https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Limelight 2026-07-15T16:48:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=54091&oldid=prev 2026-07-10T13:08:22Z

<p>Fix bare &lt;references&gt; tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing &lt;references/&gt;</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:08, 10 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>&lt;references&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>&lt;references<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/</ins>&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[Category:Night Clubs]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[Category:Night Clubs]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[Category:Soho]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[Category:Soho]]</div></td></tr> </table>

LGBT-HP https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=48390&oldid=prev 2024-06-23T13:16:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:16, 23 June 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Boyband Take That performed there before they hit fame. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/ref&gt;</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Boyband Take That performed there before they hit fame. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> </table>

Wessexman https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=48389&oldid=prev 2024-06-23T13:16:06Z

<p>Take That performance circa 1991</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:16, 23 June 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Boyband Take That performed there before they hit fame</ins>. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>In 2024 the property listed as 136 Shaftesbury Avenue &amp; 83 Charing Cross Road was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">listed </del>for sale with a guide price of £14,750,000.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>In 2024 the property listed as 136 Shaftesbury Avenue &amp; 83 Charing Cross Road was for sale with a guide price of £14,750,000.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

Wessexman https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=48388&oldid=prev 2024-06-23T13:12:16Z

<p>image added.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:12, 23 June 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">poular </del>with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">popular </ins>with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]&lt;/ref&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key lgbtwiki:diff:1.41:old-48386:rev-48388:php=table --> </table>

Wessexman https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=48386&oldid=prev 2024-06-23T13:07:27Z

<p>For sale 2024 at £ 14.75 million</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:07, 23 June 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 2024 the property listed as 136 Shaftesbury Avenue &amp; 83 Charing Cross Road was listed for sale with a guide price of £14,750,000. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

Wessexman https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=8625&oldid=prev 2012-09-05T21:44:15Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:44, 5 September 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]</ins>The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> </table>

Ross Burgess https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=8520&oldid=prev 2012-08-29T17:31:38Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:31, 29 August 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="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;"><div>The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="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;"><div>The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Charing Cross Road and </ins>Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="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;"><div>In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> </table>

Ross Burgess https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=Limelight&diff=8519&oldid=prev 2012-08-29T17:13:12Z

<p>Created page with &quot;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Limelight Club&#039;&#039;&#039; was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Shaftesbury Avenue, <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>, built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Limelight Club&#039;&#039;&#039; was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian &quot;Walkabout&quot; pub chain. In <br /> <br /> In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.&lt;ref&gt;http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Night Clubs]]<br /> [[Category:Soho]]</div>

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