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For years I have been known as the Prostitutes’ Padre – to me the proudest title that a true priest of Christ can hold. I believe with all my soul that if He were born again in London in the present day, He would be found constantly walking in Piccadilly.

– Reverend Harold Davidson

‘The Working Girl’s Life’

Monday in the nursery ward,

Tuesday in the schoolyard,

Wednesday painting lipstick on,

Thursday going with George and John,

Friday at the Crown with Billy,

Saturday weeping down the ’Dilly,

Where will she rest from her tears and moans?

Sunday at the Cross Bones

– Old rhyme, c. 1880

Well go ahead and call the cops –

You don’t meet nice girls in coffee shops

– Tom Waits