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Comptons of Soho during London Gay Pride 2010. Comptons of Soho is a gay pub in London. Situated at 51–53 Old Compton Street in the heart of Soho's 'gay village', Comptons has been an integral part of London's gay scene since June 1986.
Old Compton Street is a road that runs east–west through Soho in the West End of London, named after Henry Compton who raised funds for St Anne's Church in 1686. The area, particularly this street, became home to French Protestant refugees in 1681.
The Admiral Duncan is a public house in Old Compton Street, Soho, in central London that is well known as one of Soho's oldest gay pubs. In 1999, the pub was bombed by neo-Nazi David Copeland , resulting in three people being killed and 83 being injured.
Old Compton Street. Gay bar. Argyll Arms: 1868 II* 18 Argyll Street: Candy Bar: Carlisle St. Closed. Coach and Horses, Soho: II 29 Greek Street The Colony Room: 41 Dean Street Comptons of Soho: 1890 51–53 Old Compton Street De Hems: 1890 Off Shaftesbury Avenue Dog and Duck, Soho: 1897 18 Bateman Street The French House, Soho: 1891 II 49 Dean ...
Old Compton Street is named after the Bishop of London Henry Compton, and was first laid out in the 1670s, fully developed by 1683. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, it became a popular meeting place for French exiles. The street was the birthplace of Europe's rock club circuit (2i's club) [129] and contained the first adult cinema in ...
The 2i's Coffee Bar was a coffeehouse at 59 Old Compton Street in Soho, London, that was open from 1956 to 1970.It played a formative role in the emergence of Britain's skiffle and rock and roll music culture in the late 1950s, and several major stars including Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard were first discovered performing there.
New Compton Street – as with Old Compton Street which extends to the west, it is believed to be named after Henry Compton, Bishop of London in the 1670s [33] [34] New Oxford Street – built as an extension of Oxford Street in 1845-47 [35] [36] Phoenix Street – named after an inn that formerly stood near here [37] [38] Princes Circus
[1] Founded in 1887, it is the oldest coffee shop in London. [2] It was founded in 1887 by M. Siari, an Algerian, at number 52 Old Compton Street. It is still known as among the world's best leading suppliers of tea and coffee, and remains up to now one of the oldest shops in the street.