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:''This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see [[Brief Encounter]]''
 
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'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].
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'''The Brief Encounter''' was the name given to a bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>
  
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==Past speakers==
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==List of speakers==
 
{{columns-list|3|
 
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*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
 
*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
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*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
 
*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
 
*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
 
*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
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*November 2016: [[Cari Mitchell]], from the English Collective of Prostitutes
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*February 2017: [[Peter Scott-Presland]] and [[Andrew Lumsden]]
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]
 
*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]
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==External links==
 
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*http://www.cags.org.uk/brief.shtml
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:48, 16 February 2017

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This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see Brief Encounter

The Brief Encounter was the name given to a bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by Croydon Area Gay Society. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",[1] hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".[2]

List of speakers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html
  2. ↑ Brief Encounter page on LGBT Croydon.
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