Shining a Light on Plymouth's LGBT Life Past and Present
The Lockyer Hotel and Resturant c.1896
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All that’s left of the famous Lockyer Tavern, it’s ‘Back Bar’ was a meeting place for the gay community of Plymouth throughout the 1950′s, 60′s and 70′s. Long demolished, it’s now the garden of the Bank Pub and the Civic Centre car park. If you know anyone who remembers it we’d love to find out more.
In Other Words is a Vital Sparks funded project seeking to provide new and more established LGBT+ writers for the stage in Plymouth with a crucial creative resource. In Other Words is working in partnership with Plymouth’s LGBT community, Pride in Plymouth,Plymouth LGBT Archive, We’ll Meet In Moscow, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, Dreadnought … [Read More...]
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