1973 – Stoke’s First Listing in Gay News
The cover of Gay News Issue 27. This and other issues are available in the Gay News Online Archive
The first issue of Gay News was published in May 1972. Over the following year an information page evolved with listings for areas outside London. Stoke’s first listing of pubs and clubs appeared in issue 27 published July 1973.
The opening of the 141 club was announced in issue 24, May 1973
Listings in Issue 27, July 1973
Listings in issue 56, October 1974
The first listing in 1973 mentions The Grand Hotel, The antelope and the One for One. In October 1974 the Vine Inn appears and the Grand Hotel is no longer mentioned. You can read more about the Grand Hotel and the Antelope in our post The Origins of Our Gay Scene
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