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"All cities have their symbols: Paris has its Eiffel Tower, Amsterdam its canals, Sydney its opera house. Think of London and what springs to mind? Double-decker buses, black cabs or Beefeaters guarding the Tower? Nowadays Britain’s capital city has a more ephemeral but equally pervasive symbol: vice cards.Vice cards are the means by which London prostitutes advertise their services. They have become as ubiquitous a symbol of this city as the red telephone boxes in which they are found. Step in to any central London call box and you will see up to 80 cards inviting you to be tied, teased, spanked or massaged in luxury apartments, fully-equipped chambers or the privacy of your own hotel room. "
Includes a Vice Cards Slide Show
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