Episode 4 - Abergavenny
Evalaution of a workshop exploring a welsh gay Witch hunt.
In 1942, the Welsh town of Abergavenny was scandalised by disclosures after the arrest of over twenty youths and men on charges relating to homosexual activity and corrupting boys. George Rowe, the 40-year-old manager of Abergavenny's Coliseum cinema was at the centre of a Police enquiry after one of the page-boys complained about being molested. The boy's complaint turned into a witch-hunt of 'queers' across Britain revealing a oddball mix of abused and abusers; a farmer, a clerk, two chefs, a fireman, several serving soldiers, a hairdresser, an actor and others were arrested and brought back to Abergavenny, where almost all the offences were committed.
Presented by Tom Marshman and Jeanie Sinclair with additional readings by Bernie Hodges
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