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Homosexual activity in the West End of London: correspondence.
Catalogue reference: MEPO 26/346
What’s it about?
This record is about the Homosexual activity in the West End of London: correspondence. dating from 1974 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series). It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 26/346
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Homosexual activity in the West End of London: correspondence.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CR 209/74/212 PART 2; CR 202/77/964
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Policing
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11542742/
Series information
MEPO 26
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)
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Homosexual activity in the West End of London: correspondence.
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