- Gratuitous male nudity (almost): I saw a man, wearing jeans with a belt, get out of his car, take off his pullover-style sweatshirt and then, while he was struggling with his head inside his pullover, his trousers fell down revealing a shapely arse clad in tight grey briefs. I'd disappeared from his line of sight by the time he turned round to ( Read more... )

- Black British flower seller, circa 1790, who is a double amputee and was therefore probably a naval veteran. This man might have been delivering pre-ordered flowers but it's likely he was a street trader selling from his cart and participating in the tradition of "crying his wares", i.e. shouting or singing to tell potential customers what he had ( Read more... )

HI, GROOVERS! I managed to tempt my scanner into working again by offering it a dose of CRACK. Guess what I’ve got to share with you today? :-D

Previously on
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Selected contents of the Mates annual 1976 with four scans and three more scans.
Selected contents of the Mates annual 1977 with five scans.

- Reading, books 2015, 35: 35. Mates annual, 1978.

Mates was a pop and romance comic. The 1978 annual was the third. The cover photo is… interesting. Reading this was like being in a fat-hating teenage hell ( Read more... )

- Reading, books 2015, 22: Oh Boy! annual, 1978 ( Read more... )

No particular reason except that he's very easy on the eye and I was uploading the photo anyway.


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