Events tagged with "Pete Kirby"
Zap published 1978
The first edition of Zap was printed in July/August 1978 and available at a cost of 20p. The editorial committee was Helen Rose, Neil Matthews, Pete Kirby and Steve Ewart, who also contributed some of the articles, along with copies of articles from ...
Memories tagged with "Pete Kirby"
All happening at the Gay Centre, Digbeth, 1977
The Gay Community Centre in Bordesley Street was set up not long after the time that Gill and Betty moved to Birmingham (1975) Gill: “Somebody secured the premises on the corner of Bordesley Street and Allison Street and people put a lot of effort i...
Babysitting blues
Gill: “I was less involved in other stuff. Partly because I’d got two children and one of them had disabilities and I was also firstly studying and then working. I had babysitting issues and a hostile husband who wasn’t going to approve of me going o...
Birmingham activists just changed hats, 1970s
Betty: “In the ‘70’s, the Gay Community Centre started, but also the Peace Centre, and GLF (Gay Liberation Front). Around that time a mixture of gay and lesbian people including Pete Kirby and Helen Rose put on a musical starting with the song “There...
Never as happy in Gay Centre number two - '84+
After the first Gay Community Centre had to close in 1978, the committee continued to meet, ultimately finding an alternative location for a Lesbian and Gay Community Centre, in Aston, in 1984.Gill: “A lot of work went into finding somewhere else, an...