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[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were poular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.
[[File:Limelight Charing Cross Road.jpg|thumb|Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).]]The '''Limelight Club''' was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, [[Soho]], built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.[[File:Limelightcard.jpg|thumb|left|Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)]]</ref>


In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.<ref>http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html</ref>
In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.<ref>http://www.standard.co.uk/news/basking-in-the-limelight-art-squatters-take-over-superclub-6547710.html</ref>

Revision as of 13:12, 23 June 2024

Former Limelight Club (Charing Cross Road frontage).

The Limelight Club was a nightclub on two floors of a former Welsh Presbyterian Church in Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, built in 1888 by James Cubitt. Its Sunday afternoon tea dances were popular with gay people in the 1990s. It was later taken over by the Australian "Walkabout" pub chain.

Membership card (courtesy of Mike Cookson-Taylor)

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In December 2010, after lying empty, it was squatted by the Oubliette arts collective.[1] In 2024 the property listed as 136 Shaftesbury Avenue & 83 Charing Cross Road was listed for sale with a guide price of £14,750,000.

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