London Borough of Sutton - Revision history

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LGBT history

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	[[Noel Coward]] lived in Lenham Road as a boy and appeared on stage at the since demolished Public Hall aged 8.		[[Noel Coward]] lived in Lenham Road as a boy and appeared on stage at the since demolished Public Hall aged 8.

	[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave ~~a talk~~ in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.		[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 and 2024 he gave talks in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.

	In 1978 a Conservative Councillor who had been convicted of gross indecency with another man in a public place, admitted he was homosexual and stated he saw no reason not to continue to serve as a Borough Councillor <ref> Wallington South Ward Councillor. ''Gay News'' November 30 1978 issue 156 page 8. Sutton and Cheam Herald 25 January 1979 'Bid to oust gay Councillor' </ref>.		In 1978 a Conservative Councillor who had been convicted of gross indecency with another man in a public place, admitted he was homosexual and stated he saw no reason not to continue to serve as a Borough Councillor <ref> Wallington South Ward Councillor. ''Gay News'' November 30 1978 issue 156 page 8. Sutton and Cheam Herald 25 January 1979 'Bid to oust gay Councillor' </ref>.

Wessexman: MP lost his seat 2024.

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MP lost his seat 2024.

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	A new [[Sutton LGBT Forum]] was set up in 2013 by Tyrone Ashby with support from [[Age UK Sutton]].<ref>http://lgbtsutton.co.uk (website appears defunct 2023) https://www.suttonlgbtq.org/aboutus (website in Jan 2023 but appears out of date) </ref>		A new [[Sutton LGBT Forum]] was set up in 2013 by Tyrone Ashby with support from [[Age UK Sutton]].<ref>http://lgbtsutton.co.uk (website appears defunct 2023) https://www.suttonlgbtq.org/aboutus (website in Jan 2023 but appears out of date) </ref>

	[[Elliot Colburn]] is the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] and also a borough councillor.		[[Elliot Colburn]] was the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] until July 2024 and also a borough councillor.

	In 2024 Sutton United Women's Team appointed a transgender woman Lucy Clark as manager <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68122079 (accessed 28 February 2024) </ref>.		In 2024 Sutton United Women's Team appointed a transgender woman Lucy Clark as manager <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68122079 (accessed 28 February 2024) </ref>.

Wessexman: transwoman manager of woman's football team

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transwoman manager of woman's football team

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	[[Elliot Colburn]] is the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] and also a borough councillor.		[[Elliot Colburn]] is the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] and also a borough councillor.

			In 2024 Sutton United Women's Team appointed a transgender woman Lucy Clark as manager <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68122079 (accessed 28 February 2024) </ref>.

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	[[SMALL]] (Sutton Mature And Loving Life) was a group for older LGBT people in Sutton.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130717022834/http://www.ageuk.org.uk/sutton/our-services/sutton-lgbt/</ref>		[[SMALL]] (Sutton Mature And Loving Life) was a group for older LGBT people in Sutton.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130717022834/http://www.ageuk.org.uk/sutton/our-services/sutton-lgbt/</ref>

	A new [[Sutton LGBT Forum]] was set up in 2013 by Tyrone Ashby with support from [[Age UK Sutton]].<ref>http://lgbtsutton.co.uk (website appears defunct 2023) https://www.suttonlgbtq.org/aboutus (website in Jan 2023) </ref>		A new [[Sutton LGBT Forum]] was set up in 2013 by Tyrone Ashby with support from [[Age UK Sutton]].<ref>http://lgbtsutton.co.uk (website appears defunct 2023) https://www.suttonlgbtq.org/aboutus (website in Jan 2023 but appears out of date) </ref>

	[[Elliot Colburn]] is the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] and also a borough councillor.		[[Elliot Colburn]] is the member of parliament for [[Carshalton and Wallington]] and also a borough councillor.

Wessexman: /* LGBT history */ Noel Coward

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LGBT history: Noel Coward

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	Horace Charles Forbes Cheston (1898-1975) author of 'Of Those Alone' (1958) which charts gay London during the First World War and which was published under his pseudonym [[Robert Hutton]], lived in Sutton as a young man <ref> https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/2023/07/20/of-those-alone-from-hampton-lea-to-nyc-the-forbes-cheston-story/ Accessed 21 July 2023 </ref>.		Horace Charles Forbes Cheston (1898-1975) author of 'Of Those Alone' (1958) which charts gay London during the First World War and which was published under his pseudonym [[Robert Hutton]], lived in Sutton as a young man <ref> https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/2023/07/20/of-those-alone-from-hampton-lea-to-nyc-the-forbes-cheston-story/ Accessed 21 July 2023 </ref>.

			[[Noel Coward]] lived in Lenham Road as a boy and appeared on stage at the since demolished Public Hall aged 8.

	[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.		[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.

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	[[File:~~Sutton, Surrey London Heritage Mural~~.~~JPG~~\|thumb\|Sutton ~~Heritage Mural~~]]The '''London Borough of Sutton''' is an outer [[London Borough]] in south [[London]]. It was formed in 1965 by the merger of three previous local authorities, Sutton and [[Cheam]], Beddington and [[Wallington]], and Carshalton, all of which had previously been part of [[Surrey]].		[[File:Bookcovera.jpg\|thumb\|right\| Dust jacket of book by Forbes Cheston who lived as a young gay man in Sutton]]The '''London Borough of Sutton''' is an outer [[London Borough]] in south [[London]]. It was formed in 1965 by the merger of three previous local authorities, Sutton and [[Cheam]], Beddington and [[Wallington]], and Carshalton, all of which had previously been part of [[Surrey]].

	==LGBT history==		==LGBT history==

Wessexman: reference to Charles Cheston aka Robert Hutton.

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reference to Charles Cheston aka Robert Hutton.

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	[[Quentin Crisp]] was born in Sutton on 25 December 1908 <ref> Address: Wolverton, Egmont Road, Sutton. In the 1908 Sutton Directory Mrs F Pratt is at the address. Crisp was born as Dennis Pratt. He is listed in the 1911 Census at that address </ref>.		[[Quentin Crisp]] was born in Sutton on 25 December 1908 <ref> Address: Wolverton, Egmont Road, Sutton. In the 1908 Sutton Directory Mrs F Pratt is at the address. Crisp was born as Dennis Pratt. He is listed in the 1911 Census at that address </ref>.

	Horace Charles Forbes Cheston (1898-1975) author of 'Of Those Alone' (1958) which charts gay London during the First World War and which was published under his pseudonym [[Robert Hutton]], lived in Sutton as a young man.		Horace Charles Forbes Cheston (1898-1975) author of 'Of Those Alone' (1958) which charts gay London during the First World War and which was published under his pseudonym [[Robert Hutton]], lived in Sutton as a young man <ref> https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/2023/07/20/of-those-alone-from-hampton-lea-to-nyc-the-forbes-cheston-story/ Accessed 21 July 2023 </ref>.

	[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.		[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.

Wessexman: /* LGBT history */ Robert Hutton

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LGBT history: Robert Hutton

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	==LGBT history==		==LGBT history==

	[[Quentin Crisp]] was born in Sutton on 25 December 1908 <ref> Address: Wolverton, Egmont Road, Sutton. In the 1908 Sutton Directory Mrs F Pratt is at the address. Crisp was born as Dennis Pratt. He is listed in the 1911 Census at that address </ref> .		[[Quentin Crisp]] was born in Sutton on 25 December 1908 <ref> Address: Wolverton, Egmont Road, Sutton. In the 1908 Sutton Directory Mrs F Pratt is at the address. Crisp was born as Dennis Pratt. He is listed in the 1911 Census at that address </ref>.

			Horace Charles Forbes Cheston (1898-1975) author of 'Of Those Alone' (1958) which charts gay London during the First World War and which was published under his pseudonym [[Robert Hutton]], lived in Sutton as a young man.

	[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.		[[Brian Paddick]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and attended the local Grammar School <ref> Brian Paddick Line of Fire (2018) (Simon and Schuster)</ref>. [[Clifford Williams]] lived in Sutton as a youth and young man and wrote about this in his book 'Courage to Be' (2021 Book Guild Ltd.). In 2023 he gave a talk in Sutton Central Library about growing up gay in the borough and aspects of the gay history of the borough.

Wessexman: 1979 Gay disco

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1979 Gay disco

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	In 1978 a Conservative Councillor who had been convicted of gross indecency with another man in a public place, admitted he was homosexual and stated he saw no reason not to continue to serve as a Borough Councillor <ref> Wallington South Ward Councillor. ''Gay News'' November 30 1978 issue 156 page 8. Sutton and Cheam Herald 25 January 1979 'Bid to oust gay Councillor' </ref>.		In 1978 a Conservative Councillor who had been convicted of gross indecency with another man in a public place, admitted he was homosexual and stated he saw no reason not to continue to serve as a Borough Councillor <ref> Wallington South Ward Councillor. ''Gay News'' November 30 1978 issue 156 page 8. Sutton and Cheam Herald 25 January 1979 'Bid to oust gay Councillor' </ref>.

			In 1979 a listing for a gay disco at Scamps 299a High St Sutton appeared in Gay News <ref> Issue 173 August 1979 Wednesday 9-2am </ref>.

	There was a [[Lesbian]] group that met at the Women's Centre in Palmerston Road <ref> Leaflet undated in the Bishopsgate Institute </ref> [[File:P1270469suttonlesbians.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Leaflet for Lesbian Group (undated) (Bishopsgate Institute Archives) Photo by Dr Clifford Williams]]. A letter in the Hall Carpenter Archives states the Lesbian Support Group was set up early 1987 <ref> Letter from Angie Brown Sutton Women's Centre undated but 1987 in CHE papers </ref>.		There was a [[Lesbian]] group that met at the Women's Centre in Palmerston Road <ref> Leaflet undated in the Bishopsgate Institute </ref> [[File:P1270469suttonlesbians.JPG\|thumb\|left\| Leaflet for Lesbian Group (undated) (Bishopsgate Institute Archives) Photo by Dr Clifford Williams]]. A letter in the Hall Carpenter Archives states the Lesbian Support Group was set up early 1987 <ref> Letter from Angie Brown Sutton Women's Centre undated but 1987 in CHE papers </ref>.