![]() ![]() And there were the small dives with postage stamp-sized dancefloors where young queens would boogie their tits off to the latest 7-inch soul, funk and proto-disco imports provided by DJs such as Talullah, AKA Martin Allum, at Shanes in West Hampstead (where the DJ frequently doubled up as cloakroom attendant) and Chris Lucas at The Catacombs in Earls Court.ĭJ Tricky Dicky was one of the first promoters to grasp the idea of the one-nighter – hiring out a pub or bar for the night, just to put on a gay night. There were the members’ clubs that provided dinner and dance, plus cabaret, for the stately-homo set. Before 1976, gay venues in London came in two categories.
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