In the many brothels of Pompeii the girls were brought in from the outer fringes of the Roman Empire and many did not speak the local dialects. So, pictures were placed on the walls and the clients pointed to the sexual delight he or she required.

It's impossible for Sandy and Geoff to visit Pompeii without wistfully remembering Frankie Howerd (please click here) in 'Up Pompeii!" - the relatively tame TV series and the much more uninhibited film from which the shots below are taken. The film is available to buy from LOVEFiLM - please click here.

Poor Frankie! Acting out a heterosexual persona so alien to his gay lifestyle. Did you know that his wig (which he is wearing in the pictures below) was buried in his grave but later exhumed to be put on exhibition? Toupee or Not Toupee - that is the question!

Enough of Frankie Howerd - bless him! - and back to the serious business of documenting the cultural aspects of Pompeian life.

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