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'''The Spartan Club''' was a gay club in a basement in Tachbrook Street, [[Victoria]]. It was frequented by gay celebrities such as [[Kenneth Williams]]. It was run by [[Patric Walker]], later to become the astrologer for the ''Evening Standard''.<ref>[http://www.richardcaswell.com/NOTONETOGOSSIP2.html "Not One to Gossip"] (dead link) by [[Richard Caswell]]; [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20120905193233/http://www.richardcaswell.com/NOTONETOGOSSIP2.html archived version] as at September 2015.</ref> | '''The Spartan Club''' was a gay club in a basement in Tachbrook Street, [[Victoria]]. It was frequented by gay celebrities such as [[Kenneth Williams]]. It was run by [[Patric Walker]], later to become the astrologer for the ''Evening Standard''.<ref>[http://www.richardcaswell.com/NOTONETOGOSSIP2.html "Not One to Gossip"] (dead link) by [[Richard Caswell]]; [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20120905193233/http://www.richardcaswell.com/NOTONETOGOSSIP2.html archived version] as at September 2015.</ref> It closed in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 23 1973 'Spartan Club closes' </ref>. | ||
[[File:Spartanclub1966.JPG|200px|thumb|Membership card of [[George Lucas]] 1966 (courtesy and copyright of Hugo Greenhalgh) ]] | [[File:Spartanclub1966.JPG|200px|thumb|Membership card of [[George Lucas]] 1966 (courtesy and copyright of Hugo Greenhalgh) ]] | ||
Revision as of 21:25, 13 November 2019
The Spartan Club was a gay club in a basement in Tachbrook Street, Victoria. It was frequented by gay celebrities such as Kenneth Williams. It was run by Patric Walker, later to become the astrologer for the Evening Standard.[1] It closed in 1973 [2].
Vox Pop
[Vox Pop entries are personal recollections by individual contributors.]
I once had a boyfriend who worked as a barman at the Spartan. One evening the place had closed and I was waiting for my friend to finish tidying up and come home, when a cry was heard "Miss Williams is coming, Miss Williams is coming!" Kenneth Williams came in, accompanied by someone who looked like a bodyguard, and I talked with him briefly: he'd not long returned from a holiday in Morocco.[3]
References
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- ↑ "Not One to Gossip" (dead link) by Richard Caswell; archived version as at September 2015.
- ↑ Gay News no 23 1973 'Spartan Club closes'
- ↑ Vox Pop item by Ross Burgess, 3 April 2012.