Where did the dollybird go?

She was around much of the 70s while I was growing up as I remember seeing her in the tabloids. On a Sunday night she'd be on the telly, enticing the male readers of the red tops to tune in to find out her sizzling hot secrets with the footballer/telly star of the day. And she was always blonde with huge knockers. Where's she gone?



Miss Brahams from Are You Being Served was a dolly bird, 'cos it says so here.

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Anonymous said…
Doesn't she now inhabit the cringing spot on Soccer AM?
10:44 PM
Steve said…
I always preferred Mrs Slocombe and her pussy, personally...
10:11 AM
Anonymous said…
Sadly, Wendy Richard ("Miss Brahms") died in 2009 of breast cancer. There is an article on Wikipedia about her...
5:06 AM
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