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- +'''Soho''' is an area in the centre of the [[West End of London|West End]] of [[London]], [[England]], in the [[City of Westminster]]. It is an entertainment district which for much of the later part of the 20th century had a reputation for its [[sex shop]]s as well as its night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s the area has undergone considerable transformation and is now a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices with only a small remnant of "sex industry" venues in the west of the area.
-:In the history of [[1950s subcultures]], [[British youth]] divided into factions. There were the [[modern jazz]] kids, the [[trad jazz]] kids, the [[rock and roll]] teenagers and the [[skiffle]] craze. [[Coffee bar]]s were a meeting place for all the types of youth and the coolest ones were said to be in [[Soho#Bohemian Soho|Soho]], [[London]]. +
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Soho is an area in the centre of the West End of London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is an entertainment district which for much of the later part of the 20th century had a reputation for its sex shops as well as its night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s the area has undergone considerable transformation and is now a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices with only a small remnant of "sex industry" venues in the west of the area.




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