Posted by ESC on December 01, 2005
In Reply to: Queer Street Posted by Peter Holman on November 30, 2005
: I understood that the phrase 'Queer Street' was a corruption of 'Carey Street' which related to the debtors court.
Here is a link to previous discussion:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/14/messages/228.html