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I have fond memories as a lad of spending time perusing Mayfair, Penthouse and occasionally Playboy and being actually interested in the articles. Especially Playboy as it gave a unique window into American culture in the 70s'. Whereas the rest of the topshelf catalogue was just porn with fake letters, reader's wives and rubbish stories.
I remember being astonished at the smut on sale in Germany when I first went on a cadet annual camp. A few years later they started appearing in 'specialist' UK stores but with red dots added as some form of censorship.
Mayfair was described by the education officer on the Ark Royal as being one of the best examples of descriptive English prose in the Sailor series. The pictures weren't bad either, lots of lady gardens on show.