UK UK- Jacqueline Johns, 16, missed last train home @ Victoria Station, found raped, strangled & body dumped near Battersea Power Station, 1/10/ 73.

[tes1984]

The area was used by courting couples, but was it also a spot where sex workers took their punters?

 

[iamshadow21]

The area was used by courting couples, but was it also a spot where sex workers took their punters?

I think there's generally a lot of overlap with some places, but it really depends on how close a place is to where the sex workers wait for clients. Somewhere way out of the way isn't economical or safe (relative, to the general risk) for someone who relies on making money as quickly as possible.

MOO

 

[jojojaja]

The area was used by courting couples, but was it also a spot where sex workers took their punters?

No idea if this area was known for that.
I can understand the courting couples in that across the road was Battersea Park, somewhere courting couples would go to. Where there was also a funfair, closing completely the year after her death.

Prostitutes need somewhere with easy access and lots of customers, like Soho.
This is an industrial area, a gas station, a power station, railway to transport goods.

I don't think anyone's sweetheart would be taken somewhere surrounded by people getting serviced as a business. Unless that's their kink lol.

Victoria Station environment maybe, but 20 minute walk from there may be a bit much. If it was filling with punter's cars I am sure it would be mentioned as that's busy.

 

[jojojaja]

It's odd she was naked but not sexually assaulted.

 

[jojojaja]

London’s Red Light District Laid Bare - London Walks

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Regarding designated red light districts or the lack of.

I doubt they did telephone numbers in call boxes back then either.

 

[TheRockingRev]

London’s Red Light District Laid Bare - London Walks

Why’s Soho called a red light district? We explore the history of the sex industry in London, and the changing face of Soho in the West End.

www.walks.com

Regarding designated red light districts or the lack of.

I doubt they did telephone numbers in call boxes back then either.

'Tart Cards' as they were known were in London telephone boxes as far back as the 60's.

 

[jojojaja]

'Tart Cards' as they were known were in London telephone boxes as far back as the 60's.

Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was more so when people had mobile phones.
The thing about giving your landline number is, aside from missing calls when you are out, if someone starts harrassing you, it's easier to change a mobile number.
I remember many moons ago, adverts in newsagents windows offering massages which obviously weren't massages, there was also a wall near Earl's Court station plastered in ads, people went for accommodation, jobs etc there were even more obvious ads there.