Here you go...
USS Cowpens
Posted on 07/03/2009 12:30:45 AM PDT by Dundee
PERTH brothels are increasing staff to contend with the arrival of two US warships carrying more than 5400 sailors.
Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington and guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens docked off Fremantle yesterday.
Prevalent in groups of five or six on the streets of Perth today, some sailors were asking locals: "Where do you go to party?".
Business groups estimate the sailors' arrival will boost the local economy to the tune of $5 million during the ships' five-day stay.
The owner of Perth brothel Langtrees, Beverly Clarke, said today she had put on five extra staff for the weekend, including two from the eastern states.
While there had already been a marginal increase in business, she expected numbers to increase markedly by tonight.
"Two more (US) sailors just walked in," she said while being interviewed this afternoon.
"At the moment I've even got girls from the eastern states here to assist us."
When a similar number of sailors appeared in Perth in 2002, Langtrees was overwhelmed with the demand and was forced to shut its doors.
Then brothel madam Mary-Anne Kenworthy said her staff and workers at other brothels had become exhausted and that she would rather stop business than offer customers an inferior service...
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Uumm...pix or it didn’t happen :)
There goes the trade deficit.
Stimulus package.
Got to send this to my buddy he served on the Cowpens
stepping back in time...
Note: Poster included.
Note: The following poster info/caption is a quote:
http://www.zazzle.com/restored_no_medicine_for_wwii_health_poster_sticker-217189231329633027
No Medicine For Regret
This vintage public health poster has been restored by us for color, contrast, and clarity. It implores sailors of the time to stay away from “loose” women that could give them venereal disease. Notice the woman standing under the street light, plying her trade, and how anxious the young man is to get over to her. “A Sailor Doesn’t Have to Prove He’s a Man,” the poster says. “Remember, there’s no medicine for regret.”
created by harlowandcompany (5/4/2009 5:50 PM)
I presume this was one of the perks the Clintons added, just not sure which one.
“Join the Navy and see the world.” Uh huh.
What do you do with a drunken sailor, er-ly in the morning?
Put him in the longboat ‘til he’s sober.
barbra ann
a definite beer to the word smith honing the title.
well done, my boy
:)
Ah Perth...
I’m a bit of a fan of Perth. Had several postings over there and it is a very nice part of the world.
Wow! Sailors frequenting a whorehouse? Only been going on for about 10,000 years or so. In Korea, all the units had their favorite clubs, and once in awhile we’d notice 1/3 or more of the girls were missing. Asking the owner, she’d tell us that the fleet was in down South and the Sailors and Marines, not knowing any better, would pay double or triple the going rate ($5 for a short-time, $10 for an overnight circa 1978-82) Capitalism at work.
“Stimulus package.” beat me to it.
Mel
What do you do with a drunken sailor, er-ly in the morning?
Put him the bed with the Captain’s daughter,
And of course - no member of the US military would ever patronize and off limits establishment! </sarcasm>
The more appropriate headline is “Local Prostitutes Clean Up as Brothels Flooded with US Seamen.”
Here you go...
USS Cowpens
AKA “The Thundering Herd”
Wow I didn’t know there was a ship named after Cowpens. Cool!
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