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'''The Rockingham''' was a gay club in the basement of a warehouse in Queen Street, [[Manchester]].<ref>http://www.outinthepast.org.uk/timeline/1960. '"1960s to 1970s", ''[[Out in the Past]]''. Accessed: 2016-02-02. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ezl80bBA)</ref>

:"It was Manchester's first GAY club, the owner Reg was a raving gay and Harry the doorman was a giant (a very nice one)."<ref>http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/bobbydell/bobbydell.php. "Bobby Dell and the Dellstars", ''Manchester Beat''. Accessed: 2016-02-02. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ezlxke7x)</ref>

In 1968 there was a plan for [[Esquire Clubs]] to take over the Rockingham, but negotiations broke down when the Esquire Committee declined to pay the increased amount asked by the owner, [[Reg Kilduff]], given that the lease had only three years to run.<ref>''[[Amiable Warriors]] Volume One, pages 187, 203.</ref>

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