Retro Traveller Gifts

Lady visiting the 1862 International Exhibition fands that the omnibuses ruin her crinolines

"So then, after I'd invented my time machine, I thought: why not go back and visit the good old days?"

'What's with the overnight bag, Orville?'

Excess Baggage: In the old days folks called 2 weeks with 4 kids in a non-air conditioned car a vacation.

Courtyard of the Hotel de France, Montreuil.

"Convertible. Must be nice."

Tourist

"He's teaching me map skills, such as how to fold it."

'Looks like they were sun worshippers.'

'I'd kill for concrete.'

'Let me look at that map...'

'I never tire of watching Hippies go by: They're so colourful...'

A pilgrim driving a camper leaving the Mayflower ship.

Floating Dragon

"Is it just me or are wagon wheels smaller than they used to be?"

The Bonvoy Age...

1930's bather.

This'n song here, "She Done Me Wrong 'n' That Ain't Right," goes out to my high school english teacher.

60s vs. Over-60s camper van

"You know what they say: if you can remember the Sixties then talk about them endlessly on BBC Four documentaries."

I can't wait till they get one of those things...

Man met with a horse instead of a carriage at the railway station

'Do you have anywhere abroad, but like England in 1957.'

Rest Area: Prospectors' Trail

Sketches by Boz - Ticket Office at Coach Station

"I don't understand it; when I was his age I was out all day abducting..."

Louis Daguerre takes a selfie

Antiques Roadshow or Bust!

The Clean old Days.

"Instant? In my day they used to make it from scratch."

Easier Said Than Done.

Carriage sliding on ice

"Hi it's me. I'm on a camel train."

King Madras

A teenager imagines how the world looked prior to the invention of the internet