The other memory this thread brought back was of the three years I spent at University in Cardiff. My lodgings were across the road from a house wherein dwelt two young ladies in short skirts and badly bleached hair who were VERY popular. Men visited them at all hours of the day and night, though they didn't stay long and they didn't seem interested in the pre-school kids they had who were put out to play in the gutter during the day (fortunately not much traffic then!).
My housemates and I found this fascinating (but didn't tell our parents!). Our landlady used to shake her head and sniff eloquently at the spectacle: "Dew dew, Ach Y Fi!"!
RtS