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		<title>Ross Burgess at 21:08, 5 September 2012</title>
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		<updated>2012-09-05T21:08:57Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 21:08, 5 September 2012&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; (also shown as &quot;Halfway II Heaven&quot;) is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Halfway to Heaven.jpg|thumb|Halfway to Heaven, September 2012]]&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; (also shown as &quot;Halfway II Heaven&quot;) is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
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		<title>Ross Burgess at 13:47, 20 June 2012</title>
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		<updated>2012-06-20T13:47:07Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Also &lt;/del&gt;shown as &quot;Halfway II Heaven&quot;)is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; (&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also &lt;/ins&gt;shown as &quot;Halfway II Heaven&quot;) is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
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		<title>Ross Burgess at 13:46, 20 June 2012</title>
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		<updated>2012-06-20T13:46:51Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(Also shown as &quot;Halfway II Heaven&quot;)&lt;/ins&gt;is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&amp;#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by The [[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
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		<title>Ross Burgess: moved Half Way to Heaven to Halfway to Heaven: Seems to be the official name</title>
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		<updated>2012-06-20T13:45:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;moved &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Half_Way_to_Heaven&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Half Way to Heaven&quot;&gt;Half Way to Heaven&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Halfway_to_Heaven&quot; title=&quot;Halfway to Heaven&quot;&gt;Halfway to Heaven&lt;/a&gt;: Seems to be the official name&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 13:45, 20 June 2012&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-notice&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mw-diff-empty&quot;&gt;(No difference)&lt;/div&gt;
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		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
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		<title>Ross Burgess: /* External links */</title>
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		<updated>2012-05-12T14:42:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:42, 12 May 2012&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== External links ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== External links ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bars &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pubs]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pubs &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bars&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:London&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:West End]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:West End]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Halfway_to_Heaven&amp;diff=4054&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ross Burgess at 22:41, 14 February 2012</title>
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		<updated>2012-02-14T22:41:00Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 22:41, 14 February 2012&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/del&gt;City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;[[City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The pub now hosts regular drag shows on the weekends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The pub now hosts regular drag shows on the weekends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Halfway_to_Heaven&amp;diff=433&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>LGBT-HP at 20:53, 25 July 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-07-25T20:53:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 20:53, 25 July 2011&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Half Way to Heaven was one of the official participating venues in the first [[Soho Pink Weekend]] pub crawl in 1994, organised by [[Gary Henshaw]]. Depicted on the official pub crawl map, designed by Jonathan Harbourne (who produced [[The Back Pocket Guide to London]]), the pub&#039;s icon was a Zimmer frame, insinuating that it was frequented by older people. The pub complained, but the illustration was later bought by [[The City of Quebec]], who used it as a humorous way to promote their pub as attractive to an older crowd.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The pub now hosts regular drag shows on the weekends.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Address ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Address ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LGBT-HP</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Halfway_to_Heaven&amp;diff=432&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>LGBT-HP: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Half Way to Heaven&#039;&#039;&#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the West End of London. It is so named because, when it was one ...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2011-07-25T20:46:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/West_End&quot; title=&quot;West End&quot;&gt;West End&lt;/a&gt; of London. It is so named because, when it was one ...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Half Way to Heaven&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a traditional pub on the ground and basement levels near Charing Cross Station in the [[West End]] of London. It is so named because, when it was one of half-a-dozen gay bars in the West End, it was located between Soho (where gay people drank in the evening) and the night club [[Heaven]], where many people went when the pubs closed at 11pm, the traditional (and previously, legal) closing time for pubs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Address ==&lt;br /&gt;
7 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Bars and Pubs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:London]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:West End]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LGBT-HP</name></author>
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