For its short life, the club made a big impact, and provided what sounds to be a wildly fun and most importantly, non-judgmental spot for gay people to dance, drink and enjoy the freedoms their heterosexual contemporaries could without question. 21 others were arrested in the last of many police raids at the venue, accused of “aiding and abetting” the pair. In October that year, its founder Jack Neave was sentenced to 20 months’ hard labour after being taken to court along with the club’s funder William (Billy) Joseph Clifford Reynolds, accused of “maintaining a place at Endell street for exhibiting to the view of any person willing to pay for admission lewd and scandalous performances”. The Caravan opened on July 14, 1934, but closed after only six weeks. “It’s a reference to the tent-like interiors and the temporary nature of the club.”
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The name of the club was derived from “Caravanserai,” an antiquated term describing “a kind of nomadic community who moved around, pitched their tents and built their village in different places,” explains Joe Watson, London creative director of the National Trust. Thanks to suffocating societal and legal curtailments, The Caravan Club had to convey its queer-friendliness using coded language: it was marketed as “London’s Greatest Bohemian Rendezvous, said to be the most unconventional spot in town.”
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Then, anything outside of the heteronormative was often communicated through a highly creative series of verbal signifiers and physical gestures: Polari was a comprehensive form of slang adopted by gay people to subtly demonstrate their sexuality (today, we still use “naff”, “zhoosh” – as in zhooshing up your hair, and “slap” for make-up) while certain exaggerated physical gestures hinted at queerness to those in the know. That was one of the many accolades bestowed on The Caravan Club in London’s Soho when it first opened in the 1930s as a gay-friendly members club, at a time long before homosexuality was legal. PAUL HENRY KILTMAKER can make ties scarves and kilts from "The Bear Tartan" - more info at the authorities describe a place as “a sink of iniquity,” surely only the most puritanical amongst us could resist a hankering to visit. Bear World Magazine is an online resource that includes the European bear scene, including a page of bear events at /category/events/.OCCASIONAL EVENTS - check websites for dates Open every day from 12pm to 10pm, entry £18. Jason emailed in Sept 2021 to say "Monday nights at Sailors Sauna are their Big & Cuddly nights". SAILORS SAUNA - Sailors is a men/male only spa and sauna at 570-574 Commercial Road, London, E14 7JD, close to Limehouse rail and DLR station.
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LONDON BEARS MOVIE CLUB is a group of bears and their admirers who meet up in Central London to see movies, theatre and other things of interest. (.THE KINGS ARMS is a popular pub for bears at 23 Poland Street, London, W1.The Eagle suffered flooding during lockdown and is being refitted as an LGBTQI+ bar and creative arts venue. THE EAGLE LONDON at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall has been leather pub and a bear venue.BRUTCLUB - occasional men-only club night for bears and their friends.BEEFMINCE is a monthly club that runs from 10pm to 4am on the third Friday of each month at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY.None of the following has a dress-code policy, although most of them are men-only.
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Here are the nights that I can find that are still running.
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London had a thriving 'bear' scene before Covid came along.