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[[Hampshire Pride]] has been held in Winchester since 2015, with a parade starting at the [[University of Winchester]]. | [[Hampshire Pride]] has been held in Winchester since 2015, with a parade starting at the [[University of Winchester]]. | ||
A young people's LGBT Group, called [[Y-Services]] ,have been meeting weekly at the Carroll Centre in Winchester since the start of 2018 | A young people's LGBT Group, called [[Y-Services]] ,have been meeting weekly at the Carroll Centre in Winchester since the start of 2018.<ref> http://www.yservices.co.uk/. accessed 21.08.2018 </ref> | ||
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Winchester is a city in Hampshire. It was historically the capital of Wessex and for a time the capital of England. The current local government area City of Winchester also covers a large area of the surrounding countryside. Noted landmarks include the cathedral (the longest in Europe), the Great Hall (which contains "King Arthur's Round Table") and a public school, Winchester College.
LGBT history
Lord Alfred Douglas attended Winchester College 1884-1888.
The trial of Peter Wildeblood, Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers was held in the Great Hall of Winchester in 1954 [1].
There was a Winchester CHE group in the 1970s.The Winchester Gay Group met at the City Tavern 1977-8 and 1980-83. In the interim it met at the Ship Inn. In February 1983 it began to meet at the Royal Oak in St George's Street [2]. The group was still meeting in 2002 at a private home in Oliver's Battery, but the group disbanded sometime after 2002.
Hampshire Pride has been held in Winchester since 2015, with a parade starting at the University of Winchester.
A young people's LGBT Group, called Y-Services ,have been meeting weekly at the Carroll Centre in Winchester since the start of 2018.[3]
References
- ↑ The trial opened at Winchester Assizes 15 March 1954.
- ↑ Gay Solent Newsletter no 46 Feb 1983 (Hall Carpenter Archives, LSE Ref HCA/CHE/7/55)
- ↑ http://www.yservices.co.uk/. accessed 21.08.2018