Breda McConnon remembers some of the Police raids on the RVT
Breda and her husband Pat were the Landlords of the RVT from 1979 to 1993. Here, Breda talks about some of the occasions when the Police raided the building.
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Maisie Trollette performing at the RVT in 1987
Maisie Trollette and Scott St Martin sing “The Best of Times” from “La Cage Aux Folles” at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern-taken from the TV Documentary- “Vivat Vivat Regina”. Thanks to David Rumelle for sharing. Also – here is a clip with an interview we did with David Raven (AKA Maisie Trollette) about ‘Trolling’.
Paul ‘Ebon-knee’ Campbell remembers the RVT sports days
Paul remembers the charity sports days held around the back of the RVT on Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
Paul O’Grady remembers the RVT
Paul remembers his early days working at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Paul Ashurst on London gay pubs that have disappeared
Artist, Paul Ashurst talks about some of the gay pubs he used to visit that have since disappeared.
Stuart Feather & Bette Bourne talk about polari
Stuart and Bette talk about Polari in the 1950’s and 1960’s and how it was forced on people by the circumstances at the time.
Ronald Wright
Here’s Ron talking about his first visit to a gay pub in London in the early 1950’s which was The Standard in Piccadilly Circus
Bette Bourne & Paul Shaw talk about their favourite RVT acts
Bette Bourne and Paul Shaw talk about the favourite acts they’ve seen at the RVT.
Paul O’Grady Re-Opens Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
We found this video on the Friends of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens website, it features Paul O’Grady re-opening the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on 1st February 2012.
Simon Casson – When the RVT was threatened with demolition
Simon talks about the ‘save our pub’ demos, that took place in the 1990’s when the RVT was threatened with demolition. Here’s a link to an article in from The Pink Paper dated 2nd October 1998.
Stuart Feather describes the RVT in the 1960’s
Stuart Feather was a member of the Bloolips with Bette Bourne, as well as well being a member of the Gay Liberation Front in the 1970’s.
Jason & Robert
Jason & Robert discuss gay bars from their younger days and homophobic abuse outside the RVT.