Punting in 1990's

[itk]

I just spent the afternoon in the loft sorting out odds n sods, and whilst flicking through some old magazines found a small notepad in which I'd rated WG's (I can remember doing it but thought it was thrown years and years ago). Judging by the magazines it would have been 1995 or 1996. I knew I punted a lot back then but in 4 weeks during May/June I had 12 girls, seeing one of them three times.
Reading through it bought back some fantastic memories and the odd disaster. All were from the streets of Norwich, and most times there were either 3 of us, or just myself and a mate.

 Below is word for word how I wrote it down back then.

Tuesday 23 May.  D drove tonight, counted 21 girls, whittled it down to 8 we would consider. Parked up and chose Sharon again. £20 BJ (all were covered I think back then) and came on her tits. 7/10

Thursday 25 May. D drove. No idea how many tonight but seemed loads. Saw Jade almost immediately so risked pulling up in car. £20 BJ and sex in Jade's car. 6/10

Sunday 27 May. I drove. Andy wanted Sharon again but couldn't find her. Saw a new one tonight, brunette with thigh high boots. Huge tits. £30 sex in her flat instead of £20 in car. Love her tits and a real laugh as well. Got her number, can't remember name but we will call her 'Milky'
After takeaway had a drive around, D had another girl 8.5/10. (turned out to be a regular for all of us)

Monday 29 May. Andy went alone. Had milky in the graveyard. Mad bastard.

Thursday 1 June. D drove. Really quiet but hit the jackpot. Saw a new one standing by flats, spoke and got her number. Flat was across the road, £30 BJ and sex. Jesus, fit at fuck, Greek with best tits I've seen. 11/10. (Saw her a few times but one who just disappeared)

[jackthelad]

Are all these ladies SW?

[itk]

Are all these ladies SW?

SW? What do you mean Jack?

[jackthelad]

SW? What do you mean Jack?

Street walker

[itk]

Sorry Jack, yes they were. Back then it's all I knew. No such place as AW

[phillips]

I used to park my car up in Norwich and then have a walk round see to the ladies..There were lots of girls working the streets in Norwich then. Most of them from up north, Sheffield if my memory serves me right
Lots of good looking girls. Used to go for the ones which had rented a flat or bedsit. £20 was about right for covered sex.
The northern girls were a right friendly bunch unlike the hard nut local ones.

Thanks for the reminder 

[cueball]

It was the same scenario in Bradford back in the day, everything was covered, back to lasses flats/houses, blow job was a tenner and a shag 15 quid.

Maddest thing for me was getting a blow job off a blonde bird whilst the whole family were sat downstairs (kids, grandparents, the whole gang) all watching corrie.

Thank God that was nearly 25 years ago,I don't miss that, plod on the horizon, very dodgy houses but the lasses were friendly, I used to swerve the bag heads.

[itk]

I used to park my car up in Norwich and then have a walk round see to the ladies..There were lots of girls working the streets in Norwich then. Most of them from up north, Sheffield if my memory serves me right
Lots of good looking girls. Used to go for the ones which had rented a flat or bedsit. £20 was about right for covered sex.
The northern girls were a right friendly bunch unlike the hard nut local ones.

Thanks for the reminder 

Many from Nottingham also, used to travel down Thursday through to Sunday.

[Diehard]

Fucking love this thread, thanks for sharing guys. 20 years ago, the idea of seeing a hooker just never seemed a reality for me. I remember after late night footy matches at highfield road seeing some absolute stunners on street corners, but never having the bottle to even stop the car.

Reading the above just reinforces my opinion that life was more fun before the Internet. I suppose back then 20 quid would be equivalent to about 100 quid now , maybe a bit less, and I'm guessing the experiences above were half hour appointments so I suspect cost wise things haven't changed a huge amount.

But don't know what others think, it just seems more fun back then than now. Yes there are street walkers around now but clearly only an idiot would see a street walker now as they are bound to be skanks, plus too much cctv around, that makes the risks outweigh the reward.

[itk]

I suppose back then 20 quid would be equivalent to about 100 quid now , maybe a bit less, and I'm guessing the experiences above were half hour appointments so I suspect cost wise things haven't changed a huge amount.

But don't know what others think, it just seems more fun back then than now.

Back then there never seemed there was a time limit. Some would try and rush me, but they were the ones that would be sex in the car. If I saw a WG who had a place it would have been about 45 minutes all in, including the time needed to get to the flat.
Seems an strange thing to say, but I kind of miss those days. Part of it would have been because I was younger and it was with mates, so not only was it a bit of fun, but the adrenaline caused by the risk of being caught made it more exciting.
Managed to look through the whole book now, and I only kept details for five months. Would have been nice to have kept it going and seen how many I've been with.

[johnnyboy61]

I remember my first three encounters with WG in 1994, all street girls.

The first she took me back to an empty flat half-way up a tower block with a bare mattress on the floor; the second back to a house with kids in the other rooms; and the third where everything except sex, including touching her body, was extra and I was so naive that I paid it all. 

Not a very good start looking back on it and it's not surprising that I then started using massage parlours that offered HE only, gradually progressing to those that offered full sex and finally visiting independents using the classified ads in the local rag.

You never knew what the girl was going to be like until you turned up, although if she sounded rough on the phone you made your excuses and hung-up on them. I never used street girls again after those first three times. Sadly no records to look back to see what I paid back then.

[gary03]

i used to punt through contact mags.used to buy a pack from private shop in lincoln & get pics with phone numbers.used to go to nottingham & usually havw two a day for about 30 quid a pop.had a real mixture of experiances from girls who tried to charge extra for every service too others who were clearly enjoying themselves.how the world of punting has changed.i was in my 30s then & free & single

[cueball]

To pick up on what said earlier, there wasn't a time scale, you paid for the act. Podge £15, blow job £10, wank £5

From there I moved to the local paper and the back of the sport with varying degrees of success, some crackers but some scary munters too.

Say what you will, aw transformed punting for me

[willbred]

1990s I was booking WGs via contact mags papers bargain pages and when in London off cards in phone boxes.My online activity seemed to start with the 21st C.

[Tiger63]

Used the sport a lot for numbers....didnt punt a lot but found a house in South Shields that became my regular place. Some nice thai girls worked there.

[jamesian]

Local papers always had numbers for Escorts, Models or massage services.
Parlours were often advertised as Health clubs!
Telephone boxes in London always had numbers of "exotic" sounding ladies printed on business cards.
And you could buy magazines with contact numbers.
I never went to RLD's as there were sufficient other means to find some fun

[Grey Punter]

Contact magazines such as Phoenix were a good source providers. One soon became reasonably adept at deciding whether or not to follow up the initial phone call. There are still one or two providers on AW who I remember first seeing in Phoenix or Delilah.

I found The Sport much more hit or miss. It was definitely the place to be if a girl wanted to make a lot of money quickly. I recall one girl telling me that she could see more punters in a couple of days than she would in a week through any other adverts, but gave up using it because she couldn't cope with being a "battery fuck"!

Ads in local papers always used to be  good, particularly for outcalls. This medium seemed to attract the part-timers with normal day time jobs. The tendency seemed to be to advertise for a shortish time and either drop out or continue to see a small number of regulars.

The internet has certainly opened things up, but sometimes I still look back with nostalgia on those old less complicated days.

Grey Punter

[sushi]

Late 80's to the mid 90's no internet or mobile phones so I'd buy a mag look check out the photos call the girl told to go to a certain phone box on a certain street and call from there to get the full address. £30 in the bedroom for a massage, covered oral and sex.
Good old days.

[phillips]

  Forgot about the contact mags and the Sport. Found a house in Norwich which advertised a number in the sport and the girls changed week too week and there were some crackers there. I did nearly walk one day when I knocked on the door and the woman who answered was really old, but she turned out too be the maid. 

Thanks itk for the thread    and yes you are so right about the Nottingham girls coming down on thursday and going home sunday.
Norwich was considered a safe city for working girls in them days.

[yorkshire123]

Well before my punting time as I was a late starter but somehow I feel I may have missed out on some exciting times, not that I would ever dream of street punting in this day & age.
I love reading about punters early exploits & for that I thank you all 

[smiths]

My main method of contacting WGs in those days was my local paper, followed by direct and indirect contact mags for which I had an accommodation address for and to send my porn vids to as well. Then ads in newsagents windows.

One problem I had pre-mobile phone sometimes was finding a working phone box or one that hadn't been pissed in, set on fire or even shat in.

[Flunt]

Not a very good start looking back on it and it's not surprising that I then started using massage parlours that offered HE only, gradually progressing to those that offered full sex and finally visiting independents using the classified ads in the local rag.

There used to loads of massage parlours in Northampton, Soft Touch and a few others still going. I think Relax 2 in Rushden was one of my earliest punts

[johnnyboy61]

My early punting experiences in the Nineties were in Nottingham and the surrounding towns. There was one particular parlour I used to visit quite frequently in Shepshed; it is now sadly long closed. There were quite a few in Ilkeston too, though a couple were very rough and ready. Nottingham's parlours were nearly all non-FS then, but the back pages of the Nottingham Evening Post were stuffed with ads for local working girls (and the "health" clubs).

[Flunt]

I remember visiting a a place in Ilkeston up a fire escape. Saw a very slim Scottish girl a few times.

[johnnyboy61]

I remember visiting a a place in Ilkeston up a fire escape. Saw a very slim Scottish girl a few times.

Above a cafe? Yes, she was from Ayr and rather frighteningly sounded just like my sister-in-law! It's the one and only time I came close to a meet with a squirter. When I used to fuck her from behind after a few minutes she had to ask me to stop as she had an unbearable desire to pee. It was before the "gushing" fashion (just piss in my opinion), but I'm sure nowadays she would market it and make considerably more money.

[itk]

Forgot about the contact mags and the Sport. Found a house in Norwich which advertised a number in the sport and the girls changed week too week and there were some crackers there. I did nearly walk one day when I knocked on the door and the woman who answered was really old, but she turned out too be the maid. 

Thanks itk for the thread    and yes you are so right about the Nottingham girls coming down on thursday and going home sunday.
Norwich was considered a safe city for working girls in them days.

Was the house on Sprowston Road? I found a house there through a phone number in the Sport, had an absolute stunner there called Becky.

[phillips]

It was in the Stafford Street area off Dereham road 

Used to go see one of the girls and then pop in the local pub for a pint and then fish and chips.
At the chippe on Stafford street. 

[phillips]

Was the house on Sprowston Road? I found a house there through a phone number in the Sport, had an absolute stunner there called Becky.

I did go to sprowston road once and only went to the wrong house,forgot what number the girl told me. And very nearly knocked on the wrong door.
I must of been half a mile away from the right house. 

[itk]

Reading the old book reminded me of the mate who wanted a new one who we saw near where the BMW garage is. Pissing down and with no flat he still decided to give it a go, wanting to go across the road to the church graveyard. Me and the other mate went for a walk and returned to see him looking as miserable as sin. She decided she didn't want to too far so he fucked her on the pavement about 20 yards from the main road. His knees were fucked having to kneel on the pavement. 

[itk]

Reading the old book reminded me of the mate who wanted a new one who we saw near where the BMW garage is. Pissing down and with no flat he still decided to give it a go, wanting to go across the road to the church graveyard. Me and the other mate went for a walk and returned to see him looking as miserable as sin. She decided she didn't want to too far so he fucked her on the pavement about 20 yards from the main road. His knees were fucked having to kneel on the pavement. 

It was just in the little cut on the very far left of the pic. 
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[Watts.E.Dunn]

I don't recall much punting activity in Cambridge probably its because we're all Geeks up there and until the net was invented no one knew about sex!

I think there was some activity in the pound hill area, well there should have been theers a suitably named pub there;)

Enjoy!.

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[itk]

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[Grey Punter]

I remember visiting a a place in Ilkeston up a fire escape. Saw a very slim Scottish girl a few times.

I recall her as well. The place was about 100 yards from Armstrongs Mill. Seem to remember that she gave very nice oral.

It's a small world.

Grey Punter

[johnnyboy61]

I recall her as well. The place was about 100 yards from Armstrongs Mill. Seem to remember that she gave very nice oral.

It's a small world.

Grey Punter

It was quite a big place for one girl and set up like a proper legit massage business with no bed. I used to fuck her from behind with her bent over the massage table. Really friendly nice girl, but I can't remember her name now.

Whenever I visited Armstrong's Mill it would bring back memories of good times. I notice on Google street view that the cafe is still on the ground floor, presumably the customers were unaware of what was happening a few feet above their heads as they consumed their bacon sarnies.

[Tiger63]

I remember a rather dodgy corner shop in Sunderland that had phone numbers in the window. Called a lady with a totally false French accent and arranged an appointment.
Turned out she was French, think her name was Annie
She would open her dressing gown and show you her tits then ask "What can I do for you, you naughty boy"....in a sort of French accent.
Normally started with a massage on her bed by which time we were both naked and then we were off.
Think it was about £20

[herbie007]

I used to look forward to Thursdays waiting for the south London press to come out to see if there were any new girls to shag, but my preferred way of punting was driving round South London's RLD's in my yellow BT van looking for SW’s.

Great memories, I loved that van. 

[phillips]

It was just in the little cut on the very far left of the pic. 
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I know that area so well. Thanks again for the memories 

[itk]

Phillips, did you punt often in the 90's around there then? I still remember seeing the usual suspects most nights, some bloke always made us laugh as he was the spitting image of Peter Sutcliffe, drove a white Ford Granada. Always saw a bloke who gave a nod in a white Fiat Uno with painting gear in it, and a young bloke in a Sierra XR4 who many WG's said was a bit creepy.
Remember Sunday nights becoming really busy along Ber Street after midnight when I think an oriental gambling event took place opposite the BMW garage.

[phillips]

I used to punt most weekends down there,and like you said you could spot the same punters driving round and round before one would get the balls to stop for a girl.
I used a house down Argyle street which had a good few northern girls,Maud street was the other street off Dereham road the same house was used a few months ago by some east european girls.Wonder if they have changed the wallpaper in that bedroom. 

I used to park my car and have a walk round, find a girl and then we would walk back to my car or go to her flat or house.

Walking down those streets now I can still hear those girls saying "Do you want business" 

[itk]

I used to punt most weekends down there,and like you said you could spot the same punters driving round and round before one would get the balls to stop for a girl.
I used a house down Argyle street which had a good few northern girls,Maud street was the other street off Dereham road the same house was used a few months ago by some east european girls.Wonder if they have changed the wallpaper in that bedroom. 

I used to park my car and have a walk round, find a girl and then we would walk back to my car or go to her flat or house.

Walking down those streets now I can still hear those girls saying "Do you want business" 

Argyle Street.  I remember turning up at a door along there after reading a number from one of the phone boxes. It said, 'sexy, athletic girl' I didn't think athletic meant the body of a shot putter, so we legged it with her shouting her pimp Courtney to come get us.

[phillips]

Little short thing wore long white socks Her name was Sue 

No never went with her    There were better girls to be had 

[slow and low]

The 90s meant working flats around London for me, lot more than now, lot of girls from Yorkshire in London at time, also had my first threesome in Fulham in 95, happy times.

[itk]

Little short thing wore long white socks Her name was Sue 

No never went with her    There were better girls to be had 

Yes, it was Sue. Crazy bitch. 

[MrMan1973]

What a good post!
Punting was just that, taking a punt.

Memories consist of:
Nottingham - RLD 3/4 girls on every corner & back pages of the post/ ad mag. Local parlours also.
Glasgow - Good parlours, one in the west end (had my first mff threesome) & one nr central train station. The street walkers in the centre of town after dark too..
London - walk ups in Soho.
Brighton - cards in phone boxes.
Birmingham - Parlours (really good mix)

[berksboy]

   The Reading Evening Post was very good in its day , also did the Soho walk ups .Never got to do the oxford rd in reading and sure as hell would not do it now.

[JasonP]

I remember the pre mobile ( for me anyway ) nineties well. Relying on the Freeads and a pocketful of change it was sometimes an uphill struggle. It was also exciting in wondering if the phone description was anything like reality. Sometime it was, sometimes  not. The scene was a lot different then. Clean shaven was an unexpected bonus. Most sessions were a massage, covered oral and sex. There were a few independants but I mostly used parlours and got to know the girls doing the rounds. Mostly young and good looking and cannot recall many foreign imports. Don't know if it was better then or now. Certainly different.

[pierrot]

The dark ages punters these days dont know how lucky they are.
No mobile phones just pissy smelling phone boxes.
Dodgy ads in the paper you never new what you would find when you got there.
No reviews it was just going in blind and hoping for the best, if you found a good one you became a regular rather than going hunting again.
High prices a £50 quid punt then would be £111 now.

[itk]

I remember the pre mobile ( for me anyway ) nineties well. Relying on the Freeads and a pocketful of change it was sometimes an uphill struggle. It was also exciting in wondering if the phone description was anything like reality. Sometime it was, sometimes  not. The scene was a lot different then. Clean shaven was an unexpected bonus. Most sessions were a massage, covered oral and sex. There were a few independants but I mostly used parlours and got to know the girls doing the rounds. Mostly young and good looking and cannot recall many foreign imports. Don't know if it was better then or now. Certainly different.

Very true about phoning a WG and just praying when she opens that door it's something remotely shaggable. I remember if I had seen a decent one having to copy the number and alter the last two digits incase it was found.

[GalaxyMan]

Ah, the very best of times, and the very worst too.  Ads in newspapers, and cards in newsagents windows.  Often 'Landline' phone numbers, as it was near the beginning of the 'mobile phone' age.
The worst? Arrive at a venue and not have an idea of the munter waiting - and then the small brain taking over.  These days the deeper research (and the experience of 30 years) would mean that that wouldn't happen, or a 'walk away'
The best? 'Turning' a mobile masseuse to the 'naughty side', and then having many many months of *great* visits until she moved out of the area and it wasn't possible for her to travel to me.
She had a card in a local newsagent. She was known in the newsagent, as she lived really close to it.  It said (can't remember the exact words) Massage Only - but as I enjoyed that anyway, and had some muscle pain from an older pysical injury, I called and 'booked'.  Lovely lady, early 30's. Half-Caste, White English and Caribbean. UK born, with a UK approach to life. No 'Jamacian' time going on with her, a booked time was the time!  Easy conversation, because there were no deep cultural differences.  Just enough to make interesting conversation.
Great massage.  Had done the usual 'simple' courses, and taken it further. I always felt *great* afterwards, and during the third 'massage' visit we were chatting away and she started to ask about other massuse visits (if any) and what happened.  I slowly told her more, and she looked interested.  She said 'I'm not doing anything after I finish with you - how about you show me a common 'routine' visit like that?'
I tried not to fall off the table (she used to bring a folding proper massage table with her)..... and (after she took a time in the shower) we did! :-)
And did, many more times. About every 3 weeks for 2 years....... BB too.... (well, it was those days and we were (apart from her hubby) exclusive).  We talked about 'A', and she looked thoughtful. The next time she came she put a condom on the massage couch........
After about the 6th visit, she no longer brought the massage table into mine (unless I really did want a massage, as using it was allowed a far better massage than using the bed.  In fact, using the floor for massage was better than the bed!) and we spent the whole hour (and often more, if she was 'free') in sexual activity.......
Usually charged, if I called her.  A very few times she called me, as she was 'passing and didn't have a booking, so was I available for a visit?'  These visits were not charged........ I remember well, one time, I saw her getting into her car (with her massage couch) and I pulled over and poked my head out of my car window.  She looked at me, and said (in nearly an 'ordering' dominant manner, although she was naturally submissive) YOURS. NOW!!   That was the absolute best of visits...............
Writing this has made me remember so many good times with her, and miss her!    It was *that* good!

GM

[slow and low]

I remember the pre mobile ( for me anyway ) nineties well. Relying on the Freeads and a pocketful of change it was sometimes an uphill struggle. It was also exciting in wondering if the phone description was anything like reality. Sometime it was, sometimes  not. The scene was a lot different then. Clean shaven was an unexpected bonus. Most sessions were a massage, covered oral and sex. There were a few independants but I mostly used parlours and got to know the girls doing the rounds. Mostly young and good looking and cannot recall many foreign imports. Don't know if it was better then or now. Certainly different.

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