Icebreakers - Revision history

LGBT-HP: Fix bare tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing

2026-07-10T13:07:40Z

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

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Wessexman at 15:45, 18 February 2026

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from a ~~squa~~ in [[Brixton]] <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF LSE Library Jul 19, 2024 </ref> <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA&list=PLPK_Rz82LOLDYsp_aux0ncBnmgx0feQQ5&index=8 Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF, LSE Library (accessed 23 February 2025). The premises where the helpline was run from was a squat in Railton Road.</ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from a squat in [[Brixton]] <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF LSE Library Jul 19, 2024 </ref> <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA&list=PLPK_Rz82LOLDYsp_aux0ncBnmgx0feQQ5&index=8 Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF, LSE Library (accessed 23 February 2025). The premises where the helpline was run from was a squat in Railton Road.</ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]

Wessexman: Helpline started in a Brixton squat on Railton Road

2026-02-18T15:45:07Z

Helpline started in a Brixton squat on Railton Road

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from ~~premises~~ in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA&list=PLPK_Rz82LOLDYsp_aux0ncBnmgx0feQQ5&index=8 Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF, LSE Library (accessed 23 February 2025). The premises where the helpline was run from was a squat in Railton Road.</ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from a squa in [[Brixton]] <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF LSE Library Jul 19, 2024 </ref> <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA&list=PLPK_Rz82LOLDYsp_aux0ncBnmgx0feQQ5&index=8 Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF, LSE Library (accessed 23 February 2025). The premises where the helpline was run from was a squat in Railton Road.</ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]

Wessexman: added reference

2025-02-23T15:15:35Z

added reference

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiJcIiCwvA&list=PLPK_Rz82LOLDYsp_aux0ncBnmgx0feQQ5&index=8 Nettie Pollard and Michael Parkes on Icebreakers and GLF, LSE Library (accessed 23 February 2025). The premises where the helpline was run from was a squat in Railton Road.</ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]

Wessexman: new image

2024-10-24T18:09:47Z

new image

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	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]]

Wessexman: started 1972 or 1973

2023-07-25T18:31:57Z

started 1972 or 1973

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was ~~founded~~ in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]

Wessexman: additional reference for 1973

2022-06-21T15:23:53Z

additional reference for 1973

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]

Wessexman at 19:57, 27 November 2021

2021-11-27T19:57:07Z

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]]([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]

Wessexman at 19:56, 27 November 2021

2021-11-27T19:56:29Z

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]]([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]]([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

	[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]		[[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG\|thumb\| Hemingford Arms 2018]]

Wessexman at 13:54, 6 September 2021

2021-09-06T13:54:35Z

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	:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''		:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].''

	'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.		'''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was founded in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]]([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>.

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