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:''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].'' | :''This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see [[Icebreakers Manchester]].'' | ||
| − | '''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was | + | '''Icebreakers''' was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 <ref> Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations </ref> but appears to have been established in 1973 <ref> Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page </ref> , and ran until about 1984 from premises in [[Brixton]] <ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4 </ref>.[[Micky Burbidge]] was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the [[Prince Albert]] ([[Central Station]]), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening <ref>Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319) </ref>. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF ([[Gay Liberation Front]]) anti-psychiatry group''<ref> Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9 </ref>. |
| − | [[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG|thumb| Hemingford Arms 2018]] | + | [[File:Hemingfordarms2018.JPG|thumb| Hemingford Arms 2018]] [[File:DSC_1616hemmy.JPG|thumb|left| Pink plaque for the Hemingford Arms]] |
Latest revision as of 18:09, 24 October 2024
- This article is about the former group in London. For the current group in Manchester, see Icebreakers Manchester.
Icebreakers was a support group for gay men and lesbians. It was planned in 1972 [1] but appears to have been established in 1973 [2] , and ran until about 1984 from premises in Brixton [3].Micky Burbidge was an active member of Icebreakers. Icebreakers ran a disco at the Prince Albert (Central Station), and then from summer 1979 at the Hemingford Arms in London every Friday evening [4]. Antony Grey (1992) states that Icebreakers was 'an offshoot of the GLF (Gay Liberation Front) anti-psychiatry group[5].
References
- ↑ Papers in the Bishopsgate Institute: TOWNSON/21 Papers and correspondence regarding gay counselling organisations
- ↑ Gay News no 28 1973 Dennis Hudson and Micky Burbidge write 'We started operating on 10th May 1973, from an address in Brixton' & Gay News no 46 1974 'Icebreakers celebrate their first anniversary Happy Birthday' was the headline on the front page
- ↑ Out of the Shadows, Chapter 15. The start year for Icebreakers is given as 1971 in an article in Mister Vol 3 no 4
- ↑ Capital Gay 17 July 1981 listings. Admission was 30p. The disco was held upstairs at the Hemingford Arms pub. A 12 minute audio recording done at the Hemingford Arms at an Icebreakers disco in 1982 is held at the British Library (Catalogue C586/319)
- ↑ Antony Grey (1992) p 181 Quest for Justice; Towards Homosexual Emancipation (Sinclair-Stevenson;London) ISBN 1 85619 155 9
