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Queer classified adverts and love letters in the 1920s
In an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it possible to meet members of the same sex and communicate?
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CRAVEN - CROSS
Catalogue reference: ADM 340/35
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This record is about the CRAVEN - CROSS dating from c.1880-c.1960 in the series Admiralty: Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Women's.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 340/35
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- c.1880-c.1960
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CRAVEN - CROSS
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 340
Admiralty: Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Women's...
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