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  • ...by staff and regulars to the first-floor restaurant of the [[Lyons Corner House]] on Coventry Street, just off Piccadilly Circus. From the 1930s it became ...made it considerably safer than a pub or club. Regulars gravitated to one corner of the room. Staff recognised the pattern and, according to later accounts, ...
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  • ...573.jpg|thumb|Teatime at the Coventry Street Corner House, 1942]]'''Lyon's Corner Houses''' were a small chain of popular cafes in the [[West End]] of London ...rocadero Long Bar | Trocadero]] which was similar in size and style to the Corner Houses. ...
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  • ...ssful [[Lyon's Corner House]] chain. The Trocadero, as well as many of the Corner Houses, was popular with gay men. M. Joseph said: ...
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  • ...yons & Co. – the same company that operated the [[Lilypond|Lilypond Corner House]] a short walk away on Coventry Street. With over a thousand rooms and a gr ...
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