Pamela Green – Kamera Calendar, January 1961

A republish of the 1961 Kamera calendar by each individual month rather than en-mass and starting with the stunning in red Pamela Green. Love this outfit on her and the deckchair in the background with her name on it. The prop to the right has been used several times including Kamera Backstage and as part of the glamour film and photo set ‘star Strip’ featuring June Palmer.

September 23, 2014 10

Dawn Grayson – Kamera Calendar 1968 Cover

Thanks to John I now have a further two complete sets of scanned Kamera calendars for both 1968 and 1969! The penultimate and last calendars produced and starring some of my favourite later models, include of course Dawn Grayson, June Palmer and Julie Collins.

We start with the cover of the 1969 calendar featuring Dawn Grayson cuddling a snowman on festive set. This was probably part of the photo shoot that appeared in the 1967 Kamera Winter Special, where I have already publish 3 shots of Dawn on the same set.

Thanks to John W for again scanning and sending copies of these calendars, as it is always appreciated by me for the time and effort he takes to do this for the site.

May 1, 2014 1

The 1960 Kamera Calendar & The Best £15 Ever Spent

Last week I had an email come through from Ruth, the daughter of Don (87) who recently passed away, but was a fan of Harrison Marks. Amongst his effects she had found as she described it ‘a good clean copy’ of the Harrison Marks 1960 calendar as shown on my blog. She had considered trying to put it up on eBay, but wondered if I was interested in it first, which I was. I replied to the kind offer by saying I was interested and could I see some photo’s of the calendar and what did she consider a reasonable offer for the calendar.

The above images are the actual images that were sent through from Ruth and as you can see the quality of it looked to be excellent. As part of the conversation Ruth also mentioned that on the cardboard backing of the calendar, her aunt, who sent the calendar to Don all those years ago, had written on it and it says ‘Best wishes from, Betty and Jim’ and would that matter, but to me that just added character and a story to the calendar. As to an offer for the calendar Ruth had the following suggestion – ‘What I would say is that my dad knew he was very ill and sorted out last wishes before he died. He chose two charities for donations, one of which was Parkinson’s UK. The reason for this was that his long time friend Jim – mentioned on the back of the said calendar died of Parkinsons. So he would think it quite a hoot if the old calendar generated a bit of cash to go toward that charity’.

Anyway I was interested and still wanted the calendar, so we agreed that we would proceed on good faith rather than ‘faffing’ around with eBay and Paypal. I would make a £15 donation to Parkinson’s UK via the ‘Just Giving‘ website and then Ruth would post me the calendar. I made my donation as agreed and sent Ruth proof of the donation and she then posted the calendar on to me as agreed.

The calendar arrived yesterday and upon opening it up to my surprise I have an almost immaculate copy of the 1960 Harrison Marks Kamera Calendar! So thanks to Don I am now the proud owner of my first and favourite Kamera Calendar.

It goes without saying that a big thank you must go to Ruth for contacting me and offering me the calendar first, but also to Don for his love of Harrison Marks back in 1960 and keeping this calendar in such good condition. So as the title says the best £15 ever spent on a Kamera Calendar and all going to a very good cause – Thanks Don!

Over the coming weeks I’ll be redoing the 1960 Kamera Calendar pages with scans from my own copy :)

April 1, 2014 0

Kamera Calendar – 1960

An updated Kamera Calendar 1960, with all the months now complete!

November 26, 2013 0

Kamera Calendar – 1961 (July – Dec)

The final high resolution scans of the last 6 months of the 1961 Kamera Calendar by Harrison Marks.

July – Jean Spaul

August – Pamela Green

September – Maxine (Elaine Ecke)

October – Kay Fitzsimmons

November – Rita Landre (Pamela Green)

December – Virginia Green

November 14, 2013 0

Kamera Calendar – 1961 (Jan – June)

Thanks again to Simon for a full (including date strip), high resolution scan of the first 6 months of the 1961 Kamera Calendar. Much better than my original set!

January – Pamela Green

February – Paula Page

March – Princess Sonmar H’Arricks (Pamela Green)

April – Erica

May – Pamela Green Again!

June – Rita Landre (Pamela Green)

November 4, 2013 0

Kamera Calendar 1963 (July – Dec)

The final part of the Kamera Calendar 1963 … Enjoy!

July – Margaret Nolan

August – Marie Deveraux

September – Princess Sonmar H’Arricks (Pamela Green)

October – Yamille

November – Angela Jones

December – Pamela Green

October 30, 2013 0

Kamera Calendar 1963 (Jan – June)

Time for another Kamera Calendar, this time we go back a bit to 1963 and the cover and first 6 months.

The cover of the calendar is a puzzle, according to some there were two versions on the calendar each year. One was for the general public, without cover and one for garages, business etc that was mounted and had a cover, or it could have been the other way around! I’ve seen some on their original mounts on eBay with a cover.

Anyway on to 1963, including a cover :)

Cover – Tina Graham (Christine Carter)

January – Bridget Leonard

February – Ann Walker

March – Marie Deveraux

April – Pamela Green

May – Jackie Salt

June – Rita Landre (Pamela Green)

Thanks must go to John W for this set of scans and for getting his A3 scanner out so I didn’t have to stitch the images together :)

October 18, 2013 1

Kamera Calendar – 1967 (July – Dec)

Part two of the 1967 Harrison Marks/Kamera calendar all in high resolution.

July – Sandra Cassano

August – Teri Martine

September – Hazel Taylor (Ann Dixon)

October – Hyldagarde

November – Beryl Gilchrist

December – Margaret Nolan

My favourite must be Hyldagarde and her fabulous buxom bosom and for some reason Beryl Gilchrist in the hay ;)

Thanks to Simon for sending all of these wonderful scans for me to share.

Note: All images, original or otherwise have been carefully edited and restored where required and a lot of effort has gone into this. Please feel free to share, but kindly link back to these originals if sharing elsewhere, Many Thanks! – Wonder

October 14, 2013 0

Kamera Calendar – 1961 (Full Set)

Images from the 1961 Kamera Calendar, Not as Good As I Would Want and Not Sure if The Actual Calendar Part for Each Month is on The Originals or The Back?!