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07-30-2015, 09:01 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3177386/Brothel-madam-spent-decades-sex-worker-says-s-PROUD-career.html
I have saved 5,000 marriages': Brothel madam who spent decades as a sex worker says she's PROUD of her career... as she reveals all about prostitution in the UK
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'' woman who ran a brothel for 14 years has claimed that she was responsible for saving thousands of marriages during her time as a madam.
Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in the sex industry as a 17-year-old, when she quit her secretarial job to become a stripper in London.
Three years later in 1969, she started to offer sex to customers in the strip club and quickly became a full-time prostitute.
Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in sex industry aged 17
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Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in sex industry aged 17
But unlike many women who have spent years in the business, Vivien only has good memories of her career and says she is proud of her work.
The pensioner is now campaigning to have prostitution legalised in England.
Vivien, who claims she used to deal with hundreds of clients every day at her brothel, including A-List names, never planned to be a sex worker. ''
'' Growing up in a Jewish family, her mother had high hopes for her daughter to become an actress.
But after visiting a strip club with colleagues at her 9-5 office job during one lunch break in 1966, she became convinced that lap dancing would be a more glamorous option and spoke to the manager, who hired her on the spot.
A few years later she decided to start selling her body to customers for some extra money on the side.
Vivien was initially a stripper but soon became a prostitute and then a brothel owner
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Vivien was initially a stripper but soon became a prostitute and then a brothel owner
She told MailOnline: 'You couldn't get a bigger stage than the ones I was on in Soho.
'The form of prostitution that follows stripping is being a hostess in clubs -you had to stay in the club for a certain time, make sure they were plied with champagne and then you could make your arrangements with the guy and do your own private thing.'
It was at one of these strip clubs that Vivien met her first husband Billy Walden, who she stayed with until he passed away from cancer in 1987.
She said: 'From there I met my first husband, Billy Walden, who was a professional footballer and played for West Ham.
'Then from there, because I'd worked my body anyway, my husband opened clubs [in Manchester] and expected me to work there to earn the maximum amount of money I could, which I did. It made no difference to me.
'He encouraged me - he always used to say to me that if I was a prostitute I'd be the best in the world.''
'' [B]She said: 'In my main brothel there were 28 girls. I had Russian girls, Brazilian girls, continental girls, Italian girls and Polish girls.[\B]
'But it wasn't how it is now. The girls were always vetted. I had to see their passports, had to see that they were clean, all my clubs were run professionally. I was a very good madam.
'The girls would range in age from 18 years old to women in their 40s. A lot of men prefer mature women, which I was probably the first to bring in.
'A good-looking, attractive mature woman, who knew her stuff. Nobody else was providing that service but men want that. ''
I have saved 5,000 marriages': Brothel madam who spent decades as a sex worker says she's PROUD of her career... as she reveals all about prostitution in the UK
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3177386/Brothel-madam-spent-decades-sex-worker-says-s-PROUD-career.html#ixzz3hPXHa474
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
'' woman who ran a brothel for 14 years has claimed that she was responsible for saving thousands of marriages during her time as a madam.
Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in the sex industry as a 17-year-old, when she quit her secretarial job to become a stripper in London.
Three years later in 1969, she started to offer sex to customers in the strip club and quickly became a full-time prostitute.
Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in sex industry aged 17
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Vivien Walden, 66, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, started in sex industry aged 17
But unlike many women who have spent years in the business, Vivien only has good memories of her career and says she is proud of her work.
The pensioner is now campaigning to have prostitution legalised in England.
Vivien, who claims she used to deal with hundreds of clients every day at her brothel, including A-List names, never planned to be a sex worker. ''
'' Growing up in a Jewish family, her mother had high hopes for her daughter to become an actress.
But after visiting a strip club with colleagues at her 9-5 office job during one lunch break in 1966, she became convinced that lap dancing would be a more glamorous option and spoke to the manager, who hired her on the spot.
A few years later she decided to start selling her body to customers for some extra money on the side.
Vivien was initially a stripper but soon became a prostitute and then a brothel owner
+4
Vivien was initially a stripper but soon became a prostitute and then a brothel owner
She told MailOnline: 'You couldn't get a bigger stage than the ones I was on in Soho.
'The form of prostitution that follows stripping is being a hostess in clubs -you had to stay in the club for a certain time, make sure they were plied with champagne and then you could make your arrangements with the guy and do your own private thing.'
It was at one of these strip clubs that Vivien met her first husband Billy Walden, who she stayed with until he passed away from cancer in 1987.
She said: 'From there I met my first husband, Billy Walden, who was a professional footballer and played for West Ham.
'Then from there, because I'd worked my body anyway, my husband opened clubs [in Manchester] and expected me to work there to earn the maximum amount of money I could, which I did. It made no difference to me.
'He encouraged me - he always used to say to me that if I was a prostitute I'd be the best in the world.''
'' [B]She said: 'In my main brothel there were 28 girls. I had Russian girls, Brazilian girls, continental girls, Italian girls and Polish girls.[\B]
'But it wasn't how it is now. The girls were always vetted. I had to see their passports, had to see that they were clean, all my clubs were run professionally. I was a very good madam.
'The girls would range in age from 18 years old to women in their 40s. A lot of men prefer mature women, which I was probably the first to bring in.
'A good-looking, attractive mature woman, who knew her stuff. Nobody else was providing that service but men want that. ''