Four more scanned prints of Jane Rennie, all taken from the same sitting. She looks absolutely stunning, showing off her dark stockings and white underwear. I estimate that Jane would be around 80 years old now, and about 19 or 20 when these pictures were taken.
A nice candid picture of Marilyn, all cosy in her DK’s.
Span No 177 - May 1969
Four nice pictures of Jane Rennie scanned from original ToCo prints.
Jane was always dressed to impress, with her hair always up and she was partial to a frilly underskirt. She was a real girly girl, in the best way possible. These pictures show her in a white, long cotton dress, but what really caught my eye was the poodle motif on her left breast pocket. Any suggestions on the poodle?
Should have really got this one up nearer to Christmas. Great pictures of Nicola tobogganing in her stockings and suspenders. I am sure any teenage boys’ delight certainly brings another dimension to tobogganing. Nothing like ToCo and there never will be, I am sure.
The tinkling sound of sleigh-bells on a lovely crisp night sound heavenly when heard from the warm comfort of a fireside where you're thawing out your frozen tootsies.
Jingle bells speak of such nights, of snow and slides and toboggans and muffled-up men selling hot chestnuts. In the pure light of a snowy day, you can see for yourself it's not all bells and chestnuts for NICOLA TAYLOR. Toboggans are apt to cannon off tree stumps and deposit you in snow drifts. It's a lot of fun only if you can keep all your discs in place.
What else could I possibly add to this?
Span No 141 - May 1966
When a girl steps onto a pair of scales and finds out she's half an ounce over the imperishable odds, it's enough to send her off into a swoon for a week. Antonie Merly means to keep half an ounce under!
Span No 140 - April 1966
I haven't forgotten our ToCo girls, so here's a really nice picture of Cheryl Peters, or Joan Paul, as most of us know her. This picture was used on the back cover of Span No. 182 - January 1969.
Turning our back on the end of the year with this rather cheeky looking mystery model.
Looking forward to what we can dig out of the archive in 2025.
Rosa, as most of us know, did a lot more than just Spick and Span and frequently appears in all manner of magazines. These scans are from two prints that I have, but I have no idea of their origins.
Two interesting prints of what looks like nurse dress-up fun. I would guess they are from the 1960s, but I have no information on them.
Angela is all ready for winter in her very fancy DK’s.
Span No 177 - May 1969
Yesterday, I was digging through a large box of mixed prints that I have acquired over the years, often in small lots as part of other collections. For the most part, I have no idea of their original origins. These prints are mostly originals from the 1960s and '70s. Sadly, most can't be shown on this site, but there are still quite a few that I can display. Therefore, I've decided to spend a couple of months showcasing some of them on the blog.
The others, I may show on the Brazen blog, which I am determined to update with more regular posts. All prints are up for sale and will gradually be made available under the relevant category on the BrazenBooks site.
To kick us off, here's a nice original small print from the 1960s that would have been sold as part of a small set. All the others I have featuring this girl are slightly more revealing.
What I would like to say is that most of these are of unnamed models. If you recognise anybody and can add a name, please add it to the comments or email me via the contact page.
I spotted this the other day while listing some books for sale: Joan Paul in the December 1966 issue of Men Only, with the accompanying mumbo jumbo below.
“Doesn’t every girl want to marry a millionaire?”
Joan Paul had a look that contained the right balance of incredulity and impishness as she put this question.
She was talking about careers at the time. Just to suggest that she was half-joking, Joan added: “Anyway, there are not many young good-looking one available.”
This 22-year-old maid of Kent has lived and worked in London as a secretary for the past year. She has also been a croupier at a London club.
Joan wants to travel and sees her best chance by getting a job as a croupier abroad. But on the Continent, it was pointed out, croupiers are usually men.
"Then I'll just have to break through the male barrier," she retorted.
When Joan talks of travel she has sunny countries in mind. She loves the sun, music-classical and pop-and modern dancing.
Her pet hates? The English weather and tapioca pudding.
Elizabeth is all ready for the winter, relaxing in her Directoire Knickers (DK’s). Another great picture courtesy of Tocofan to keep all you DK fans happy as we approach that big, silky soft knicker time of year.
Dawn Warwick is not a ToCo model name that most of us would be familiar with, and there's a good reason for that: Dawn only had one ToCo appearance, in Spick No. 162. In this appearance, Dawn is in an outdoor shot, half-hidden behind Liz McEwen.
This picture, kindly sent to me by Tocofan, is interesting because it could possibly have been taken somewhere other than the UK. That sideboard does not resemble the sort of furniture typically found in an average UK house in the 1960s, and the partially obscured view behind the net curtains certainly doesn't suggest a typical housing estate. Who knows—we'll probably never find out—but it doesn't really matter, as it's a nice picture and I'm pleased to share it here.
