Events tagged with "Route 66"
Gay Village
Birmingham's Gay Village stretches the length of Hurst Street and everything to the right towards Bristol Street. The top end of Hurst Street has been a focus of gay life since the 1970s with the Jester, Windmill and Thorp Street Nightingale all serv...
Nightingale Essex House
The Nightingale decided it wanted to expand, but the Thorp Street site was hemmed in by the Hippodrome Theatre who had plans to expand themselves. The club decided to sell the Thorp Street venue to the theatre and began the hunt for new premises. The...
Memories tagged with "Route 66"
Gay scene in the 90s
There was the Jester, Village, Route 66, Partners (then Enigma, which they later bought to become Glamourous Showbar). There were half a dozen bars, 2 -3 clubs, (before the days of Missing and DV8). “On my first trip to Nightingale, someone grabbed m...
Review of Route 66 1994
This article appeared in Outspoken in April 1994, and reviews the newly opened Route 66.REVIEW : Route 66The opening of Route 66 on a Wednesday in late February was one of the most eagerly anticipated events on Birmingham's gay scene for many years. ...
Route was brash
The opening of Route 66 was significant as it was a big, brash gay bar and brought a lot of people in. It played dance music rather than that which had been played in the traditional Jester or Windmill....