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Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Colin Hyde Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Bob Hughes Location The location of the interview. East Midlands Oral History Archive Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. At The Venture, for example, it was only me and one other guy that were young, 15 or 16. All the rest were teddy boys, real tough guys. They had winkle pickers with buckles on and chains, and flick knives and goodness knows what, but they weren't aggressive towards me. I was merely an observer, I think. It must have been open for a few months before I noticed it when I was walking home one day and looked inside and I saw that they had an espresso machine. I could smell the coffee. I mean that was... The only other place I knew in town was Brucianni's that had an espresso machine. There were actually people in there having fun. I could hear all this music coming out. The Cincinnati Fireboard, you remember? I forget who sang that, but we... time of Elvis, you know, I mean, and Roy Orbison. So, I was intrigued, so I just went in. I never bought anything, just sat there and realised this was a very, very good place. And then money didn't seem to be an issue about charging people for drinks, etc, because they were just helping themselves. But that was a nice environment. There weren't very many girls that went there. And I didn't really go there late at night. There's quite a lot of seedy people that crept in there that weren't youth. And that's what happened to the place in the end. Some drunks went in there, maybe 1961, and smashed the place to pieces. And I happened to be there because it was daytime and it was winter and very cold. And then all these guys in overcoats, they're all drunk, came and smashed the place up for no apparent reason. They went in like they had a cold room or a big fridge and they were throwing all these hamburger patties all over the road and then the cops came and they arrested all these fellas and took them away. It was... I've seen worse at the clock tower on Friday night but apparently it was so serious that the sponsors of the Venture pulled the plug on the place, and also the Leicester's city council were opposed to it from the very beginning, which I didn't know. They thought it was a breeding ground for sex and violence, I suppose, I don't know. It's a shame, because he was really trying hard. What did people think of Ray Gosling at the time, as far as you remember? The problem was, because he was gay and basically homosexual activity was illegal, then I don't think he was liked at all. There was a lot of gay bashing going on, as you'd probably know. So they were gangs of teddy boys or something similar, bashing gays up in the toilets in various parks. And so, it was a no-no to even tell anybody that you were gay, so it was a secret activity. How well known was it that Gosling was gay? Everybody told me that he was gay, but I couldn't... I mean, what's an ignorant kid looking at one man to another and saying, There's any difference between Ray Gosling and any other man? He was, what I thought, very well-spoken, refined, articulate, and all the things that you'd probably want to be myself, you know, somebody to look up to. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 3 min 51 sec Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 128 kbps Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memories of the venture youth club. Subject The topic of the resource Being young Description An account of the resource Bob Hughes talks about the Venture Youth Club and Ray Gosling. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource East Midlands Oral History Archive Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Interview with Bob Hughes for the East Midlands Oral History Archive. Uncatalogued. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available East Midlands Oral History Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1960s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You may use this item in accordance with the licence <a title="Link to Creative Commons website" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .mp3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Clubs Leicester Youth https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/13142/archive/files/16d4150f14b07a9ce5ed335553f700e6.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=AJauaaOHseT-qrtRWqIz%7EPzWBthWNzy1vqUkB5a3cXX6yauHesvuUxrLuuPTqzu5Ktf8JR5hKREJ7iMmojoydiXGLxbWjg%7ExY8dhswPNgsc-KADRHpvOnH%7EjWy4ene7f6xFmNEZW0A-0LH3h1tRRyM2j1tgX4%7EPP67Uirb3VWUq9l62wsjaMr1LCLXVbBsPEDynRm7oHYStyugy2b1tqKwL1iGP78og78%7E92bFJyN27nx%7ENIMkwA6rwQkuZ1gkyRb0yLIo7vvwbKPKINOTc47hbZuRdJWdGG%7E1oikUL%7EArLSmEjN1cvJJfJ2-gEYAE8UDDVGcj5lWUF%7EqmwrBZsvQg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM abd401f51ef3e1ac41ff76b27c3b55a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Subject The topic of the resource The Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Description An account of the resource Items relating to the Post War History of Leicester 1945-1962 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colin Hyde Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived East Midlands Oral History Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Colin Hyde Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23/05/2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Hyde Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multimedia Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Multimedia Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The West End Coffee Bar Subject The topic of the resource Being young Description An account of the resource A photo of the exterior of the West End Coffee Bar, home of the Venture youth club. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Box Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 'Lady Albemarle's Boys' by Ray Gosling. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Fabian Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license by the LSE Digital Library at <a title="Link to LSE Digital Library" href="https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/objects/lse:lok672roc">https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/objects/lse:lok672roc</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg Clubs Leicester