Memories of Thorp Street
1982
Garry talked about the Hi-Energy music at the Nightingale which was a real enlightenment. There was a thrill in "just seeing people like yourself. They'd talk to you. It wasn't all about ... well, a lot of it was obviously... copping off... but you made good friends. People actually talked to you, looked out for you. I can remember on a few occasions when people had been gay-bashed... and if you were leaving a little bit drunk, they would check on you, get a taxi, check that you were safe to get home."
Contributed by: Garry Jones, 47