Where to, now the sequins have gone? tells the story of the LGBT bars in the London Borough of Lewisham in the 1980s and 90s: what they were like, how they supported people through tough times, and the impact of them closing on the LGBT community.

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In the 80s and 90s Lewisham's many LGBT pubs were real community hubs. All those bars have since closed. For this second and final episode of Where to, now the sequins have gone? we hear about how the bars supported people through the AIDS crisis and how they offered an escape from wider homophobia. We also hear reflections on their closures and the impact this has had on the LGBT community.

The podcast is a Bijou Stories/ Avant Gardening Production. It has been made as part of In Living Memory: A People’s History of Lewisham with support from: We Are Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022; Untold Stories, an initiative from The Mayor of London; London Borough of Lewisham and The Heritage Fund.

It was produced and presented by Rosie Oliver.