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2026-07-10T13:06:32Z

Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>

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	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Essex]]		[[Category:Essex]]
	[[Category:Large towns]]		[[Category:Large towns]]
	[[Category:Non-unitary districts]]		[[Category:Non-unitary districts]]

2022-01-19T17:13:02Z

disco was not started by Gregg Blachford and John Marshall although they helped out at it.

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	==LGBT History==		==LGBT History==

	[[Colchester CHE Group]], founded 1972~~, soon switched to become a [[GLF group]]~~. A gay disco was started in the Recreation Hotel in 1977 ~~by [[John Marshall]], [[Gregg Blachford]] and others~~ in ~~1977~~ <ref> Notes from Gregg Blachford ~~in September 2020: ''when I was studying~~ at Essex University ~~in 77~~-78, I, along with John Marshall and others from the local CHE and Gaysoc, worked with the Recreation Hotel in Colchester to organize the first gay disco there in late 77. It was lots of fun. I did hear it went on for quite a few years. Just after I left, those friends started up the local Gay Switchboard in their front room!'' </ref>.		[[Colchester CHE Group]] was founded 1972. A gay disco was started in the Recreation Hotel in 1977 <ref> https://greggblachford.com/2022/01/18/a-new-home-in-colchester/ (accessed 19 January 2022)</ref> <ref> Notes from [[Gregg Blachford]] (who studied for M.A. at Essex University 1977-1978): '' Just after I left, those friends (who started the disco) started up the local Gay Switchboard in their front room!'' notes made in September 2020 </ref>.

	[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>		[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>

2022-01-19T15:46:26Z

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	[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>		[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>

	[[Colchester Pride]] ~~has been~~ held from 2018 ~~onwards~~.		[[Colchester Pride]] was held from 2018-2019.

	==References==		==References==

2020-09-30T17:19:22Z

Gay disco

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	[[Colchester CHE Group]], founded 1972, soon switched to become a [[GLF group]].		[[Colchester CHE Group]], founded 1972, soon switched to become a [[GLF group]]. A gay disco was started in the Recreation Hotel in 1977 by [[John Marshall]], [[Gregg Blachford]] and others in 1977 <ref> Notes from Gregg Blachford in September 2020: ''when I was studying at Essex University in 77-78, I, along with John Marshall and others from the local CHE and Gaysoc, worked with the Recreation Hotel in Colchester to organize the first gay disco there in late 77. It was lots of fun. I did hear it went on for quite a few years. Just after I left, those friends started up the local Gay Switchboard in their front room!'' </ref>.

	[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>		[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>

2019-11-29T19:46:18Z

LGBT History

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	[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>		[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>

			[[Colchester Pride]] has been held from 2018 onwards.

	==References==		==References==

2016-03-21T23:39:31Z

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	[[File:Colchester Castle.jpg\|thumb\|Colchester Castle]]'''Colchester''' is a town in [[Essex]], said to be the oldest town in Britain, dating from before the the Roman invasion in AD 43. As '''Camulodunum''' it was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and its castle is built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius.		[[File:Colchester Castle.jpg\|thumb\|Colchester Castle]]'''Colchester''' is a town in [[Essex]], said to be the oldest town in Britain, dating from before the the Roman invasion in AD 43. As '''Camulodunum''' it was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and its castle is built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius.

			The [[University of Essex]] is located in Wivenhoe Park, near the town.

	==LGBT History==		==LGBT History==

2015-07-29T11:21:07Z

LGBT History

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	~~There was~~ a ~~Colchester~~ [[~~CHE~~ group]] ~~in the 1970s~~.		[[Colchester CHE Group]], founded 1972, soon switched to become a [[GLF group]].

	[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>		[[Colchester Gay Switchboard]], founded 1979, is now called [[Outhouse East]].<ref>http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/outhouse_east</ref>

2014-05-23T09:52:26Z

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	[[Category:Essex]]		[[Category:Essex]]
	[[Category:Large towns]]		[[Category:Large towns]]
			[[Category:Non-unitary districts]]

2014-05-21T15:27:32Z

2013-12-08T21:08:27Z

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	'''Colchester''' is a town in [[Essex]], said to be the oldest town in Britain, dating from before the the Roman invasion in AD 43. As '''Camulodunum''' it was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and its castle is built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius.		[[File:Colchester Castle.jpg\|thumb\|Colchester Castle]]'''Colchester''' is a town in [[Essex]], said to be the oldest town in Britain, dating from before the the Roman invasion in AD 43. As '''Camulodunum''' it was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and its castle is built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius.

	==LGBT History==		==LGBT History==