The Dilly BoysThis book is based on a study of male homosexual prostitutes in and around Piccadilly Circus from September 1969 to October 1970. |
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Page 30
... boys . There are also a number of boys who have no particular friends and whose social contacts are acquaintances who frequent the same social centres as themselves . The peer group is an important pathway of recruitment to the ranks of ...
... boys . There are also a number of boys who have no particular friends and whose social contacts are acquaintances who frequent the same social centres as themselves . The peer group is an important pathway of recruitment to the ranks of ...
Page 95
... boys and wore calf - length boots and a leather wind - breaker . When he had gone , the boy I was with said : ' He may be from the West End but he's not a Dilly boy . ' When a number of boys come together , a diffuse , fleeting , casual ...
... boys and wore calf - length boots and a leather wind - breaker . When he had gone , the boy I was with said : ' He may be from the West End but he's not a Dilly boy . ' When a number of boys come together , a diffuse , fleeting , casual ...
Page 108
... boys are arrested concern petty larceny , breaking and entering , loitering ... boys will sometimes talk about or exchange notes on their experiences of the ... number of thefts before he was caught . The prospect of coming into conflict ...
... boys are arrested concern petty larceny , breaking and entering , loitering ... boys will sometimes talk about or exchange notes on their experiences of the ... number of thefts before he was caught . The prospect of coming into conflict ...
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