South London Clapham's latt gay bar: an LGBTQ+ social venue and cktail bar for the pursu of a good time!
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We also pete the weekly O2 league gam throughout the year, as well as several tournaments such as Pri Touch, Touch My Bm and tournaments anised by the IGR (Internatnal Gay Rugby). The Coleherne, on the rner of Coleherne Road and Old Brompton Road Earls Court, was one of London's bt-known gay pubs, terg amongst others for the leather scene. It opened 1866 and had a long history of attractg a bohemian clientele before beg known as a gay pub.
Origally was segregated to two bars, one for the straight crowd and one for the gay muny, at a time when homosexualy was illegal. The gay muny flourished Earls Court and many ternatnal tourists joed the lols. In 1972 Coleherne pub goers, angry at the policisatn of gay sex, liftyle and posn society by GLF, pelted passg para goers wh bottl.
In June 1976 Gay News reported a 'near rt' outsi the Coleherne after the police arrted a man for obstctg the footpath [2]. ↑ Lisa Power, No Bath but Plenty of Bubbl, quoted Matt Cook, A Gay History of Bra page 186. ↑ Coleherne Gays 'Near Rt' Gay News issue 97 June 1976.