<![CDATA[🧵A somewhat niche thread.]]>🧵A somewhat niche thread. Film posters inadvertently photographed by postwar town planners.
I found most in the Manchester Archives+ and Manchester Libraries archives.
#1: Dr. No

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b3462661-8d1f-4182-874e-c25e1b6d639e/a-somewhat-niche-thread.RSS for NodeTue, 02 Jun 2026 06:36:21 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 08:42:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:17:00 GMT]]>@AndyIncarnate Ah, yes! Looks like it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526875971166888https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526875971166888Wed, 06 May 2026 09:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:14:15 GMT]]>@Richard_Littler Is that "On the Buses" between Dr Who and the Levenshulme Fair?

I realised as I was writing that "Dr Who and the Levenshulme Fair" sounds like it might have been one of those really creepy episodes where people at the Levenshulme Fair have been hypnotised and are behaving not-quite-normal enough to be sinister.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/AndyIncarnate/statuses/116526865183421185https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/AndyIncarnate/statuses/116526865183421185Wed, 06 May 2026 09:14:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:03 GMT]]>I think this is the oldest I've found. 1933.
Accidents Wanted / Midnight Patrol (Laurel & Hardy) / My Woman / The Thrill Hunter

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526844732774289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526844732774289Wed, 06 May 2026 09:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:06:30 GMT]]>Confessions of a Nazi Spy / Ali Baba Goes to Town / The Three Musketeers / Ex-Champ / ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526834680391766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526834680391766Wed, 06 May 2026 09:06:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:05:25 GMT]]>I've too many postwar examples to post all here, but here are a couple of pre- (or on the cusp of) war examples:

Bachelor Mother / Hell's Kitchen / Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever / Three Smart Girls Grow up / Beau Geste / Five Came Back / Treasure Island

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/pizza_roquette/statuses/116526822327315139https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/pizza_roquette/statuses/116526822327315139Wed, 06 May 2026 09:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:02:34 GMT]]>Poor Cow

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526815359160665https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526815359160665Wed, 06 May 2026 09:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:58:39 GMT]]>Traffic / Cabaret / Where Eagles Dare / Midnight Cowboy

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526799579140157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526799579140157Wed, 06 May 2026 08:57:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:56:25 GMT]]>Blue Hawaii / Tom Thumb / Mysterious Island / The Pirates of Blood River

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526795016192835https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526795016192835Wed, 06 May 2026 08:56:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:55:11 GMT]]>Saturday Night and Sunday Morning / Planet of the Apes

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526790160955213https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526790160955213Wed, 06 May 2026 08:55:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:53:32 GMT]]>Genevieve / Witchfinder General / Doctor Faustus

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526783680332412https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526783680332412Wed, 06 May 2026 08:53:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:51:35 GMT]]>Shaft / Puppet on a Chain

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526776029794316https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526776029794316Wed, 06 May 2026 08:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:50:22 GMT]]>ABC Minors Matinees

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526771246622122https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526771246622122Wed, 06 May 2026 08:50:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:49:25 GMT]]>Ryan's Daughter / Love Story

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526767518198465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526767518198465Wed, 06 May 2026 08:49:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:48:07 GMT]]>Help! / Mozambique / Darby O'Gill and the Little People / The Toast of New Orleans

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526762411199174https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526762411199174Wed, 06 May 2026 08:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:46:59 GMT]]>Dracula / The Fly

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526757966142778https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Richard_Littler/statuses/116526757966142778Wed, 06 May 2026 08:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🧵A somewhat niche thread. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:45:51 GMT]]>Dr. Who & the Daleks / A Shot in the Dark

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