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[[File:Canal Barn Shardlow.JPG|thumb|Shardlow heritage centre]]'''Shardlow''' is a village in [[South Derbyshire]], about 6 miles from [[Derby]] and 11 miles from [[Nottingham]]. During the 1970s the '''Pavilion Club''' flourished there as a men-only gay club in a former cricket pavilion. Unlike the various commercial clubs of the period it was owned by its members, led by [[Ike Cowan]]. The club finally burnt down, but the insurance money went into a local trust which supported gay causes in the area for many years | [[File:Canal Barn Shardlow.JPG|thumb|Shardlow heritage centre]]'''Shardlow''' is a village in [[South Derbyshire]], about 6 miles from [[Derby]] and 11 miles from [[Nottingham]]. | ||
==LGBT history== | |||
During the 1970s the '''Pavilion Club''' flourished there as a men-only gay club in a former cricket pavilion. Unlike the various commercial clubs of the period it was owned by its members, led by [[Ike Cowan]]. The club finally burnt down, but the insurance money went into a local trust which supported gay causes in the area for many years afterwards.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, pages 231–233.</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 10 July 2026
Shardlow is a village in South Derbyshire, about 6 miles from Derby and 11 miles from Nottingham.
LGBT history
During the 1970s the Pavilion Club flourished there as a men-only gay club in a former cricket pavilion. Unlike the various commercial clubs of the period it was owned by its members, led by Ike Cowan. The club finally burnt down, but the insurance money went into a local trust which supported gay causes in the area for many years afterwards.[1]
References
- ↑ Amiable Warriors Volume One, pages 231–233.