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Reference NumberP/RAM/2/1/5
LevelFile
Title'(Clubs and cafes) Cable Street'
Date(s)1958-1962
DescriptionContains correspondence and documents relating to clubs, cafes, prostitution and vice in Stepney, including accounts of visits to the area conducted by Father Joe Williamson (typescript/manuscript but not in Ramsay's hand). Covers cases relating to named individuals. Reports give detailed accounts of places visited by gay men who are referred to as 'homos' or 'homosexuals'.

Includes printed flyers for the Cosmopolitan Club, 9 Artillery Passage, Bishopsgate for dances including Deroy Taylor, 'West Africa's Leading Guitarist' and sextet featuring Ghana High Life Jazz, Cha-Cha and Twist.
Also 'Ghana Independence Day Celebration' at St. Louis Club, Commercial Road with Jimmy Scott, African Cubano Band Leader.
Extent1 file
CategoryLoose papers
FormatManuscript
ClosedUntil01/01/2047
Access StatusClosed
AccessConditionsRedacted digital copies are available to consult in the Reading Room, please ask staff. The original file contains personal information which relates to individuals who may be living.
RequestNO - This material is not orderable. Please see access restrictions for further details.
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