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| − | The '''White Swan''', also known as '''BJ's White Swan''', is a gay dance bar in Commercial Road, [[Limehouse]], in the [[East End]] of London. ''[[Gay Europe (1995)]]'' describs it as "Working-class, local color East End Crowd. Shows, sometimes."<ref>''[[Gay Europe (1995)]]'' page 56</ref> | + | [[File:BJs White Swan, Limehouse, E14 (3679900856).jpg|thumb|The White Swan]]The '''White Swan''', also known as '''BJ's White Swan''', is a gay dance bar in Commercial Road, [[Limehouse]], in the [[East End]] of London. ''[[Gay Europe (1995)]]'' describs it as "Working-class, local color East End Crowd. Shows, sometimes."<ref>''[[Gay Europe (1995)]]'' page 56</ref> |
Wednesday nights at the White Swan are stripper nights. In January 2011 the local authority, [[Tower Hamlets]] council, threatened to ban the stripper nights as part of a general policy of closing venues that featured strippers, but the venue hoped to escape the ban because the strippers are amateurs and no exploitation is involved.<ref>http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/6840/31/01/2012/londons-white-swan-should-be-able-to-keep-its-stripper-night-pinkpapercom-readers-say.aspx</ref> | Wednesday nights at the White Swan are stripper nights. In January 2011 the local authority, [[Tower Hamlets]] council, threatened to ban the stripper nights as part of a general policy of closing venues that featured strippers, but the venue hoped to escape the ban because the strippers are amateurs and no exploitation is involved.<ref>http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/6840/31/01/2012/londons-white-swan-should-be-able-to-keep-its-stripper-night-pinkpapercom-readers-say.aspx</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:49, 11 July 2014
The White Swan, also known as BJ's White Swan, is a gay dance bar in Commercial Road, Limehouse, in the East End of London. Gay Europe (1995) describs it as "Working-class, local color East End Crowd. Shows, sometimes."[1].jpg)
Wednesday nights at the White Swan are stripper nights. In January 2011 the local authority, Tower Hamlets council, threatened to ban the stripper nights as part of a general policy of closing venues that featured strippers, but the venue hoped to escape the ban because the strippers are amateurs and no exploitation is involved.[2]
