Gay Centre too noisy for the neighbours
1978
G: “The neighbours complained that there was too much noise (at the Gay Community Centre), and I think Birmingham City Council eventually decided it could no longer be run in the way that it had been run
in those premises. (I don’t even
know if we had planning permission for the use that was happening in
the building). Efforts were made to keep the bass down and all that
sort of thing, but obviously the neighbours in the little residential
bit along Bordesley Street, a small group of about half a dozen houses,
they’re still there, weren’t happy with the noise”.
Contributed by: Gill Coffin, 63, Betty Hagglund, 50