View of Charing Cross Road and the Garrick Theatre 1929 Frame:natural illustrious queer history of Soho

illustrious queer history of Soho and the legendary drag balls at Porchester Hall

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The Lord and Lady of May can be seen on the left hand side (the 'Lady' may in fact be a man) and also a rough hurdy-gurdy player and other disreputable characters in the throng

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View of Charing Cross Road and the Garrick Theatre 1929 Frame:natural illustrious queer history of SohoView of Charing Cross Road and the Garrick Theatre. George Davison Reid took this photo looking north along Charing Cross Road. He captured the theatrical and musical face of London's West End at the end of the 1920s. The London Hippodrome, The Alhambra and the Garrick Theatre are all included in the composition. At the Garrick, a young Laurence Olivier was playing a supporting role in The Stranger Within for the summer of 1929.