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- Ruth Ellis was likened to other blonde bombshells of the 1950, Diana Dors and Marilyn Monroe
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- Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson is published by Penguin Viking.
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- Diana Dors who epitomised 1950s glamour
Prostitution, Mayfair & Ruth Ellis Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson explains that prostitution wasn’t as big as it was during the war years when randy soldiers roamed the streets but it was conducted in much the same way: it was open and had strict rules along class lines. But woe betide you if you were platinum blond companion and shot your punter dead! You also must be punished until death Ruth Ellis!
Length: 10:42
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