Found this record some years ago at Brick Lane flea market. It contains some charming if rather effete songs about an England that doesn...

"Sir Harry Lauder (1870 - 1950), the popular singer and entertainer, who won international renown, was born at Number 4 Bridge Street, ...

Found this LP of Private Eye's Golden Years of Sound at a boot sale a couple of years ago. It's a compliation of all the Christmas ...

The boot sale was a wash out today so delving in the archive found this compilation LP of some novelty songs by various people including Yog...

I found this book by Anna Russell at a flea market in the car park of Southend United football club some years ago. At the time I was drawn ...

"Josephine Baker grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, but left home at an early age and began performing on stage. She appeared in the choru...

Having lived in the east end of London for some years I was always dazzled by the exotic looking Bollywood record sleeves I used to see dow...

Billy Bennett Originally uploaded by wastedpapiers . A brief history of Billy Bennett (1887 - 1942) "My father was a very clev...

royhudd Originally uploaded by wastedpapiers . "A famous face in showbiz for thirty five years, Roy Hudd is natural comedy ent...

marty Originally uploaded by wastedpapiers . Actually I'm cheating here a bit as these two tracks were from a tape that someone...

.....and very few boot sales left, so why am I starting this blog about boot sales that will all fizzle out soon? Well, I've had this ya...