Maybe it’s me getting old and grey but I agree that things ain’t what they were. When I started punting in the mid 1980’s I was living in south Brum. There were loads of parlours full of British talent and you could really get a good variety. If my memory isn’t failing me, there were two parlours on Hagley Road, three in Selly Oak, two in Stirchley and two in the Moseley/Balsall Heath area. There were at least five parlours in the city centre too. This was without even looking at the personal columns in the Evening Mail or Daily/Sunday Sport. Now I can only think of 3 parlours; Manyana, Erotic Studios and the place with the lift whose name escapes my early onset dementia!
I rarely saw independent girls back then because my needs were well met by the parlours. Nowadays, I’ve had shitty experience with EE WG so I avoid them and tend to use TCM/FBSM places.
So what’s caused this change? I think that there are several factors; The invasion of EE WG, the attitudes of council licensing committees, the internet, NIMBY attitudes etc.
Maybe we all look back through sepia-tinted spectacles because things were always better for us back then. For me nothing will ever beat a parlour girl in a white beautician’s tunic massaging me before popping her press studs to reveal sexy lingerie. Happy days indeed.