tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post2033921919898270355..comments2023-07-04T15:19:30.005+01:00Comments on Bespoke Taylor: The sanitisation of Sohojoeltaylorhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985080887660420551noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-76494731429866190702014-01-23T21:21:11.481+00:002014-01-23T21:21:11.481+00:00I presume you are referring to the West End Extra’...I presume you are referring to the West End Extra’s campaign to close clip joints. It's an entirely separate case.<br /><br />Clip joints are, or were, entirely crooked establishment where staff would demand cash from punters with threats of violence. That they were able to get away with such practices was due to the council struggling to identify freeholders to whom they could issue compulsory purchase orders and lax policing - complaints were fe considering the victims we'd invariably embarrassed tourists or young men.<br /><br />The West End Extra’s campaign - which, I reckon, was ahead of its time - particularly focused on the clip joints which operated around Soho Parish School; there were two either side of the main front door and one opposite. The campaign never, as far as I remember, ever campaigned for the closure of legitimate sex shops or cinemas. Or indeed called for the buildings housing clip joints to be replaced with bland glass structures.<br /><br />It’s only a shame that attention on clip joints only ever became truly focused after the tragic murder of one of the street girls, Camille Gordon, at the Blue Bunny club in Archer Street. Her killer was one a gullible young men who had earlier been ripped off at the same club.joeltaylorhackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985080887660420551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-71028159931032339922014-01-23T16:23:16.806+00:002014-01-23T16:23:16.806+00:00What did you think of the West End Extra's clo...What did you think of the West End Extra's close down the clip joints campaign some years ago?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-46520318331191572472014-01-22T19:54:35.976+00:002014-01-22T19:54:35.976+00:00Intrepid Fox, now there is a blast from my distant...Intrepid Fox, now there is a blast from my distant past. Not been there for about 15 years... Nice piece, Joel.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902439579939170005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-68059738709773971342014-01-22T19:45:33.634+00:002014-01-22T19:45:33.634+00:00The speak-easies are all gone and the characters a...The speak-easies are all gone and the characters are dying off. We need more smut and a new generation of low lifes to maintain the delicate balance that has for so long existed there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-75323445695159878362014-01-22T17:45:19.851+00:002014-01-22T17:45:19.851+00:00The closure of the Intrepid Fox really was a piece...The closure of the Intrepid Fox really was a piece of cultural vandalism. Used to love that pubjoeltaylorhackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985080887660420551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-70416460402993167852014-01-22T17:25:09.185+00:002014-01-22T17:25:09.185+00:00all started changing when they shut down the intre...all started changing when they shut down the intrepid fox on wardour street back in 2006...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257577153395464.post-18575225965391782332014-01-22T09:24:15.858+00:002014-01-22T09:24:15.858+00:00Brilliant and thoughtful piece. Well said. We are ...Brilliant and thoughtful piece. Well said. We are going to lose something really valuable and historic in the heart of our city. Shame on Fawn James.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com