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Gateways Grind

King's Road, the swinging 60s? Vivienne Westwood pioneering punk fashion? One notable establishment in this enclave of history that's often forgotten about is Gateways, London's longest-surviving lesbian club. Alongside a host of ...

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Jacquie Lawrence

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Jackdaw,Anubis Films

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It was painted by a woman
called Muriel Mallows. - Gateways Grind

It was painted by a woman called Muriel Mallows.

Everybody in this painting
is a woman, including... - Gateways Grind

Everybody in this painting is a woman, including...

..drag kings, possibly trans women, - Gateways Grind

..drag kings, possibly trans women,

So it was this really diverse crowd - Gateways Grind

So it was this really diverse crowd

You know, the lesbians started it. - Gateways Grind

You know, the lesbians started it.

My mother, she's living with
her sister in St John's Wood. - Gateways Grind

My mother, she's living with her sister in St John'...

You know, war is done,
they're having a pretty good time. - Gateways Grind

You know, war is done, they're having a pretty good tim...

She went to the Gateways
for the first time - Gateways Grind

She went to the Gateways for the first time

They'd been shopping
in the morning in Chelsea - Gateways Grind

They'd been shopping in the morning in Chelsea

The Gateways was somewhere
they could go as women, - Gateways Grind

The Gateways was somewhere they could go as women,

..he decided he was
going to marry her - Gateways Grind

..he decided he was going to marry her

So the club was ongoing, - Gateways Grind

So the club was ongoing,

I mean, I remember as a small child, - Gateways Grind

I mean, I remember as a small child,

..we had an American guest -
Smithy - who came one evening - Gateways Grind

..we had an American guest - Smithy - who came one evening

I think she just was
a bridge in our family - - Gateways Grind

I think she just was a bridge in our family -

She was just an immensely
kind-hearted person. - Gateways Grind

She was just an immensely kind-hearted person.

Just loved children and such a hard
worker, she was so conscientious. - Gateways Grind

Just loved children and such a hard worker, she was so consc...

She and my mother developed
a double act in the Gateways. - Gateways Grind

She and my mother developed a double act in the Gateways.

I mean, the fun, you know,
that they would create. - Gateways Grind

I mean, the fun, you know, that they would create.

Gina was... Gina was
such an individual. - Gateways Grind

Gina was... Gina was such an individual.

I don't know who
she based her character on, - Gateways Grind

I don't know who she based her character on,

I mean, there was
this woman who was, - Gateways Grind

I mean, there was this woman who was,

She moved around like a stately
galleon keeping an eye on everyone. - Gateways Grind

She moved around like a stately galleon keeping an eye on ev...

It was her domain
and she was the queen - Gateways Grind

It was her domain and she was the queen

And if you dared do anything wrong,
you were thrown out - Gateways Grind

And if you dared do anything wrong, you were thrown out

I'd been drinking my stepfather's
homemade wine - Gateways Grind

I'd been drinking my stepfather's homemade wine

So Gina made decisions
as to who could come in - Gateways Grind

So Gina made decisions as to who could come in

The first thing, "Are you a member?
What's your name?" - Gateways Grind

The first thing, "Are you a member? What's your na...

She was this strange mixture
of being quite jolly, - Gateways Grind

She was this strange mixture of being quite jolly,

Smithy, all I knew about her
was she'd been in the army - - Gateways Grind

Smithy, all I knew about her was she'd been in the army...

She was quite tall,
quite big lady, but... - Gateways Grind

She was quite tall, quite big lady, but...

She... She loved to laugh. - Gateways Grind

She... She loved to laugh.

Somebody else who wouldn't
suffer fools, but might listen... - Gateways Grind

Somebody else who wouldn't suffer fools, but might list...

We would talk about women - Gateways Grind

We would talk about women

She and my mother became gradually,
I think, great friends. - Gateways Grind

She and my mother became gradually, I think, great friends.

But I didn't know - Gateways Grind

But I didn't know

And I asked other people
and no-one knew. - Gateways Grind

And I asked other people and no-one knew.

I just assumed that
they had a very intense, - Gateways Grind

I just assumed that they had a very intense,

But Gina was married, of course, - Gateways Grind

But Gina was married, of course,

Does that... No, you wouldn't... - Gateways Grind

Does that... No, you wouldn't...

You always thought that somehow
Gina was in charge and in control. - Gateways Grind

You always thought that somehow Gina was in charge and in co...

Whether that...is what
her daughter remembers, - Gateways Grind

Whether that...is what her daughter remembers,

They certainly loved
each other greatly, - Gateways Grind

They certainly loved each other greatly,

"Were you and Smithy,
you know, together?" - Gateways Grind

"Were you and Smithy, you know, together?"

And she said, "No, we weren't." - Gateways Grind

And she said, "No, we weren't."

"Smithy's choice." - Gateways Grind

"Smithy's choice."

I do think you needed to be
in it to understand it. - Gateways Grind

I do think you needed to be in it to understand it.

Hm. Now, I am of an age
where, even then, there was a split - Gateways Grind

Hm. Now, I am of an age where, even then, there was a split

Yes. ..and the women who were
supposedly identified as femme, - Gateways Grind

Yes. ..and the women who were supposedly identified as femm...

I didn't feel like I was
any of those things at all - Gateways Grind

I didn't feel like I was any of those things at all

And all the women who lined the bar
laughed at me - Gateways Grind

And all the women who lined the bar laughed at me

Well, I was always quite femme
but definitely butch in behaviour. - Gateways Grind

Well, I was always quite femme but definitely butch in behav...

But I have to say, - Gateways Grind

But I have to say,

Were you? Oh, my goodness! OK.
I did have a three-piece suit, - Gateways Grind

Were you? Oh, my goodness! OK. I did have a three-piece su...

I went down the club,
thinking I was not going to leave - Gateways Grind

I went down the club, thinking I was not going to leave

And I saw a group of very attractive
women, looking ultra-glamorous. - Gateways Grind

And I saw a group of very attractive women, looking ultra-gl...

I mean, the femmes,
a lot of them were very glamorous, - Gateways Grind

I mean, the femmes, a lot of them were very glamorous,

So, that first evening,
I left very disappointed. - Gateways Grind

So, that first evening, I left very disappointed.

I wasn't looking for this
role-playing kind of thing, - Gateways Grind

I wasn't looking for this role-playing kind of thing,

And I was dismayed and... - Gateways Grind

And I was dismayed and...

However, you know,
it was a nice place to be - Gateways Grind

However, you know, it was a nice place to be

In the Gates, it was very well known
for very strict codes of conduct. - Gateways Grind

In the Gates, it was very well known for very strict codes o...

There was very much a sense that
you had to decide who you were - Gateways Grind

There was very much a sense that you had to decide who you w...

..and then the femme woman, - Gateways Grind

..and then the femme woman,

I think, as well, something else
that's really interesting - Gateways Grind

I think, as well, something else that's really interest...

I think they get a lot of stick,
and I understand why, in a way. - Gateways Grind

I think they get a lot of stick, and I understand why, in a ...

The history of butch-femme, - Gateways Grind

The history of butch-femme,

The more working-class
women who stuck to that, - Gateways Grind

The more working-class women who stuck to that,

I was in the Army in Guildford
and I was still in training. - Gateways Grind

I was in the Army in Guildford and I was still in training.

You weren't allowed off camp unless
you wore a skirt or trouser suit. - Gateways Grind

You weren't allowed off camp unless you wore a skirt or...

So, if they were going up to London, - Gateways Grind

So, if they were going up to London,

And in the '70s, it was very much
a butch-femme thing. - Gateways Grind

And in the '70s, it was very much a butch-femme thing.

My mother bought me
a burgundy jacket, - Gateways Grind

My mother bought me a burgundy jacket,

And I thought I looked the bee's
knees, the real butch was in town, - Gateways Grind

And I thought I looked the bee's knees, the real butch ...

And one of the staff sergeants
from Guildford came over, - Gateways Grind

And one of the staff sergeants from Guildford came over,

A lot of women from the Army did go,
but the SIB - - Gateways Grind

A lot of women from the Army did go, but the SIB -

So there was one time
when I was called into the SIB, - Gateways Grind

So there was one time when I was called into the SIB,

She wasn't there as an undercover
one, but her face turned white - Gateways Grind

She wasn't there as an undercover one, but her face tur...

So there was no way we were going
to expose each other, - Gateways Grind

So there was no way we were going to expose each other,

And one night, I was coming out
of the Gateways - - Gateways Grind

And one night, I was coming out of the Gateways -

I was coming out
and I recognised the cops, - Gateways Grind

I was coming out and I recognised the cops,

"Why are you sitting outside
of the Gateways? What's going on?" - Gateways Grind

"Why are you sitting outside of the Gateways? What'...

They didn't harass us, but
they also... It wasn't comfortable. - Gateways Grind

They didn't harass us, but they also... It wasn't ...

Then I discovered that there was
a rumour going around - Gateways Grind

Then I discovered that there was a rumour going around

Now, whether I looked so straight,
I don't know! - Gateways Grind

Now, whether I looked so straight, I don't know!

And, of course, people were
afraid of being spied on, because... - Gateways Grind

And, of course, people were afraid of being spied on, becaus...

..although it wasn't illegal,
there was the possibility - Gateways Grind

..although it wasn't illegal, there was the possibility

And you soon learnt that if you're
going to go to the Gateways Club, - Gateways Grind

And you soon learnt that if you're going to go to the G...

If you want to keep
going back there, - Gateways Grind

If you want to keep going back there,

You know, your worst enemy could be
at the other side of the club - Gateways Grind

You know, your worst enemy could be at the other side of the...

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King's Road, the swinging 60s? Vivienne Westwood pioneering punk fashion? One notable establishment in this enclave of history that's often forgotten about is Gateways, London's longest-surviving lesbian club. Alongside a host of ...

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Director: Jacquie Lawrence

Writer: N/A

Production: Jackdaw,Anubis Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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Released: 25 Mar 2022

Awards: 1 win

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