The Joiners Arms
The Joiners Arms | |
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General information | |
Address | 116-118 Hackney Road |
Town or city | London, E2 7QL |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°31′47″N 0°04′29″W / 51.529605°N 0.074654°W |
Opened | 1997 |
Closed | 2015 |
The Joiners Arms was an LGBT pub and nightclub on Hackney Road in East London.[1]
The original pub, which closed in 2015, had been central to the East London gay scene since it was opened in 1997 by David Alexander Pollard.[2] It had been described as "Britain's trendiest gay dive"[3] with gay public figures including Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane and Patrick Wolf known to have frequented the venue, and with events hosted by gay entertainers Scottee and Jodie Harsh.[4] The venue had been open to a range of
Plans were announced in 2014 to demolish the venue and replace it with a block of flats,
References
- ^ a b Neate, Rupert (4 August 2017). "You must include gay venue on site of Joiners Arms, planners tell developers". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Pollard, David (16 December 2013). "GAY PUB WINS CASE TO KEEP LATE HOURS". Joiner's Arms. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Henderson, Bob (January 2009). "Britain's Trendiest Gay Dive". Gay Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Lismore, Daniel (3 March 2008). "JOINERS ARMS - WETYOURSELF".
- ^ "Joiners Arms Review". Time Out London. Time Out. 20 June 2012.
- ^ Joannou, Cliff (4 November 2014). "The Joiners' Arms is Closing and It's a Travesty". Vice News.
- ^ "Legendary gay pub The Joiners Arms "back in business" with events on Hackney Road". Hackney Citizen. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ISSN 0968-6673.