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So, I mean, those very early days
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Gateways Grind

So, I mean, those very early days, you've got Augustus John,Jacob Epstein was a member,...

So, I mean, those very early days, you've got Augustus John,
Jacob Epstein was a member, all of them
had a dab on the walls

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So, I mean, those very early days,
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you've got Augustus John, Jacob Epstein
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was a member, all of them had a dab on the walls.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:37
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 ...
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.
I mean, the fun, you know, that they would create. - Gateways Grind 00:05
I mean, the fun, you know, that they would create.