Victorian trousers left in personal 'time capsule'
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Workers renovating a British theatre have uncovered a personal time capsule left the last time the building was spruced up, containing a letter and, more curiously, a pair of Victorian trousers.
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In 1904 it was "hip." In 2004 it's "chav." In between, there was "racism," "cyborg," "punk" and "9/11." They are all words chosen by a book that charts the creation of new words over the past 100 years.
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By Edited by Katie Stirling  THANKS to Claire Collins, of Ayr, who wins my weekly tenner with this daft picture.  If you have a funny internet image, why not share it with us? Please include your full postal address.  (c) 2006 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).
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The number of kinds of louse that people can carry sheds light on when humans lost their body hair, and when they first made clothing.
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Life & style: On the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, we revisit the appallingly repressive atmosphere of the Fifties and Sixties.
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In a world where the quest for the latest and greatest is all consuming, the Retro Kids, who prefer to rummage through thrift-store bins and scour the Internet for their old-school looks, are an anomaly.
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Take a photo tour of the predecessors of your favorite modern-day devices. By Christopher Null from Wired magazine.
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Classic ditties, dirty jokes: The phonograph was an outlet for both in the 1890s. Some of the lewd material is part of a new collection.
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Pieces of Britain's past, including a second-century silver ring and a 500-year-old Tudor trade weight, are among artefacts being peddled daily on the Internet to the alarm of experts at the British Museum.
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Part 2: A 19th-century woman's break with tradition - and '15 minutes of fame' - rediscovered.
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Desperate for a housewifeâs outfit? You can find it online.
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One of the word's greatest collections of historical letters, including a note written by Napoleon to his lover Josephine, has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room.
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Michael Cox's book has the ornate, curlicued linguistic niceties of a Dickensian period piece.
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PATIENTS suffering from chest pain have been offered an unusual cure - putting on a pair of vibrating trousers. The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle is one of the first in the country to start treating patients
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THE great-grandfather of modern computers was today being commemorated with a special set of stamps. Bletchley Park Post Office is issuing a first day cover featuring the 1943 Colossus.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Technological changes and  personal privacy have been at odds ever since modern notions of  privacy emerged more than a century ago.
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Life & style: Gallery: Ease your conscience with these ethical summer skirts.