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Ross Burgess at 18:52, 9 May 2013

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	'''Fitzrovia''' is an area in central London, to the north of [[Soho]]. It is partly in [[Camden]] and partly in the [[City of Westminster]]. The area is roughly bounded by Oxford Street, Gower Street, Euston Road and Great Portland Street. It takes its name from the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] in Charlotte Street. The name Fitzrovia appears to have appeared first in print in [[Tom Driberg]]'s ''William Hickey'' gossip column in the ''Daily Express'' in 1940.<ref>http://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2006/goulding.html Simon W Goulding, "Fitzrovian Nights" in ''Literary London''</ref>		[[File:Charlotte Place, Fitzrovia.jpg\|thumb\|Charlotte Place and the BT Tower]]'''Fitzrovia''' is an area in central London, to the north of [[Soho]]. It is partly in [[Camden]] and partly in the [[City of Westminster]]. The area is roughly bounded by Oxford Street, Gower Street, Euston Road and Great Portland Street. It takes its name from the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] in Charlotte Street. The name Fitzrovia appears to have appeared first in print in [[Tom Driberg]]'s ''William Hickey'' gossip column in the ''Daily Express'' in 1940.<ref>http://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2006/goulding.html Simon W Goulding, "Fitzrovian Nights" in ''Literary London''</ref>

	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower (originally the Post Office Tower).

	The [[Cleveland Street scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.		The [[Cleveland Street scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.

Ross Burgess at 18:49, 9 May 2013

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	'''Fitzrovia''' is an area in central London, to the north of [[Soho]]. It is partly in [[Camden]] and partly in the [[City of Westminster]]. The area is roughly bounded by Oxford Street, Gower Street, Euston Road and Great Portland Street. It takes its name from the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] in Charlotte Street. The name Fitzrovia appears to have appeared first in print in [[Tom Driberg]]'s ''William Hickey'' gossip column in the ''Daily Express'' in 1940.<ref>~~ttp~~://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2006/goulding.html Simon W Goulding, "Fitzrovian Nights" in ''Literary London''</ref>		'''Fitzrovia''' is an area in central London, to the north of [[Soho]]. It is partly in [[Camden]] and partly in the [[City of Westminster]]. The area is roughly bounded by Oxford Street, Gower Street, Euston Road and Great Portland Street. It takes its name from the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] in Charlotte Street. The name Fitzrovia appears to have appeared first in print in [[Tom Driberg]]'s ''William Hickey'' gossip column in the ''Daily Express'' in 1940.<ref>http://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2006/goulding.html Simon W Goulding, "Fitzrovian Nights" in ''Literary London''</ref>

	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.

Ross Burgess at 20:06, 18 June 2012

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	The [[Cleveland Street scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.		The [[Cleveland Street scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of Oxford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A ~~gay history~~ of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of Oxford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A Gay History of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

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Ross Burgess at 13:17, 11 May 2012

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	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.

	The [[Cleveland Street ~~Scandal~~]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.		The [[Cleveland Street scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of Oxford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of Oxford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

Ross Burgess at 13:16, 11 May 2012

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	The [[Cleveland Street Scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.		The [[Cleveland Street Scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of ~~OXford~~ Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of Oxford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

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Ross Burgess at 13:15, 11 May 2012

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	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.

			The [[Cleveland Street Scandal]], in 1899, featured a local male brothel with aristocratic patrons.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

Ross Burgess at 16:14, 10 May 2012

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	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting Kevin Porter and Jeffrey Weeks, ''Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting [[Kevin Porter]] and [[Jeffrey Weeks]], ''[[Between the Acts:]] Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

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Ross Burgess at 16:12, 10 May 2012

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	The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.		The most prominent landmark of the area (literally) is the BT Tower.

	"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>Matt Cook and others, ''A gay history of Britain'', quoting Kevin Porter and Jeffrey Weeks, ''Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>		"In Fitzrovia,just north of OXford Street, there was a cluster of pubs – the [[Bricklayers Arms]], the [[Wheatsheaf]], the [[Marquis of Granby]] and the [[Fitzroy Tavern]] – which if not quite as queer as the [[Running Horse]] or the [[Cavour]] in Leicester Square were bohemian enough to accommodate 'the fringe of the gay worlds'."<ref>[[Matt Cook]] and others, ''[[A gay history of Britain]]'', quoting Kevin Porter and Jeffrey Weeks, ''Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885–1967''</ref>

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