Here are two interesting pictures of our nameless girl from Brighton. Both pictures are oddly posed, with her messing about in the middle of the dining room table. These two were difficult to clean up due to their poor exposure, but worthy of showing. I like them; and look like a lot of fun was to be had.
These slides are very ToCo-like, showing an unnamed model putting on her stockings and later revealing what's under her skirt. Personally, I've never been a fan of white stockings. Again, I would guess these are from the 1980s.
Matrons sometimes wear full slips these days. Girls either wear brief waist slips or simply wear their T-shirts extra-long. PAT GARLAND still has a full flowered slip which she likes to sport when dressed in a long evening gown and there's going to be a draught around.
Pat put it out to air in the sun the other day. As a nice gesture in the face of our camera, she put herself out with it. Wasn't that charming?
Beautiful Britons No 234 - May 1975
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.
To me, Linda always looks like she’s up for a bit of fun, and these two pictures are no exception. She has that naughty 'come and get it' glint in her eyes. Linda was a popular model during the 1970s, appearing in all kinds of magazines in addition to her appearances for ToCo.
From an original print.
You have got to love a buttoned-up skirt, especially when worn by Marie Graham. Scan from an original print.
Fay always appeared so serious, seen before in this location both dressed and undressed, in tan and black stockings. It was said that her husband took many of Fay’s pictures. She was certainly popular with ToCo, making 34 appearances over the years.
From an original print.
Another great picture from Tocofan's archive.
Is this Susan Smith? I have looked at all the pictures of Susan Smith that ToCo published, and this one is not typical and was certainly never published. I have questioned whether or not it is actually Susan Smith. This picture shows Susan with her hair up, while in all the other pictures I can find of her, she has her hair down. Although it's about the right length, her face looks thinner to me, but maybe it was taken much earlier.
Please feel free to jump in if you think differently, or perhaps Tocofan can shed a little more light on the origins of this picture. Regardless of the outcome, it is a really nice picture and well worth sharing.
"Ah," said Mr. Pyper, putting his head into the ladies' gown shop in Malvern, Worcs, "who's young and beautiful, then, eh?"
"Oh, you are awful," said the lovely 18-year-old salesgirl. She was ESTELLE WARNER and she was just trying to get a small-size sweater on an outside dummy. And Mr. Pyper, whose other name was Joseph, was the young man who worked in the fishing-gear shop close by. He liked to pop in occasionally—about ten times a day— to ensure he wasn't missing anything. He was dead keen on Estelle, and so are quite a few other fellers, as you can imagine. But she's in the middle of being absolutely dedicated to her job, and all she could offer Mr. Pyper was some advice to either go away or get poked in the eye with a dress hanger.
"I'll risk a poke in the eye," said Mr. Pyper, "it's worth it to see you reaching for red ribbon on the top shelf."
"Right, cheeky-chops," said Estelle and Mr. Pyper slipped out just in time to miss being injured. Estelle can't half lash out when she needs to.
Span No 236 - April 1974
What's your way, Claude?
Well, the way I like a girl to look is curvy. I mean, if she's all angles and straight lines, what sort of a look is that?
Geometrical?
I don't go in for that. What I like is a lovely pin-up, looking just the way PAT McGUIRE looks. Who could ask for anything sweeter?
Well, there's my Rosie Your Rosie would get on well with my grandmother- they're the same age.
I'm a fan of Miss McGuire's. I'd carry her parasol for her if she'd let me. I mean, what a vision, what an adornment to the great outdoors, what a delight to my eyes.
Put your glasses on, then you'll like her even better.
Span No 178 - June 1969
Two nice pictures of Vanda relaxing in her black see-through négligée. Pictures from original prints.
Two more of Valetta from the private collection of negatives, with her giving us a very teasing glimpse of her stocking tops and petticoat. The cameraman was obviously excited by what he saw, as he managed to cut her feet off in both pictures.
Another one from TocoFan. Great picture of a very smiley and relaxed-looking Ruth Cavendish. I am not sure if this picture was ever published, and to be honest, I have not checked. It's certainly worth showing.
Where are you now, Ruth? By my reckoning, you would be 77, still smiling and laughing, I hope.
Here's a super shot of Cherie Scott that I found lurking in a folder. It’s a great picture of a very serious-looking Cherie looking directly at the camera, dressed only in her underwear, flesh-coloured stockings, and white heels. A treat for us all.
