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| − | '''Paddington''' is a district and former metropolitan borough within the [[City of Westminster]]. | + | [[File:PaddBasin.jpg|thumb|Paddington Basin on the Grand Union Canal]]'''Paddington''' is a district and former metropolitan borough within the [[City of Westminster]]. |
Paddington Station is the London terminus of the former Great Western Railway. | Paddington Station is the London terminus of the former Great Western Railway. | ||
==LGBT History== | ==LGBT History== | ||
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| + | [[Matt Lucas]] was born in Paddington in 1974. | ||
In the 1980s, Richard Scanes aka [[Tricky Dicky]] ran gay discos at Fangs in Paddington.<ref>http://www.kemglen.talktalk.net/stradivarius/OurHistory1.htm</ref> | In the 1980s, Richard Scanes aka [[Tricky Dicky]] ran gay discos at Fangs in Paddington.<ref>http://www.kemglen.talktalk.net/stradivarius/OurHistory1.htm</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Westminster]] | [[Category:Westminster]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:04, 8 January 2016
Paddington is a district and former metropolitan borough within the City of Westminster.
Paddington Station is the London terminus of the former Great Western Railway.
LGBT History
Matt Lucas was born in Paddington in 1974.
In the 1980s, Richard Scanes aka Tricky Dicky ran gay discos at Fangs in Paddington.[1]
The Marylebone and Paddington CHE Group, founded 1971, is still operating, although not necessarily in Marylebone or Paddington.
