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• LOST GAY BARS OF EARL’S COURT, LONDON
• GAY BARS AND CLUBS LONDON - LONDON FOM
• LONDON GAY BARS
• CLONEZONE - EARLS COURTLONDONMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGEHOTELS · BUDGETGUTHO & B&BSHOSTELSON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASGAY SOHOMASSAGETHEATRECABARETSSHOPSGYMSCAF & RTRANTSSERVICATTRACTNSCY GUITOURSGAY MAPUK EVENTSGAY WEDDGSCLONEZONE - EARLS COURT
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EARLS COURT
• THE SE OF THE COLEHERNE, A NOTOR GAY LEATHER BAR

LOST GAY BARS OF EARL’S COURT, LONDON

Way back the 1970s and 1980s Earl’s Court was THE place to be, wh a btlg gay scene offerg a number of different f and bars to meet a stranger or dance the night away.

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Lost Gay Bars of Earl’s Court 1960s Lord Ranelagh Where: 294 Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court When opened: 1964 When closed: 1980s The story behd this one is wonrful.

LONDON GAY BARS

The pub wasn’t a gay bar until, 1964, a band lled The Downtowners, who played there regularly, me up wh a ltle gimmick for their gigs. 1970s The Copabana Where: 180-182 Earl’s Court Road When opened: late 70s When closed: transned to a non-gay bar the late 90s. The Copabana (or jt Copa’s if you’re the know) opened on Earls Court Road the late 1970s, and is remembered as the first public nightclub aimed at a gay clientele.

“If you got there early enough, you’d have this sort of like spam supper served to you… two slic of whe bread, a leaf of salad, and some prumably spam, which, actually, we were all starvg, so we ate …” Prcs Julia on Lost Spac Listen & Subscribe for Free: Apple Podsts | Spotify | Google Podsts | Everywhere Else The Coleherne Where: 261 Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court When opened: 1970s When closed: 2008 Talk to any self-rpectg gay-of-a-certa-age about Earl’s Court back the day, and The Coleherne is bound to be the first bar they mentn.

Though long had a reputatn as a bohemian haven, and attracted a mixed clientele that clud many queer people, wasn’t until the 1970s that the bar officially beme a gay bar.

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The most well-known of the, Col Ireland, also referred to as ‘The Gay Slayer’, murred five men he met at The Coleherne.

The Boltons Where: 326 Earl’s Court Road, Earl’s Court When opened: 1970s When closed: early 1990s The Boltons, which origally opened 1892, beme a gay bar the 1970s. Image how many bottl of poppers that uld buy you… 1980s Philbeach Hotel Where: Philbeach Garns, Earl’s Court When opened: 1981 When closed: 2008 It wasn’t jt gay bars and clubs Earl’s Court.

The Philbeach Hotel was a gay-owned Bed and Breakfast, offerg a place to crash once all the bars and clubs had closed. Brompton’s Where: 294 Earl’s Court Road, Earl’s Court When opened: 1984 When closed: 2008 In the 1980s Lord Ranelagh changed s name to Brompton’s, and an inic gay bar was born.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS EARLS COURT

It was here that Clone Zone, the cha of gay superstor, had s fledglg start, settg up a stall si the bar where they sold imported merchandise to ctomers. It wasn’t long, though, before this bar had s day, and the buildg that hoed so much gay history was knocked down 2014.

THE SE OF THE COLEHERNE, A NOTOR GAY LEATHER BAR

Other plac of note Freddie Mercury’s Rince Where: Logan Place, W8 If you need any more proof that Earl’s Court was the centre of gay London life the 1980s then you need look no further than the celebry rints of the area.

"Over the years, the scene has always been fluid and moved om area to area, " says club promoter Wayne Shir, a tan of London's gay scene sce the early 80s.

Once the cy's most proment gay village, Earls Court's queer quarter—a btlg hive of pubs, f and snas—has all but vanished.