Prostitution Leeds

beetee · Post by **beetee** » Wed 06 Oct, 2010 1:48 am

Termed as the World's oldest profession and of universal proportions. Hardly a worthy subject for Secret Leeds methinks.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 06 Oct, 2010 7:48 am

beetee wrote: Termed as the World's oldest profession and of universal proportions. Hardly a worthy subject for Secret Leeds methinks. Many topics are rather tenuous beetee and sometimes the worthiness or Leeds conection is difficult to see. Most die-off quickly. This one has reached 4 pages now so there is interest, and the content staying 'clean' and is made in relation to Leeds albeit in a wider sense....

nosirrah · Post by **nosirrah** » Sun 30 Oct, 2011 2:01 am

Trojan wrote: zip55 wrote: Deffo on Spencer Place ... and the Gaeity had strippers at lunchtimes in the 70's ... The Gaiety is mentioned in Roger Cross's book about the Ripper, I think he picked up one of his victims there. (the Ripper that is not Roger Cross) That was Emily Jackson, around 1976. Her husband incidentally was drinking in the Gaiety as she was being murdered 800 yards or so down Roundhay road.Some say he (the yorkshire ripper) picked up Irene Richardson there too, but the rippers statement reads "I was driving through some cross streets in the red light area and came across a large club", to anyone who knows that area his description is clearly what was then the International club on Francis street, but thats another story.

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Sun 30 Oct, 2011 5:35 am

I was stood in the Yorkshire Bus Station one night, and this woman said to me "Hello love, Do you want a nibble"... I said "No I want an Hebble, I'm of to Halifax"

jdbythesea · Post by **jdbythesea** » Sun 30 Oct, 2011 11:08 am

Ollie wrote: I was stood in the Yorkshire Bus Station one night, and this woman said to me "Hello love, Do you want a nibble"... I said "No I want an Hebble, I'm of to Halifax" That's funny Ollie - nice one. Although the "working girls" I recall seeing were more hubble-bubble toil and trouble than nibble or Hebble.

Scrumpy · Post by **Scrumpy** » Wed 02 Nov, 2011 8:53 pm

I was born in Chapeltown in the 1940s and lived there for 40 years and witnessed the successive waves of immigration - 1st the Jews, then the Poles, then West Indians, Pakistanis and now, I am told, eastern europeans. These included lots of unattached young men,so it's not surprising they looked for girls. The square bounded by Spencer Place, Chapeltown Rd., Barrack Rd.and Roundhay Rd. was the main area. It was full of big, formerly wealthy, houses suitable for multi occupation so that the working girls could easily find cheap, rented rooms. West Indians mainly organised pimping in the 50s and 60s, based in the Hayfield pub, and I believe it has now been taken over by the east europeans, and extended to people trafficking. Much of the old housing has been pulled down, so maybe the '' oldest profession '' has now moved away. I don't live there any more so I expect I am out of touch, now.

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Wed 02 Nov, 2011 11:40 pm

Scrumpy wrote: Much of the old housing has been pulled down, so maybe the '' oldest profession '' has now moved away. I don't live there any more so I expect I am out of touch, now. Holbeck is the place these days, Water Lane, Nineveh Road, Manor Road, David Street, Copley Hill, Holbeck Lane, etc.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Thu 03 Nov, 2011 1:19 am

Years ago in the 50's/60's a lot of action, for want of a better word, was to be had in certain pubs in and around the centre of Leeds...so I've been told!

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Thu 03 Nov, 2011 6:00 pm

Scrumpy said:I was born in Chapeltown in the 1940s and lived there for 40 years and witnessed the successive waves of immigration - 1st the Jews, then the Poles, then West Indians, Pakistanis and now, I am told, eastern europeans. These included lots of unattached young men,so it's not surprising they looked for girls. The square bounded by Spencer Place, Chapeltown Rd., Barrack St. and Roundhay Rd. was the main area. It was full of big, formerly wealthy, houses suitable for multi occupation so that the working girls could easily find cheap, rented rooms. West Indians mainly organised pimping in the 50s and 60s, based in the Hayfield pub, and I believe it has now been taken over by the east europeans, and extended to people trafficking. Much of the old housing has been pulled down, so maybe the '' oldest profession '' has now moved away. I don't live there any more so I expect I am out of touch, now.Hi Scrumpy,What you have said, in my experience, is exactly right with regard to the occupants of Chapeltown, over the years. So far as relates to prostitution, I spent a lot of my Police career at Chapeltown Police Station and I worked in the Chapeltown Vice Squad for two or three years around 1980, dealing mainly with prostitution, other sexual offences, assaults and woundings, missing persons and liquor licensing. At that time, the ‘square’ was roughly Chapeltown Road, Harehills Avenue, Roundhay Road and Barrack Road. You are also right about the ‘pimps’. At that time, I only ever came across one that was white. They were nearly all of West Indian origin and just a few of Asian origin. After the last war, there were a lot of people from Poland, Latvia, Serbia and the Ukraine who settled in the area, many of whom fought with the British or their parents had done so. For many years there have been ‘clubs’ for all of these nationalities in the Chapeltown area. I always found them to be good, hard working people, with strong family roots, who did not cause any trouble. I think that, to some extent, many of the former residents of Chapeltown were re-housed in the Woodhouse and Little London areas, as the older houses were demolished and new houses built.Johnny39 said:Years ago in the 50's/60's a lot of action, for want of a better word, was to be had in certain pubs in and around the centre of Leeds...so I've been told!Hi Johnny39,You are correct. In the 1950’s, prostitution prevailed in the city centre particularly around Bond Street, Commercial Street, what is now known as the ‘Victorian Quarter’ and the area around Call Lane and the Corn Exchange. The King Edward and the Mitre pubs were infamous haunts. In my experience, in the 1960’s, pubs such as the Robin Hood, the Golden Cock, the White Swan, the Hope and Anchor and all of the pubs around the Corn Exchange and Kirkgate were used by prostitutes and their punters. I worked on the Mary Judge murder in February 1968. She was a prostitute who had been in all of the pubs in this area, just prior to her death, which was at about 10.10pm, and took place near to the Parish Church. She had been with other clients earlier that night.Ian