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Production of `Oh Calcutta!' at the Round House, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 on 18 July...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 28/10
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This record is about the Production of `Oh Calcutta!' at the Round House, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 on 18 July... dating from 01/01/1970 - 31/12/1973 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, General (GN Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 28/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 01/01/1970 - 31/12/1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Production of `Oh Calcutta!' at the Round House, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 on 18 July 1970: attendance of officers from the Obscene Publications Squad at the show following complaints from members of the public. No prosecution for obscenity brought by the police
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GN 105/70/10
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Policing
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6093567/
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MEPO 28
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, General (GN Series)
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Production of `Oh Calcutta!' at the Round House, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 on 18 July...
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