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http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. ''[[Gay Friendly Guide]] to Falmouth''. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq) | http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. ''[[Gay Friendly Guide]] to Falmouth''. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq) | ||
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Revision as of 12:36, 20 May 2022
Falmouth is a town and port on the south coast of Cornwall.
LGBT history
The painter Henry Scott Tuke lived there as a boy, and later returned to live nearby at Swanpool.
In the mid 1970s Truro CHE held a gay disco at Desdemona's in the town. Desdemona's closed after going into liquidation at the end of 1978 [1].
See also
http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. Gay Friendly Guide to Falmouth. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq)
References
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- ↑ Gay News issue 153 October 1978 page 19. It is stated that another venue for the gay group had been found at the Dock and Railway Hotel