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  • ...e Soho''' is a lesbian bar in [[Old Compton Street]], [[Soho]]. It is part of the [[Ku Bar|Ku]] brand. [[Category:Soho]] ...
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  • ...f Soho''' stands on [[Old Compton Street]] in [[Soho]] in the [[West End]] of [[London]]. Old Compton Street is regarded as ''the'' '''gay street''' in L ...niversary, at which time ''QX Magazine'' referred to it as "The Grand Dame of Queer Street" <ref name="qx614"/> ...
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  • ...is regarded as ''the'' '''gay street''' in London. Before the construction of Charing Cross Road it formed a single street with what is now New Compton S [[Comptons]] of Soho, originally called the Swiss Hotel, is the original gay bar located on that ...
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  • ...staurant''' in Lisle Street, [[Soho]], was a "resort of perverts and women of Ill-repute". The police brought a fine against the premises in 1936 for har ...Minster]], the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruis ...
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  • '''The Festival''' was a nightclub in Dean Street, Soho, in the 1930s. ...ge Street) the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruis ...
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  • '''The Careless Stork''' was a nightclub in Denman Street, Soho, in the 1930s. ...ge Street) the Swiss (now [[Comptons]]) and the [[Marquis of Granby]] in [[Soho]]. [[Peter Wildeblood]] called them "less [than] discreet", rough and cruis ...
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  • ...t Anne's Church Soho''' is an Anglican ([[Church of England]]) church in [[Soho]], central [[London]]. ...ting. The churchyard, accessed from Wardour Street, and including the site of the original church, is now a public open space. ...
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  • ...later, on it's current site in [[Wardour Street]], looking down the length of [[Old Compton Street]]. ...ss Road, and was a driving force behind the first Soho Pink Weekend (now [[Soho Pride]]) run by [[Gary Henshaw]] and assisted by [[Jonathan Harbourne]] (wh ...
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  • ...ck Cat in [[Old Compton Street]].<ref>http://qxmagazine.com/pdf/gayhistory-soho.pdf</ref> See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]]. ...
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  • ...City, published in 1995. It gives both gay and non-gay venues for a number of cities, including [[London]] and [[Manchester]].<ref>''Gay Europe'' by Davi *[[Compton's]], Old Compton Road (''sic'') ...
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  • ...es. By the end of 2014 the gentrification of Soho had reduced the number of flats used for prostitution to around 40, it has since reduced to about a d ...of Ill-repute" in the 1930s. The area experienced a quick and large growth of modern gay bars and eateries in the early 1990s, such as [[The Village]], [ ...
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  • '''<cite>Gay London</cite>, 1997''' is the 1997 edition of [[Gay London]] by [[Graham Parker]]. It lfacilities for gay people (mainly The 1997 book has detailed maps of: ...
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  • ...e:Heaven entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Heaven (nightclub)|Heaven]],One of the homes of G-A-Y]] ...h of which were also owned by Mean Fiddler Holdings Limited and operate in Soho. The two bars sold discounted tickets to weekend performances. The brand wa ...
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  • ...e month, at the Church of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, [[Soho]]. ...on Street]]. These liturgies were first held in the Convent of the Helpers of the Holy Souls in Camden Town, London. ...
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  • ...amed after Admiral Adam Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. It was once in the ownership of the Scottish & Newcastle Brewery but was bought in 2004 by the Tattershall ...
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  • ...s Corner Houses''' were a small chain of popular cafes in the [[West End]] of London, between 1909 and 1977. ...er Houses, smarter and grander than the local tea shops, provided a degree of escapist relaxation. Between 1896 and 1965 Lyons also owned the [[Trocadero ...
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  • ...verted to a pub, originally called "The Hundred Marks", in the early years of the 20th century. ...he early 1940s) thus: 'now nightly a bedlam of rampaging drunks and a mart of male prostitutes' <ref> p 231 The World, The Flesh and Myself by Michael Da ...
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  • ...ied out bombings in Brick Lane, [[Brixton]], and the [[Admiral Duncan]] in Soho, in April 1999. ...and then the National Socialist Movement. In Aprl 1999 he started a series of nail-bomb attacks on ethnic groups and the gay community: ...
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  • In 1941 [[Sam's Café]] in Rupert Street, Soho, was closed between 6pm-6am under the EPA ([[Lyon's Corner House]]s, among ...ed gay nightclubs in the West End and arrested 100 men. To make an example of them, the police dramatized the proceedings by dragging the men into court ...
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  • ...players' abilities in a fun, safe and social environment that is accepting of sexual diversity. Raiders has seven different league teams, including one in the top division of the Greater London league (GLSML). If you would like to play with us, get i ...
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