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episode 12: Prostitution in 1960's London
In the 1960's a book was published which took a sideways glance at London life. One of the area's it looked at was the life of Prostitutes in their many varied forms.
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episode 13: The Brighton Quickie
In English Law during the 1920s and 30s gaining a Divorce wasn't easy, but a technique was devised to secure one. It became known as a Brighton Quickie
episode 14: The Hawkhurst Gang
In the first part of the 18th Century, the south coast of England had many Smuggling gangs; perhaps the most notorious was the Hawkhurst Gang. Today we read a chapter from Joseph Dragovich's book 'Hawkhurst Murder, corruption and Britains most notorious Smuggling Gang'
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episode 15: The Corpse who escaped from Prison
Today we look at John 'Swift Nick' Nevison, a 17th Century Highwayman who's famous 200mile ride was attributed to Dick Turpins Legend in a later book. However Nevison also had a most ingenious Prison Escape from Leicester Gaol.
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