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The naughty negatives, which belonged to Lieutenant William Noel Morgan, were never printed but his family, who stumbled across them seven decades later, got them turned into digital images and were stunned
HIDDEN in a biscuit tin, the naughty negatives lay undisturbed for more than seven decades.
They belonged to Lieutenant William Noel Morgan, who never had them printed and kept them a closely guarded secret.
His family only learned of their existence a few years ago when his granddaughter, Fran Gluck, stumbled across the tin and opened it.
Many were innocent pictures of army life and her grandfather with his lost love — the young French girlfriend his family discouraged him from marrying.
But dozens of others show British officers inside a French brothel during World War One.
In one, Lt Morgan leans against a mantelpiece while on the phone, in front of racy drawings on the walls.
In another, similar drawings are pinned up around a battered old piano played by a young officer.
They are said to be the only pictures ever to come to light that were taken inside a brothel reserved for British officers during the conflict.
These are the women history never speaks of — and yet for many fallen heroes they were the last people to show them love and comfort before they died during the Great War.
One corporal recalls the queue outside a brothel as being like football fans waiting to see a cup tie.
Others hoped to pick up a sexually transmitted infection (STI) with the ensuing month spent in hospital delaying the horrors of the front line.
Mindful of social divides there were even “blue lamp” brothels for officers and “red lamp” ones for lower ranks.
Now a short film, War’s Whores, sheds light on the forgotten women who — with the Army’s secret approval — provided an unconventional morale boost to soldiers on the Western Front .
When war broke out in 1914, Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, issued a leaflet to troops warning them to “keep constantly on your guard against any excesses . . . you may find temptations both in wine and women. You must entirely resist both”.
Yet his words, and the warnings of graphic posters and other literature, fell on deaf ears.
Private Frank Richards, who was called up a day after war broke out, said Kitchener’s guidance “may as well have not been issued for all the notice we took”.
Historian Dr Clare Makepeace told The Sun: “The British Army tended to accept local sexual customs of where they were stationed, so that’s why the British kept the brothels ‘in bounds’ for troops until 1918 .”
Young men, far from home and their loved ones and thrust into the living hell of war, were often desperate for human contact.
Thousands of women are believed to have been sex workers during the conflict. Some in legalised brothels, known as maisons tolérées, in towns across northern France.
Dr Makepeace said: “Regulated brothels have been around in France since the mid-19th century but during the war they flourished in number.
“For some, the brothels were an escape from the carnage of the trenches. Some wanted to lose their virginity before it was too late. It’s a heartbreaking illustration of how the war ripped these men from life when they were so young.” In his autobiography Goodbye To All That, poet and novelist Captain Robert Graves wrote: “There were no restraints in France; these boys had money to spend and knew that they stood a good chance of being killed within a few weeks anyhow. They did not want to die virgins.”
Yet the subject of “war whores” is so taboo that only a handful of men have spoken about their brothel visits.
Dr Makepeace, an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, spent years trawling through personal accounts of soldiers and officers from World War One.
Her work inspired the short film War’s Whores, by poet Hollie McNish. It was commissioned by London’s Roundhouse as part of its digital art project Cause And Effect, to mark the centenary of the end of World War One .
Dr Makepeace came across Corporal Jack Wood’s diary, which describes the “great crowd of fellows” outside one brothel that was “about 30 yards in length” and says they were “waiting just like a crowd waiting for a football Cup tie in Blighty”.
He wrote of the scene inside: “There were seven young women, I should say by appearance from 28 to 40, made up in the finest of flimsy silk dresses and then showing the daintiest of lingerie, I suppose for attraction.
“From the passage came an entrance to a flight of stairs. Here stood Madame taking a franc for admission.
“I afterwards found out you paid the lady of choice any sum you cared from a franc upwards.”
Such queues were not unusual. Before one major offensive, 300 men lined up outside one brothel. Other prostitutes would linger outside, plying their trade on the streets, as well as in cafés and bars .
One report says that around 171,000 British troops visited brothels in a single street in Le Havre in a year.
Even in war, there were strict class divides — Cpl Wood and Lt Morgan would never have visited the same brothel. There were the more upmarket “blue lamps” for officers and the cruder “red lamps” frequented by the lower ranks.
Dr Makepeace explained: “It was acceptable for British officers to visit brothels but they weren’t allowed to flaunt it.
This gives some insight into why Lt Morgan, who served with the 175th Company of the Royal Engineers, part of a tunnelling unit that burrowed beneath No Man’s Land to blow up German trenches, was keen to keep the negatives hidden.
Dr Makepeace also discovered just how far the class divide stretched.
Despite refusing to fraternise in the “red lamps”, British officers were happy to take over the Germans’ high-class brothels towards the end of the war.
She said: “It surprised me British officers were more prepared to share the same prostitutes as the German officers but they weren’t prepared to share them with their own, lower-ranking men.
“Class was dividing men more than nationality, even at a time of war.”
Brothel workers had to have regular medical inspections, but even so STIs were rife. In 1916 one in five of all hospital admissions of British and British Crown troops in France and Belgium were for treatment for an STI. Around 150,000 British troops were admitted with venereal disease while stationed in France.
Some brothels employed elderly women to check men on entering in a bid to curb the spread of STIs. But for some, catching a disease was the whole purpose of their visit.
Dr Makepeace said: “There is evidence that some infected prostitutes earned more than uninfected prostitutes because men wanted to catch STIs so they could have an escape from the trenches, which is quite an upsetting indicator of the lengths they would go to.
“This subject can be read in terms of how awful life was in the First World War for these men but these women were also doing incredibly unenviable work and suffered horrible conditions.”
Many of the female sex workers were illiterate and she has so far been unable to find anything written from their perspective.
She said: “The closest I’ve got are the photos found in a biscuit tin.
“These photos are vital because they give us an insight and a more rounded picture of what life was really like on the Western Front.”
Talking about the images his wife’s grandfather, known by his initials “WN”, kept hidden for so long, Jo Gluck concluded: “Maybe WN decided they were better not seen — partly because of the images in the brothel but also because they contained pictures of the young woman he was discouraged from marrying.
“I see no reason why they should not be published now. They show another side of the war, which should also be remembered.”
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Published: 11:07 BST, 19 March 2018 | Updated: 18:55 BST, 19 March 2018
With clients that included princes, artists and a future King of England, these are the women who ruled Paris from their bed.
Fascinating pictures reveal the prostitutes who featured in 'The Pretty Women of Paris' - the nineteenth century directory for the French capital's best courtesans and brothels.
Published in 1883 and limited to 169 copies, the notorious guide listed the names of the city's most famous scarlet women - along with their addresses, qualities and faults.
All of these women featured in an 1883 booklet entitled Pretty Women Of Paris, which served as a guide to the city's prostitutes for visiting English gentlemen. Left is Leontine Massin, one of France's most famous prostitutes who once bedded Edward VII, the future King of England. She was described as being 'short, plump, and chubby, with lovely blue eyes, fair hair and complexion and spending pulpy lips that she is always biting and licking with her rosy tongue’. Right is Louise Valtesse, 'she allows herself to be rummaged by anybody, and takes what she can get, refusing no man ... Valtesse is one of the most handsome and clever of the whores of our time,' it says. She amassed a fortune of $3million in today's money
Prostitution became legal in France in 1804 under Napoleon, who ordered that all sex workers had to register and submit to fortnightly health checks. Pictured left and right is Cora Pearl, a British-born prostitute. The guide says 'she was once served up naked, with a sprinkling of parsley, upon an enormous dish borne by four men'. Cora dressed creatively, with the intent to provoke either shock or awe, and dyed her hair with bold colours. She was once seen riding out in her carriage, her hair dyed to match the carriage's yellow satin interior. She also appeared in a blue gown, with her dog’s coat colored to match
By 1809 there were officially 180 brothels in Paris alone, although the true number was likely far higher. Pictured left and right is Alice Loady who could be found at 12 Rue D'Edimbourg. Alice was an acting prodigy and was rushed onto the stage by her parents when she was 18 years old. The guide says that 'lovers of early delicacies pursued her as madly as dogs after a heated b****, and she was soon crushed beneath the sweating bodies of elderly amateurs with disgusting leches but full purses.' It adds: 'For money she will do all you may ask her'
By law French brothels had to be run by a woman, typically a former prostitute. Left is Jeanne Aladie, whose 'low tastes, arising from her early education, will amuse those whose palates are satiated with finely prepared dishes,' the guide says. Right is Delphine Delizy, who 'is thirty-eight, but we are duty bound to state that she is still of very appetising aspect .... and there is nothing in the whole catalogue of Cupid's diversions that she has not done'
The handbook - which was aimed at visiting English gentlemen in Paris - meticulously described the sexual specialities and background of every prostitute.
Under Napoleon, prostitution became legal in France and the booklet arranges the various courtesans in Paris by district for ease for the potential customer.
Pictured are famed Parisian prostitutes such as Leontine Massin whose besotted clients included Queen Victoria's eldest son and future king of England, Edward VII - as well as Louise Valtesse of 98 Boulevard malesherbes who amassed a fortune worth $3million in today's money through her wealthy customers.
The collection also includes British-born Cora Pearl, who was based at 6 Rue Christophe Colomb and is described in the handbook as being 'One of the most celebrated whores of her time'.
Meanwhile another image shows Alice Lody who could be found at 12 Rue d'Edimbourg - the directory describes how 'For money she will do all you may ask her'.
Prostitution was legal and regulated in France throughout the nineteenth century.
When Napoleon become Emperor in 1804, he ordered the registration and fortnightly health inspection of all sex workers in France.
Five years later, Paris alone had 180 officially approved brothels. By law, these brothels had to be run by a woman - typically a former prostitute - and their external appearance had to be discreet.
Prostitution in France remained legal until 6th April 2016 when the French National Assembly voted to punish customers of sex-workers by a fine of $1,500.
The Paris guide was divided by district, allowing gentlemen to easily find the women they were after. Left and right is Leonide Leblanc, of 1 Rue d'Offemont. The guide says 'it is difficult to do justice to such a celebrated whore ... she has charmed a generation and every notable rake has passed at least one night in her arms.' It adds: 'By 1864, she had already gone through several fortunes. She ate a pennyworth of fried potatoes with one admirer, and truffles the following week with another'
Marguerite Baretti, of 46 Rue Du Faubourg Poissonniere. For those acquiring her services, it was said 'you will find yourself looking at a tall, dark, elegant young woman, with smiling mouth, handsome nose and a dainty chin with a tiny dimple'. It adds 'her principal lover is a young banker, who is too sensible to be jealous … and if a client has a good voice, he had better join in at once, when a most enchanting trio may be performed with her sister'
Left and right is Alice Marot, of 4 Rue De Marignan, who is described as a 'sprightly, fair, little whore [who] has been very lucky. After a more than usually chequered career upon the boards of provincial theatres, she came to Paris, and at the Palais Royal Theatre enlarged the circle of her lovers'
Ellen Andree, also of the Palais Royal Theatre. It is written in the guide that 'she takes many lovers especially artists in the capital city and is happy to be seen minimal clothing'
Left is Julia de Clery, of 16 Place Du Havre, who 'was a member of Les Rieuses (the Merry Women) - a lesbian association entirely composed of Parisian actresses, which held monthly dinners from which men were excluded and after which they spent the night together.' Right is the front cover of the pamphlet
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