Red Light over the front door.

[SEIndSAM]

I recently dropped my daughter off at a relatives house and when I pulled up, rather than putting up any outdoor Christmas lights, the mother had put a red bulb in the outdoor light fixture. I laughed when I saw this and told my daughter that when I was a kid (I'm 50) that a red light by the door was a sign that the Lady that lived there practiced the worlds oldest profession and was open for business.

The relative laughed this off when I told of this and said that was very old fashioned and that nobody did this. Am I nuts, did the practice of the red light ever happen or is it an urban legend from when I was a kid? Anyone else heard of this?

 

[ryanbr]

Red Light District!

 

[indykid]

Exactly as you described it.

 

[littletommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ&ob=av2e

 

[RockCreekRelics]

Play the Sting song Roxanne for her and maybe she will get it lol.

It is no urban legend and is still used by some.Think west Washington st. in Indy. Funny story though. I have seen red lights used on many porches when I lived in the city and Im sure most had no clue as to what it meant. The blue lights always made me wonder though.
On a side note I am interested in becoming a charter member of D.A.D.D. I'm in Osgood so maybe we could run cover for each other man.

 

[JStarr]

ROOOOXXXAAANNE you dont have to put on the red light.

gotta love The Police.. The band, not the cops.. haha

 

[RockCreekRelics]

Little Tommy beat me to it lol

 

[concrete dog]

The neighbor and I joked about it last Christmas. We thought other neighbors would think something was going on with our wives if we did the red light for decoration. lol

 

[Al B]

My wife and I were joking about the "houses of ill repute" a couple of nights ago after we saw two houses with red porch lights in Clarksville in the little residential area by Outback Steakhouse.

 

[HandK]

Yep! Just as you discribed!!

 

[Icarry2]

Tried to explain this to a lady once, she didn't understand until a few men knocked on her door in the later hours asking how much..

 

[SSGSAD]

Red Light District!

^^^^^ THIS is what I grew up hearing about ^^^^^

 

[SSGSAD]

Play the Sting song Roxanne for her and maybe she will get it lol.

It is no urban legend and is still used by some.Think west Washington st. in Indy. Funny story though. I have seen red lights used on many porches when I lived in the city and Im sure most had no clue as to what it meant. The blue lights always made me wonder though.
On a side note I am interested in becoming a charter member of D.A.D.D. I'm in Osgood so maybe we could run cover for each other man.

BLUE light show support for LEO .....

 

[88GT]

BLUE light show support for LEO .....

Then please explain the red light in the porch fixture at my LEO neighbor's house. No kidding.

 

[mmills50]

Then please explain the red light in the porch fixture at my LEO neighbor's house. No kidding.

LEOs gotta make a living too

 

[ThrottleJockey]

Money is tight, times are tough. Gotta pay the bills and put gifts under the tree somehow.

 

[Bill of Rights]

It's real.

[noparse]http://www.theredlightdistrictguide.com/[/noparse]

This link is not safe for work.

I was there once, many, many years ago. I cannot say that I had any fun while there... I think I was about 12 and there with my parents () touring London, Paris, and Amsterdam.

As I said... yes, it's real.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Naptown]

they still use them in the Netherlands. I had an 8 week study abroad program there. I didn't learn a lot about the red lights, but I did learn quite a bit about their coffee shops.

 

[jeremy]

It is common practice in many Countries across the World to use a Red Light next to the Door to subtlety say this is a House of Ill Repute, Brothel or Whore House.

 

[jeremy]

Red Light District!

I find it Truly amazing how this is the exact translation that works in so many Countries....
Germany, Poland Serbia, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Briton, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Thailand...
You get the idea...

^^^^^ THIS is what I grew up hearing about ^^^^^

Hearing about Hell!

I been there and done that!!!!