Scarfolk Council

Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight fever. "Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay." For more information please reread.

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Thursday, 31 October 2013

"Pagan Paediatrics" Pelican Books, 1974

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Happy Halloween/Samhain from everyone at Scarfolk Council. There was always conflict between science and religion in Scarfolk, particul...
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Friday, 18 October 2013

The "Little White Sam" Book Ban (1977)

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"Little White Sam" had always been a very popular book among Scarfolk children, but in 1977 the Scarfolk Association of Teachers c...
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Sunday, 13 October 2013

"Audio Control for Baby" (Scarfolk Records & Tapes, 1970)

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The cassette called "Audio Control for Baby" (Scarfolk Records & Tapes, 1970) has long been lost but we do have this recording...
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Monday, 7 October 2013

"Charley says...[obey or die]" (1973)

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Bad behaviour was rampant in 1970s Scarfolk and disciplining children was a major concern. The so-called 'degenerate generation...
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Sunday, 29 September 2013

Porn-Education (1976-1979)

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More rare screenshots this week. In 1976 the Scarfolk Board of Education was faced with a problem: Children weren't educated enough to...
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Saturday, 21 September 2013

"Seducing Students & Secretaries" (BBC 1, 1977)

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In 1977 BBC Scarfolk broadcast a 'schools and colleges' series that prepared children for the world of work awaiting them. The progr...
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Friday, 13 September 2013

Happy Friday the13th from Scarfolk Coven!

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Everyone at Scarfolk Coven would like to you wish you all the best for today, Friday the 13th. So mote it be, dear citizens, so mote it be. ...
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Thursday, 12 September 2013

"Patient #249" EEG Recording 01.11.1977

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In 1977 Scarfolk Clinic conducted sleep experiments on a local boy known only as 'Patient #249'. He suffered from severe nightmares ...
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Thursday, 5 September 2013

Falling Disorder (mid-1970s)

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In the mid-1970s, Scarfolk was under pressure from the government to investigate a high incidence of suicides and tourist deaths in the...
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Friday, 30 August 2013

Scarfolk Council Health & Safety (1973-1974)

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As many of you know, a vaccination introduces a small amount of a virus to the body so that it may build up an immunity. Scarfolk Council ap...
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

The Scarfolk Towers Murders - Comic Book Adaptation (1977)

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Some of you may recall the spate of murders at Scarfolk council's social housing flagship, Scarfolk Towers (it was touched upon in Scarf...
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Monday, 5 August 2013

'Go Home' Racism & Living Toys (mid-1970s)

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This allegedly innocuous British Rail poster, which could be seen all around Scarfolk in the mid-1970s, is pertinent because it touches on i...
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013

"Gynaecology for Anxious Patients" & Puppetology (1973)

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After the last post about inflatable child substitutes, a young reader has written in asking about the use of dolls in general. Puppets an...
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Saturday, 20 July 2013

"Vulnerable Sam: Inflatable Child Substitute" (1972)

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  This educational product went on the market in late 1972 and was targeted at prospective parents, nursery school teachers and chu...
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Monday, 15 July 2013

"Twice Tasty" Secondhand food schemes (1970s)

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Tolerating poor people has always been a challenge to more civilised, useful members of society. Because of a historical legal statute the ...
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Saturday, 6 July 2013

"Son Oil" Baby Marinade (1979)

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It has been some time since the mayor permitted us access to his collection of 1970s pharmaceutical postcards. Here's one for the summer...
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Friday, 28 June 2013

"We Won't Forget. So You Can't" (1973)

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Illicitly and unconstitutionally spying on a whole nation requires an enormous amount of taxpayers' money. That is why, in 1973, Scarfol...
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Monday, 24 June 2013

"Mr. Nationalist"

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Until 1978 foreigners were officially classified by the government as livestock and were subcategorised by odour. Defining who was and was...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Primary school tapeworm experiments (1970s)

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Back in the 1970s there was no way of ascertaining how some medical products might affect humans. Rabbits, chimps and other animals were n...
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Sunday, 9 June 2013

"Is Mankind a Board Game?" 1973

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Scarfolk had its fair share of UFO/deity conspiracies in the 1970s. The town's resident UFO expert Bert Cage insisted that extraterrestr...
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Friday, 31 May 2013

"Scarfolk Drop" Tourism poster. 1970

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Decades before 'assisted suicide' was offered by organisations such as Switzerland's Dignitas, Scarfolk Council had its own kind...
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Saturday, 25 May 2013

Sex, Sex, Sex 1978 (Part II)

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Here's another page from the 1978 biology textbook taught in Scarfolk schools. This time it's about female reproduction. ...
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Saturday, 18 May 2013

"Pick off your litter" & Mobile Termination Units (1977)

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After the case of James Sprout (go here for more detail) the government realised that parents desired more control over their offspring, so...
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Friday, 10 May 2013

The "Don't" campaign and Kak, 1973

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This public information poster is from the "Don't" campaign, which started in 1973. The council became increasingly concerne...
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013

The ghost of Mrs. Payne (field recording), 1975

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The mayor has decided that it's time to hear more from Scarfolk's audio archive. This post refers to a previous one about the disa...
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

1970s greetings cards

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On the subject on stationers (see previous post ), here's a greetings card sold during the mid-70s. This one was recently found behind a...
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Monday, 29 April 2013

W. Smith newspapers, magazines, stationery, 1979

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Here's a 1979 shopping carrier bag from W. Smith, a leading newsagent, stationers and music shop. When Winston Smith retired from the ...
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Friday, 26 April 2013

"Stop The Ripper From Killing Again" Police appeal ads

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This police message appeared in national newspapers and as posters in Scarfolk schools, libraries and community centres for occult clon...
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Monday, 22 April 2013

"Never Go With Strange Children" public information poster, 1977

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This public information poster was ubiquitous during the mid-1970s when there was a spate of cases involving adults being abducted ...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

"Put Down Old People At Birth" Conservative Party campaign leaflet, 1979

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With the funeral of ex-prime minister and hobby taxidermist Margaret Thatcher underway, it is perhaps appropriate that this item from the ar...
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Monday, 15 April 2013

Tupperware urns, 1973

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Here's a scan of a Tupperware advert that appeared in a 1973 issue of the The Scarfolk Times Sunday magazine. Back in the early 1970s...
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Friday, 12 April 2013

"Let's Learn About...Torture" 1976

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This textbook was taught in Scarfolk schools in 1976. Here's an excerpt from the introduction: " Experts agree that information a...
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Monday, 8 April 2013

"How to Wash a Child's Brain" Pelican Books, 1971

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With the SHS (Scarfolk Health Service) stretched to its limits and running low on resources, parents in the early 1970s were encouraged to r...
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Saturday, 6 April 2013

"Black Spot" public discretion cards, 1978

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Scarfolk Council had a few problems with outsiders, or "Scarfnots" as they were known, interfering in town affairs throughout ...
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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Meet Mr. Rumbelows, Minister for Health.

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Here's another page from the children's book " Let's Sing The Unspeakable Together, " which was first published in...
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Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Mills & Boon: "Catheters, Kisses & Colostomies" 1974

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Until 1971 married women were only allowed to leave their husbands' homes if they had the appropriate documentation. The so-called '...
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Monday, 1 April 2013

Vicks Vaporub Blindness Ointment, 1978

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You've probably not even recovered from the excitement of the last postcard from the mayor's rare 1970s pharmaceutical collection, ...
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Friday, 29 March 2013

Summer Holiday Diseases Colouring Book, 1976

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This is another page from the hospital records of the anonymous little girl who was found wandering Scarfolk in 1976 (more here ) The colo...
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Monday, 25 March 2013

Thought-Detector vans, 1973

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Many will remember the TV detector vans that stalked suburban Britain in the 1970s. Scarfolk was chosen to take part in a government schem...
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013

TV test card & "The Scarfolk Nurse"

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Here's a BBC Scarfolk TV testcard from 1970. The SHS (Scarfolk Health Service) suggested these particular photographs in an attempt to ...
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