The Great Scottish Bingo Panic of 1958

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 02, 2016
Category: 1950s | Gambling, Casinos, Lotteries and Other Games of Chance | Europe | Moral Panics and Public Hysteria

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The trend ended when their men came home and kilt them....

Posted by Csd on 10/02/16 at 06:35 PM

After all the warnings against things that would destroy civilization - comic books, moving picture palaces, the automobile, the hula hoop (I'm sure some one railed against it at one time) - I'm convinced that religion poses a greater danger than all combined.

Posted by KDP on 10/03/16 at 08:50 AM

And yet, KDP, we've had religion for literally hundreds of times as long as any of those, and it hasn't destroyed civilisation yet - quite the contrary, it has created it.

Posted by Richard Bos on 10/03/16 at 12:08 PM

Well of course Scots women were attracted to bingo - every card comes with a free space.

Posted by busterggi on 10/07/16 at 03:20 PM

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