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, 30 July 2015

Roy, The Telekinetic Child-Owl (1973-1979)

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Scarfolk Council was no stranger to invading the privacy of ordinary families. Back in December we introduced you to the council Christmas B...
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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Cub Scout "Bob-a-Body" Week (1977)

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The annual boy scout Bob-a-Job week was an institution. However, from 1975 the jobs that scouts were expected to undertake moved away from ...
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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Poverty & 1970s Pelican Books

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Poor, uneducated people have always been obstinate in their selfish desire to ruin the contentment of those from more important social class...
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Thursday, 2 July 2015

"Mindborstal" Psychological Detention Drug

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Following the publication of Children and Hallucinogens: The Future of Discipline  in 1971, several products were developed by Cavalier...
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Thursday, 25 June 2015

Children's Nuclear Warning Poster (1979)

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In the late 1970s the nuclear arms race was almost as popular as squash.  On the face of it, Scarfolk council wanted to prepare c...
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Thursday, 18 June 2015

Possessed Birthday Cards (1978)

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Bubbles, the clown who appeared in the BBC TV testcard , was very popular in the 1970s. He even had his own animated public information seri...
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Thursday, 11 June 2015

"Natal Truancy" Leaflet (1974)

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A 1974 study by the NCC (Natal Crime Commission) in Scarfolk discovered that 2 out of 5 pregnant women were not turning up for the bi...
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Friday, 5 June 2015

"Sense a Presence?" Public Information (1970)

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In 1970 a council public information campaign warned citizens that they should be afraid, though it didn't clarify exactly what it w...
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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Expiration Cards (1970s)

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"Have you ever worried about how and when you might pass away? With an Expiration Card you needn't worry ever again..." (From ...
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Thursday, 21 May 2015

"Unlearn...Privacy" Cards (1970s)

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During the 1970s, the Scarfolk Education Publishing company produced packs of cards which taught children about society and its expectati...
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Thursday, 14 May 2015

"Lung Puppy" Sentient Toy (1975)

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This magazine scan is of an advert for 'Lung Puppy', one of the many so-called "sentient toys" on the market in the ...
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Friday, 1 May 2015

"Watch Out! There's a Politician About" Election Week Posters (1975)

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The general election will soon be upon us so we thought we'd upload a new poster every day during the week's run up. All the poste...
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Thursday, 23 April 2015

"Don't Struggle" Campaign (1972)

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In 1972 extensive government studies suggested that the people of Britain were in an odd mood. GPs were reporting higher incidences of d...
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Thursday, 16 April 2015

"Raingods" Children's TV Programme (1970s)

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Rainbow was a popular daytime children's television programme in the 1970s. Yet very few people realise that it was originally pitched a...
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Thursday, 9 April 2015

Confectionery-Branded Cigarettes (1970s)

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As part of its decade-long Cigaretiquette campaign (see here ), Scarfolk council wanted children to start smoking cigarettes, cigars and pip...
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Friday, 3 April 2015

Rabies Easter Egg Packaging (1979)

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This post is part one of two about confectionery. By the late 1970s, vaccine injections increased to 9 times daily with 12 on Sundays ...
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Thursday, 26 March 2015

"Emergency Services Telephone Number" (1977-1979)

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In 1977, Scarfolk Council was disconcerted to learn that poor citizens and immigrants had figured out how to call the emergency services...
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Thursday, 19 March 2015

Scarfolk Children's Books (1970s)

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This year it's 100 years since Ladybird books were first published. Generations of children turned to these pocket-sized hardbacks for ...
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Thursday, 12 March 2015

"The Anti-Weeping Campaign" Magazine Advertisement (1977)

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This advertisement appeared in children's magazines in the 1970s following studies into child behaviour. Researchers found that chil...
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Monday, 9 March 2015

"Violence On" (1970-1978)

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This title screenshot is all that remains of 'Violence On', a children's TV programme that ran from 1970 to 1978. Each episo...
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Thursday, 5 March 2015

"Bounce of Death" Public Information (1976)

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In 1976 Scarfolk council was accused of unnecessarily endangering children's lives. In addition to placing municipal bouncy castles ...
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Pedestrian 'Bastard Lanes' (1970s)

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'Bastard Lanes', as they came to be known, were devised for unwed mothers and their unclean offspring. The narrow pedestrian footpat...
Thursday, 19 February 2015

"Management Psychology" (Klofracs Books, 1972)

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  In the 1970s, big business concerned itself exclusively with getting results, irrespective of negative effect...
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Saturday, 14 February 2015

"Romantic Bile Awareness" (1979)

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The romantic bile awareness campaign was launched on Valentine's Day, 1979. It came about following medical research into "tha...
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