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Geoff Hardy on The Castle Inn pub

Geoff was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Geoff was a campaigner in the Greenwich Lesbian and Gay Rights Group and GLGC Development Worker 1984–1986. In this oral history clip Geoff talks about The Castle Inn pub in Lewisham.

15 February 2022

Mark McNestry on DYFAH

Mark was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Mark was the HIV Prevention Outreach Worker for Greenwich Health Promotion (later Bexley and Greenwich Health Promotion) from the early 1990s; Partner with GLGC on the development of Metro Thrust. In this oral history clip Mark discusses the Dykes and Faggots in Housing scheme.

15 February 2022

Marilyn Major on The Outdance

Marilyn was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Marilyn, a member of GLGC lesbian group in the mid-1980s, grew up in Abbey Wood. She also worked as a nurse in HIV prevention with Greenwich and Bexley Health Promotion in the 1990s. Marilyn was a METRO Board member 1998–1999. In this oral history clip Marilyn talks about The Outdance at the Albany Empire.

15 February 2022

Geoff Hardy on CHE and Lewisham Lesbian and Gay Rights Group

15 February 2022

Simon Hall

Simon was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Simon was a worker in HIV health promotion for the UK Health Education Authority and Terence Higgins Trust in the mid-1980s, and was involved with Cambridge AIDS Helpline. He is currently METRO Trustee as Treasurer. In this oral history clip Simon describes The Gloucester pub and filming of Beautiful Thing in the 1990s.

15 December 2019

Jonathan McClelland

Jonathan was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Jonathan was a volunteer for the METRO LGBT youth group in the early 2000s and is a current Trustee as Company Secretary. In this oral history clip Jonathan talks about working as a volunteer for The Metro Centre's youth group in the early 2000s.

25 November 2019

Simon Faulkner

Simon was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Simon is convenor of METRO Walnut: a prostate cancer support group for gay and bisexual men. In this oral history clip Simon discusses his experience of the HIV epidemic in the mid-to-late 1980s.

6 November 2019

Ian Elmslie

Ian was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Ian was a musician and performer in south-east London’s queer arts scene in the 1990s as one half of the award-winning cabaret double-act Katrina and the Boy. In this oral history clip Ian talks about the Outdance gay disco at the Albany Empire theatre.

6 August 2019

Julie Hayward

Julie was interviewed as part of the Our History project, which archived, recorded and preserved our LGBT heritage in 2019/20. Julie is a Youth Worker at Bexley Council and METRO collaborator on LGBT youth issues and Pride participant. In this oral history clip Julie talks about being a youth worker as an out lesbian.

30 July 2019