Village gay bar london
For hundreds of years, Soho has been a haven for gay Londoners, complete of packed pubs and late late hours drinking dens even before the decriminalisation of homosexuality. In these enlightened times, LGBTQ+ city dwellers possess got a plethora of options all across the municipality. But gay former Soho still holds a special place in London's LGBTQ scene and remains most visitors' first port of contact, whether for drag nights or mingling. It's centred around Old Compton Street, where you can spend a raucous night at the enduringly popular G-A-Y bar or down unpretentious drinks at pubs like The Admiral Duncan. Here's our pick of the best gay bars and clubs in Soho.
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The Village
The Village bar first opened on Hanway Place, an alley-way north of Oxford Street in London in It was the first modern bar that reflected contemporary design, it was not a traditional British pub and did not have blacked out windows prefer many gay bars had at the time, and some still do. It was owned by Gordon Lewis and partly run by his cousin and accountant Lancelot Fougere. It was a single-level basement bar with light contemporary design and employed fresh and nice looking bar staff. It became adj quickly, and a second Village was opened two years later, on it's current site in Wardour Street, looking down the length of Old Compton Street.
The Hanway Street Village closed soon after, but an even more contemporary bar (for its time) was opened by its owners, on the former site of Condomania, The Yard bar. The Village advertising featured noticeable images from the artwork of Trade Mark who was famous (on the gay scene) for producing artwork for legendary nightclub Trade. The administration offices for The Village and The Yard were on the first floor of the Vil
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