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BLESS MY SOUL
Episode one. The Pope in Heaven

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TRAILER PARK TRISH

Trish lives in the Paradise Trailer Park in North London. Her life is full of the most outrageous characters and her ambition is to get to the United states and appear in the Jerry Springer show. Here at the Stradivarius Web Site, Trish, who has a gay brother, Lionel who has stolen her boyfriend, Shane,  gives you an exclusive insight into her life, such as it is. Trish's life gets more and more complicated.

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GOOD NEWS !
HOMOPHOBIA CAN BE CURED

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Need a laugh ? 

THE GAY SCENE IN THE PAST 40 YEARS OR SO By Tony Papard Eighties Drag Royal Oak The nineteeth century Section 11 and the aftermath Tarzan Camp, gay and moving ! London in the eighties A trip around some long gone venues 1967 and all that The law changes but attitudes don't Between the wars and after Now you see it, now you don't. The Drag Queens Some of the top acts Hankie Pankie The coloured hankie craze  The cottages of Merrie England Page which needs your memories The Provincial Gay Scene Pin Ups Pictures from the past Pin ups from 1964 More pictures to inflame your passion

West five is a pleasant gay pub in Popes Lane West london already popular with Asian gay men from Ealing and Wembley especially Fridays and Saturdays.when it is open until late

INFORMATION WANTED ON GAY LIFE 1967-MID EIGHTIES

Please allow me to introduce myself and congratulate you on the fascinating website you've produced.

My name is Charles Smith and I’m a PHD history student at Loughborough University, working on the evolution of gay life in the uk between 1967 and the mid 80s.  The project looks at three areas, gay clubs, the gay press and political groups to chart how gay people’s lives changed and how the idea of a gay community evolved from 1967 onwards. It looks at both the controversies and debates within the gay world, and attacks from outside.

As such your website is an incredible resource, which I'm finding very useful. I'm interested in hearing more from your site's users, and was wondering whether you could put something up inviting any men who would be willing to be interviewed (anonymously if requested) in person or by email about their experiences in the seventies to get in contact with me? I'm particularly interested in talking to people who attended or ran gay pubs and clubs.

Any help you could give will be most appreciated,

Charles Smith
PHD Candidate
C.Smith4@lboro.ac.uk

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HINGE AND BRACKET PETITION

I wonder whether any of the visitors to the Stradivarius website would be interested in signing this petition to the BBC?  It is asking for a television tribute to be made to veteran entertainers Hinge and Bracket, in time for the 10th anniversary of Patrick Fyffe's death which falls in 2012.  Patrick is the sadly missed creator of Dame Hilda Bracket.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?HandBTVT&1

Many visitors to your site may recall them with affection.  Some may even remember them in their pre-Hinge and Bracket days around the clubs!

George Logan (the piano-playing Hinge half of the act) is, I'm happy to say, alive and well and running a small hotel in France.  And he still hasn't quite reached the age he used to portray on stage ;0)

Sincerely

Sue Lavender

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BOOKS YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST

My partner Nigel and I have both - as older gay men, 61 and 69 respectively - written our memoirs. 
mine, DAVID EVANS is entitled APPOINTMENTS WITH THE DREAM FAIRY and is about me and growing up and coming to london in the sixties and later working for two high-flying artists management companies in the music and theatre and film industries, looking after the careers of cat stevens, elton john and queen - amongst many others. i also have three books all available on the biographical topic of my friend freddie mercury as well as other novels originally published by the now defunct MILLIVRES BOOKS.
My partner NIGEL QUINEY has two memoirs, the first is A COCK-EYED OPTIMIST and the second, just published, is entitled MORE COCK-EYED OPTIMISM. we joke privately that the third will be called MORE COCK, LESS OPTIMISM!
All these books are published by TUSITALA PRESS and available via bookshops or online via GARDNERS BOOK DISTRIBUTORS of Eastbourne, the largest distributors in the country. 
Thank you for doing your website - it's a very necessary resource and reference point. so many young people of all persuasions have now both forgotten or have never been aware of the brave lives that have been led for many centuries in order for them to enjoy the wonderful freedom they have today. 1967 seems a long time ago ...
hope you can make something positive out of this information
take care
best wishes
David Evans and Nigel Quiney

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