A book cover found by Chris Ambidge and posted on Facebook: (#1) Let’s dance! Clearly from a time when gay predominantly meant ‘lighthearted, carefree, cheery’ and had not yet come into widespread use meaning ‘homosexual’. The book, by James Woodward Sherman, was in fact published in 1928. Ann Burlingham unearthed this information about it: Listed as … Continue reading The gay old days