Gay bars in camden town london
Legendary Camden gay pub The Black Cap is officially reopening
After almost a decade of campaigning, Camden’s Ebony Cap pub is finally on the road to reopening.
New plans for the pub and cabaret vacuum to return to its former glory as an Gay hub complete with bed and breakfast-style quarters for staff and performers hold been lodged at Town Hall.
Camden New Journal reports that activist Alex Green said: ‘Finally, we can tell we are optimistic and the owners are really excited. It has been a massive win to have people sitting down round the table with the same aims – to get The Ebony Cap back in the way it should be.’
He added: ‘It has been a partnership. We acquire worked closely with Camden Council, who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes and done everything they possibly could for years.’
The pub shut in April , just days after it was declared an Asset of Community Value by Camden Council. Its owners had made repeated unsuccessful attempts to evolve the building into luxury flats. On the evening of the pub’s closure, loy
Black Cap
The Black Cap was a gay pub in Camden Town, London recognizable for its drag cabaret.[1]
History
The pub was initially called the Mother Black Cap after a local legend concerning a witch,[2] and had that name, according to licensing records, as early as [3]
In the late 20th century it became known for its drag queen cabaret,[4] and promoted itself as the "Palladium of drag".[5][6] Performative acts such as Danny La Rue and Hinge and Bracket started their careers at the pub.[7]
A notable regular performer at The Black Cap, was Rex Jameson's drag persona Mrs Shufflewick[8]. A show was recorded there in [9]Rex Jameson was a variety artist who knock the big time in the fifties and sixties and went on to attract cult audiences in the seventies. The personality Mrs Shufflewick was acknowledged by artists such as Danny La Rue, Roy Hud, Bob Monkhouse, Barry Cryer and Barry Humphries.Mrs Shufflewick appeared weekly for Sunday Lunch The Black Cap during the seventies. A Hammond
Timeline of London Bars and Clubs
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The Golden Ball (Bond's Stables, off Chancery Lane).
Jenny Greensleeves' Molly Home (Durham Yard, off the Strand).[1]
Julius Caesar Taylor's Molly Home (Tottenham Court Road).[2]
Plump Nelly's Molly Property (St James's Square, St James's).[2]
Royal Oak Molly House (Giltspur Street, Smithfield)[2]
Three Tobacco Rolls (Covent Garden).
Mother Clap's Molly House, closed (Holborn).
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Harlequin (Nag's Brain Court, Covent Garden)
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The White Swan, Vere Street (Vere Street)
Admiral Duncan (54 Old Compton Street, Soho)
The Hundred Guineas Club (Portland Place)
The Coleherne, queer from the s?, closed
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