Pamela Green and George Harrison Marks supplied images for several pop releases on 45 r.p.m. by Gala Records. Gala Records was a UK budget label and a division of Musical & Plastics Industries Limited, with offices based at Selmar House, 114 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 – barely a ten-minute walk Continue Reading
Pamela Green interviewed by Peter Sykes
In 1974, Men Only ran an interview with Pamela Green by Peter Sykes. I’ve transcribed the text from the article below. The Men Only Interview, Volume 39, Number 5, May 1974 During the 1960s, if you asked anyone who knew anything at all about nude and glamour photography who was Continue Reading
What the Photographer Saw – Alan Duncan
Alan Duncan, a press photographer who ran an evening class at the Camera Club, was one of the first professional photographers to capture Pamela Green in the nude. This beautifully lit photograph, featuring deep tones and a lightly oiled body, emerged from their initial session in 1948. This particular print Continue Reading
Teri Martine by Lorenzo Di Mauro
Three charming illustrations featuring the exquisite Teri Martine, skillfully rendered by Lorenzo Di Mauro. Hailing from Italy and born in 1954, Lorenzo is a seasoned illustrator who has worked for numerous advertising agencies over the years. Most notably, he collaborated with Peter Greenaway, creating a key illustration for the movie The Continue Reading
Blonde in a Bathtub
One of the many frustrations of growing up reading American comic books and magazines in the 1970s and 1980s was their tantalizing ads for such things as Sea-Monkeys and X-Ray Spex. No matter how much you were sold on their promises, and even if you did have the correct amount Continue Reading
Site maintenance
Over the last few days, I’ve been doing a bit of site maintenance. I am glad to say normal service has resumed. It has been chiefly backend stuff, but the shop pages have been completely rebuilt. You can now see some sample pages of the books. There is also a Continue Reading
Paula Page by Eva Grant
Paula Page’s modelling career began in the late 1950s. She was born in Shropshire in the late 1930s and studied to be a typist at school. Paula first took to nude modelling when she realised how much attention her figure attracted. She was a popular model on the circuit affectionately known Continue Reading
Operation Chastise 80th Anniversary
Tuesday marked 80 years since the Dam Busters Raid — the audacious World War II bombing raid, codenamed Operation Chastise that set out to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley. As readers of this blog know, Douglas Webb was the front gunner in the last plane back (AJ-O). The raid was Continue Reading
Remembering Pamela Green
Thirteen years ago today, we lost my good friend Pamela Green. Her undeniable allure and captivating poses left an indelible mark on the world of glamour. I would like to thank all her fans and the readers of this blog for keeping her memory alive. Here’s a delightful picture of Continue Reading
The Irving Theatre 3-D VistaScreen
Early in his career, exploitation film director Stanely Long was the in-house photographer at the infamous but short-lived Irving Theatre. Around this time, In the mid-1950s, 3-D movies such as It came from out of Space were very much all the rage, and Long wanted a piece of the action. Continue Reading