[PalmsMan]

So from the mid sixties to mid seventies I lived in London. During my early years there the adult businesses around Soho were not of particular interest. But, after a broken engagement I started to feel the strong need for sexual gratification. I started to explore the possibilities.

There were three types of entertainment available that I tried: Porn theaters, often tired old movie theaters looking to attract a new audience. There were adult book stores with video booths showing short porn loops. And, there were strip clubs. So, here is a brief review of what I found.
1. Porn theaters, or in UK parlance porn cinemas.
There were several around Soho and elsewhere in London. The only name that comes to mind is the Astral. They have all gone now. They were always disappointing. The movies were soft porn and never showed cocks or quims. There was plenty of boob and bum though. A wank was close to impossible. They were patrolled by usherettes carrying flashlights. Any suspicious activity was checked out with a flashlight aimed at the customer's lap. The theaters were a solution to not much, no gratification to be found there.

2. ABSs with video booths. These held more promise. I could sit in a locked booth and watch a short, maybe three minute, porn clip cycling over for a very moderate price. I don't recall how much, it may have been GBP0.50 for five minutes. The quality of the films was low, and again only boobs and bums, no genitals. But, for a couple of coins I could empty my prostate, so not bad.

3. Strip clubs. I think they have all gone now. There were several scattered around Soho. Typically they were small theaters seating perhaps 25 customers. At the front was a small stage with curtains, etc. The curtains would open to one, or two, sometimes three women sexily attired. The women would strip as they danced to a couple of musical numbers. During a third number the performers would dance naked, sometimes sitting on a prop and opening their legs to give a full view of their quims, and possibly anuses. I loved these shows and enjoyed seeing the tremendous variety of the female form.

My favorite was the Carnival Club on Old Compton Street not far from Charing Cross Road. They had a lovely selection of women in various shapes, sizes and complexions. I found that depending who was in the theater, if I sat on the second row I could enjoy a discrete but satisfying wank.

Eventually I bought a sex toy that I slipped over my penis inside my trousers. It vibrated and had a ring that went up and down a sleeve inside a its tube. It had speed controls, so I would run the wires inside my sleeve to my hand. As the girls performed I would slowly increase the speed of vibration and the vertical movement. I could edge for some time like that. I had some memorable orgasms in Soho's strip clubs.

By the mid seventies I had married and moved away from London. My porn theater career had ended, for a while. I did go to Reading once when a main line theater was putting on a soft porn movie by David Sullivan. But, it was disappointing, again only boobs and bums.

Then, in the early 1980s we moved to Louisville, KY and I was confronted with a whole range of possibilities.

To be continued.