Category: 1970’s

Leonarda Colombo – Sun Hat Stunner! (Original)


The final one for today and I’ve left the best to last (in my opinion), with a stunning shot of Leonarda Colombo by Terry Sparks.

After my last shot from Terry, he contacted me again with some more new shots, including this one and some more great little stories attached. Terry mentioned that the trip to Rhodes was financially quite lucrative and so the following year he took another three girls to Crete for a week in May, 1972. It was a disaster due to the fact that it rained all day and every day until the day before they were due to fly back. So they worked like crazy on that final day and managed to get a few decent shots, including the one above. The girls were Jeanette Marsden, Leonarda Colombo and Pippa Pascale and I’ll reveal more about those girls later, as I have shots of them all.

I’ve never come across Leonarda before, if that is indeed her real name, but what a stunning shot Terry managed to capture of her, her body and let’s not forget that magnificent bush on display! I may be biased here, but Terry’s work always manages to amaze me, from the way he gets the model to pose, looking so natural in doing so, to the clarity of the shots, under the circumstances :) I have a growing collection of shots from Terry, which I’m proud to show off on this site and always enjoy the next set of shots that thankfully come my way and long may that continue. You also forget looking at these shots that they are over 40 years old and it’s no wonder that the likes of Russell Gay and others were more than happy to publish Terry’s work whenever they could. Saying that I’m sure there must be out-takes for shots with the models I haven’t seen, as Terry only sends through the best shots, but who wouldn’t :)

Thanks as always to Terry for another stunner!

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Lip Smacking Marianne!

The final two shots I have of Marianne Morris posing on a beach in Rhodes taken by Terry Sparks, plus two German magazine articles featuring the Rhodes 3, again obviously taken by Terry. Marianne looks fantastic in the two original images from Terry and although I love the shot of her running her tongue over her lips, I think I prefer the second shot. I just love the pose of her laying back on the wet sand, with the reflection of her body showing in the wet ripples of the sand.  A perfectly composed shot from Terry and a great additional prop of the large necklace!

The two magazine articles show all three of the Rhodes models, Marianne Morris, Venetia Day and Dinah Challen posing in the sea and on the rocks and love the colour shot of all three of them. Dinah in those long black boots and blue panties looks fantastic and a shame I’ve n ot got any of those from Terry :)

Thanks as always to Terry for sharing his original images with me and still a few more Venetia Day shots to go before I run out!

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A Day in The Sun!

A second shot of Venetia Day by Terry Sparks whilst on location in Rhodes in 1971. Unlike the first shot here, this is a wider shot of her, soaking wet with her arms out wide, as she stands in the sea.  I love the pose and how the water glistens on her wet dark body. Another stunning shot shared by Terry :)

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Veronica’s View


The second of two shots from original negatives I own of Veronica Diemen from the 1971 Harrison Marks glamour film ‘Tailor Made’. I had no idea when I published the first image here who the model was, because at first glance it wasn’t obvious that it was Veronica. Thanks to new member Arty, he pointed out it could in fact be Veronica Diemen in the film and images, which is a fantastic find and spot, so thanks Arty! To back this up and prove it is in fact Veronica, you will see that she has a scar on her right-hand side that she is partially covering with her hand. If you look at any of the other published shots of Veronica throughout her career, you will always see that she either uses her hand to cover the scar or wears belts to cover it, not obvious unless you look.

So, another model identified that worked with GHM on one of his glamour films and a good excuse for me to dig out some more Veronica Diemen shots!

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Dinah Challen – The Trio Complete!

Another shot from Terry Sparks and this is Dinah Challen and completes the trio of models taken and photographed in Rhodes. The three models are Dinah, Venetia Day and Marianne Morris and I’ve republished the image of all three in the surf below. Terry provided some information about Dinah, but he lost touch with her after we returned to the UK. As far as he is aware these were the only pictures she ever had taken, but he may well be wrong.

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A Nice Day For It!


After Marianne Morris from the ‘Rhodes Rears’ shot by Terry Sparks, we now have the second of the trio in the stunning form of Venetia Day. Terry sent these through after my last Marianne post and I must admit I hadn’t come across Venetia before, but glad I have now! A stunning shot of her body as she poses in the sea for Terry and I love how the water glistens on her body in the above shot.  After seeing Venetia I went off to do a little research about her and found out much more about her. She caused quite a stir at the Earls Court Car Show in 1971, by posing in nothing other than a pair of white bikini bottom’s on the F1 cars from that year. The same year she also appeared in Mayfair and made several soft appearances in glamour films.

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More Marianne by Terry

           

Some more shots of Marianne Morris (modelling as Vicki Pascale) who has already appeared on this site before with two other models. Terry took Marianne and the other two models to Rhodes in the May of 1971 and took the above shots of her posing in the sea. The top shot comes direct from Terry’s collection, hence the better quality, but on my Internet trawls I also found the two page colour shots of Marianne.  At least one of the images was obviously taken by Terry in Rhodes and these images were published in a German magazine called Das Neue Sunny Girl Vol.5 No.3. I’ve also found several other images of the 3 models posing for Terry in Rhodes that appear in other German publications, so will post those separately.

Finally Terry has now sent me several of his own shots of the black girl that appears in the ‘Rhodes 3‘ shot, who was a model named Venetia Day, but more of her to come later as well :)

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Voracious Vicki!

As I’ve just come back from my holidays, what better way to kick things off again than with a beach view from the Terry Sparks archive! This is Marianne Morris (modelling as Vicki Pascale) who has already appeared on this site before with two other models here, she is the one in the middle. Terry took Marianne and the other two models to Rhodes in the May 1971 and this shot of her kneeling in the shallows is one of four that Terry sent through. Marianne later went on to do a spread in Mayfair and also had quite a large part in the film “Vampyres”, also as a model she worked under the model agency run by non-other than June Palmer! What a great body, but not sure if that is a real necklace or a set of buoys around her neck! Thanks to Terry for a fabulous shot.

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Franni Leigh in The Sea! (Original)


The final shot of Franni Leigh I have that was sent through by Terry Sparks. This one has Franni posing in the sea down at a favourite location of Terry’s, Pegwell Bay in Kent and although there is clear blue sky it still looks a little nippy in that sea!  Terry confirmed that this was a good location to use because as he says – ‘You were right about Franni Leigh being photographed at Pegwell Bay. That was a location I used a lot in the 1960’s and early 70’s. It was an area frequented by the Gay boys, this of course was when attitudes to homosexuality were very different to today, so it had the advantage that as soon as you produced a camera everyone promptly disappeared and you had the beach to yourself.’

So you could say Franni took her clothes off and all the men went running in the opposite direction, not a normal reaction to such a beauty :) Thanks to Terry for the anecdote and cracking shot of Franni.

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Pip’s Perfect Wet Look (Original)

Two shots of model Pip Paget taken by Terry Sparks and posing in the sea near Southampton in 1971. Loving the blue bikini bottom’s in these shots, but loving the very wet white top even more, as it’s become almost transparent in places, allowing us to see Pip’s  nipples and tits as it clings to them. Thanks to Terry for these two terrific shots of Pip.

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