All of the models featured, Molly Stevens, Jeanette Pearce, Margaret Simons and Toni Dais, hoped, as they say inside the magazine, to break into show business. Sadly, it seems that none got very far, at least under these names.
Sunday, 14 October 2012
And now in colour.......
The postman brought another bundle of 1950s Blighty magazines yesterday. These are from 1955 onwards and now sport a colour pin up on the cover (and still cost sixpence!).
All of the models featured, Molly Stevens, Jeanette Pearce, Margaret Simons and Toni Dais, hoped, as they say inside the magazine, to break into show business. Sadly, it seems that none got very far, at least under these names.
All of the models featured, Molly Stevens, Jeanette Pearce, Margaret Simons and Toni Dais, hoped, as they say inside the magazine, to break into show business. Sadly, it seems that none got very far, at least under these names.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Blighty
New arrivals into the Vintage Stuff archives are two copies of the humorous men's magazine, Blighty, these from January 1951.
The magazine was originally published in 1916, for troops serving in the war, ceasing in 1920. It was resurrected in 1939, continuing into the 1950s, offering stories, features and cartoons (often risqué, at least for the period), again, aimed mainly at men. By the mid-1950s, pin-ups were appearing on the cover and the name was changing; by 1960 it was a proper men's magazine, Parade, continuing as such until 1974, when the contents became more explicit.
The magazine was originally published in 1916, for troops serving in the war, ceasing in 1920. It was resurrected in 1939, continuing into the 1950s, offering stories, features and cartoons (often risqué, at least for the period), again, aimed mainly at men. By the mid-1950s, pin-ups were appearing on the cover and the name was changing; by 1960 it was a proper men's magazine, Parade, continuing as such until 1974, when the contents became more explicit.
Monday, 1 October 2012
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.....
.....as Keats would have it, is now upon us. Although our model is hardly dressed for autumn, she appears to be enjoying the effects of a strong breeze, as indeed are we. The park-keeper may not be so happy about the improper use of a litter bin however, she is no doubt in contravention of several council by-laws.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Something for the teenagers
Two little advertisements from the pages of Picturegoer magazine dated 1958/59. Just the job for playing the latest tune by Miki & Griff...........
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Of Steam and Suspenders
When searching through pictures of vintage pin-ups for inclusion in this blog (it's a tough job, etc.), I try to include something else in the pose. Thus, we have had Amanda climbing a stile, Jayne with her Jag and Fiona Richmond sandwiched between to big blokes and so on.
Sorting through some pictures recently, I came across this. Unremarkable, you may say. Model Jane Fairbanks looking a little distracted whilst disrobing in someone's living room from a 1970s issue of Spick magazine. What caught my eye however, was the record standing next to her right foot. Not just any old record, but a record of the sounds of steam engines, a copy of which I have had in my collection for many years.
The recording of the sounds of steam locomotives at work and subsequent sale on vinyl had been going on for many years, notably by O Winston Link in the USA and Peter Handford in this country. The record in this picture is Memories of Steam, recorded by Kenneth Grenville Attwood on the Longmoor Military Railway in 1969/69 and at Carnforth in the summer of 1968, during the dying days of steam on British Railways.The colour photographs on the cover of the album were by Ian Krause, but are misleading as none of the locations illustrated actually appear on the record itself. Further evidence of the photographer's (or the owner of the room's) interest in railways is the model of a Canadian National locomotive on the shelf behind. It's always nice to combine one's interests!
Sorting through some pictures recently, I came across this. Unremarkable, you may say. Model Jane Fairbanks looking a little distracted whilst disrobing in someone's living room from a 1970s issue of Spick magazine. What caught my eye however, was the record standing next to her right foot. Not just any old record, but a record of the sounds of steam engines, a copy of which I have had in my collection for many years.
The recording of the sounds of steam locomotives at work and subsequent sale on vinyl had been going on for many years, notably by O Winston Link in the USA and Peter Handford in this country. The record in this picture is Memories of Steam, recorded by Kenneth Grenville Attwood on the Longmoor Military Railway in 1969/69 and at Carnforth in the summer of 1968, during the dying days of steam on British Railways.The colour photographs on the cover of the album were by Ian Krause, but are misleading as none of the locations illustrated actually appear on the record itself. Further evidence of the photographer's (or the owner of the room's) interest in railways is the model of a Canadian National locomotive on the shelf behind. It's always nice to combine one's interests!
Friday, 7 September 2012
Vauxhall Foursome
These four adverts for the products of Vauxhall Motors appeared in Autocar magazine, 21 October 1966.
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| Vauxhall Viva HB (1966-70) |
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| Vauxhal Victor 101 FC (1964-67) |
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| Vauxhall Cresta PC (1965-72) |
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| Vauxhall Viscount (1966-72) |
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Farewell Max
With the sad news today of the death of comedian and entertainer, Max Bygraves, I have looked out this programme of his show at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens Theatre for 1970.
His supporting acts on this occasion were comic Tony Cawley and juggler Ric Benny, with music provided by The Selmas, none of whom I have heard of before or since. I suspect that we chose to see Max on our 1970 visit (rather than Jimmy Tarbuck or Harry Corbett & Sooty, who were also in town that summer), because of Auntie Mu, who was a fan of his. Sadly he blotted his copybook with her by swearing on stage (the word bloody was heard) and I don't think she ever forgave him.........
His supporting acts on this occasion were comic Tony Cawley and juggler Ric Benny, with music provided by The Selmas, none of whom I have heard of before or since. I suspect that we chose to see Max on our 1970 visit (rather than Jimmy Tarbuck or Harry Corbett & Sooty, who were also in town that summer), because of Auntie Mu, who was a fan of his. Sadly he blotted his copybook with her by swearing on stage (the word bloody was heard) and I don't think she ever forgave him.........
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