The Wt London neighbourhood that was once ‘Soho of the Wt’ where gay venu have all but vanished - MyLondon

Contents:

• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• WT LONDON GAY MEN SOCIAL
• THE WT LONDON NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT WAS ONCE ‘SOHO OF THE WT’ WHERE GAY VENU HAVE ALL BUT VANISHED

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

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A neighbourhood Wt London which was once famed for s LGBT+ culture and nightlife has long sce lost touch wh s rich gay history. Earl's Court, Kensgton and Chelsea, was once a thrivg gay hub wh bars, hotels, snas, f and shops all popular wh LGBT+ Londoners.

WT LONDON GAY MEN SOCIAL

Amongst the most famo of the spots Earl's Court was the Coleherne Arms, brand the crowng jewel of the vibrant gay area which held more variety of queer spac than Soho back the 1970s and 1980s. Earl's Court's gay scene has been documented Alim Kheraj's Queer London, he wrote: "From the 1970s to 1990s, Earl's Court was London's gay ghetto.

While LGBT+ venu dotted Soho, the East End and Vxhall, Earl's Court's gay village was not jt pubs, bars and diss: there were queer hotels, snas, shops, f and rtrants. READ MORE: 'I hid beg gay the Royal Navy for 20 years, then my first love died of AIDS 2 days before I left'"The jewel Earl's Court's gay crown was the Coleherne Arms on Old Brompton road. In 1955, the pub had bee popular wh gay men - as had the Boltons, another boozer jt across the road.

THE WT LONDON NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT WAS ONCE ‘SOHO OF THE WT’ WHERE GAY VENU HAVE ALL BUT VANISHED

By the '70s, followg the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967, the Coleherne had cemented self as London's most famo gay pub. Prcs Diana, who has long been an LGBT+ in, once lived a flat at Coleherne Court the early 1980s, not far om the scene of the by gay 's Court beme popular for s then cheap rent and vast amounts of acmodatn which allowed people to move to London and live amongst those who exprsed their sexualy openly. Alim, Queer London, ntued: "By the 200s, the Earl's Court gay scene had all but evaporated.

Only one outpost of the gay outfters, Clonezone, provis a physil memento of the area's signifince to queer London's history. "One of the first nightclubs aimed at gay people opened Earl's Court, The Copabana, and a send bar secreted upstair, Harpi and Loui, remaed one of the most popular gay bays of the 1980s.