Memories by Norman
Early Gay Feelings in the 1960s
Norman remembers realising he was homosexual at the age of 13, and how it made him feel. (In the 1960s. the term ‘gay’ meant bright and happy, the usual term for a gay man was ‘homosexual.’ ) “My mother had a medical directory and it had an article ...
Nightingale - It Was a Bit Seedy!
Norman says "I also used to go the Nightingale, firstly when it was in Camp Hill, only a small place a downstairs bar, with a restaurant and toilets upstairs. People came from miles around. I'd heard people talking about it in the Trocadero. I found ...
Visiting the Jaycey Cinema
Norman used to go to a cinema called the Jaycee on Station Street (now the Electric Cinema). He found out about it as he used to visit as a child to see cartoons, "My brother went with me and he was touched up by a man. My brother refused the man and...
The Viking was OK
Norman talks about the Viking "The Viking was on Smallbrook Queensway between the station and the Albany, it was a cellar bar in a relatively new stretch of buildings, it was OK to go in and have a drink."...
Straights in the Jester 1970s
Norman says that the Jester was the place to go and he went there a lot. He was in there one night and bumped into some girls he knew from straight bars. He says he went red. "We had a bit of a conversation, they did not ask me anything and I don't k...