1963 Focus on London After Dark Magazine

A fellow collector is looking for information on &/or a copy of Focus on London After Dark, Vol 1 No 2, 1963.

Shown here is the front cover and an image presumably from the inside -- all he has are these digital images.

Of most importance is the cover story in the lower right corner: The Sex Scandal That Rocked Britain. (Regarding Profumo scandal in England.)

This is the information he has provided to help folks trace this publication:

It's the cover of an American mag. I have a contact in GB who says these pictures are taken at a house called Ewhurst in Elstree, north London. As with Harrison Marks' house it was extensively used by fashion and porno photographers.

The guy painting (in the second image) is the owner of the car and the house, not Harrison Marks; he is also the guy in the pic on the lower right. Identity not known yet (can be checked, but will take months to access the archives).

It is believed that Stephen Ward took the pictures. Behind her, walking up to the car (it was THAT close!) ....is ME. I recall him being annoyed at me, he didn't see me coming back from opening the gate and I stepped into the frame as he pressed the button. It was the last frame on the reel. So if you find the original film-roll it will show the garden scene first, then some heavy sex, then the car picture. I, we, are not entirely sure of the year these pictures were taken, but we would guess around '62 as Terry began working for HM in '62, but she might have been on the scene before then. The car is a Bentley Continental S Park Ward Drophead, made from '54-'57.

The same girls in both pics, it is thought. So this is probably '62, the spring perhaps, or the previous autumn? My contact has good pics of a lot of HM's girls and thinks the brunette Terry Peters (she looks a bit like Palmer - my guess - but has much smaller nipples) the redhead in the big picture is not Pamela Green, definite, but probably Maxine Miller, and thus she's the girl in the car picture too (both
names are probably only model-names, not their real ones).

He's looking specifically for this issue, but any related materials may also be wanted. These include other photos, publications, films, documents, archives and articles pertaining to the individuals mentioned.

Since he's one of the men in the photo, he's provided other photos of himself taken about that time to help you identify other photos from that period or that very roll of film.

This collector also adds the following:

The press were heavily censored in Britain at the time, but seemingly you Yanks were able to dig deep. How deep? And what else did they have in their archives that didn't make the magazine?

If you do find a magazine and it's not for sale a Xerox copy would surfice. Forget the money, I'll pay for good stuff. But I would just love to get the negs, even copies of them.

Any information &/or leads are appreciated!


Send information to him at sverre_helgesen@hotmail.com.

You may also post in the comments section or email me as I am also researching this.