Memories by Chris Collett
A safe place to come out
Chris was about 18 in 1995 "When I first came out there was one gay youth group that used to meet regularly on a Saturday at a youth club in Nechells Green." The age range was from 16-30 and it was a mixture of male and female. Lots of people were co...
Venturing onto the scene
"After gay youth group on Saturdays, we used to go to Peacocks. This was opposite New Street Station where Debenhams in the new Bullring is now, next to a club called Tin Tins. Peacocks was dark and dim, it had a reputation as it was next to Tin Tins...