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Gateways Grind

And then the artists were coming in because we were two streets upfrom Chelsea Arts Club

And then the artists were coming in because we were two streets up
from Chelsea Arts Club

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And then the artists were coming in
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because we were two streets up from Chelsea Arts Club.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:31
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Jackdaw,Anubis Films

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Movie Summary

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 ...
So, I mean, those very early days, - Gateways Grind 00:10
So, I mean, those very early days,
This painting hung in the Gateways - Gateways Grind 00:06
This painting hung in the Gateways
It was painted by a woman called Muriel Mallows. - Gateways Grind 00:05
It was painted by a woman called Muriel Mallows.
Everybody in this painting is a woman, including... - Gateways Grind 00:05
Everybody in this painting is a woman, including...
..drag kings, possibly trans women, - Gateways Grind 00:11
..drag kings, possibly trans women,
So it was this really diverse crowd - Gateways Grind 00:07
So it was this really diverse crowd
You know, the lesbians started it. - Gateways Grind 00:05
You know, the lesbians started it.
My mother, she's living with her sister in St John's Wood. - Gateways Grind 00:06
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 00:06
You know, war is done, they're having a pretty good tim...
She went to the Gateways for the first time - Gateways Grind 00:07
She went to the Gateways for the first time
They'd been shopping in the morning in Chelsea - Gateways Grind 00:06
They'd been shopping in the morning in Chelsea
The Gateways was somewhere they could go as women, - Gateways Grind 00:09
The Gateways was somewhere they could go as women,
..he decided he was going to marry her - Gateways Grind 00:08
..he decided he was going to marry her
So the club was ongoing, - Gateways Grind 00:07
So the club was ongoing,
I mean, I remember as a small child, - Gateways Grind 00:13
I mean, I remember as a small child,
..we had an American guest - Smithy - who came one evening - Gateways Grind 00:11
..we had an American guest - Smithy - who came one evening
I think she just was a bridge in our family - - Gateways Grind 00:09
I think she just was a bridge in our family -
She was just an immensely kind-hearted person. - Gateways Grind 00:05
She was just an immensely kind-hearted person.
Just loved children and such a hard worker, she was so conscientious. - Gateways Grind 00:06
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 00:06
She and my mother developed a double act in the Gateways.