Lynda Farrell

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Full Of the Joys

So, she is.

So would you be if you were young and beautiful instead of creaking with age. LYNDA FARRELL is irresistibly photogenic and in her mini dress is undeniably eye-catching.

Girls today are a joy in the eyes of any beholder, proving that you don't have to go to an art gallery to bring pleasure to your tired mince pies.

Lynda brings joy to the observer even when she's boarding a bus, and when she's crossing the road at the traffic lights the poor old worn-out motorists sit up as if they're giving off sparks. A bouquet of flowers is a delight, a view of the Swiss Alps superb, but Lynda tripping a joyful light fantastic over a pedestrian crossing makes a gorgeous colour slide for your projector.

As she lights up the screen all your friends say what a lovely shot of the High Street traffic lights, do show it again. And you show it again and all your friends say well, you should take more colour slides like that one instead of getting so obsessed with the Swiss Alps.

After all, one alp is very much like another, but Lynda is full of the joys and ecstatically inimitable.

In short, a smasher.

Span No 156 - August 1967

Joan Glover

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Joan Glover - Anyone For Tennis

Joan Glover only appeared three times for ToCo, twice in Beautiful Britons books No. 109 and 123, both from the same photo session. Joan made her debut for ToCo in Span No. 112, December 1963, in a set titled "No Difference," where she is depicted having fun in the countryside with a random selection of sports equipment—typical of ToCo's randomness. Unfortunately, this picture was never chosen for publication. Joan certainly possessed a stunning figure; it is regrettable that we did not see more of her for reasons that may remain unknown. We must appreciate the small glimpses we have. Many thanks to Tocofan for this nice contribution.

Toni Townsend

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Folksy

Mad about folk music is TONI TOWNSEND.

And seen in the sylvan environment of a woodland glade, Toni looks very folksy herself. Actually, guys, she's an advertising assistant, and although they have nothing to do with her job, you might like to have nothing to do with her job, you might like to know her statistics are 37-23-37. She designs and makes her own clothes, she can play a guitar and she's just the kind of girl who makes us realise life is full of vivaciously pretty pictures.

Spick No 174 - May 1968

Linda Deane

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Open The Gate

It's easier if the gate is open and a girl can walk through, but when it's shut and LINDA DEANE has to climb over it does make a prettier picture. Prettier pictures are our line of country. Yours can be magnificent bulls. It's a free country.

Spick No 190 - September 1969

Heidi Meister

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Pause In the Park

It was just one of those lunchtime strolls for HEIDI MEISTER, and after a morning devoted to singeing the beards off her boss's competitors, as well as to re-arranging the flowers on his desk, Heidi found the peace and tranquillity of the Berlin Park delightfully soothing. Heidi is not the sort of secretary who comes all over frenzied when business progress seems entirely indivisible from turmoil, panic and the crash of phones being hurled about.

"If you must thunder about your executive suite," she said very coolly to her boss the other day, "the removal of your boots would make it quieter for the rest of us.

Completely intimidated, her boss meekly removed his boots. He'd been on a weekend climbing holiday in Bavaria and hadn't had time to go home for his shoes. The holes in his socks made him blush. The futility of it all was too much for Heidi so she went out into the park to get herself re-orientated. it made a nice lunchtime break for the passing photographer as well.

Spick No 174 - May 1968

Catherine Small

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Sleigh Belle

Well, not all of us hogged the fireside during the recent snow blitz. Some of us took off from our armchairs to participate in winter sports. Like CATHERINE SMALL of Glasgow, for instance. It takes more than a ten-foot drift to beat a bonny Scot, especially one who's found a toboggan in her attic.

Maybe if she could have found ski trews as well, Catherine would have been a little better equipped all round, except that the frills and spills in the snow wouldn't have looked as gay as they do here.

But what do you do with a wet skirt? All that snow may look like a dazzling platform to fairyland, but once you've rolled in it you find its pretty damp stuff.

Well, never mind-when you're wet, you're wet, so here we go for another spill.

Span No 103 - March 1963

Angela Shaw

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Igloo Look

Fascinating, those Eskimoes.

They eat decomposed fish, you know, and it gives them a lovely complexion. They wear huge boots and thick furs, and they always look as if they're expecting the weather to be considerably parky.

ANGELA SHAW isn't an Eskimo, but she does have a beautiful igloo look in her white fur ensemble. All the fish Angela eats has to be fresh, and as her complexion is lovely too, we're not sure if we've proved anything or tossed an argument into the arena.

You work it out. We're going to find an igloo.

Beautiful Britons No 138 - May 1967

Maggie McCully

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Maggie McCully – Back Office Beauty

Another great picture from Tocofan, I think taken from a contact sheet. Maggie McCully is standing on what must be, by now, that infamous back office ToCo table that has been seen so many times in their magazines. Maggie has a slightly odd expression, which is possibly why it was never selected to be published. However, she certainly has a fantastic pair of legs hidden under that very typical style of dress that she seemed to favour so much.

Linda Deane

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Fair Enough

It's sort of sylvan-like in the woods, and even more so when LINDA DEANE is around. Linda, corn-coloured blonde, is fair enough to beautify any place and can always be counted on to improve the look of a discotheque or a woodland vista. Linda is a London model, working in both fashion and glamour spheres, and she has a lovely figure of 36"-23"-36"

Span No 178 - June 1967

Julie Bliss

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Home Comfort

Among the home comforts that most men look for is an armchair that will take a tired body and a glass of toddy after a hard day's work, and a devoted wife who knows how to get the best out of a hot oven. The home comfort we'd go dotty about is JULIE BLISS, brown-eyed silver blonde who's not only lovely to look at in a drawing-room but also singularly adept at amateur dramatics.

Span No 163 - March 1968

Jane Paul

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Jane Paul - Looking Right At You

Something to cheer everyone up a little on a wet Wednesday afternoon. Another Tocofan treat, Jane Paul perched on what looks to be a kitchen worktop, taken from a contact sheet. It was interesting to see the comments that yesterday's Nicola Taylor picture provoked, and I am going to say it again that Jane Paul would definitely not be in my top ten of ToCo girls. However, I know that there are some real fans of Jane out there who would disagree with me. So, without stating the obvious, what is so special about her? She doesn’t really smile enough for me.

Nicola Taylor

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Nicola Taylor – Looking Great

I personally am not a great fan of Nicola Taylor, but she is a popular ToCo model. This picture is courtesy of Tocofan, taken from a contact sheet, and I am not sure if it was ever published. It is, however, a very nice picture of her looking relaxed and natural as she kneels on a rug in a secluded countryside spot or a garden.

Lisa Shannon

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Why Did Henry Leave Home

Lots of men leave home. They usually leave immediately after breakfast, but if they don't get back in time for evening dinner, they're in dead trouble.

There was an awfully nice bloke called Henry who was never going to leave home. He was looked after by an iron-jawed housekeeper who wanted to keep him for herself.

Then Henry saw the loveliest dolly passing by. She was so fabulously dishy that Henry knew he'd never feel the same about his train set. He locked the iron-jawed housekeeper in the pantry and left home.

He caught up with the superb dolly bird. She was LISA SHANNON, one of the swingers who make London look ravishing, and after raising his hat Henry said he was mad about her and would she like to go off to Greece with him.

Lisa handed him over to a policeman. Henry explained, the policeman understood and told Henry to stand in the rain for an hour. Henry did and went back home all wet.

In case Henry is looking in and is vastly interested, Lisa's lovely figure measures 39-24-37. Much better than a train set.

Beautiful Britons No 181 - 1970

Molly McBride (Marion McGregor)

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Bonnet Beauty Molly McBride

Who wouldn't want Molly McBride sitting on the bonnet of their Morris Minor? This is the back cover picture for Span No 245. Molly was definitely a ToCo 60s model, a picture that ToCo regurgitated in their dying days of the 1970s. It may not be of the best quality, but it is definitely worth showing. I like It.

Span No 245 - January 1975