Gangsters, Pimps & Prostitutes: London's West End
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What Was the Headnism of the West End?
There was always a current of severe disrespectability in the west end. The presence of so many rich and powerful men, people with no morals, attracted a very loose night life. There were numerous places like evans's song and supper rooms, which gain were afront for prostitution. And the early music halls were basicly associated with what were the old coaching ins. So there was a whole range of victorian social reformers and moral crusaders who were really protest about this stuff.
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