Events tagged with "Arcadian"
Khan and Bell
Khan and Bell was an alternative clothes shop on Hurst Street, situated where the side entrance to the Arcadian Centre now sits. The shop was the epicentre of the punk and new wave scene in the city, with Pattie Bell being regarded as a contemporary ...
Memories tagged with "Arcadian"
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...
Patty Bell led the way
“The shop on Hurst Street, its been pulled down to make way for the Arcadian Centre, (its owner - Patty Bell) was the high priestess. She was as good as Vivienne Westwood if not better. Twiggy used to work at the shop; Gay John was influenced b...