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== References ==
== References ==
''Queer London – Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957'' Matt Houlbrook, The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
[[Matt Houlbrook]], ''[[Queer London]]


National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129
National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129

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Billie's Club was a nightclub in Little Denmark Street, London run by Billie Joice. It opened in October 1935. She purposefully attracted a gay clientelle and employed camp cabaret acts such as Fred Barnes.

See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.

References

Matt Houlbrook, Queer London

National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5133129Pubs and bars]]