Anthony Rhys
Notorious: Cardiff. Victorian and Edwardian social, sexwork and criminal history.
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Victorian prostitutes
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Friday, 7 June 2019
The Short Life of Dolly Kelly
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This is Dorothy Kelly, known to her friends as Dolly. She is 23 in this photograph. It is in the same style as small passport sized photo...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The True Origin of the 'China' nickname for Merthyr's Prostitute District.
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China in Merthyr Tydfil was the most notorious area of prostitution and criminality in Victorian Wales. The problem is no-one knows why i...
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Monday, 6 August 2018
The Twelve Day Death of Eliza Lewis
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This one is perhaps one of the darkest stories I have come across in my research and it involved two Charlotte Street women. First we have...
Friday, 3 November 2017
The Quiet Brothel: Mary Ann Wright
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Mrs Wright's brothel in Red, Custom House in Blue, Golden Cross in Yellow My book Notorious covers the life stories of thirty peo...
Saturday, 13 May 2017
Four Tattooed Cardiff Prostitutes of the 1850's
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Tattoos of Ann Owens, 1853. Four of the prostitutes who worked on Charlotte Street and Whitmore Lane were definitely tattooed. I'...
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