Whirligig - 1950s British TV Nostalgia

Whirligig is a website devoted to 1950's British Television Nostalgia.

There is something for everyone here, with sections about '50s TV History, TV News, nostalgic memories of a television kid of the '50s, snippets of information about TV and Radio in the '50s, and the Whirligig Message Board which is a friendly forum to discuss 1950's television and radio in Britain.

The T-Cozy blog

If you love looking at (or indeed collecting) vintage things, or you just feel like you want to wallow in a nostalgic mood, you will enjoy the beautiful blog, The T-Cozy.

The blog features photos of items from a business called T-Party Antiques & Tea Room (Connecticut, USA.) which means you can have a virtual tour of their charming shop and drool over the tea time treats without gaining weight!

Lulu's Vintage Blog

Anne of Portland, Oregon, owns Lulu's Vintage Blog and Store.

Anne writes about vintage fashion, collectibles, housewares, and advertisements. She also provides links to sites where you can purchase vintage items

Retro Food Recipes - vintage recipes

Retro Food Recipes offers exactly that,"a collection of authentic vintage recipes." It's a fantastic resource for all those old but classic recipes.

There is a fun blog called Retro To Go too. It's a "guide to all things hip and retro" with features about retro items available for purchase on the net, and if you feel like having a chat, check out the Retro To Go Forums where you can discuss your favourite decade or join any of the other interesting discussions in the forum.

A blog featuring retro recipes

A fun blog called Jam Handy! is the home of retro recipes.

Free Old Time Horror & SciFi Radio Shows

TheMonsterClub offers Old Time Horror and Scifi Radio shows, to download free of charge.

Retro Housewife

Retro Housewife is a fun and useful site with HOUSEWIFE ADVICE & TIPS and features about Retro Furniture, Retro Fashion and The Retro Housewife Forum.

There's a retro housewife blog too, called Retro Housewife and The Ladies who Lunch - "A Blog for the ladies who are housewives by profession".

Free vintage radio shows

This is cool:
Radiolovers.com "offer hundreds of vintage radio shows for you to listen to online in mp3 format, all for free."

The British Sitcom Guide

The British Sitcom Guide is "an ever expanding online reference website for fans of UK situation comedy." It's an impressive site.

American cartoons

Do you like cartoons? If so, you will appreciate a website called, Don Markstein's Toonopedia which offers loads of information about American cartoons or as (quite correctly) stated on the site: A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge.

A site about phone boxes

Kiosk Korner is a fun and fascinating site about British phone boxes (and police call boxes) with photos and interesting historical background.

Buy old fashioned sweets online

If you love sweets and you have a hankering for the old fashioned kind that aren't readily available in shops anymore, you will probably like to peruse and bookmark the following online businesses:

Mrs Browns Traditional Victorian Sweet shop which "has hunted down nearly 300 traditional sweets and old-fashioned forgotten sweets from days gone by."

and

Village Sweet Shop which "stocks over 600 different sweets ranging from Herbal Tablets to Flying Saucers."

and

Sweet Sentiments: "A Traditional Sweet Shop selling Old-fashioned Sweets"