Events tagged with "Twiggy"
Drag Queens
A Drag queen is usually a man who dresses, or "drags", in female clothes and make-up for special occasions and usually because they are performing or entertaining as a hostess, stage artist or at an event.Drag performances have been a staple of cabar...
SLAG - Straight Lesbian And Gay club night
Straight Lesbian and Gay SLAG was a club night at the Steering Wheel club promoted by veteran promoter 'Black Pat' or 'Bula'. The Friday dance night was hosted by Twiggy. The club's ethos captured the tolerant mood of the time in club land, with stra...
Sundissential
Sundissential, was the first Sunday afternoon club outside London and attracted gay clubbers from across the country. The mixed club has since obtained legendary status. The club was originally hosted by Twiggy and Chrissy Darling....
Twiggy
Twiggy has worked in clubs for over 25 years and has built up a reputation as one of Britain's top club hosts. He currently works at DV8 in Birmingham and at various clubs throughout the UK. At the height of the dance boom in the 90s he worked for th...
Memories tagged with "Twiggy"
Alternative 80s Fashion
"It was the eighties, everything was changing, the Goths were just developing, all upside down crosses and fishnets, and the Power House was a place for everyone, gay, straight, or confused". "I think it was easy (to be gay) because I ...
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...
Memories from down under! 1982 - 7
"I’m 44 and have lived in Sydney (Australia) since 1989. However, I was born in Birmingham and grew up near Worcester.Friends and I used to go clubbing regularly in Brum from around 1982 to 1987 when I moved to London.It would be magical to see some ...
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...
Race and gender did not matter
Chrissy states that at the Powerhouse ethnicity and gender did not matter; there were black and Asian punks, everybody just mixing together. “It did not matter if you were straight or gay. Everybody mingled in; it was like a golden era that I don’t t...
Twiggy like a weird muppet
Becky describes ‘Twiggy’. “Twiggy, the strangely dressed, quite often in heels kind of welcomer to DV8 club. Twiggy would talk to people in the queue, would chat to people as they came in, have jokes with people, just have a laugh really, kind of be ...
Working at Kahn & Bell
After leaving school Twiggy started working in Kahn & Bell, a clothes shop on Hurst Street, (now demolished to make way for the entrance to the Arcadian), the Oasis market was nearby selling alternative gear. His boss at Kahn and Bell, Patty Bell...