Tag Archives: Whitehouse magazine

On Location: Going Intercontinental

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Simon Sheridan

Throughout her career in the adult industry, Mary supplemented the earnings she made from her modelling assignments by regularly working as an escort to the rich, famous and not-so-famous. In the early-1970s she worked closely alongside fellow model Maureen O’Malley … Continue reading →

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The Sex O’clock News

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Simon Sheridan

Contrary to what many might think, David Sullivan’s first foray into the world of British newspapers wasn’t the launch of his infamous Sunday Sport in September 1986. 10 years earlier Sullivan published a precursor to his tabloid adventures, namely National … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ava Cadell, Charlie Brown, Come Play with Me, Daily Sport, David Sullivan, Mary Millington's World Striptease Extravaganza, Miss Bohrloch, National News, Sunday Sport, Whitehouse Adult News, Whitehouse magazine | Comments Off

The Cover Girls of ‘Come Play with Me’

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Simon Sheridan

I thought it might just be interesting to see a selection of ‘top shelf’ magazine covers – all featuring photographs of the principal female cast of 1977’s Come Play with Me. So here we have Mary Millington gracing the cover of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anna Bergman, David Sullivan, Lisa Taylor, Nicola Austine, Pat Astley, Penny Chisholm, Playbirds magazine, Private magazine, Sonia Svenberger, Suzette Sangalo Bond, Suzette St Clair, Suzy Mandel, The Playbirds, Whitehouse magazine | Comments Off

King, Queen, Knave…

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Simon Sheridan

One of my very favourite photo-spreads of Mary appears in Volume 6, Number 3 of Knave magazine, dating from March 1974. Originally launched in 1968, Knave was the brainchild of photographer Russell Gay, who marketed it as the slightly classier … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anna Bergman, Colin Ramsay, Ed Alexander, Fiesta magazine, Knave magazine, Playbirds magazine, Whitehouse magazine | Comments Off

Thirteen Tributes

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Simon Sheridan

To Mary’s legion of fans, her death on 19 August 1979 seemed like a wholly unexpected event. Few, if any of them, knew of her cocaine addiction, her long-term battle with acute depression or the difficulties she was experiencing in … Continue reading →

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Piccadilly Palare ‘75

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Simon Sheridan

Yet another obscure magazine title of the early-1970s was Piccadilly, originally a ‘digest’-size publication from David Sullivan’s ever-expanding top-shelf of porn. Alongside Topsy, Mini Special, Blockbusters, Saucy and Weekend Sex, Sullivan’s Piccadilly has pretty much been forgotten by collectors of the genre, but there’s … Continue reading →

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Mary, Suzy and Tommy… Vamping it Up!

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Simon Sheridan

It’s easy to forget that aside from the girlie magazines churned out by the ‘big three’ – David Sullivan (Whitehouse, Playbirds, Park Lane, Lovebirds etc), Paul Raymond (Mayfair, Club International, Escort etc) and Russell Gay (Knave, Response, Fiesta etc) – there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Come Play with Me, Lisa Taylor, Playbirds magazine, Private Girl magazine, Suzy Mandel, Tommy Godfrey, Whitehouse magazine | Comments Off

Mary’s Full English

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Simon Sheridan

Unlike Mary, few male porn performers of the 1970s ever developed a recognisable persona beyond a flickering 8mm image on a rolled-up screen. The most prolific British ‘X’-rated actor of the decade was blond toff Tim Blackstone, who appeared, anonymously, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big John English, Color Climax, David Sullivan, George Harrison Marks, Lisa Taylor, Sonia Svenberger, Stanley Long, Tabu, Tit Friction, Whitehouse magazine | Comments Off

A capricious beauty…

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Simon Sheridan

Prior to her career-changing meeting with publisher David Sullivan, in the early-1970s Mary happily ‘did the rounds’ of London-based photographers who sold her pictures to a variety of publications such as Beautiful Britons, Janus, Sexpert and New Direction. During this … Continue reading →

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Ten Million Dirty Words

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Simon Sheridan

Most people have never heard of Harry Knights, nor would have any idea of the important role he had in developing the libidinous public image of Mary Millington. Yet for nearly five years he was the invisible companion who never left Mary’s … Continue reading →

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