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In 1960 a tyre factory was black - the carbon black that makes rubber strong was handled loose, and it covered the floors, the machines and everybody in…
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In 1965 a mail order company printed a book of a thousand pages, committed to every price in it for six months, and posted it to millions of…
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In 1960 nobody on a building site wore a hard hat, the scaffolding was lashed together with rope, there were no guard rails at any edge, and the…
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In 1965 a record was made by everybody playing at once, in one room, with the balance set by moving musicians and microphones until it was right, and…
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In 1960 making malt meant soaking barley in a cistern, shovelling it out wet by hand, spreading it a few inches deep across a stone floor the length…
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In 1960 measuring a distance meant two people dragging a steel band across the ground and correcting the result for temperature, sag and slope. Measuring a height meant…