THE CLAIM
Gay life was furtive, with us scared out of our wits all the time, creeping around the dank alleyways near Canal Street under cover of darkness.
For that reason all gay pubs in Manchester had curtains or blacked out windows so people couldn’t see inside. Manto bar, which opened on Canal Street in 1991, was groundbreaking because you could look in from outside…
Firstly, thanks to all of you who have continued to post comments. I WILL be back, though it will take a few more months (more about that below). Posts have been few and far between for a long time now and for several reasons. It’s about 30 years since I first got online. To begin … Plans for this website
It’s 20 years since the broadcast of the first episode of Queer As Folk on Channel 4. I shot these photographs later that year as the crew filmed the final episode of the second series on Canal Street in Manchester. As they did,the weather changed and there was a tremendous rain shower. On location on … 20 years after the first broadcast – exclusive photos of Queer As Folk on location on Canal Street
Last month Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the Labour Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown, appeared on the ITV show “Lorraine.” During the interview he stated that the NHS PrEP Impact Trial was “now full” in England. That was completely untrue. I’m uncertain of the exact day of the interview but ITV published it on their YouTube page … MP for Brighton misleads TV viewers about the PrEP Impact Trial in England
The filming of Carry On Camping began 50 years ago on 7 October 1968. The house where Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw collect Joan Sims and Dilys Laye is at Pinewood Green, Iver. A mere 300 metres away from Pinewood Studios which is on the other side of Pinewood Road. Some of the neighbouring houses … Streetview Sightseeing: Carry On Camping – 50 years on
An example of how the BBC is fiddling with the archive episodes of Top of the Pops that are being shown on BBC4 currently and effectively rewriting history in a way. Maybe to save itself from perceived “embarrassment” more than anyone else? This one is from 25 July 1985. Originally it starts with Gary Davies … The BBC’s censorship of archive episodes of Top of the Pops
You may have heard about the notorious raid on a drag ball at a temperance hall in Manchester in 1880? An article in The Guardian (Village People, 7 August 2004) refers to the incident, but it begins with the scene just over one hundred years later. In 1988 “Canal Street in Manchester city centre was … Rewriting history to promote the gay village and Manchester Pride
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