Paul O’Grady – The war against Aids at the Vauxhall.
Paul talks about working at the Vauxhall at a time when Aids first started to have an impact and the community.
Paul talks about working at the Vauxhall at a time when Aids first started to have an impact and the community.
Rupert talks about various acts he remembers seeing at the RVT in the early 80’s.
Paul remembers the Police raiding the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in the 1980’s.
Paul remembers his early days working at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
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.
I’ve just been reading Paul O’Grady’s Biography, which is broken down into 3 books. There’s some very interesting recollections of the RVT. The part below is from the second book ‘The Devil Rides Out’ when Paul was performing as part of the drag group ‘The Glamazons’. “At the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, in what felt like a rough part of sarf…