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| − | '''Bag O'Nails''' in Buckingham Palace Road, London was a meeting place for guardsmen and homosexuals in the 1940s and 50s. <ref> Peter Parker (2024) Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 Peguin Classics. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311741/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959/9780241370605 (Accessed 26 June 2024) </ref> | + | '''Bag O'Nails''' in Buckingham Palace Road, London was a meeting place for guardsmen and homosexuals in the 1940s and 50s. <ref> Peter Parker (2024) Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 Peguin Classics. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311741/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959/9780241370605 (Accessed 26 June 2024) </ref>. The building is Grade II listed and located less than 10 minutes away from Buckingham Palace. |
| − | Not to be confused with the Bag O'Nails, a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, where a doorway plaque commemorates Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue. | + | Not to be confused with the Bag O'Nails, a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, where a doorway plaque commemorates Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue. The place was believed to be frequented by lesbians until they were made to feel unwelcome and transferred their patronage to the [[Gateways]] Club. |
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Revision as of 14:18, 26 June 2024
Bag O'Nails in Buckingham Palace Road, London was a meeting place for guardsmen and homosexuals in the 1940s and 50s. [1]. The building is Grade II listed and located less than 10 minutes away from Buckingham Palace.
Not to be confused with the Bag O'Nails, a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, where a doorway plaque commemorates Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue. The place was believed to be frequented by lesbians until they were made to feel unwelcome and transferred their patronage to the Gateways Club.
References
- ↑ Peter Parker (2024) Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 Peguin Classics. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311741/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959/9780241370605 (Accessed 26 June 2024)
