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The finished piece, from A1-E9. Worth it.
A map of all 45 Brum Pride Trail locations.
The map is up and fully operational :)
E9: The Loft
The Loft Lounge is a small bar on Bromsgrove st in the gay village with a great selection of cocktails to finish the trail with.
D9: Angels
Initially opened by Laurie Williams in 1996, as a private members bar called Laurie's International Club, it was later bought by Gareth Scratchard and reopened as Angels. It was the first gay bar in Birmingham to have plate glass windows open to the street. The bar opened to coincide with the first Birmingham Pride in 1997. It featured on a TV programme which was one of the first gay "fly on the wall" documentaries.
C9: Jester
Jester, or The Court Jester, as it was originally known, was a large cellar situated underneath Scala House on Holloway Circus, built as part of the Inner Ring Road developments in 1964. The bar was notable for its large oval shaped bar at its centre. Originally a straight bar it became very popular with gay men from the mid 1970s through to the 90s. It slowly declined in popularity during the late 90s due to competition from newer Hurst Street bars, eventually closing as a gay bar in late 2006. The feature bar was ripped out in the early 00s. Its sign was an engraved jester on the black granite cladding of the entrance. For many gay men The Jester was their first experience of the commercial scene in Birmingham.
B9: Nightingales Mark III
The Nightingales' third location was a two storey building on Thorp Street at the side of the Hippodrome Theatre, previously the Birmingham Anglers Club. The entrance was simply a door on the street with a small viewing hatch. You walked down a short corridor and entered a spacious indoor courtyard area with a bar called the Pemberton Arms, after Derek Pemberton, the man who had put up the money for its first incarnation at Camp Hill. To the right was a small dining area and in front of you a doorway led to the main dance area. Upstairs above the entrance was a members' lounge. The club also had several rooms which they allowed groups such as Friend, Switchboard and HIV charities such as AIDSline West Midlands to use. It closed in 1994 when it moved to its' current location at Essex House.
A9: Star Club
In the 1980s women started organising women only spaces including at various venues, including the Communist Party's HQ the Star Club.
We’re nearly finished!
Only 5 more to go - thank fuck for that”
A8: DV8
This was a night club situated on Lower Essex Street. Opened in 1999, although before opening as DV8 the premises formed part of an audacious bid by Bill Gavan to buy out the Nightingale club and create a large gay entertainment complex on Kent Street.
B8: The Village Inn
The Village Inn is one of the longest established and most popular bars located in the heart of Birmingham’s gay village, and one of the ealry pioneers in the Gay Village. At night The Village Inn transforms into the U.K.'s leading live cabaret venue presenting live shows 7 days a week.
C8: Grosvenor House
The Grosvenor was a large Victorian hotel situated on the Hagley Road, on the Edgbaston/Bearwood border. About two miles out of the city centre, it was owned by the same couple who owned Guys Limited on Bromsgrove Street, John Walters and Keith Campbell. The club became very popular and was run as a private members club, in the same way as the Nightingale. Members would sign guests in. A regular feature was the members theatrical shows at the end of every year. The bar was a men’s disco and Tuesday nights was reserved as women only. The bar was well known for attracting theatrical companies and also famous gay entertainers who were staying in Birmingham. It opened in 1971 and closed in 1986.
D8: The Old Moseley Arms
The tiny pool room at the back of "The Old Mo" was very popular with lesbians in the 70s and 80s.
E8: The Station Pub
"Sheila's Bar" was held on a Tuesday night, in the back room of the Station Pub in King's Heath, from approximately 1988 to the early 90s.
E6: Farmers Bridge Locks
Stretching from The National Indoor Arena to to St Chads Cathedral, the 13 Farmers Bridge Locks provided until recently a quiet, undisturbed subterranean world popular as a Cruising ground for gay men. In the 1980s and before the lock flight was a semi derelict world of abandoned warehouses and derelict factories. Regeneration of the area has caused a vast decline in such behaviour, but it’s still dark enough to get some graffiti out!
E5: Spartan Sauna
Birmingham's longest established gay Sauna open since the early 80s. Situated in a quite residential street in Erdington, in a converted Victorian terraced house, it closed in 2008.
E4: Fletcher’s Walk
Many places in Birmingham have been used as cruising spots.