Fitzroy Tavern - Revision history

Wessexman at 15:14, 25 July 2022

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	[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s) thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.		[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s) thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) <ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) <ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, and dirty according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

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Wessexman at 15:13, 25 July 2022

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	During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s and 40s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s and 40s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".

	[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.		[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s) thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) <ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) <ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

Wessexman at 15:12, 25 July 2022

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	[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.		[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]])<ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, ~~</ref>~~ and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) <ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

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Wessexman: Dylan Thomas and Brian Howard at the Swiss

2022-07-25T15:11:49Z

Dylan Thomas and Brian Howard at the Swiss

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	[[File:Fitzroy Tavern - Fitzrovia - W1.jpg\|thumb\|The Fitzroy Tavern]]'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' is a pub in the [[Fitzrovia]] district of thd [[West End]]. It was built as the Fitroy Coffee House in 1883, and converted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in ~~thee arly~~ years of the 20th century.		[[File:Fitzroy Tavern - Fitzrovia - W1.jpg\|thumb\|The Fitzroy Tavern]]'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' is a pub in the [[Fitzrovia]] district of thd [[West End]]. It was built as the Fitroy Coffee House in 1883, and converted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in the early years of the 20th century.

	During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s and 40s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s and 40s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".
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	[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.		[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]])<ref> Often visited by Dylan Thomas (drunk, gross, dirty' according to Michael Davidson (1977) p 232. Brain Howard also visited the Swiss pub (Davidson op cit) </ref>, </ref> and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

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Wessexman: Michael Davidson comment

2022-07-25T15:05:17Z

Michael Davidson comment

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	[[File:Fitzroy Tavern - Fitzrovia - W1.jpg\|thumb\|The Fitzroy Tavern]]'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' is a pub in the [[Fitzrovia]] district of thd [[West End]]. It was built as the Fitroy Coffee House in 1883, and converted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in thee arly years of the 20th century.		[[File:Fitzroy Tavern - Fitzrovia - W1.jpg\|thumb\|The Fitzroy Tavern]]'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' is a pub in the [[Fitzrovia]] district of thd [[West End]]. It was built as the Fitroy Coffee House in 1883, and converted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in thee arly years of the 20th century.

	During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s and 40s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".

			[[Michael Davidson]] described the Fitzroy Tavern (in the early 1940s)thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Davidson (Quartet Books: 1977)</ref>.

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

Ross Burgess at 22:00, 9 July 2014

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	'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' ~~was~~ a West End pub frequented by ~~homosexuals~~ in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		[[File:Fitzroy Tavern - Fitzrovia - W1.jpg\|thumb\|The Fitzroy Tavern]]'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' is a pub in the [[Fitzrovia]] district of thd [[West End]]. It was built as the Fitroy Coffee House in 1883, and converted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in thee arly years of the 20th century.

			During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s it was famous as a meeting-lace for artists and intellectuals, and in particular was pub frequented by gay men in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].
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Ross Burgess at 16:47, 23 January 2014

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Ross Burgess at 22:06, 25 September 2012

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	'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' was a West End pub frequented by homosexuals in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to John Heath-Stubbs, it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' was a West End pub frequented by homosexuals in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to [[John Heath-Stubbs]], it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

Ross Burgess at 22:22, 7 June 2012

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	'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' was a West End pub frequented by homosexuals in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to John Heath-Stubbs, it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".		'''The Fitzroy Tavern''' was a West End pub frequented by homosexuals in the 1930s. It avoided prosecution for over a decade because, according to John Heath-Stubbs, it was "common knowledge that Charlie Allchild (the landlord) had bribed the police".

	Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the [[~~Swiss~~]] and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].		Other clubs and pubs popular with homosexuals at the time were the [[York Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruisy. Throughout the 1930s respectable men in evening dress and camp queans solicited sailors and workmen in the [[Running Horse]]. Other venues included the [[Billie's Club]], the [[Hungry Horse]], [[Gerano's]] in New Compton Street, [[Chez Victor]] in Wardour Street. The downstairs bar at the [[Ritz Hotel]] was frequented by men from high society, nicknamed l’Abri (the shelter), and the [[Trocadero Long Bar]], owned by [[Lyon's Corner House]].

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2012-05-13T21:41:04Z

References

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