Parade (British magazine)
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Parade was a British magazine for men.
It was originally known as Blighty between 1916 and 1920 and was intended as a humorous magazine for servicemen. competing against magazines such as Titbits and Reveille
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The magazine was relaunched in 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War and continued afterwards until 1958, when it was renamed Blighty Parade while being turned into a pin-up
magazine. It was known as Parade and Blighty for the final weeks of 1959 when it finally became Parade in 1960. By the 1970s content had progressed to topless and nude photos of models, and at the end of the 1990s it went hardcore.
Although there has been more than one change of ownership, the title continues to be published.
It was originally known as Blighty between 1916 and 1920 and was intended as a humorous magazine for servicemen. competing against magazines such as Titbits and Reveille
Reveille newspaper
Reveille was a popular British weekly tabloid newspaper during the Second World WarUnion Jack, A Scrapbook, British Forces' Newspapers 1939-45 HMSO & Imperial War Museum, 1993 and the post-war years....
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The magazine was relaunched in 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War and continued afterwards until 1958, when it was renamed Blighty Parade while being turned into a pin-up
Pin-up girl
A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display, e.g. meant to be "pinned-up" on a wall...
magazine. It was known as Parade and Blighty for the final weeks of 1959 when it finally became Parade in 1960. By the 1970s content had progressed to topless and nude photos of models, and at the end of the 1990s it went hardcore.
Although there has been more than one change of ownership, the title continues to be published.
External links
- Vinmag marketer of vintage mags - Blighty covers
- June Russell cover October 10th 1959.
- Blighty 1958 Summer Special cover by Arthur Ferrier.