Lockyer Tavern: Fascatg history of the 'secret' gay bar Plymouth - Plymouth Live

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• PLYMOUTH GAY BARS
• THE BEST PLYMOUTH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PLYMOUTH
• OMG IS MOVG TO PLYMOUTH'S 'GAY VILLAGE' AND 'S GOG TO BE EPIC
• LOCKYER TAVERN: FASCATG HISTORY OF THE 'SECRET' GAY BAR PLYMOUTHALL THAT REMAS OF THE LOCKYER TAVERN IS THE BOUNDARY WALLPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYER BLACKVIO EDOR05:00, 22 AUG 2020UPDATED11:26, 22 AUG 2020VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• INSI THE LN'S DEN: PLYMOUTH HOE'S FORMER MEETG RNER FOR GAY MENWOMEN WERE BANNED OM THIS GAY DATG HOTSPOT FOR YEARSPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMOLLY DOWRICKSENR REPORTEREVE WATSONREPORTER16:00, 7 FEB 2021VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE SWALLOW'S NEW MANAGERS ARE BRGG LIFE TO PLYMOUTH'S 'GAY VILLAGE'THERE ARE NEW MANAGERS AT THE HELM OF THE SWALLOW AND THEY N'T WA TO GET THEIR DANCG SHO ON WHEN JULY 19 AROUNDPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYEVE WATSONREPORTER14:00, 10 JUL 2021VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• A PRSG SIGHT TO THE PLYMOUTH GAY SCENE

PLYMOUTH GAY BARS

Popular gay bar & nightclub and the ma hub of the Plymouth gay scene. Plymouth's OMG bar on the Barbin is packg up and movg to a brand new lotn what will bee Plymouth's 'Gay Village'. We are movg around the rner next to the other LGBT+ venu, fally givg Plymouth s own Gay Village which a lot of other ci have.

THE BEST PLYMOUTH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PLYMOUTH

"Beg right next to Gossip and The Swallow, Plymouth will fally have s own Gay Village!! "Durg the 1950s, 60s and 70s The Lockyer Hotel or Tavern beme famo for beg a safe place for gay men to drk and socialise, particularly s ‘Back Bar’, " wr the Plymouth LGBT Archive. The Lockyer Tavern back bar beme a safe space for gay men the middle of the 20th century, particularly durg a time perd when homosexualy was crimalised.

It was only the very latter portn of the Lockyer's existence the UK fally ma some steps to crimalise homosexualy wh the Sexual Offenc act 1967. ” Another dividual scrib his first vis to the now disappeared venue: "Y I sort of plucked up urage to go there, I’d heard about you know… I’d heard there was a place there where gay people went. " However, while the Lockyer Tavern beme a well known queer lotn, was not jt a meetg spot for gay men.

The patg named 'Tommy Dancg, which is the last ever patg Bery Cook did, illtrat a bunch of men enjoyg themselv the Lockyer Tavern as they prumably waed for the pub's gay bar to open and s drag acts to e on.

OMG IS MOVG TO PLYMOUTH'S 'GAY VILLAGE' AND 'S GOG TO BE EPIC

Fill our survey here to let know which historic buildg you'd like to see brought back to life Dr Alan Butler, -director of Pri Plymouth and Plymouth LGBT Archive ordator, says the Ln's Den was once *the* place to go if you were a gay man and wanted to meet someone new, but now the once-famo Den is often overlooked. " While many men Plymouth may rell meetg male partners at The Ln's Den years ago, other men may not remember as a gay hotspot, Dr Butler says, as The Ln's Den had a b of a double-life and meant different thgs to different people. "It's that double thg wh Plymouth that probably there are lots of gents that will tell you 'Oh I ed to go there all the time and there was nothg gay to be seen there, whereas there's a whole load of other people who'd say 'Oh y, there was!

While beg gay was crimalised the UK unr The Sexual Offenc Act 1967, many gay men feared beg judged or challenged their workplace or social group, if others knew their sexualy. So plac like The Ln's Den and gay pubs such as The Lockyer Tavern beme safe-spac for men to meet this time, wh some men bumpg to iends or lleagu unexpectedly, if one didn't know the other was gay, Dr Butler says. Cisg is one of those unfortable elements of gay life and gay culture, if you tell people somethg is shameful and secretive, people have to rpond to that.

LOCKYER TAVERN: FASCATG HISTORY OF THE 'SECRET' GAY BAR PLYMOUTHALL THAT REMAS OF THE LOCKYER TAVERN IS THE BOUNDARY WALLPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYER BLACKVIO EDOR05:00, 22 AUG 2020UPDATED11:26, 22 AUG 2020VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Intertgly, The Ln's Den on Plymouth Hoe is still listed on some gay workg s.

On Menspac, The Ln's Den is listed as beg "among the most equented lotn for gay married upl tryg to fd a tranquil place to reach new dividuals, " while another gay adult se ranks the lotn 4* - but warns prospective visors to watch out for police officers and staff om nearby f.

" While 's no longer seen as a gay hotspot, jt up om The Ln's Den the ma Plymouth Hoe promena is transformed to an LGBT+ venue once a year, for the annual Pri ftival. fd gay venu/events near me.

INSI THE LN'S DEN: PLYMOUTH HOE'S FORMER MEETG RNER FOR GAY MENWOMEN WERE BANNED OM THIS GAY DATG HOTSPOT FOR YEARSPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMOLLY DOWRICKSENR REPORTEREVE WATSONREPORTER16:00, 7 FEB 2021VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE STORI THAT MATTER TO OUR MUNY STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

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That sums up the energy si this historic gay pub - welg, warm and the place to go if you want to see a iendly face.

Read more: New OMG venue pavg the way for why Plymouth needs a Gay Village It's now unr new management - and the legend who is takg the reigns is a sgg sensatn who has been equentg the venue sce she was young.

THE SWALLOW'S NEW MANAGERS ARE BRGG LIFE TO PLYMOUTH'S 'GAY VILLAGE'THERE ARE NEW MANAGERS AT THE HELM OF THE SWALLOW AND THEY N'T WA TO GET THEIR DANCG SHO ON WHEN JULY 19 AROUNDPLYMOUTHHERALDSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYEVE WATSONREPORTER14:00, 10 JUL 2021VIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

The Swallow has been known for many years as the cy's most famo gay bar. The historic pub is at the heart of Bretonsi, which has been dubbed Plymouth's 'gay village' wh OMG's recent move to Vxhall Street.

Jazm and Michelle May are the new managers of The Swallow Pub Plymouth's 'Gay Village'. "Beg gay myself, I've got a lot of memori there myself and a lot of iends who have all got stori om The Swallow bee was the origal only gay pub. When asked whether a 'gay village' would be a good thg for the cy, the bs boss said: "Absolutely, 's perfect.

A PRSG SIGHT TO THE PLYMOUTH GAY SCENE

"You go anywhere else and there's a gay village or gay part somewhere each cy but Plymouth's never really had . Read more: Drkg at the bar is back om July 19 as almost all Covid laws scrapped OMG is movg to Plymouth's 'Gay Village' and 's gog to be epic. As the only gay pub Plymouth this pub leav a lot to be sired!!

Wh the closure of the Swallow, maybe Plymouth is beg more tolerant and specialist gay pubs have had their day. If the gay plac fa then all scen are the worse for of experience: May 2012Ask a qutn about Hawks Meetg Hoe15 Thank Chris D This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.