Occasionally I come across a magazine I’ve not heard or seen off that has Pamela Green on the cover. This is such an occasion. And what a great little magazine it is — Lovelies in Mufti. If you are wondering what Mufti means it is from the Arabic: Mufti (مفتي) meaning Continue Reading
Pamela Green
The Welcome Return of Miss Pamela Green
In the September 1952 issue of Lilliput, six photographers expressed their individual conceptions of what Pamela Green meant to them in a state of undress. She emerged as a nymph, a South Sea island belle, a cool sophisticate, a temple dancer, a Botticelli Venus and a nice girl after her Continue Reading
Portrait of Beauty
Not much to say about this image except it’s a wonderful portrait of Pamela Green taken by George Harrison Marks.
Miss Venus 1950
In the summer of 1950 with the years of wartime austerity behind, Speilplatz held it’s first Miss Venus contest. It was held on the August bank holiday weekend. Pamela Green was visiting the Club at the time and was persuaded to enter. Each contender had to stand on a platform Continue Reading
Mephistophilis
When Pamela Green and George Harrison Marks were living in Gerrard Street in the heart of London’s Soho in the 1950s they would often go away for the weekend. A popular haunt of theirs was the Cliffe Hotel, perched high above the bay at Ilfracombe, in Devon. After driving down Continue Reading
Life Model for Leonard Boden
Pamela Green first started modelling as a life model at colleges across London. This leads her to be booked by several professional painters. One such artist was Leonard Boden (1911-1999) In the Second World War Boden served in intelligence and as an anti-aircraft gunner. Following the war Boden began to Continue Reading
Gallery of Beauty
A vintage digest pin-up magazine featuring Pamela Green on the cover. I think Gallery of Beauty only ran for a couple of issues. Apparently, it was “carefully compiled to show how an interesting motif can be adapted to show figure studies in a unique setting by the use of an Continue Reading
Paris-Hollywood, no. 123
Pamela Green on the cover of the French magazine Paris-Hollywood, issue 123, circa 1950s. Unfortunately, the copy of the magazine I have is incomplete. It’s missing some pages including the pin-up “déshabillable”. There is, however, several pictures of Pamela across three pages illustrating an article titled “Une si Jolie Petite Continue Reading
The Wabe in Reddington Road
Here’s a wonderful picture of Jean Spaul on the balcony of Pam and George’s flat in Reddington Road, where she stayed for a couple of months. Pam and George bought this flat after they stopped living in Gerrard Street. The flat was in a rambling house called The Wabe in Continue Reading
Sun Bathing Review
In the 1950s few magazines would publish nude photos. The exception was those that focussed on the naturist and nudist lifestyle. It’s no surprise then to learn that Pamela Green regularly appeared in such magazines as Health and Efficiency and the Sun Bathing Review. She appeared on the cover of Continue Reading