old fashioned way of punting-through advertisement in the local rags

[dynatron]

anyone actually still use the old way of finding working girls in local papers under the personal sections or cards in shop windows-now getting rare-when i think back to before the days of adultwork and puinter sites etc it was my main way of getting punts and although seems quite primitive these days i have to say that i had more good punts/positive experiences than negative/bad ones.

[lewisjones23]

only mongs who live in the dark ages and cant use a computer

be surprised if anyone on here has punted someone out of a paper recently and not done internet based research also

[Plan R]

Those were the days. I don't think they even have brass adverts in the back of the yellow advertisers anymore(?)
Wore my cock to a stump in the 90s via ads in papers and (like you) I remember they were mostly good punts, but.. I was in my 20s then and could get aroused over practically any brass with a pulse.
 

[demonic]

Can anyone relate to going into a London phone box and try to dial a number without making it totally obvious that you were trying to read the cards stuck to the glass before dialing ...... then the transition to going into a phone box to read the numbers but then to dial on the mobile phone  ..... Oh how we are spoilt nowadays ....

[Plan R]

Can anyone relate to going into a London phone box and try to dial a number without making it totally obvious that you were trying to read the cards stuck to the glass before dialing ...... then the transition to going into a phone box to read the numbers but then to dial on the mobile phone  ..... Oh how we are spoilt nowadays ....

I used to collect em. I worked in London then and had a wall full of em in my hovel of a flat - pretended it was ironic, artistic...and stuff..

[Jock D]

Wore my cock to a stump in the 90s via ads in papers and (like you) I remember they were mostly good punts, but.. I was in my 20s then and could get aroused over practically any brass with a pulse.
 

Exactly the same mate...could get a hard on with a change in the wind back then...now I have to rely on 50mg of Sildenafil to guarantee I get a good punt

[vw]

only mongs who live in the dark ages and cant use a computer

be surprised if anyone on here has punted someone out of a paper recently and not done internet based research also

may mate punts from back page, i take him aw printouts of the better options out of pity for him.

If they are on forum though they wont be paper punting.

[demonic]

I used to collect em. I worked in London then and had a wall full of em in my hovel of a flat - pretended it was ironic, artistic...and stuff..

I wonder if there is a collectors market for them ..... beats postcards and stamps 

[Plan R]

I bet there is  a 'top trumps' market for those cards. Hipsters would love it as 'authentic'  (spunk stains and all)
No prizes for guessing what happened to em though - I moved in with a bird in my mid 20s and surprise surprise they couldn't come with..
I probably told myself I was 'maturing' or some such ol shite at the time 

[joe diddley]

Did one out of the local paper some while ago almost out of nostalgia. What a fucking mistake that was! Never again, at least without cross checking review sites.

[Chuckman]

Ah, those were the days. Scouring the ads and then going to the designated phone box to complete the booking.The thrill of the unknown, not knowing whether she was going to be good or not. Would like to do one for old times sake but they don't list those type of adverts in the local papers around here any more.

[Blackpool Rock]

Would like to do one for old times sake but they don't list those type of adverts in the local papers around here any more.

Seem to remember 8-10 years ago they disappeared from the local rags around here too, someone told me that a lot of papers / publishers had done away with them after the authorities had put some pressure on them.
Clearly hadn't factored in the rise of the internet so ultimately no fucker would want them in another couple of years anyway.
Now incorrect descriptions in the ads and by parlour maids have been replaced by false photos and B&S girls on AW / Vivastreet 

[shagmore]

I used to collect em. I worked in London then and had a wall full of em in my hovel of a flat - pretended it was ironic, artistic...and stuff..

Brilliant, like that. Will go down to B&Q and see if they have a new line of wall paper in.  :thumbs:

[Corus Boy]

only mongs who live in the dark ages and cant use a computer

be surprised if anyone on here has punted someone out of a paper recently and not done internet based research also

I've used Echo adverts before, without complaints.

Yes you have little info to go on but if a girl is prepared to layout some £400 for a two month advert, in advance she is making some sort of commitment.

No worse a risk than AW at the current time, as the only method of contact is the phone number, calls tend to be answered, some level of English is likely and with the investment having been made up front by the girl she'll not be wanting punters who walk, so there may well be a level of accuracy in the conversation.

All you have to really work out;

Is the girl an independant or is Sergei lurking in the background?

PS. I don't think I'm a Mong! 

[lewisjones23]

I've used Echo adverts before, without complaints.

Yes you have little info to go on but if a girl is prepared to layout some £400 for a two month advert, in advance she is making some sort of commitment.

No worse a risk than AW at the current time, as the only method of contact is the phone number, calls tend to be answered, some level of English is likely and with the investment having been made up front by the girl she'll not be wanting punters who walk, so there may well be a level of accuracy in the conversation.

All you have to really work out;

Is the girl an independant or is Sergei lurking in the background?

PS. I don't think I'm a Mong! 

do you do any sort of cross referencing though?

[sparkus]

I once rang a watersports woman and asked how she'd get the canoe in during the "hotel visits" she offered. I was 15.

I did check the local paper about two years ago and there were about three ads for a TS, a mature and a sex line. Market forces achieved what Harriet Harman couldn't.

[Corus Boy]

do you do any sort of cross referencing though?

There's only really the phone number, so I may Google that and/or run it through 'whocallsme' but mostly I follow my experience and instinct.  I also go fully prepared to walk, at the area, the house or when the door opens.

[lewisjones23]

There's only really the phone number, so I may Google that and/or run it through 'whocallsme' but mostly I follow my experience and instinct.  I also go fully prepared to walk, at the area, the house or when the door opens.

fair enough - daft way to punt IMO, but its your money / time etc

[Horizontal pleasures]

I often still look at them, for example Archant newspapers in Hertfordshire that come to me online weekly, or the odd London local paper but years since I actually called one.

The Manchester Evening News and the Preston/Lancashire equivalent reaped a rich harvest, maybe more for parlours than Indies.

I was in Manchester visiting for a conference maybe 10 years ago and found a 'Secret Service' or some such name as an agency through the local paper, who procured a mature milf out of her 'retirement' for me and I had a great evening in a hotel at Castlefield by the museum.

Local papers are still fun to read and this has given me an idea to pursue again, as useful for when there was no chance to plan as AW often needs email planning and the newspaper ads lead to spontateity.

Anyone know if less chance of EE ladies via such an advert in a 'real' local paper?

[Shure]

This method has definitely had it's day (have you seen how thinner newspapers are these days).

But it's still a method that I wish was as popular as it once was as two wg's let me down the other day and I had to go home empty handed as no rags had any ads in.

[Shure]

I once rang a watersports woman and asked how she'd get the canoe in during the "hotel visits" she offered. I was 15.

 

[Chuckman]

Seem to remember 8-10 years ago they disappeared from the local rags around here too, someone told me that a lot of papers / publishers had done away with them after the authorities had put some pressure on them.
Clearly hadn't factored in the rise of the internet so ultimately no fucker would want them in another couple of years anyway.
Now incorrect descriptions in the ads and by parlour maids have been replaced by false photos and B&S girls on AW / Vivastreet 

Wouldn't be at all surprised if that's the reason they disappeared and as you said the Internet finished them off.

It's just as well we can translate their bullshit profiles on AW into English and warn others about them. Although it's nice to reminisce about things such as these things have moved on and overall for the better.

[myothernameis]

I wonder if there is a collectors market for them ..... beats postcards and stamps 

Other thing, do the numbers still work, who is on the other side of the phone line

[Cornish sub]

I saw one once, about 2-3 years ago, somewhere between Penzance and Land's End. Was in my local free paper, no photo or description of the lady, or even her age. I only wanted a massage with happy ending though, so her age and looks didn't matter too much. Anyway, phoned her up, asked what the service involved and was told a happy beginning, then a full massage followed by a happy ending. Sounded brilliant, and price was good too (£40 from memory).

Arrived at lady's house and was greeted by someone well into her 60s. Just as well I only wanted a massage and wank. Shown to the massage room which was actually a shed and entailed walking through the garden to get to it. Once in, stripped off and was asked to lie face down. So no happy beginning as promised then. Fortunately I can only cum once in an hour so never complained as I had my happy ending to look forward to, plus her massage was actually very nice.

Anyway, was eventually asked to turn over and she started giving me the most lovely slow, oily wank. She really was good at this and I thought to myself I wouldn't be able to hold out very long. After only a couple minutes though, she asked if I'd finish myself off cos her arm was aching. I told her no, I paid for her to do it. She did about one more minute then stopped again, again saying she couldn't carry on cos of arm ache.

Well pissed off, I got up and started dressing, telling her she was a con artist, basically wanting me to pay her to wank myself off. She was apologetic and said she'd give me a discount in another booking but I told her to shove it, there's no way I'd be coming back. Then left without saying another word.

[joe diddley]

I also used to collect tart cards. Not all of them but those that seemed to have some real thought put into them or were funny (intentionally or otherwise). I got rid of most of them at one point but kept a few of the most choice examples which I still have stuffed away in a box. I remember too that there was a paperback book about them with some photos of quite a few, a number of which I also had.

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[Blackpool Rock]

I also used to collect tart cards. Not all of them but those that seemed to have some real thought put into them or were funny (intentionally or otherwise). I got rid of most of them at one point but kept a few of the most choice examples which I still have stuffed away in a box. I remember too that there was a paperback book about them with some photos of quite a few, a number of which I also had.

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Perhaps they should put these sort of cards in packs of Johnnys like you used to get cigarette cards, collect the full set of 50

[Corus Boy]

Perhaps they should put these sort of cards in packs of Johnnys like you used to get cigarette cards, collect the full set of 50

Surely it would be a full set of 69?

[dynatron]

yeah there were the days but as many say when you are in your 20s 30s or even 40s things are a lot easier anyway,when you get to nearly 60 it all starts going downhill-in my experience anyway-ref the adds in telephone boxes dont remember having any fantastic punts via these-i used to have more success with local newspaper adds-and yes i can remember when these adds dissapeared all of a sudden from the local rags-i was shocked thinking what happens now-all seems a very long time ok- i live in buckinghamshire and there are still a couple or more of personal classified adds in the local rags but i couldant be bothered to enquire-havent got the patience these days.-i bet the papers lost a fortune when they stopped thse adds

[cueball]

Aaahhh the old days

I used the daily sport and a couple of the local rags, used be quite a few advertising.

I've had good and inevitably bad from the back of the paper.... not dissimilar   to the tinterweb

[fed24]

My early Punting days twenty years ago in Brighton were almost entirely via carding and looking in the adult/massage/escort section of the local rags.

I must admit usually ended up at the same parlours but that excitement of looking through the cards in a phone box whilst trying to look discrete or grabbing a Friday add then putting a few phone calls gives me nostalgic thoughts!

Because I was using a phone box the call had to be short and to the point plus the added challenge of trying to get accurate directions if it was a new place. I wonder how many here had to dart back into a phone box to recall them as the directions given were useless!

 

The call usual consisted of:

Parlour: Hello
Me: Hello what girls do you have in?
Parlour: Lists off some girls names with some basic descriptions (rarely totally accurate)
Me: How much for a full service?
Parlour: Gave over details of 15, 30 and 1hr costs sometimes with some service details. Or they would say much to my irritation: you discuss that with the girls
Me: OK where are you
Parlour: Gives out usual poor directions and asks how long I will be
Me: Rough guesstimate of time via a cash machine

Another feature of those early parlour days in Brighton if a parlour had more than one girl on they would ask you to sit in the bedroom and then they would come in one at a time and introduce themselves before the Madame came back to ask your selection. Always found that a HUGE turn on to this day that I miss now you tend to book a particular girl directly based upon a web advert. If there was more than one girl that you found attractive there was always that agonised moment making the final decision. That would be followed by the awkward wait for the  girl whilst you mulled over if she was the right choice. Final negotiations with the girl to see what they did on the "specials list", there was a rare occasion or two where I found the service they gave was going to be very vanilla and I have sent them back to try another girl. To be fair if they didn't offer OWO for example many of those parlour girls would say girl X does allowing me to swap.

It was very hit and miss with more average punts then any other but when the punting gods were on my side and the planets aligned I have had some of my greatest and best punts via the card/local rag route! I would even have to say it was a better situation then I face now with the drought of good working girls. Not as good as the years I spent punting London agency Thai girls but still much fun!

Sigh...

[munterhunter]

Going back 10 years or so there were far more of these ads than there are today. In my location I can think of a dozen publications that ran these ads that now don't exist or don't accept such ads.
On line ads seem to have taken over and dominate the scene at least now you can see a photo and read reviews & feedback on an advertiser though that's not guaranteed to be accurate.

[sparkus]

Going back 10 years or so there were far more of these ads than there are today. In my location I can think of a dozen publications that ran these ads that now don't exist or don't accept such ads.
On line ads seem to have taken over and dominate the scene at least now you can see a photo and read reviews & feedback on an advertiser though that's not guaranteed to be accurate.

I didn't use, but I remember Loot was full of them.

Newsagents don't seem to have cards in the window much these days either.  I used the trick back then of loudly reading rooms to rent cards out to myself while scribbling down WG numbers if there were people about.

[baby batter]

friday-ad still has a decent selection of brass ads for all areas that they distribute the paper to,friday-ad also do online ads that arent in the rag itself,ive used it a lot over the years.
To my shock and horror i found a wg advertising on one of the little cards in the local newsagents window,i just moved into the area and was looking for flat rentals,took a peek in the window and spotted a brass advertising,couldnt believe it,and before any of you ask,of course i  rang her  turns out she was working a stones throw from the newsagents lmao,shes got an AW profile aswell,once id checked that and realised it was the same wg i gave her a big fat wide berth 
fuck me were spoilt these days with internet,but can still remeber clearly,checking the loot and the like to get my rocks off,the good old days 

[Horizontal pleasures]

The cards were often in phone boxes and they are a vanishing species.

[cerealpunter]

When I started punting it was just the local weekly papers, same old adverts every week, tried a few "contact" mags but never had much success, nothing really local. Some of my first punts believe it or not were from the Yellow Pages, in those days they had listings for "Massage Parlours" remember one of the first was Clare Cavendish, (wasn't actually the one girl, different girl each day)based in an end terraced house on the way in to town, still pass it most days a house again now, often wonder if the residents know. From then on it was mostly the Daily Sport.

Edit just thinking how many local "parlours" there used to be usually one girl and receptionist often in a house, some would be short lived, local residents would object, others were there for years. Nothing like that locally anymore probably about a 45 min drive for me to a half decent parlour these days, the only other option seems to be indies on AW

[cerealpunter]

Another feature of those early parlour days in Brighton if a parlour had more than one girl on they would ask you to sit in the bedroom and then they would come in one at a time and introduce themselves before the Madame came back to ask your selection. Always found that a HUGE turn on to this day that I miss now you tend to book a particular girl directly based upon a web advert. If there was more than one girl that you found attractive there was always that agonised moment making the final decision. That would be followed by the awkward wait for the  girl whilst you mulled over if she was the right choice. Final negotiations with the girl to see what they did on the "specials list", there was a rare occasion or two where I found the service they gave was going to be very vanilla and I have sent them back to try another girl. To be fair if they didn't offer OWO for example many of those parlour girls would say girl X does allowing me to swap.


Sigh...

This is something I actually miss you would go in almost blind apart from the phone description, I never realised blue eyed busty blonde could fit so many body types But being introduced to the girls, one might not be your type at all, but something she would do or say would make you choose her, occasionally would be a great punt, I've had a few regulars over the years like this, but they would be girls I would never choose from their pics these days. You often found that some of the plainer looking girls gave the best service, as though they had to try harder if the other girl who was on was a stunner

[fed24]

This is something I actually miss you would go in almost blind apart from the phone description, I never realised blue eyed busty blonde could fit so many body types But being introduced to the girls, one might not be your type at all, but something she would do or say would make you choose her, occasionally would be a great punt, I've had a few regulars over the years like this, but they would be girls I would never choose from their pics these days. You often found that some of the plainer looking girls gave the best service, as though they had to try harder if the other girl who was on was a stunner

Oh totally agree, amazing how many busty young blonde could fit so many body types. I concur with the choosing part a group of girls would troop in one at a time and maybe there was a real stunner but then a plainer girl would do or say something that meant I would pick her on the spur of the moment. Didn't always work out but I have also had some of the most meaningful amazing regulars that almost made me fluffy for them doing that! I suppose it was the glint in the eye, if the stunner looked grumpy and when she gave her name was thick as two short planks but a plainer girl had some intelligence and whit about her when she introduced herself I couldn't resist!

The gamble of it is what made it fun, twenty years ago in Brighton the vast majority of the Girls in the parlours were British (and local). A different era now!

[cerealpunter]

Oh totally agree, amazing how many busty young blonde could fit so many body types. I concur with the choosing part a group of girls would troop in one at a time and maybe there was a real stunner but then a plainer girl would do or say something that meant I would pick her on the spur of the moment. Didn't always work out but I have also had some of the most meaningful amazing regulars that almost made me fluffy for them doing that! I suppose it was the glint in the eye, if the stunner looked grumpy and when she gave her name was thick as two short planks but a plainer girl had some intelligence and whit about her when she introduced herself I couldn't resist!

The gamble of it is what made it fun, twenty years ago in Brighton the vast majority of the Girls in the parlours were British (and local). A different era now!

I think this is the sort of thing I'm missing from punting these days, I often spend so much time looking at websites, searching AW and then often think, can't be bothered now. Maybe I should just start walking into parlours on spec (if only there was something local) I suppose the other thing about it was £40 or £50 quid in a parlour is not such a great loss if it's not the best punt

[Corus Boy]

It occurs to me that, those who use the Internet only know and use Internet sources and do not understand people who do not use the Internet and I'm not just talking about punting.

Those that do not use the Internet, make do and get by quite successfully using other sources of information, in the same way that some people still write letters with pen and ink, fold their letters, put them into envelopes and affix a stamp, before taking some exercise and walk to the post box.

[picot]

When I started punting it was just the local weekly papers, same old adverts every week, tried a few "contact" mags but never had much success, nothing really local. Some of my first punts believe it or not were from the Yellow Pages, in those days they had listings for "Massage Parlours" remember one of the first was Clare Cavendish, (wasn't actually the one girl, different girl each day)based in an end terraced house on the way in to town, still pass it most days a house again now, often wonder if the residents know. From then on it was mostly the Daily Sport.

Edit just thinking how many local "parlours" there used to be usually one girl and receptionist often in a house, some would be short lived, local residents would object, others were there for years. Nothing like that locally anymore probably about a 45 min drive for me to a half decent parlour these days, the only other option seems to be indies on AW

I remember the Clare Cavendish parlour. She started as the receptionist to Michelle Dene at the same premises, then took over when Michelle 'retired'. This would be in the mid 80s, Michelle was a podgy milf, Clare a slim early 20s redhead. Both gave excellent service. I had left the area when different daily girls appeared. Happy memories.

[joe diddley]

With the rise of the internet and review sites punter expectations have risen markedly I would say. Many of us would have been delighted at one time with shows that our younger colleagues nowadays are reporting as neutral experiences.

[sparkus]

With the rise of the internet and review sites punter expectations have risen markedly I would say. Many of us would have been delighted at one time with shows that our younger colleagues nowadays are reporting as neutral experiences.

Yes.  A back of the paper punt with a porky Spaniard with a vag which couldn't keep my dick in, done in a cobwebbed room above a kebab shop, merely elicited a shrug afterwards from me in 2008.

Now I'd be at the bus stop firing up the Negative review afterwards on my phone.

[YidArmy]

My local rag used to have a whole page of adverts for 'massage'. Now it's a couple of ads at best.

Used to be handy as some of these places were open very late and you occasionally found a real gem late night when you would have otherwise been out of options.