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The '''New Union''' is a long-established gay bar and hotel in [[Manchester]]'s gay village.<ref>http://www.newunionhotel.com/ Official website</ref> | The '''New Union''' is a long-established gay bar and hotel in [[Manchester]]'s gay village.<ref>http://www.newunionhotel.com/ Official website</ref> | ||
:The New Union, as a gay and lesbian meeting place, probably goes back as far as the nineteenth century. It certainly existed before WWII. One suggestion for the name is that the ‘new’ in its title celebrated the [[United Kingdom#History|union [in 1801] of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland | :The New Union, as a gay and lesbian meeting place, probably goes back as far as the nineteenth century. It certainly existed before WWII. One suggestion for the name is that the ‘new’ in its title celebrated the [[United Kingdom#History|union]] [in 1801] of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.<ref>http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Arts/Out-in-the-Past-Trail-part-one</ref> | ||
It is featured in the [[Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail]]. | It is featured in the [[Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 17 February 2013
The New Union is a long-established gay bar and hotel in Manchester's gay village.[1]
- The New Union, as a gay and lesbian meeting place, probably goes back as far as the nineteenth century. It certainly existed before WWII. One suggestion for the name is that the ‘new’ in its title celebrated the union [in 1801] of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.[2]
It is featured in the Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail.
- This article is a stub. You can help the UK LGBT History Project by expanding it.
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