Women only disco at the Imperial
1976
There was quite a divide
between the political and non political lesbians, so Pam never went to
the Old Mo or the [Women’s Discos] at the Star Club.
She would go to “the rubbishy ones at The Imperial on a Wednesday evening, to chat someone up, not to get involved in some great political thing”.
“We were very proud that it was women only. You had to walk through the whole hotel, with all these heterosexual couples watching us traipse through to the disco at the back wondering what all these dubious women, some in shirts and ties, were doing. It finished at 10:30, lights on, music off, so everyone went back over the road to the Troc. The Trocadero was originally all men until Noelle Gordon started to use it, which gave women licence to go. We were safe because old Nolly will look after us. It became a little bit more mixed.”
Contributed by: Pam Hudson, 63