Spick and Span 2000
/Alissa
Lorna Morrell
/Windy
It wasn't half blowy the day LORNA MORRELL went in for a session of rock-climbing. Wouldn't it have been better if she'd put on climbing boots and ski pants? Well, I'm not an expert," said Lorna, "I only do it for fun." The wind turned the fun into a pretty picture and all Lorna could say as each gust sent her skirt in a different direction was, "Oh, blow." She wasn't exactly intimidated, only windswept.
After she'd climbed ten feet, Lorna thought she wouldn't bother to scale the peak in case she got carried away by the whole thing. Being a Yorkshire girl, Lorna likes to come out on top of any situation, but when it's all becoming slightly ridiculous, she accepts that that's the time to pack up and go home to tea. She likes hot toast for tea.
Site Information
/Vintage Stockings Archive
Those who visit this site frequently will possibly already be aware that I decided at the beginning of January to close it down. It had a steady flow of visitors, but not enough to make it a viable venture and I am sure that most regulars had downloaded all the images that they required; I think sometimes things have just had their time and come to a natural end.
I will, from time-to-time, still post pictures under the title of Vintage Stockings Archive. I do pay attention to the likes that a post gets, and will try to favour those types of images in the future where possible.
Vintage Fetish
The Blog is popular; it now runs to 1,000’s of posts, but keeping it up to date with a post every day is taking its toll on me a bit. From March I will generally only be positing every other day. However, I am, surprisingly, running short of suitable pictures from the Vintage Stockings Archive that have not been posted all over the internet before, and that may prove popular here.
So, I am asking you all who follow this site to dig deep into those hard drives and volunteer a few pictures that we all might like to see and enjoy, because surely that’s what it’s all about. I know that they will get downloaded and reposted elsewhere - that’s how all the images got on to Vintage Stockings Archive in the first place. That is just the internet, and we have to accept it, but the pictures would still be seen here first. I am looking for pictures that are in keeping with the site, as well as being interesting and possibly not seen before; they ideally need to be of a reasonable quality if possible. I am happy to look at digital, prints and negatives if you have them. So please dig deep and share if you can - there is no point in letting it die with you, or your family finding it after you have gone and just chucking grandads smutty pictures away! I could tell a few tales from some of the people who contact me, but sadly that’s only the ones who see some worth and the funny side of it all. Far too much, I am afraid to say, just ends up in the rubbish.
I was recently contacted by a regular site visitor who was offering me some ToCo negatives, I think. If you are reading this, I did get back to you twice but have still not heard anything; I am still interested if you would like to get back in touch.
I still have plans to get the model galleries updated and have few more digital books to come soon - Spot On and Stag to name a couple. These may possibly not be the most popular of titles, but they are certainly in keeping with the site, as the intention is to keep it very much Pin-Up and glamour focused, with the ToCo books at its core.
I do have another project on the go at the moment, which I know will be of interest to some of you - I will announce details in a few weeks’ time. So, in the meantime, drill down into those hard drives and contact me if you have anything to say or would like to share.
Vintage Stockings Archive
/Vintage Stockings Archive
Jacqueline Blair
/Hard Day's Work
When a girl has her usual job to do, like plugging away at her typewriter from 9 to 5, it makes a hard day of it to have the household chores thrown in as well, especially when, like JACQUELINE BLAIR, you're really dressed for a brisk, invigorating walk, in the countryside with a sweet little doggie or a fascinating P.T. instructor.
By the time you've come to terms with the cleaner and cooked yourself a quick souffle, its time, to retire in your shortie nightie. Never mind, Jackie, after a hard day's work you still look gorgeous.
Janus
/Janus - Mixed Selection
Janus Volume 1 No 12
More familiar faces, but can you name them?
Linda Broom
/Gift From Gran
Reading that the modern girls were Twisting in long underwear. LINDA BROOM'S grandmother presented Linda with some all to herself much to Linda's astonishment. Trying them out Linda had trouble making her way through the bushes and after that it was back to modern lingerie.
But how do they really look asks Linda? Can it be true that these were all the rage with grandmamma? Well, so they say. After all, the Victorian’s thought pantaloons were absolutely ducky.
Linda, by the way, is nineteen, measures 37"-24"-37" and is a receptionist. She lists her hobbies as Twisting, swimming, and walking. And she wants to be famous. Well, she's halfway there for Linda is quite a looker.
Span No 110 - October 1963
Vintage Stockings Archive
/Vintage Stockings Archive
Lisa Scott
/Cold Day - Warm Girl
So, you like the warm sands and hot sun of the Caribbean? All right, off you go and roll about all day, and if you're not tough enough to weather the winter of Northern Europe go and put your red nose in a hot coconut. LISA SCOTT, who comes from Canada, can cope with a nip in the air. It makes her glow all over and she can't wait for the lake in the park to freeze, when you'll hear her gaily calling, "Come on, Luke, get your skates on, it's a lovely day.
Spick No 185 - April 1969
Spick and Span 2000
/Emma- Louise
Jutta Fischer
/On or Off ?
West Berlin salesgirl JUTTA FISCHER had a new pair of ski pants, but wasn't sure that they didn't look better off than on.
They were a bit tight, you know,
Ski pants are supposed to be.
"Not so tight," said Jutta, "that I can't get them on without six friends to help me.'
And after all, with vitalistics of 36-23-35, Jutta is hardly a great big Wagnerian walloper. She's as trim as they come.
So, she sold the pants to her twelve-year-old cousin Hermione.
Span No 234 - February 1974
Katria
/Call In On Katria
Call in any time during a weekend at the Rose and Plum Tree, a quaint old pub in Dunbury, Gloucestershire, and it's odds-on you'll find Katria serving behind the bar, helping her father. He owns the pub and finds that when she helps him, she doubles his trade. We can't say we're surprised.
Relaxing in her room upstairs she assured us that being a part-time barmaid didn't interfere with her social life. She's a friendly person, knows a lot of people she meets in her job. They often drop round for a chat and a drop! - after hours. "There's nothing like spirits to revive one's spirits", she says.
"Tell us more", we said, holding out our glass. Well, another thing, she told us, is how much more freely men talk when they've had a little something to warm them up. Little secrets, like their weaknesses, special likes and dislikes, marriage plans . . . it's not long before she knows more about them than they do.
"Of course, we never touch the stuff normally", we said hastily, pushing the glass aside. 'Especially when driving.' But with the shrewd look she was giving us, it looked as if she'd guessed all our little secrets already. One thing we forgot to mention when Katria isn't serving behind the bar of the Rose and Plum Tree, she's a degree student in psychology at Cambridge University.
Relax No 12 Gold Star Publications 1967
I can’t find Dunbury in Gloucestershire or anything like it.
Tina Ryatt
/Cute Kitten
New to you and to us lovely TINA RYATT of Flintshire.
Only who is cuter. TINA RYATT herself or Tina's little kitty-kat? There's a little hint of mischief in the eyes of both, don't you think?
Tina, a beauty queen is eighteen with statistics of 36"-23"-36". We don't know kitty-kat's statistics at all, but her framework is undeniably cuddly.
Nevertheless, lovable as kitty-kat is, it's our considered opinion that the cuter of these two kittens is Tina, even if kitty-kat as got long whiskers.
Span No 102 - May 1962
