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The Caravan Club (Endell Street)
The Caravan Club was a gay and lesbian-friendly club in the basement of 81 Endell Street, London, that was the subject of a sensational court case in 1934, the records of which are in the British National Archives at Kew.〔(The Caravan Club, 81, Endell St, W.C. 1: disorderly house, male prostitutes. Includes... ) The National Archives. Retrieved 6 September 2014.〕
==Background==
The club opened on 14 July 1934. It advertised itself as "London's Greatest Bohemian Rendezvous said to be the most unconventional spot in town" – a code phrase for being gay-friendly – and promised "All night gaiety" and "Dancing to Charlie". It was run by Jack Neave (or Neaves) (aged 48) of Robert Street, London NW,〔"Crown Jeer at Court Entrance", ''The Daily Express'', 29 August 1934, p. 7.〕 known as "Iron Foot Jack" as he wore a metal device on his boot to lengthen his right leg,〔 and was frequented by both gay men and lesbian women. Neave had previously run the Jamset and the Cosmopolitan〔 (Wardour Street) in the early 1930s and was a former escapologist and "strongman", later described in court as a phrenologist.〔 There was also a criminal element and the club was financed by William (Billy) Joseph Clifford Reynolds (aged 24) of Crowndale Road, London NW, who it later emerged had four criminal convictions.〔〔〔 It was claimed that Reynolds had received an inheritance of £300 from his grandfather which enabled him to finance the club.〔
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