During one of my regular cyber forays I came across this Century 21 item which is completely new to me, the Paper Dolls Cut Out Clothes Book [ Worthpoint ] . This one pictures a lady called Copper. The Paper Dolls were a late 60's pop band believe it or not. I had to look them up as I've never heard of them! Here's the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Dolls_(band). Copper is really Sue 'Copper' Marshall. The name Paper Dolls must have a gift to those cut-out doll guys at Century 21 Publishing!
The mod style reminds me of the girls in UFO so I can see why they were Century 21 stablemates, along with other groups like The Monkees and Dozy, Dave, Beaky, Mick and Tich, who also got the cut-out doll treatment!
Here are the Paper Dolls singing Something Here in My Heart and Someday courtesy of You Tube and here's a selection of record covers all on the PYE label. PYE were connected to Century 21 Merchandising. They appear to have also been popular in Japan.
Here are the Paper Dolls singing Something Here in My Heart and Someday courtesy of You Tube and here's a selection of record covers all on the PYE label. PYE were connected to Century 21 Merchandising. They appear to have also been popular in Japan.
I have been unable to find any reference to Century 21 Publications and the other two group members, Tiger and Spyder, but I imagine they are out there. Has any one got the other two cut-out books? The Worthpoint 'Copper' listing ran as follows:
VINTAGE "THE PAPER DOLLS" C UT-OUT CLOTHES BOOK COPPER DATED 1969 BY CENTURY 21 PUBLISHING LTD.THIS IS A RARE PAPER DOLL CUT OUT BOOK OF THE 1960's GIRL GROUP "THE PAPER DOLLS." THIS ONE IS OF COPPER ( SUE MARSHALL).
AS YOU CAN SEE THE DOLL HAS BEEN MADE UP. IT IS DOUBLE SIDED WITH A PIECE OF CLOTHING FOR THE FRONT AND BACK. THERE IS ALSO 8 PAGES OF BLACK & WHITE PICTURES OF THE GROUP IN THE CENTER.
THERE IS ONLY 1.5 ITEMS OF CLOTHING MISSING,
This post is a real challenge, I usually view on my phone and this one appears as thin, dark grey lettering on a black background! Keeps me alert!
ReplyDeleteNot much better on my MacBook screen... but at least I could select the text, so the highlight made it black on white!
ReplyDeleteBest -- Paul
sorry about that guys. I've adjusted the font size and colour now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll cancel that appointment at Specsavers.
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