2/7/2024 0 Comments 1940s gay bar london england![]() ![]() The recreated club captures the dramatic and lavish interior of the venue, which was open only from October 1933 to August 1934 when it was raided by police. Now it’s been recreated for 21st-century visitors to explore, thanks to the efforts of Britain’s National Trust and National Archives. Just one of an entire world of temporary underground spaces for LGBTQ people to meet, the club was hidden in a basement near Covent Garden and was open to members only. It was called the Caravan Club, and it gained quite the reputation during its brief existence. Now, The Guardian’s Mark Brown reports, there’s a chance to explore the underground world of yore at a recreation of a short-lived speakeasy that was once one of London’s most infamous and illegal clubs. If you were a gay person in London in the 1930s, you faced the very real risk of arrest, prosecution and harsh punishment for expressing yourself in public-and even in private.
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