For most of us growing up our only brush with pornography would be through the occasional, discarded, slightly damp copy of the Daily Sport caught in a hedge by the park – or perhaps an older sibling discovering a video tape or magazine hidden at the back of dad’s wardrobe.
Before the birth of the internet, pornography could only be sold in licensed adult video stores. These were discreetly placed in the less-nice end of the high street, situated as standard, between a betting shop and a dodgy looking second-hand jewellery store.
Innocent passers-by were protected from reading the titles on offer inside by the blacked-out windows, and a sign – For over-18s only – would police the door, along with the shame-inducing stares from the lady who ran the laundrette over the road.
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