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'''Falmouth''' is a town and port on the south coast of [[Cornwall]].
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[[File:Falmouth Cornwall.jpg|thumb|Falmouth]]'''Falmouth''' is a town and port on the south coast of [[Cornwall]].
  
 
==LGBT history==
 
==LGBT history==
  
 
The painter [[Henry Scott Tuke]] lived there as a boy, and later returned to live nearby at [[Swanpool]].
 
The painter [[Henry Scott Tuke]] lived there as a boy, and later returned to live nearby at [[Swanpool]].
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In the mid 1970s [[Truro]] CHE held a gay disco at Desdemona's in the town. Desdemona's closed after going into liquidation at the end of 1978 <ref> Gay News issue 153 October 1978 page 19. It is stated that another venue for the gay group had been found at the Dock and Railway Hotel </ref>.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
  
 
http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. ''[[Gay Friendly Guide]] to Falmouth''. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq)
 
http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. ''[[Gay Friendly Guide]] to Falmouth''. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq)
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==References==
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[[Category:Cornwall]]
 
[[Category:Cornwall]]
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[[Category:English towns]]

Latest revision as of 12:36, 20 May 2022

Falmouth
Falmouth is a town and port on the south coast of Cornwall.

LGBT history

The painter Henry Scott Tuke lived there as a boy, and later returned to live nearby at Swanpool.

In the mid 1970s Truro CHE held a gay disco at Desdemona's in the town. Desdemona's closed after going into liquidation at the end of 1978 [1].

See also

http://www.gayfriendlyguide.com/cornwall-falmouth.html. Gay Friendly Guide to Falmouth. Accessed: 2013-05-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GPVYDeuq)


References

  1. Jump up Gay News issue 153 October 1978 page 19. It is stated that another venue for the gay group had been found at the Dock and Railway Hotel