Gateways club - Revision history

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	== Early history ==		== Early history ==
	Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails ~~pub~~, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the [[Bag of Nails]] and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails in [[Soho]], went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the [[Bag of Nails]] and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

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	== Early history ==		== Early history ==
	Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub ~~in Soho~~, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the [[Bag of Nails]] and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the [[Bag of Nails]] and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

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	== Early history ==		== Early history ==
	Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub in Soho, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the Bag of Nails and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub in Soho, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the [[Bag of Nails]] and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

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	The life of this large cellar club was central to the lesbian novel ''The Microcosm'' (1966) by [[Maureen Duffy]].		The life of this large cellar club was central to the lesbian novel ''The Microcosm'' (1966) by [[Maureen Duffy]].

	In 1967, when homosexual reform was about to be passed by Parliament, the [[BBC]] aired two programmes called ''Man Alive: Consenting Adults''~~.<ref> http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/80291?view=synopsis Man Alive on the BFI</ref>~~<ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p013h8zl/man-alive-consenting-adults-2-the-women (Accessed 23 June 2024) </ref> This programme featured an interview with some women at the Gateways club.		In 1967, when homosexual reform was about to be passed by Parliament, the [[BBC]] aired two programmes called ''Man Alive: Consenting Adults''<ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p013h8zl/man-alive-consenting-adults-2-the-women (Accessed 23 June 2024) </ref>. This programme featured an interview with some women at the Gateways club.

	The club also appeared as a backdrop (including extended scenes filmed inside the club and featuring regular club-goers) in the 1968 film ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne], which was one of the earliest mainstream films to feature lesbianism. Filming in the club took place over seven days in June 1968.		The club also appeared as a backdrop (including extended scenes filmed inside the club and featuring regular club-goers) in the 1968 film ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne], which was one of the earliest mainstream films to feature lesbianism. Filming in the club took place over seven days in June 1968.

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	The life of this large cellar club was central to the lesbian novel ''The Microcosm'' (1966) by [[Maureen Duffy]].		The life of this large cellar club was central to the lesbian novel ''The Microcosm'' (1966) by [[Maureen Duffy]].

	In 1967, when homosexual reform was about to be passed by Parliament, the [[BBC]] aired two programmes called ''Man Alive: Consenting Adults''.<ref ~~name = ma~~>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/80291?view=synopsis Man Alive on the BFI</ref> This ~~program~~ featured an interview with some women at the Gateways club.		In 1967, when homosexual reform was about to be passed by Parliament, the [[BBC]] aired two programmes called ''Man Alive: Consenting Adults''.<ref> http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/80291?view=synopsis Man Alive on the BFI</ref><ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p013h8zl/man-alive-consenting-adults-2-the-women (Accessed 23 June 2024) </ref> This programme featured an interview with some women at the Gateways club.

	The club also appeared as a backdrop (including extended scenes filmed inside the club and featuring regular club-goers) in the 1968 film ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne], which was one of the earliest mainstream films to feature lesbianism. Filming in the club took place over seven days in June 1968.		The club also appeared as a backdrop (including extended scenes filmed inside the club and featuring regular club-goers) in the 1968 film ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne], which was one of the earliest mainstream films to feature lesbianism. Filming in the club took place over seven days in June 1968.

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	Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub in Soho, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the Bag of Nails and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub in Soho, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the Bag of Nails and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together, before Gina gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together,also called Gina (born 1955), before Gina snr gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Smithy (1933–1993) first arrived at the Gateways in 1959 and eventually went on to co-manage the club with Gina. She was originally from California and as a member of the American Air Force, was posted to a base in [[Ruislip]], London. She decided that she wanted to stay in London with Gina and Ted and had an arranged marriage in 1962, which enabled her to stay in the UK.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Smithy (1933–1993) first arrived at the Gateways in 1959 and eventually went on to co-manage the club with Gina. She was originally from California and as a member of the American Air Force, was posted to a base in [[Ruislip]], London. She decided that she wanted to stay in London with Gina and Ted and had an arranged marriage in 1962, which enabled her to stay in the UK.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

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	== Early history ==		== Early history ==
	Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted Ware (1898–1979) took over the club in 1943 after allegedly winning it in a poker game. Ted was a well travelled man who, unusually for the time, had raised his son from his second marriage on his own. He allowed the club to become a meeting place for the Chelsea Arts Club and was welcoming to the wide variety of people who lived in the area. Many of the lesbians who had previously met at the Bag of Nails pub in Soho, went to the Ted Ware's club after he discovered they had been rejected at the Bag of Nails and invited them to attend <ref> Gina Ware, daughter of Ted Ware on BBC television 2022 in Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club </ref>. The club had many gay and lesbian regulars, and was also frequented by black Caribbean people, such as Chester Harriott, who played jazz piano there, <ref>http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/15/chester-harriott?ref=profile&fb_source=timeline</ref> and by members of other minority groups that were discriminated against elsewhere.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

	Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together, before Gina gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>		Ted married Gina Cerrato (1922–2001),<ref name = ind>http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article35476.ece Gina Ware obituary ''Independent Online''</ref> a glamorous actress, in July 1953 when he was 55 and she was 31 years old. Gina had been born in Italy in 1922, but had grown up in Cardiff. She came to London to pursue her acting career and had appeared in several films, before meeting Ted in The Gateways in 1947. She and Ted had one daughter together, before Gina gradually took over running the club during the late 1950s.<ref name="ftc2ts"/>

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	[[File:Gatewaysdoor.jpg\|thumb\|The door of the Gateways Club (~~now~~ painted blue), taken March 2007]]		[[File:Gatewaysdoor.jpg\|thumb\|The door of the Gateways Club (then painted blue), taken March 2007]]

	The '''Gateways club''' was a noted lesbian nightclub located at 239 Kings Road on the corner of Bramerton Street, [[Chelsea]]].<ref name = ftc2ts>''From the closet to the screen: women at the Gateways Club 1945-85'' - Gardiner, Jill ISBN 0-86358-427-6</ref> It was the longest-surviving such club in the world, open by 1931 <ref name = ftc2ts>Jill Gardiner, ''From the closet to the screen: women at the Gateways Club 1945–85'' isbn=0-86358-427-6}}</ref> and legally becoming a "members club" in 1936. It closed on Saturday 21 September 1985 after some years of only opening for a few hours each weekend.		The '''Gateways club''' was a noted lesbian nightclub located at 239 Kings Road on the corner of Bramerton Street, [[Chelsea]]].<ref name = ftc2ts>''From the closet to the screen: women at the Gateways Club 1945-85'' - Gardiner, Jill ISBN 0-86358-427-6</ref> It was the longest-surviving such club in the world, open by 1931 <ref name = ftc2ts>Jill Gardiner, ''From the closet to the screen: women at the Gateways Club 1945–85'' isbn=0-86358-427-6}}</ref> and legally becoming a "members club" in 1936. It closed on Saturday 21 September 1985 after some years of only opening for a few hours each weekend.
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	The song ''Green Door'' was possibly inspired by the club.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2027273,00.html Stephanie Theobold "Great lesbian songs? Here's our top five" ''The Guardian'' 6 March 2007</ref>		The song ''Green Door'' was possibly inspired by the club.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2027273,00.html Stephanie Theobold "Great lesbian songs? Here's our top five" ''The Guardian'' 6 March 2007</ref>

			In 2022 BBC television broadcast Gateway's Grind:London's Secret Lesbian Club, presented by [[Sandi Toksvig]]. At the time there was a campaign to have a blue plaque placed outside the premises.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	[[Category:Lesbian ~~clubs~~]]		[[Category:Lesbian venues]]
	[[Category:Night ~~clubs~~]]		[[Category:Night Clubs]]

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