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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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General correspondence
Catalogue reference: HO 345/2
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This record is about the General correspondence dating from 1954-1957 in the series Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 345/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1954-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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General correspondence
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crime
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1386378/
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HO 345
Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution: Records
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