Polari Nish the chat and pin back you aunt nells! Spoken in the theatre, navy and by the criminal underworld, incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, and Romany, 'Polari' became a secret vocabulary used by the LGBT+ community, until the 19702, to cackle over a bevvy and to avoid the rozzers!

City Varieties, Swan Street, Leeds
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by Leeds LGBT+ Hub and Leeds Civic Trust

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