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July 24, 2019 DanielMacKay writes: I have heard a *rumour* that in the… ‘40s? ‘50s? there was a pamphlet for visiting sailors telling them where NOT to go because these places were frequented by homosexuals. The notion seems delightful now; do you think it ever existed? Could we get one?
July 24, 2019 DanConlin?, historian at Pier 21 writes: This sounds plausible to me but I've never seen one and finding one would be hard. These sort of port visit pamphlets tend to be so ephemeral and usually kept by only obsessive travel pack rats. They may also have been produced by the US Navy or the Royal Navy as the visiting ships usually take charge of briefing their own sailors. I will ask a few navy types and let you know if anything turns up.