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'''Billie's Club''' was a nightclub in Little Denmark Street, London run by [[Billie Joice]]. It opened in October 1935. She purposefully attracted a gay clientelle and employed camp cabaret acts such as [[Fred Barnes]].
'''Billie's Club''' was a nightclub in Little Denmark Street, London run by [[Billie Joyce]]. It opened in October 1935. She purposefully attracted a gay clientelle and employed camp cabaret acts such as [[Fred Barnes]].


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


== References ==
== References ==
''Queer London – Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957'' Matt Houlbrook, The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
[[Matt Houlbrook]], ''[[Queer London]]''


National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129
National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129


[[Category:West End]]
[[Category:West End]]
[[Category:London]]
[[Category:Night Clubs]]Pubs and bars]]
[[Category:Night Clubs]]
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[[Category:Bars and Pubs]]

Latest revision as of 09:20, 30 December 2013

Billie's Club was a nightclub in Little Denmark Street, London run by Billie Joyce. It opened in October 1935. She purposefully attracted a gay clientelle and employed camp cabaret acts such as Fred Barnes.

See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.

References

Matt Houlbrook, Queer London

National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129Pubs and bars]]