Leicester Square - Revision history

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	'''Leicester Square''' is a garden square in London's [[West End]]. It sits in the middle of a pedestrian zone and is famous for its cinemas and film premieres. It was rennovated in 2012.		[[File:Redeveloped Leicester Square.jpg\|thumb\|Leicester Square]]'''Leicester Square''' is a garden square in London's [[West End]]. It sits in the middle of a pedestrian zone and is famous for its cinemas and film premieres. It was rennovated in 2012.

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	In the early 1990s an American diners-style bar called the [[Locomotion]] became almost exclusively gay and lesbian. The large nightclub on the corner of Charing Cross Road, the [[Hippodrome]], had a weekly gay night on Mondays. The [[Limelight]], a converted church, held Sunday afternoon tea dances organised by [[The Village]].		In the early 1990s an American diners-style bar called the [[Locomotion]] became almost exclusively gay and lesbian. The large nightclub on the corner of Charing Cross Road, the [[Hippodrome]], had a weekly gay night on Mondays. The [[Limelight]], a converted church, held Sunday afternoon tea dances organised by [[The Village]]. The [[Café de Paris]] hosted a weekly Sunday afternoon club in the late '90s, and still plays host to many queer functions.

	See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]].		See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]].

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	'''Leicester Square''' is a garden square in London's [[West End]]. It sits in the middle of a ~~padestrian~~ zone and is famous for its cinemas and film premieres. It was rennovated in 2012.		'''Leicester Square''' is a garden square in London's [[West End]]. It sits in the middle of a pedestrian zone and is famous for its cinemas and film premieres. It was rennovated in 2012.

	== 1920s ==		== 1920s ==
	During the 1920s Leicester Square, along with [[The Strand], ]became the focus of queer commercial sociability<ref>Queer London, 2005</ref>. It was the heart of London's nightlife and men could socialise in the galleries of the [[Empire]] and [[Alhambra]], [[Jack Bloomfield's]] pub, [[Russell's Bar]] and the [[Cavour]].		During the 1920s Leicester Square, along with [[The Strand]], became the focus of queer commercial sociability<ref>Queer London, 2005</ref>. It was the heart of London's nightlife and men could socialise in the galleries of the [[Empire]] and [[Alhambra]], [[Jack Bloomfield's]] pub, [[Russell's Bar]] and the [[Cavour]].

	The gay focus later moved to the neighbouring [[Piccadilly Circus]] after suffering a demise after the Met and LCC clamped down on heterosexual vice, making gay men's presence less acceptable. In 1927 the [[News of the World]] lamented the Square's "decay... its conversion... from gay Bohemianism to ultra-respectability".		The gay focus later moved to the neighbouring [[Piccadilly Circus]] after suffering a demise after the Met and LCC clamped down on heterosexual vice, making gay men's presence less acceptable. In 1927 the [[News of the World]] lamented the Square's "decay... its conversion... from gay Bohemianism to ultra-respectability".

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	== 1920s ==		== 1920s ==
	During the 1920s Leicester Square, along with [[The Strand], ]became the focus of queer commercial sociability<ref>Queer London, 2005</ref>. It was the heart of London's nightlife and men could socialise ~~inthe~~ galleries of the [[Empire]] and [[Alhambra]], [[Jack Bloomfield's]] pub, [[Russell's Bar]] and the [[Cavour]].		During the 1920s Leicester Square, along with [[The Strand], ]became the focus of queer commercial sociability<ref>Queer London, 2005</ref>. It was the heart of London's nightlife and men could socialise in the galleries of the [[Empire]] and [[Alhambra]], [[Jack Bloomfield's]] pub, [[Russell's Bar]] and the [[Cavour]].

	The gay focus later moved to the neighbouring [[Piccadilly Circus]] after suffering a demise after the Met and LCC clamped down on heterosexual vice, making gay men's presence less acceptable. In 1927 the [[News of the World]] lamented the Square's "decay... its conversion... from gay Bohemianism to ultra-respectability".		The gay focus later moved to the neighbouring [[Piccadilly Circus]] after suffering a demise after the Met and LCC clamped down on heterosexual vice, making gay men's presence less acceptable. In 1927 the [[News of the World]] lamented the Square's "decay... its conversion... from gay Bohemianism to ultra-respectability".


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	== 1990s ==		== 1990s ==
	In the early 1990s an American diners-style bar called the [[Locomotion]] became almost exclusively gay and lesbian. The large nightclub on the corner of Charing Cross Road, the [[Hippodrome]], had a weekly gay night on Mondays. The [[Limelight]], a converted church, held Sunday afternoon tea dances ~~organise~~ by [[The Village]].		In the early 1990s an American diners-style bar called the [[Locomotion]] became almost exclusively gay and lesbian. The large nightclub on the corner of Charing Cross Road, the [[Hippodrome]], had a weekly gay night on Mondays. The [[Limelight]], a converted church, held Sunday afternoon tea dances organised by [[The Village]].

	See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]].		See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]].

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'''Leicester Square''' is a garden square in London's [[West End]]. It sits in the middle of a padestrian zone and is famous for its cinemas and film premieres. It was rennovated in 2012.

== 1920s ==
During the 1920s Leicester Square, along with [[The Strand], ]became the focus of queer commercial sociability<ref>Queer London, 2005</ref>. It was the heart of London's nightlife and men could socialise inthe galleries of the [[Empire]] and [[Alhambra]], [[Jack Bloomfield's]] pub, [[Russell's Bar]] and the [[Cavour]].

The gay focus later moved to the neighbouring [[Piccadilly Circus]] after suffering a demise after the Met and LCC clamped down on heterosexual vice, making gay men's presence less acceptable. In 1927 the [[News of the World]] lamented the Square's "decay... its conversion... from gay Bohemianism to ultra-respectability".

== 1990s ==
In the early 1990s an American diners-style bar called the [[Locomotion]] became almost exclusively gay and lesbian. The large nightclub on the corner of Charing Cross Road, the [[Hippodrome]], had a weekly gay night on Mondays. The [[Limelight]], a converted church, held Sunday afternoon tea dances organise by [[The Village]].

See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]].

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