Memories by Mark1
Going to the Steering Wheel
"I went to gay clubs through 1995 - 2001 and later intermittently to a gay bar. I first started going to gay pubs around my eighteenth birthday - my first experience was at the Steering Wheel, which used to be on Hurst Street just opposite the main e...
A straight lad in Tin Tins
"Then through various people that we met then we started going to other clubs, Tin Tins, or some of the bars, Jo Joes on Smallbrook Queensway. I don't know if you'd categorise it (Jo-Joes) as a gay bar, but there were certainly gay and lesbian member...
Drugs in the 90s
"Obviously there were other influences which promoted them having a good time, there was a lot of drugs in that club (Tin-Tins), and they didn't have an alcohol licence, which exacerbated that, I don't know if it was the Council targeting it or becau...