How old were you when you first reached up for the top shelf?

Lurcio · October 10th, 2014, 09:02 AM

I vividly remember buying my first mag, the Best of Club No 11, from a quiet newsagent with no other customers. I didn't think I'd get away with it as I was only 15 at the time! The middle aged guy who served me was obviously sympathetic and let me leave the shop with my treasured possession and a bursting erection.

By the time I was 16 I was buying them every month knowing which newsagents I could use. On one occasion I nonchalantly placed a copy of Escort next to the till only to find that I'd lost the shiny pound coin necessary to buy it. After some frantic searching and an increasingly angry lady shopkeeper I had to admit defeat and return the mag to its place on the top shelf of delights. By now of course I'd stared longingly at the tight cotton panties of the cover girl and had to see what was inside so I went home to get some more money. I couldn't face going back to the same shop so tried a new one, this time I didn't do my normal recce, just walked in, grabbed the mag and walked to the till - only to find I was being served by a girl from my class at school! She never said anything, then or later, but it was embarrassing. Strangely enough, after that I always preferred to be served by women.

**PJayBr** · October 10th, 2014, 12:18 PM

Nicked 'em from my mate's dad's woekshop early, but probably bought my first in Brighton aged 21. We had a "cultural library" in our staff house, all standard early 80's British soctcore stuff.

PJayBr

**Mad Koala Bear** · October 10th, 2014, 01:00 PM

I was 16 in the late 60's when I started buying 'top-shelf', though I dont remember them being ghettoed on the top shelf in the newsagents in those days. That period also saw the opening of second hand mag shops in the town where I lived, and they weren't too bothered about punters being a bit under 18. I was a lot more comfortable buying stuff there than in a corner shop. The great thing about VEF is I keep finding scans of mags or pics that I remember from way back then.

SimonJones · October 13th, 2014, 10:20 AM

I was 13 -I had been wanking to grattan catalogue lingerie pages and holiday brochures for a while but was determined to buy an actual magazine. A newsagent near me had a good selection so i would go in and look longingly at the mags but could never drum up the courage to buy one so would just buy some chocolate bars and leave - that went on for ages - eventually one day i was standing looking at the mags when the woman serving said (IIRC) "oh just get the one you want, it will be better for you than all that chocolate" - I was 23 stones when I was 13 - but I couldn't reach so she got it for me, I was mortally embarrassed so just mumbled something, handed over my 60p and left with Mayfair vol 13 No 3

Bapwatch · October 13th, 2014, 11:04 AM

Late 60s in a Devon village. Starting when I was about 14.

Our newsagent was run by an enlightened German lady who basically seemed to think that girlie mags were no different from anything else and they were all mixed in with all the other magazines.

So every week I would go in, collect the latest electronics magazines, Radio Times and a copy of Parade.

No embarrassment at all.

**thunderfly** · October 21st, 2014, 10:37 PM

I was 16 but as I was (and am) very tall, I could easily get away with it with no questions asked. Just had to make sure the shop was empty as I never liked buying 'em in front of other customers.

drexax · October 22nd, 2014, 04:50 AM

Don't know exactly, guess I was 14 years old...
I 'd read all my parents magazines and all the magazines a friends brother had hidden is his room. Think the shop owner couldn't care less.
Way better than the Wehkamp (homeshopping catalog) with the lingerie pages ;-)

lunahomme · December 5th, 2014, 12:50 AM

Not till I was 18. Too short and too nervous to do so earlier...

wdat · July 13th, 2017, 06:29 PM

12; my dad had tons of pboys in the closet; i used to hide out in there with a flash light.........and as i got older......kleenex too...

anglocat · July 13th, 2017, 07:13 PM

I think I was aged seventeen (or possibly eighteen) when I first bought a top-shelf magazine from a newsagents. I had first looked at mags three or four years earlier, but it took some time for me to graduate to the act of actually purchasing them through conventional channels, as it were.

October 10th, 2014, 09:02 AM	#1
Lurcio Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South central England Posts: 53 Thanks: 3,644 Thanked 575 Times in 47 Posts	How old were you when you first reached up for the top shelf? I vividly remember buying my first mag, the Best of Club No 11, from a quiet newsagent with no other customers. I didn't think I'd get away with it as I was only 15 at the time! The middle aged guy who served me was obviously sympathetic and let me leave the shop with my treasured possession and a bursting erection. By the time I was 16 I was buying them every month knowing which newsagents I could use. On one occasion I nonchalantly placed a copy of Escort next to the till only to find that I'd lost the shiny pound coin necessary to buy it. After some frantic searching and an increasingly angry lady shopkeeper I had to admit defeat and return the mag to its place on the top shelf of delights. By now of course I'd stared longingly at the tight cotton panties of the cover girl and had to see what was inside so I went home to get some more money. I couldn't face going back to the same shop so tried a new one, this time I didn't do my normal recce, just walked in, grabbed the mag and walked to the till - only to find I was being served by a girl from my class at school! She never said anything, then or later, but it was embarrassing. Strangely enough, after that I always preferred to be served by women.

October 10th, 2014, 12:18 PM	#2
PJayBr Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In front of my PC with my cock in my hand...... Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 41,804 Thanked 13,704 Times in 1,283 Posts	Nicked 'em from my mate's dad's woekshop early, but probably bought my first in Brighton aged 21. We had a "cultural library" in our staff house, all standard early 80's British soctcore stuff. PJayBr

October 10th, 2014, 01:00 PM	#3
Mad Koala Bear Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 869 Thanks: 30,809 Thanked 10,734 Times in 850 Posts	I was 16 in the late 60's when I started buying 'top-shelf', though I dont remember them being ghettoed on the top shelf in the newsagents in those days. That period also saw the opening of second hand mag shops in the town where I lived, and they weren't too bothered about punters being a bit under 18. I was a lot more comfortable buying stuff there than in a corner shop. The great thing about VEF is I keep finding scans of mags or pics that I remember from way back then.

October 13th, 2014, 10:20 AM	#4
SimonJones Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 10 Thanks: 20 Thanked 79 Times in 8 Posts	I was 13 -I had been wanking to grattan catalogue lingerie pages and holiday brochures for a while but was determined to buy an actual magazine. A newsagent near me had a good selection so i would go in and look longingly at the mags but could never drum up the courage to buy one so would just buy some chocolate bars and leave - that went on for ages - eventually one day i was standing looking at the mags when the woman serving said (IIRC) "oh just get the one you want, it will be better for you than all that chocolate" - I was 23 stones when I was 13 - but I couldn't reach so she got it for me, I was mortally embarrassed so just mumbled something, handed over my 60p and left with Mayfair vol 13 No 3

October 13th, 2014, 11:04 AM	#5
Bapwatch Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 66 Thanks: 94 Thanked 738 Times in 63 Posts	Late 60s in a Devon village. Starting when I was about 14. Our newsagent was run by an enlightened German lady who basically seemed to think that girlie mags were no different from anything else and they were all mixed in with all the other magazines. So every week I would go in, collect the latest electronics magazines, Radio Times and a copy of Parade. No embarrassment at all.

October 21st, 2014, 10:37 PM	#6
thunderfly Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 896 Thanks: 6,620 Thanked 11,388 Times in 896 Posts	I was 16 but as I was (and am) very tall, I could easily get away with it with no questions asked. Just had to make sure the shop was empty as I never liked buying 'em in front of other customers.

October 22nd, 2014, 04:50 AM	#7
drexax Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 57 Thanks: 70,113 Thanked 1,022 Times in 48 Posts	Don't know exactly, guess I was 14 years old... I 'd read all my parents magazines and all the magazines a friends brother had hidden is his room. Think the shop owner couldn't care less. Way better than the Wehkamp (homeshopping catalog) with the lingerie pages ;-)

December 5th, 2014, 12:50 AM	#8
lunahomme Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 148 Thanks: 16,217 Thanked 2,459 Times in 151 Posts	Not till I was 18. Too short and too nervous to do so earlier...

July 13th, 2017, 06:29 PM	#9
wdat Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 17 Thanks: 2 Thanked 124 Times in 14 Posts	12; my dad had tons of pboys in the closet; i used to hide out in there with a flash light.........and as i got older......kleenex too...

July 13th, 2017, 07:13 PM	#10
anglocat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 132 Thanks: 62,477 Thanked 1,388 Times in 132 Posts	I think I was aged seventeen (or possibly eighteen) when I first bought a top-shelf magazine from a newsagents. I had first looked at mags three or four years earlier, but it took some time for me to graduate to the act of actually purchasing them through conventional channels, as it were.