Taking over The Fox
1997
Andy took over the license at The Fox in December 1997. It was already established as a ’girl’ bar run by two guys Tony and Jim, and, he says, has been a lesbian bar for at least 30 years. The back room was initially the dyke bar. Andy states he took over The Fox in order to stop it becoming a leather bar, in competition to his other pub, The Fountain, which he owned from 1996 (he had heard another party was interested in buying it and turning it into a leather bar).
Contributed by: Andy King