CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
It's always been hard to view clandestine places through that little hole in the wall.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere there's a cottage made for two..." Jx
DeleteVery steamy and suggestive - and also a little bit vintage glam.
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Everybody dressed so smartly in th' olden days! Jx
DeleteI remember when there were lots of businesses that looked like photo #1, leading down to a basement level with subway tiles. I must be nearing my expiration date.
ReplyDeleteDid you work at any said "establishments", dear Mistress? Jx
DeleteThe cheek!
DeleteRemember when you could smoke... in a bar? Sigh. I know, I know... but it was... well, an all the sad young men kind of thing, now wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteSmoking in pubs was practically compulsory! I remember the first few weeks after the ban, how desolate it was inside bars as the only punters indoors were the non-smokers minding the coats. And suddenly, there was that smell - a combination of filthy pub carpets and the urinals - everywhere! Jx
DeleteLove these images of the gay olden days especially the second one where the queens are eyeing up the bona omie.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes! I remember it well... Jx
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