Happy Families / Gary Holton RIP / How to be a Zillionaire! / Rock Hudson RIP / Keri Hulme's The Bone People wins the Booker Prize / Hunting High and Low LP / Jagged Edge / 'Just for Money' / KISS (pirate station) / Learnign to Swim / Life Goes On / Listen Like Thieves / 'Lost Weekend' / Love / 'A Love Bizarre' / Bruno Mars / Yul Brynner RIP / Masterteam / 'Nikita' / Once Upon a Time / Picture Book / Pob's Programme / Power Windows / 'Profoundly in Love with Pandora' / Puddle Lane / Re-Animator / Red Dragon Radio / Nelson Riddle RIP / Nicola Roberts / Saint and Greavsie / George Savalas RIP / 'Say You Say Me' / 'See the Day' / 'The Show' / 'Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves' / Slave to the Rhythm LP / 'Sleeping Bag' / 'Sub-culture' / Sweet Dreams / This is Big Audio Dynamite / 'Uncle Sam' / 'Walk of Life' / Orson Welles RIP / 'West End Girls' (V2) / 'The Whole of the Moon' / What Does Everything Mean, Basically / Ricky Wilson RIP / World Machine / A Zed and Two Noughts (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Events from Oct 85. Pink and white text on a black background, emulating the set and costume of Billy Connolly's TV special for London Weekend Television. Afterburner / An Audience with Billy Connolly / Back in the DHSS / 'Burning Heart' / Francesca Bertini RIP / Black Venus / Blessings in Disguise / 'Bring on the Dancing Horses' / 'Cities in Dust' / 'Cloudbusting' / Commando / 'Cruisers Creek' / Marina Diamandis / Dog Eat Dog / Dreamchild / 'Election Day' / 'Flag Day' / Frankenchrist / Galloping Galaxies! / Girls on Top / GWR / Happy Families / Gary Holton RIP / How to be a Zillionaire! / Rock Hudson RIP / Keri Hulme's The Bone People wins the Booker Prize / Hunting High and Low LP / Jagged Edge / 'Just for Money' / KISS (pirate station) / Learnign to Swim / Life Goes On / Listen Like Thieves / 'Lost Weekend' / Love / 'A Love Bizarre' / Bruno Mars / Yul Brynner RIP / Masterteam / 'Nikita' / Once Upon a Time / Picture Book / Pob's Programme / Power Windows / 'Profoundly in Love with Pandora' / Puddle Lane / Re-Animator / Red Dragon Radio / Nelson Riddle RIP / Nicola Roberts / Saint and Greavsie / George Savalas RIP / 'Say You Say Me' / 'See the Day' / 'The Show' / 'Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves' / Slave to the Rhythm LP / 'Sleeping Bag' / 'Sub-culture' / Sweet Dreams / This is Big Audio Dynamite / 'Uncle Sam' / 'Walk of Life' / Orson Welles RIP / 'West End Girls' (V2) / 'The Whole of the Moon' / What Does Everything Mean, Basically / Ricky Wilson RIP / World Machine / A Zed and Two Noughts (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Forty years ago, at 11pm, on Sat 26 Oct 1985, Channel 4 premiered An Audience with Billy Connolly. (S4C showed it nine days later.) It was watched by 4.8m people and practically everyone who saw has been word-perfect ever since. #

Here's some of what else happened in Oct 85. #WhenWasThings

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Justin Lewis
Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
5 months ago
#WhenWasThings events for September 1967, black, white and blue on orange background, based around the Prisoner’s Penny farthing emblem. Alice’s Restaurant / Brett Anderson / ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ / Vladimir Bartol RIP / BBC Radio 1 2 3 4 / Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons / The Carol Burnett Show / Harry Connick Jr / Aaron Copland’s Inscape premiere / Susie Dent / The Fastest Guitar Alive / Tara Fitzgerald / The Flying Nun / The Gibraltar Sovereignty Referendum / Macy Gray / He & She / The High Chapparal / Faith Hill / ‘Homburg’ / ‘I Can See For Miles’ / ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ / Ironside / Michael Johnson / Kristen Johnston / Leslie Jones / Toby Jones / Junior Choice / Karisoke Research Center / ‘King Midas in Reverse’ / Akshay Kumar / Man in a Suitcase / Mannix / ‘Massachusetts’ / Carson McCullers RIP / Mrs Wilson’s Diary / The Murder of Aziz Khan / The New Industrial State / Steve Pemberton / Christopher Price / The Prisoner / Procul Harum LP / QE2 launched / Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In / Safe as Milk / Siegfried Sassoon RIP / Scott / Sexton Blake / Shostakovich’s Second Violin Concerto premiere / Smiley Smile / Something Else by The Kinks / Mira Sorvino / ‘Soul Man’ / Spider-Man (TV) / Strange Days / Elsie Tanner marries Steve Tanner / Thailand enters Vietnam War / The Third Policeman / The Use of Lateral Thinking / Vulcan Salute / Walter E Washington becomes Mayor-Commissioner, Washington DC / Wave / Who’s Minding the Mint? / Winds of Change / The World This Weekend / ‘(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman’ / ‘Zabadak!’ / Moon Zappa (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings events for September 1967, black, white and blue on orange background, based around the Prisoner’s Penny farthing emblem. Alice’s Restaurant / Brett Anderson / ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ / Vladimir Bartol RIP / BBC Radio 1 2 3 4 / Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons / The Carol Burnett Show / Harry Connick Jr / Aaron Copland’s Inscape premiere / Susie Dent / The Fastest Guitar Alive / Tara Fitzgerald / The Flying Nun / The Gibraltar Sovereignty Referendum / Macy Gray / He & She / The High Chapparal / Faith Hill / ‘Homburg’ / ‘I Can See For Miles’ / ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ / Ironside / Michael Johnson / Kristen Johnston / Leslie Jones / Toby Jones / Junior Choice / Karisoke Research Center / ‘King Midas in Reverse’ / Akshay Kumar / Man in a Suitcase / Mannix / ‘Massachusetts’ / Carson McCullers RIP / Mrs Wilson’s Diary / The Murder of Aziz Khan / The New Industrial State / Steve Pemberton / Christopher Price / The Prisoner / Procul Harum LP / QE2 launched / Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In / Safe as Milk / Siegfried Sassoon RIP / Scott / Sexton Blake / Shostakovich’s Second Violin Concerto premiere / Smiley Smile / Something Else by The Kinks / Mira Sorvino / ‘Soul Man’ / Spider-Man (TV) / Strange Days / Elsie Tanner marries Steve Tanner / Thailand enters Vietnam War / The Third Policeman / The Use of Lateral Thinking / Vulcan Salute / Walter E Washington becomes Mayor-Commissioner, Washington DC / Wave / Who’s Minding the Mint? / Winds of Change / The World This Weekend / ‘(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman’ / ‘Zabadak!’ / Moon Zappa (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings goes back to September 1967. Exactly 58 years ago tonight, #ThePrisoner was first shown in the UK on selected ITV regions.

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Probably will do some new ones of these soon, but you can commission order exclusive #WhenIsBirths and #WhenWasThings cards from me. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas etc.

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ITV is 70. #WhenWasThings

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I do things like this as art card commissions, by the way. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries etc. DM or email in bio! Christmas is coming... #WhenWasThings #WhenIsBirths

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Events for September 1955 in #WhenWasThings: (White and black text arrangement on grey background, in the style of a toothbrush and toothpaste inside block of ice, referring to the Gibbs SR first British TV commercial) The Adventures of Noddy / The Adventures of Robin Hood / The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel / Grace Archer RIP / Associated Rediffusion / ATV / BBC TV newsreaders in vision / Cheyenne / Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf / Colonel March of Scotland Yard / Crackerjack / James Dean RIP / Double Your Money / Janet Ellis / The Fall of the Sparrow / Bruce Foxton / Leslie Garland Bolling RIP / Gibbs SR first UK TV advert / Gunsmoke / David Haig / ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ - ‘Mystery Train’ / The Inheritors / ITN / ITV / It’s Always Fair Weather / The Jaguar Mark 1 / Journey Down a Rainbow / Killer’s Kiss / Kenny Kirkland / Left Hand of God / ‘Love and Marriage’ / Marjorie Morningstar / Barbara Mandell first female newsreader on UK TV / Christopher Mayhew takes mescaline - hydrochloride on Panorama / A Memory of Two Mondays / Muerte de un ciclista / Nabokov’s Lolita published in Paris / Brendan O’Carroll / Juan Peron ousted in Argentina / Eddie Fisher marries Debbie Reynolds / Rockall formally annexed by UK / Karl-Heinz Rummenigge / Peter Scolari / Sixpenny Corner / Sunday Night at the London Palladium / Take Your Pick / The Tall Man / The Trouble with Harry / Trumpets and Drums / The Woodentops / Zucchero (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Events for September 1955 in #WhenWasThings: (White and black text arrangement on grey background, in the style of a toothbrush and toothpaste inside block of ice, referring to the Gibbs SR first British TV commercial) The Adventures of Noddy / The Adventures of Robin Hood / The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel / Grace Archer RIP / Associated Rediffusion / ATV / BBC TV newsreaders in vision / Cheyenne / Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf / Colonel March of Scotland Yard / Crackerjack / James Dean RIP / Double Your Money / Janet Ellis / The Fall of the Sparrow / Bruce Foxton / Leslie Garland Bolling RIP / Gibbs SR first UK TV advert / Gunsmoke / David Haig / ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ - ‘Mystery Train’ / The Inheritors / ITN / ITV / It’s Always Fair Weather / The Jaguar Mark 1 / Journey Down a Rainbow / Killer’s Kiss / Kenny Kirkland / Left Hand of God / ‘Love and Marriage’ / Marjorie Morningstar / Barbara Mandell first female newsreader on UK TV / Christopher Mayhew takes mescaline - hydrochloride on Panorama / A Memory of Two Mondays / Muerte de un ciclista / Nabokov’s Lolita published in Paris / Brendan O’Carroll / Juan Peron ousted in Argentina / Eddie Fisher marries Debbie Reynolds / Rockall formally annexed by UK / Karl-Heinz Rummenigge / Peter Scolari / Sixpenny Corner / Sunday Night at the London Palladium / Take Your Pick / The Tall Man / The Trouble with Harry / Trumpets and Drums / The Woodentops / Zucchero (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings from the archives:
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.

Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.

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Justin Lewis
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6 months ago
Events for Sept 1975: white text on black background in a homage to the Space 1999 titles: Angels / Animal Kwackers / Another Green World / Black Moon / Michael Buble / Capital / Chrysler UK Alpine Hatchback / Marion Cotillard / Crisis, What Crisis? / Days of Hope / Dog Day Afternoon / Declan Donnelly / Catherine Evans RIP / Fawlty Towers / ‘Fly Robin Fly’ / The Gamekeeper / Gangsters / Give Em Hell, Harry! / The Great Grape Ape / Guerrillas / Chris Hawkins / Hearing Secret Harmonies / Here Comes Mumfie / ‘Hold Me Close’ / ‘Low Rider’ / ‘Mamma Mia’ / Mitchell / My Brother’s Keeper / National Railway Museum, York / ‘Nights on Broadway’ / Numero Deux / Papua New Guinea independence / The John Peel Show / Pennine Radio / Phyllis / Pop Quest / The Realms of Gold / ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’ / Mark Ronson / Runaround / Doria Shafiq RIP / Sinclair Black Watch / Spaghetti House siege, London / Space: 1999 / Supersonic / Three Days of the Condor / TV Tennis Electrotennis / Two’s Company / The W1A 4WW Show / Welcome Back Kotter / WGPR TV, Detroit / Wish You Were Here (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Events for Sept 1975: white text on black background in a homage to the Space 1999 titles: Angels / Animal Kwackers / Another Green World / Black Moon / Michael Buble / Capital / Chrysler UK Alpine Hatchback / Marion Cotillard / Crisis, What Crisis? / Days of Hope / Dog Day Afternoon / Declan Donnelly / Catherine Evans RIP / Fawlty Towers / ‘Fly Robin Fly’ / The Gamekeeper / Gangsters / Give Em Hell, Harry! / The Great Grape Ape / Guerrillas / Chris Hawkins / Hearing Secret Harmonies / Here Comes Mumfie / ‘Hold Me Close’ / ‘Low Rider’ / ‘Mamma Mia’ / Mitchell / My Brother’s Keeper / National Railway Museum, York / ‘Nights on Broadway’ / Numero Deux / Papua New Guinea independence / The John Peel Show / Pennine Radio / Phyllis / Pop Quest / The Realms of Gold / ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’ / Mark Ronson / Runaround / Doria Shafiq RIP / Sinclair Black Watch / Spaghetti House siege, London / Space: 1999 / Supersonic / Three Days of the Condor / TV Tennis Electrotennis / Two’s Company / The W1A 4WW Show / Welcome Back Kotter / WGPR TV, Detroit / Wish You Were Here (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Thursday 4 Sept 1975: at 7pm some but not all ITV regions (not London for instance) first showed #Space1999. #WhenWasThings

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7 months ago
Events from August 1990: multi-coloured spiralling text on light purple background: 100 Miles and Runnin’ / Air America / ‘And it Wasn’t a Dream’ / Pearl Bailey RIP / BBC Radio Five / Bellybutton / Blaze of Glory / Bossanova / ‘Come Together’ / The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Darkman / Drop the Dead Donkey / Earshot / Edutainment / The Exorcist III / Facelift / ‘Fascinating Rhythm’ / Flatliners / Graffiti Bridge / ‘Groovy Train’ / ‘Heart Like a Wheel’ / Hit the North’ / ‘Ice Ice Baby’ / ‘Iceblink Luck’ / ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’ / Brian Keenan released / Jennifer Lawrence / Liberty / Mama Said Knock You Out / Joe Mercer RIP / The Mix / Mo’ Better Blues / My Blue Heaven / No Fences / Persistence of Time / Pornograffiti / ‘Praying for Time’ / Pump Up the Volume (film) / ‘Ragga Trip’/‘Hooligan 69’ / Rave (R5) / Ritual de lo Habituel / Rollercoaster / ‘Suicide Blonde’ / Time’s Up / The Two Jakes / Stevie Ray Vaughan RIP / ‘White Lightning’ / Wild at Heart / The Witches (film) / The Word / World Clique / Young Guns II (C) WWT JSL MMXX

Events from August 1990: multi-coloured spiralling text on light purple background: 100 Miles and Runnin’ / Air America / ‘And it Wasn’t a Dream’ / Pearl Bailey RIP / BBC Radio Five / Bellybutton / Blaze of Glory / Bossanova / ‘Come Together’ / The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Darkman / Drop the Dead Donkey / Earshot / Edutainment / The Exorcist III / Facelift / ‘Fascinating Rhythm’ / Flatliners / Graffiti Bridge / ‘Groovy Train’ / ‘Heart Like a Wheel’ / Hit the North’ / ‘Ice Ice Baby’ / ‘Iceblink Luck’ / ‘I’ve Been Thinking About You’ / Brian Keenan released / Jennifer Lawrence / Liberty / Mama Said Knock You Out / Joe Mercer RIP / The Mix / Mo’ Better Blues / My Blue Heaven / No Fences / Persistence of Time / Pornograffiti / ‘Praying for Time’ / Pump Up the Volume (film) / ‘Ragga Trip’/‘Hooligan 69’ / Rave (R5) / Ritual de lo Habituel / Rollercoaster / ‘Suicide Blonde’ / Time’s Up / The Two Jakes / Stevie Ray Vaughan RIP / ‘White Lightning’ / Wild at Heart / The Witches (film) / The Word / World Clique / Young Guns II (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings archive: Number 42: August 1990:
Ragga Twins and Cocteau Twins, Londonbeat and GlobeLink News, Mark Radcliffe and David Lynch, George Michael and Spike Lee, Living Colour and Deee-Lite

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8 months ago

To Kill a Mockingbird was first published 65 years ago today. #WhenWasThings

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8 months ago

The #WhenWasThings thread keeps growing.

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When a spectacular pun just lands in your lap. #WhenWasThings

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#WhenWasThings events for July 1960: styled like an Etch-a-Sketch, but with the yellow/red edges of Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. The list of events, continuous black handwritten text on a grey screen background spiralling in a 'landscape square ring' towards the centre'. 'Ain't That a Kick in the Head' / Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes PM of Ceylon / Battle of Beaulieu / The Bellboy / Aneurin Bevan RIP / 'Chain Gang' / Francis Chichester + Gypsy Moth II complete Atlantic crossing in 40 days / Vince Clarke / Lt Columbo / Republique du Congo / The Entertainer (film) / Etch-a-Sketch / Leonora Eyles RIP / Ghana / Gabrielle Glaister / Head of the Family / Ian Hislop / Homage to Clio / 'It's Now or Never' / Jigoku / State of Katanga independent / Angelique Kidjo / A Kind of Loving / Richard Linklater / Jane Lynch / A Man for All Seasons, London premiere / 'New Frontier / Jafar Panahi / Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting / Caroline Quentin / The Sea at Dauphin / Six in the Rain at the Royal Court / The Shadows' 'Apache' / Sketches of Spain / Somali Republic / Mark Steel / To Kill a Mockingbird / Pete Tong / US Presidential Nominations - Kennedy vs Nixon / Ethel Voynich RIP copyright WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings events for July 1960: styled like an Etch-a-Sketch, but with the yellow/red edges of Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. The list of events, continuous black handwritten text on a grey screen background spiralling in a 'landscape square ring' towards the centre'. 'Ain't That a Kick in the Head' / Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes PM of Ceylon / Battle of Beaulieu / The Bellboy / Aneurin Bevan RIP / 'Chain Gang' / Francis Chichester + Gypsy Moth II complete Atlantic crossing in 40 days / Vince Clarke / Lt Columbo / Republique du Congo / The Entertainer (film) / Etch-a-Sketch / Leonora Eyles RIP / Ghana / Gabrielle Glaister / Head of the Family / Ian Hislop / Homage to Clio / 'It's Now or Never' / Jigoku / State of Katanga independent / Angelique Kidjo / A Kind of Loving / Richard Linklater / Jane Lynch / A Man for All Seasons, London premiere / 'New Frontier / Jafar Panahi / Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting / Caroline Quentin / The Sea at Dauphin / Six in the Rain at the Royal Court / The Shadows' 'Apache' / Sketches of Spain / Somali Republic / Mark Steel / To Kill a Mockingbird / Pete Tong / US Presidential Nominations - Kennedy vs Nixon / Ethel Voynich RIP copyright WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings archive: Number 39: July 1960:
Etch-a-Sketches of Spain, with Harper Lee and Derek Walcott, Stan Barstow and Robert Bolt, Carl Reiner and the Shadows - plus Sri Lanka's Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the first elected female PM in the world.

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Justin Lewis
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8 months ago

Of all the ones I've done so far, this took the longest to do. #WhenWasThings

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Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social
8 months ago
The events of July 1967 for #WhenWasThings, but hand-written as mirror image text (no AI or computer trickery here). Multi-coloured text on green background: 12th Street Riot / 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Union / Abortion Act 1967 / 'All You Need is Love' / Pamela Anderson / Tudor Arghezi RIP / 'A Bad Night' / BBC2 Colour: Wimbledon / Bee Gees' 1st / The Big Mouth / British Steel Corporation / Callan / Canned Heat (LP) / Chuka / John Coltrane RIP / 'Death of a Clown' / Vin Diesel / 'Even the Bad Times Are Good' / 'Excerpt from a Teenage Opera' / 'Fakin' It' / Will Ferrell / The Golden Shot / Norwell Gumbs, first Black policeman in Met Police / Juliana Hatfield / 'Heroes and Villains' / Philip Seymour Hoffman / Homosexuality decriminalised for gay men over 21 in England and Wales / 'I'll Never Fall in Love Again' / Rhys Ifans / Margaret Kennedy RIP / Jhumpa Lahiri / The Long Duel / Albert Luthuli RIP / Matt LeBlanc / Vivien Leigh RIP / The Naked Runner / News at Ten / 'Ode to Billie Joe' / One-Armed Swordsman / Operation Buffalo / Our Mother's House (film) / John Petrucci / 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' / Basil Rathbone RIP / 'Reflections' / Carl Sandburg RIP / Albertine Sarrazin RIP / Tom Simpson RIP / Jason Statham / Tanzanite / The Temptations With a Lot O'Soul / Test Card F / Triangle / Up the Down Escalator / Welsh Language Act 1967 / Wuhan Incident / Elizabeth Wurtzel / '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher' (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

The events of July 1967 for #WhenWasThings, but hand-written as mirror image text (no AI or computer trickery here). Multi-coloured text on green background: 12th Street Riot / 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Union / Abortion Act 1967 / 'All You Need is Love' / Pamela Anderson / Tudor Arghezi RIP / 'A Bad Night' / BBC2 Colour: Wimbledon / Bee Gees' 1st / The Big Mouth / British Steel Corporation / Callan / Canned Heat (LP) / Chuka / John Coltrane RIP / 'Death of a Clown' / Vin Diesel / 'Even the Bad Times Are Good' / 'Excerpt from a Teenage Opera' / 'Fakin' It' / Will Ferrell / The Golden Shot / Norwell Gumbs, first Black policeman in Met Police / Juliana Hatfield / 'Heroes and Villains' / Philip Seymour Hoffman / Homosexuality decriminalised for gay men over 21 in England and Wales / 'I'll Never Fall in Love Again' / Rhys Ifans / Margaret Kennedy RIP / Jhumpa Lahiri / The Long Duel / Albert Luthuli RIP / Matt LeBlanc / Vivien Leigh RIP / The Naked Runner / News at Ten / 'Ode to Billie Joe' / One-Armed Swordsman / Operation Buffalo / Our Mother's House (film) / John Petrucci / 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' / Basil Rathbone RIP / 'Reflections' / Carl Sandburg RIP / Albertine Sarrazin RIP / Tom Simpson RIP / Jason Statham / Tanzanite / The Temptations With a Lot O'Soul / Test Card F / Triangle / Up the Down Escalator / Welsh Language Act 1967 / Wuhan Incident / Elizabeth Wurtzel / '(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher' (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

#WhenWasThings archive: Number 79: July 1967:
The Incredible String Band and the Tremeloes, Bobbie Gentry and Edward Woodward, Jimmy Wang and The Supremes, Tom Jones and The Beau Brummels, Keith West and Jackie Wilson.

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8 months ago

About to upload another #WhenWasThings from the vault and I promise you - as with all the others - that absolutely no AI trickery was involved.

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Take a look at #WhenIsBirths and #WhenWasThings art cards in this thread - I create exclusive commissions, perfect for loved ones' birthdays, anniversaries etc. Contact me! Email is in my bio.

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A blue blue blue 1968 (complete with ALT text) #WhenWasThings

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June 1968 events for #WhenWasThings: various shades of blue text on blue background (all Os and 0s represented as bubbles): 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed / Samira Ahmed / Aretha Now / Bandolero / Bare Wires / The Basil Brush Show / ‘Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy’ / Belgrade: student protests / ‘Born to Be Wild’ / Cassandre RIP / Colour Me Pop / Jon Culshaw / ‘Days’ / ‘Dogs’ / Jason Donovan / ‘D.W. Washburn’ / Fairport Convention LP / ‘Fire’ / Ford Dagenham women sewing machinists’ strike / Friends / Dorothy Gish RIP / The Green Berets / Tony Hancock RIP / ‘Hard to Handle’ / ‘Hello I Love You’ / ‘Here Comes the Judge’ / ‘Hush’ / ‘I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten’ / ‘I Get the Sweetest Feeling’ / The Inflated Tear / ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ / the jacuzzi / Patricia Jessel RIP / Captain W.E. Johns RIP / Helen Keller RIP / Robert F Kennedy RIP / ‘Last Night in Soho’ / BBC Radio Leeds / Legoland, Bilung / The Lost Continent / The March of the 100,000, Rio de Janeiro / Esther Matthews RIP / Me Mammy / Eddy Merckx wins the Giro d’Italia / Wes Montgomery RIP / Never a Dull Moment / Randy Newman LP / Sally O’Neil RIP / Sarah Parish / The Pentangle LP / Peterloo Overture premiered / Poor People’s March on Washington / The Prodigal Son / Punch and Judy / The Real Inspector Hound / Iwan Roberts / Robert Rodriguez / Rosemary’s Baby / Round the Horne final episode / A Saucerful of Secrets / The Secret Life of an American Wife / Serenade to a Soul Sister / ‘Soul Limbo’ / Speedway / The Sunday Times Golden Globe race begins / The Sweet Ride / Marcel Theroux / The Thomas Crown Affair / ‘Universal’ / Adam Woodyatt (C) WWT JSL MMXX

June 1968 events for #WhenWasThings: various shades of blue text on blue background (all Os and 0s represented as bubbles): 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed / Samira Ahmed / Aretha Now / Bandolero / Bare Wires / The Basil Brush Show / ‘Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy’ / Belgrade: student protests / ‘Born to Be Wild’ / Cassandre RIP / Colour Me Pop / Jon Culshaw / ‘Days’ / ‘Dogs’ / Jason Donovan / ‘D.W. Washburn’ / Fairport Convention LP / ‘Fire’ / Ford Dagenham women sewing machinists’ strike / Friends / Dorothy Gish RIP / The Green Berets / Tony Hancock RIP / ‘Hard to Handle’ / ‘Hello I Love You’ / ‘Here Comes the Judge’ / ‘Hush’ / ‘I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten’ / ‘I Get the Sweetest Feeling’ / The Inflated Tear / ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ / the jacuzzi / Patricia Jessel RIP / Captain W.E. Johns RIP / Helen Keller RIP / Robert F Kennedy RIP / ‘Last Night in Soho’ / BBC Radio Leeds / Legoland, Bilung / The Lost Continent / The March of the 100,000, Rio de Janeiro / Esther Matthews RIP / Me Mammy / Eddy Merckx wins the Giro d’Italia / Wes Montgomery RIP / Never a Dull Moment / Randy Newman LP / Sally O’Neil RIP / Sarah Parish / The Pentangle LP / Peterloo Overture premiered / Poor People’s March on Washington / The Prodigal Son / Punch and Judy / The Real Inspector Hound / Iwan Roberts / Robert Rodriguez / Rosemary’s Baby / Round the Horne final episode / A Saucerful of Secrets / The Secret Life of an American Wife / Serenade to a Soul Sister / ‘Soul Limbo’ / Speedway / The Sunday Times Golden Globe race begins / The Sweet Ride / Marcel Theroux / The Thomas Crown Affair / ‘Universal’ / Adam Woodyatt (C) WWT JSL MMXX

#WhenWasThings archive: Number 38: June 1968:
Malcolm Arnold and The Monkees, Tom Stoppard and Dusty Springfield, Horace Silver and Deep Purple, Booker T and Ivan Owen, Roland Kirk and The Kinks.

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9 months ago
An arrangement of text in the shape of a left facing skeleton, stark white text on black background. #WhenWasThings events for June 1981. The Cannonball Run / ‘Ce n’etait qu’un reve’ / Clash of the Titans / Antony Costa / Duran Duran LP / Brandon Flowers / For Your Eyes Only / Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places / ‘Ghost Town’ / The Great Muppet Caper / ‘Hello America’ / History of the World Part 1 / Juju / Kerrang! / Kim Wilde LP / ‘New Life’ / No Sleep Til Hammersmith / ‘O Superman’ / Natalie Portman / A Product of… (Participation) / ‘Q Quarters’ / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Razzmatazz / ‘Sat in Your Lap’ / Amy Schumer / Season of Glass / Anoushka Shankar / Shergar wins Epsom Derby / Sheridan Smith / Somewhere in England / Sorry I’m a Stranger Here Myself / Stripes / Talk Talk Talk / ‘There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis’ / Wh’appen? / ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ / You Can’t Be Serious (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

An arrangement of text in the shape of a left facing skeleton, stark white text on black background. #WhenWasThings events for June 1981. The Cannonball Run / ‘Ce n’etait qu’un reve’ / Clash of the Titans / Antony Costa / Duran Duran LP / Brandon Flowers / For Your Eyes Only / Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places / ‘Ghost Town’ / The Great Muppet Caper / ‘Hello America’ / History of the World Part 1 / Juju / Kerrang! / Kim Wilde LP / ‘New Life’ / No Sleep Til Hammersmith / ‘O Superman’ / Natalie Portman / A Product of… (Participation) / ‘Q Quarters’ / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Razzmatazz / ‘Sat in Your Lap’ / Amy Schumer / Season of Glass / Anoushka Shankar / Shergar wins Epsom Derby / Sheridan Smith / Somewhere in England / Sorry I’m a Stranger Here Myself / Stripes / Talk Talk Talk / ‘There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis’ / Wh’appen? / ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ / You Can’t Be Serious (C) WWT JSL MMXXI

#WhenWasThings archive: Number 76: June 1981:
August Darnell and Mel Brooks, Laurie Anderson and Kate Bush, JG Ballard and Depeche Mode, Yoko Ono and George Harrison, The Psychedelic Furs and The Specials.

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