I have just found out that there was a traditional song about prostitution in Liverpool. The Beatles were one of the groups that sang it.
Oh dirty Maggie Mae they have taken her away
And she never walk down Lime Street any more
Oh the judge he guilty found her
For robbing a homeward bounder
That dirty no good robbin' Maggie Mae
To the port of Liverpool
They returned me to
Two pounds ten a week, that was my pay.
I didn't realize that Lime Street was the Red Light District of Liverpool at one time. I also didn't realise that Maggie was the slang word for prostitute.
You would think it would be somewhere nearer the docks, because of all the sailors. I did locate somewhere near the docks in Liverpool but it was outcall only so I forgot about it. It might have been Secrets Escorts. I always wondered how that worked. Women would go to hotels near the docks where their customers were staying. If a man was resident on a ship would he try to smuggle a woman on board? Perhaps several men would invite one woman to be with them overnight.
I read that there used to be a system where a sailor would stay with a woman overnight in her house or flat. She would cook for him, perhaps an evening meal and breakfast the next day. They would spend the night together. Sex workers often like to have a number of regular clients. Then they don't have to continue to find men.
That's a much better system than street prostitution, the sort that I encountered in Hope Street in the 1980s. Another system could be if there was a large room with tables and chairs. The room is divided into two. Women would come in through one door and men through another. The men could look at the women, a man could ask to talk to one he likes. Or she could ask to talk to him. They could agree a price then go to a bedroom. It's not a brothel, women would pay an hourly rate for a room.
Women would not be employees there. They would go there when they feel like it, perhaps with their friends. If they needed the money that day or if someone was looking after the kids. A woman could go as frequently or as infrequently as she liked. It would be a bit like a hotel.
There is also Temple Spa 21 near the centre of Liverpool, at 21 Temple Street. If you pay their minimum price you get a massage and a topless wank. If you pay more she will take all her clothes off.
Oh dirty Maggie Mae they have taken her away
And she never walk down Lime Street any more
Oh the judge he guilty found her
For robbing a homeward bounder
That dirty no good robbin' Maggie Mae
To the port of Liverpool
They returned me to
Two pounds ten a week, that was my pay.
I didn't realize that Lime Street was the Red Light District of Liverpool at one time. I also didn't realise that Maggie was the slang word for prostitute.
You would think it would be somewhere nearer the docks, because of all the sailors. I did locate somewhere near the docks in Liverpool but it was outcall only so I forgot about it. It might have been Secrets Escorts. I always wondered how that worked. Women would go to hotels near the docks where their customers were staying. If a man was resident on a ship would he try to smuggle a woman on board? Perhaps several men would invite one woman to be with them overnight.
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| Anyone would think you haven't seen a woman for months! |
I read that there used to be a system where a sailor would stay with a woman overnight in her house or flat. She would cook for him, perhaps an evening meal and breakfast the next day. They would spend the night together. Sex workers often like to have a number of regular clients. Then they don't have to continue to find men.
That's a much better system than street prostitution, the sort that I encountered in Hope Street in the 1980s. Another system could be if there was a large room with tables and chairs. The room is divided into two. Women would come in through one door and men through another. The men could look at the women, a man could ask to talk to one he likes. Or she could ask to talk to him. They could agree a price then go to a bedroom. It's not a brothel, women would pay an hourly rate for a room.
Women would not be employees there. They would go there when they feel like it, perhaps with their friends. If they needed the money that day or if someone was looking after the kids. A woman could go as frequently or as infrequently as she liked. It would be a bit like a hotel.
There is also Temple Spa 21 near the centre of Liverpool, at 21 Temple Street. If you pay their minimum price you get a massage and a topless wank. If you pay more she will take all her clothes off.
Paul Curtis has created a mural of Maggie Mae, who was apparently a real person.
